A Sammy in Siberia

A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.

A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.

A Hal Roach film directed by , released in 1919.

A Hal Roach film directed by , released in 1919.

Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can’t keep his mind on his job — the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.

Lloyd and Pollard help a young girl out of the water but they are then chased by a shrew. On a bicycle built for two, Lloyd lazes about on the back while Pollard sweats from all of his effort. Thieves…

As a penniless man worries about how he will manage to eat, he is joined by a young waif and her dog, who are in the same predicament. Meanwhile, across town a dishonest lawyer is working with a gang of…

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

An American short comedy film.

At the Killjoy Cafe, “everything is first class except the food and the service.”

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who’s his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big – just before a police…