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• The Wizard of Oz

  A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

• The Suitor

  Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.

• Lightning Love

  The storm, which takes up most of the second reel, is a trial run for the storm sequence in The Wizard Of Oz which Semon would make in 1925. Fox released a comedy that was an exact copy of Lightning Love just before the Semon film was due to come out. Albert E. Smith noticed the similarities and on September 5, 1923 attempted to have the Fox film pulled from the exhibitors.

• Horseshoes

  A boxer offers $50 to anyone who can stay in the ring with him for an entire minute. Larry, through a series of mix-ups--including hitting the boxer in the face with a tomato--winds up in the ring with him but, with the aid of some strategically placed horseshoes, manages to knock the boxer out. When he comes to and finds out what happened, the outraged boxer sets out after Larry.

• Golf

  Comedy on the golf links.

• The Sportsman

  The Sportsman is an American film comedy first released in 1921, directed by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog. The film stars Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Al Thompson, Frank Alexander and William Hauber.

• The Cloudhopper

  The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.

• The Fly-Cop

  Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye!

• Scamps and Scandals

  Larry helps a girl escape her wedding to a fat man.

• Babes and Boobs

  A young couple and their new baby are walking down the street when the wife decides to stop in at a store, and the husband agrees to wait outside with the baby in the carriage. He spots a pretty maid sitting on a bench with a baby in the same kind of carriage and goes over to flirt with her.