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Len Powers
Born — Died
1894-12-12 — 1965-01-25
Place of birth
Rodney, Iowa, USA
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POWERS, LEN (Leonard Stephen Powers) Born December 12, 1892 (although he incorrectly gave 1894 on some documents), Rodney, Iowa. Len grew up in Grant, Iowa with his grocer father Charles, mother May, and siblings Charles, Hazel and Clara. He went to school in Portland, Oregon and for a time was a professional boxer. Powers began work as a cinematographer with Reliance in 1914. He shot Blue Blood and Red (1916) for Raoul Walsh at Fox, and Headin’ South (1918) for Douglas Fairbanks, directed by Allan Dwan; he also worked for Magnetic, Mack Sennett, and Hank Mann Comedies. His first film for Hal Roach was the Our Gang short Young Sherlocks (1922). He directed or co-directed 14 Dippy Doo-Dad sh…
Known for
5.1Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
Slave Ship
1937
Clyde Cook is a traveling handyman who whitewashes farm barns and he flirts with the wife of a jealous farmer. The husband sees this and takes off after Clyde who runs into an army recruiting station and enlists. The highly-offended farmer also enlists and the chase continues across several army posts.
He Forgot to Remember
1926
5.0Harold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a table and impersonates a cigar store Indian.
It's a Wild Life
1918
5.6Maw and Paw Monkey throw their boy out of the house after a long night of drinking. When he hitches a ride on a freight train to parts unknown, he arrives in a Wild West town full of gunslingers, giant police dogs, and steeds--billy goats--for the riding, as an unpaid tab leads to a rootin' tootin' chase from the town sheriff.
Go West
1923
10.0The irate proprietor of a hotel discharges his hotel clerk after the "Hawkshaw" of the inn tells him the young upstart is flirting with his daughter. But when the young fellow returns and scales a water pipe to elope with the daughter, he is the ready-made hero at hand to save the landlord from being blown up with dynamite by two villains who had robbed the hotel safe. And then he is suitably rewarded with the hand, or is it the paw, of the "daughter."
Love's Reward
1924
One monkey is stealing eggs from the farmyard. Another monkey, with his dog friend, tries to stop the crook.
Be Honest
1923
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Clyde Cook is a traveling handyman who whitewashes farm barns and he flirts with the wife of a jealous farmer. The husband sees this and takes off after Clyde who runs into an army recruiting station and enlists. The highly-offended farmer also enlists and the chase continues across several army posts.
He Forgot to Remember
1926
5.6Maw and Paw Monkey throw their boy out of the house after a long night of drinking. When he hitches a ride on a freight train to parts unknown, he arrives in a Wild West town full of gunslingers, giant police dogs, and steeds--billy goats--for the riding, as an unpaid tab leads to a rootin' tootin' chase from the town sheriff.
Go West
1923
10.0The irate proprietor of a hotel discharges his hotel clerk after the "Hawkshaw" of the inn tells him the young upstart is flirting with his daughter. But when the young fellow returns and scales a water pipe to elope with the daughter, he is the ready-made hero at hand to save the landlord from being blown up with dynamite by two villains who had robbed the hotel safe. And then he is suitably rewarded with the hand, or is it the paw, of the "daughter."
Love's Reward
1924
One monkey is stealing eggs from the farmyard. Another monkey, with his dog friend, tries to stop the crook.
Be Honest
1923
7.5Intelligent monkeys, dogs, and ducks enact a spoof of boxing dramas. (MoMA)
The Knockout
1923
5.0Len Powers' Dippy-Doo-Dads (the billing received by the films' all-animal cast) cavort, drink and seek frontier justice "North of 53, where the population is split 50-50 between bad men and Northwest Mounted Police" in this broad parody of Mountie Westerns. Produced by Hal Roach Studios.
North of 50-50
1924
7.5A 'Dippy Doo Dad' comedy with an all-animal cast.
Up and at 'Em
1924
A monkey is kidnapped by another monkey, while a third monkey is hot on the trail. Part of Hal Roach's Dippy Doo Dads series.
Lovey Dovey
1923
Entry in Hal Roach's "Dippy Doo Dads' series of comedy shorts. All roles are played by animals. Partially lost.
The Watch Dog
1923

