Program 1: Love Sick: Mating Rituals

Includes the following films:

Tangled Tangoists

1914. Directed by George D. Baker. A Vitagraph Production. With John Bunny, Flora Finch, Louise Beaudet, William Shea. Two wallflowers take tango lessons and end up dancing through life together. 10 min.

There and Back

1916. Directed by Larry Semon. A Vitagraph Production. With Hughie Mack, Patsy DeForrest, Alice Mann, Eddie Dunn. A group of henpecked husbands manage to elude their wives for a good time. 10 min.

Lend Me Your Wife

1916. Directed by Marcel Perez. An Eagle Film Production. With Marcel Perez, Babette Perez, Louise Carver, Tom Murray. Tweedledum must convince his rich uncle that he’s married in order to get his inheritance. 20 min.

Name the Day

1921. Director Unknown. A Hal Roach Production. With Snub Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Sunshine Sammy Morrison. Snub encounters one obstacle after another while trying to get to his wedding. 10 min.

Two Time Mama

1927. Directed by Fred Guiol. A Hal Roach Production. With Glenn Tryon, Anita Garvin, Tyler Brooke, Vivien Oakland, Gale Henry. Two married couples accidentally change partners at a masquerade ball. 20 min.

Dad’s Choice

1928. Directed by J. A. Howe. A Hollywood (aka Harold Lloyd)/Paramount Production. With Edward Everett Horton, Sharon Lynn, Otis Harlan, Josephine Crowell. Eddie romances a girl with the help of her gardener, who is actually her father. 20 min.