Direction: James W. Horne

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by James W. Horne. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Big Business (S)

1929 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne · Leo McCarey

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · James Finlayson · Charlie Hall

Synopsis Stan and Ollie are Christmas tree salesmen in California. Business is slow and a simple argument with one grumpy prospective customer (James Finlayson) escalates from a simple argument into full scale mutual destruction with Stan & Ollie destroying the customers...

7.0

295 votes

7.0

295 votes

Laughing Gravy

1931 · Movie · 29 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Harry Bernard · Charles Dorety

Synopsis Stanley and Oliver try unsuccessfully to keep their pet dog, "Laughing Gravy" hidden from their grumpy landlord, who throws the pooch out into the snow. The rescue and further attempts to hide the dog result in mayhem, which is interrupted...

7.0

36 votes

7.0

36 votes

The Little Rascals (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas · James W. Horne · Nate Watt · Ray McCarey

Cast Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer · George 'Spanky' McFarland · Bobbie 'Cotton' Beard · Leonard 'Percy' Landy

Synopsis Television syndication package of the classic 1929-1938 shorts from the "Our Gang Comedies" movie series.

6.9

162 votes

6.9

162 votes

Laurel & Hardy: Way Out West

1937 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Sharon Lynn · James Finlayson

Synopsis Stan and Ollie are charged with delivering the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. However they reckon without the machinations of her evil guardian Mickey Finn who is determined to have the gold...

6.7

812 votes

6.7

812 votes

Any Old Port! (S)

1932 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Julie Bishop · Walter Long

Synopsis Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord (Long). They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local...

6.5

76 votes

6.5

76 votes

Be Big!

1931 · Movie · 27 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne · James Parrott

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Chet Brandenburg · Baldwin Cooke

Synopsis On their way to the train station with their wives for a vacation in Atlantic City, Stanley and Oliver get a phone call from a fellow lodge member who tells them a surprise stag party in their honor is being...

6.4

121 votes

6.4

121 votes

Beau Hunks

1931 · Movie · 37 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · James W. Horne · Charles Middleton

Synopsis Jilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort...

6.4

91 votes

6.4

91 votes

Come Clean (S)

1931 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Mae Busch · Gertrude Astor

Synopsis The Hardys, hoping to avoid having the Laurels drop in and spoil their quiet evening, pretend not to be home when the couple inevitably call. But their subterfuge is discovered, and to make the best of it, Stanley and Oliver...

6.4

48 votes

6.4

48 votes

One Good Turn (S)

1931 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Mary Carr · James Finlayson

Synopsis Stan and Ollie are down on their luck and beg at an old lady's house for food. While they are eating they overhear a villainous landlord (Finlayson) threatening to evict her if she does not pay the mortgage. Not realizing...

6.3

67 votes

6.3

67 votes

Our Wife (S)

1931 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · James Finlayson · Babe London

Synopsis Oliver's plans to marry his hefty sweetheart go awry when the girl's father gets a load of her intended groom. They then elope in a tiny car much too small for their combined dimensions, not to mention the accompanying Stan....

6.3

65 votes

6.3

65 votes

Thicker Than Water (S)

1935 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Daphne Pollard · James Finlayson

Synopsis Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. While doing the dishes, Stanley convinces Oliver to...

6.3

53 votes

6.3

53 votes

6.3

32 votes

The Bohemian Girl

1936 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne · Charley Rogers

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Thelma Todd · Antonio Moreno

Synopsis A band of Gypsies are camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim's palace. Oliver's wife kidnaps the Count's daughter Arline, then leaves the child and runs off with her lover, Devilshoof. Not knowing her true identity, Oliver, with the help...

6.2

80 votes

6.2

80 votes

Chickens Come Home

1931 · Movie · 29 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Mae Busch · Baldwin Cooke

Synopsis Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame (Mae Busch) tries to blackmail him with a old photo ('just the same old apple-cheeked boy'). Stan's attempts to help Ollie keep the blackmailer at bay incur the wrath of the...

6.2

43 votes

6.2

43 votes

Los calaveras

1931 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Anita Garvin · Linda Loredo

Synopsis Bilingual and combined version of the short films "Be Big!" and "Laughing Gravy", shooted simultaneously with its predecessor for the Spanish market.

6.2

57 votes

6.2

57 votes

Bonnie Scotland

1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · June Lang · William Janney

Synopsis Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.

6.0

88 votes

6.0

88 votes

Going Ga-Ga (S)

1929 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne · Gilbert Pratt

Cast Anita Garvin · Marion Byron · Max Davidson · Edgar Kennedy

Synopsis Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break into the institution at night, dressed as men to beat curfew, to get the kid...

Not rated

Not rated

White Eagle (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1941 · Series · 290 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Buck Jones · James Craven · Raymond Hatton · Dorothy Fay

Synopsis White Eagle is the son of a massacred army officer, who has been raised by an Indian tribe and believes himself to be the son of the tribal chief. White Eagle is working to get a peace treaty signed between...

Not rated

Not rated

The Shadow

1940 · Movie · 285 min. · United States

Direction James W. Horne

Cast Victor Jory · Veda Ann Borg · Roger Moore · Robert Fiske

Synopsis The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Not rated

Not rated