
Directing
Eddie Lyons
Born 1886-11-25 · Beardstown, Illinois, USA
Acting credits
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran and their wives share a house. After a disagreement they decide to split the house by drawing a line down the middle
Half & Half
1919
In this one, Bobby Dunn shaves his beard off (!) and then gets involved with the Mounties.
Unmounted Policemen
1924
A comedy short starring Bobby Dunn & Eddie Lyons.
The Dumbwaiter
1924
Dad has three charming daughters who fall in love with three eligible young men and moreover, promise to marry them, each couple selecting a perfectly lovely place for the proposal. All this while Dad has been courting Jennie. He proposes, too, and likewise he is accepted. They arrange to keep their engagement a secret. The boys all arrange to beard the lion in his den. Dad simulates a terrible rage and banishes them forever. The boys leave. The girls are in despair. They send for the boys to come and say good-bye. The boys are interrupted by the entrance of Dad and Jennie and are astonished to learn that the lady is to be their new mamma. The boys are allowed to replace the rings upon the girl's fingers once more, and general rejoicing is in order.
The Girls and Dad
1913
Eddie Lyons, silent movie comedian , was a movie factory. He appeared in and directed nearly 400 films between 1911 and 1926. Lyons apparently only directed this movie despite the titles. It stars Pierre Collosse and Gus Alexander.
My Mistake
1922
The night that Eddie's girl announces her engagement to her friends she plans a slumming party, which does not meet with Eddie's approval but the others are so in favor of it he is compelled to go.
Some Shimmiers
1920
A 1914 comedy starring Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. Bob (Lyons) steals a necklace from the woman he loves, Victoria, in order to give it back to her as a hero. Victoria’s father hires a detective (Moran) to find the thief - and detective and thief have the same fake beards!
Detective Dan Cupid
1914
7.0Plumbers William Wilson and Joe Blynn are partners who share quite different ambitions. Will aspires to wealth and glamour while Joe is content with their plumbing business. While fixing a leak in the Hoban mansion, millionaire Hoban overhears Will's grumbling and offers the pair a chance to participate in a business deal.
Once a Plumber
1920
A 1915 Victoria Forde comedy. As Lizzie (Forde) has a beautiful voice, everybody in her tiny hometown encourage her to try a career in show business in the big city. As she arrives there, she discovers she’s too clumsy to even be part of the chorus. Her small town boyfriend, Jeb (Lyons) follows her.
Lizzie’s Dizzy Career
1915
7.0Violet De Ray opens up a barber shop at Roaring Gulch. Violet not only does a ripping good business, but she unconsciously has a hand in hurrying along several matrimonial affairs which have hung fire. This is notably the case with Si, who has loved bashfully and at a respectable distance for years. He is lured into Violet's shop, and after his chin whiskers have been clipped he emerges elated; and this coupled with Mandy's desire to protect him from such evil influences, cements a long drawn out romance.
The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch
1912
Dr. Arthur Poole is paid $1,000 per week to treat the neurotic and spoiled Angelica Starr. Angelica is infatuated with her doctor, so Poole, afraid of losing his big fee, does not tell her that he is already married.
Fixed by George
1920
Lee and his family take Eddie and his wife riding in their new car.
Give Her Gas
1918
The boys are fagged with the long summer's work and are undecided where to spend their vacation. One day Eddie is idly looking over the paper when he sees that a young man has met and married a wealthy heiress at the beach; suddenly, nothing but the beach will suit them. Eddie sees the boss and they are given permission to take a vacation.
An Heiress for Two
1913
William Harcourt loses all his money in a business transaction and is forced to dismiss his servants. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt are about to entertain Richard Thayer and his fiancée, Bessie Lane, at dinner when there is received a message announcing the arrival of Montana millionaire Bill Bradford, a client of Harcourt's. Anxious to make a good impression, Harcourt and his wife disguise themselves as servants, while Thayer and his fiancée take the part of the Harcourts.
A Shocking Night
1921
Priscilla’s husband Lee makes her life unhappy because of his unfounded jealousy. She warns her old college buddy Eddie not to pay any attention to her at the dance which they are to attend. Eddie loves the wealthy Estelle but is always getting mixed up in some scandal. Estelle finally declares that one more escapade on his part will finish everything. When Priscilla and Eddie greet each other at the dance as old friends, the other two become jealous. Estelle and Lee determine to make their partners jealous but make a mess of it until all is straightened out in the end.
It Sounded Like a Kiss
1916
8.0Jane Carston was to return tomorrow from Ohio, where she had been for the past three years in school, and the ranch was all agog with expectancy and cleanliness. Bob Evans, head cowboy, was most eager and most anxious of the lot. Tomorrow finally became today and Pa had gone to the station in his best linen duster and the buckboard to meet Jane. Finally, in a cloud of dust. Bob discerns them on the brow of the hill. Arriving at the house Jane greets mother with a rousing smack.
Her Friend, the Doctor
1912
A compilation of thirteen rare silent films digitized by the Library of Congress, selected for the 2022 Domitor conference theme “Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.” Drawn from nitrate and safety film, the program spans comedies, trick films, and dramas exploring censorship, invention, adaptation, and social rights. Titles include: Pruning the Movies (Nestor, 1914); Imperial Japanese Dance (Edison, 1894); Early Edison Camera Tests (Edison, c.1890s); Censorship and its Absurdities (Edison, 1915); In Wrong (Crystal, 1914, dir. Phillips Smalley); Tillie’s Tomato Surprise (Lubin, 1915, dir. Howell Hansell); Indian Land Grab (Champion, 1910); The Stolen Play (Falcon Features, 1917, dir. Harry Harvey); And the Villain Still Pursued Her (Vitagraph, 1906, dir. J. Stuart Blackton); The Doll’s Revenge (Hepworth, 1907, dir. Lewin Fitzhamon); The Disintegrated Convict (Vitagraph, 1907); The Mexican Joan of Arc (Kalem, 1911, dir. Kenean Buel); and Fads and Fashions of 1900 (U.S., 1940s).
Copyright Comedies and More
2022
A woman "rents" a husband for the purpose of divorcing him so she can win another man, who prefers widows.
His Body for Rent
1919
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran race to guarantee that a bride has everything she needs for the wedding to happen.
Waiting at the Church
1919
Because Reggie is prone to drink, father severely scores him, and his patience reaches a climax when he is presented with a bill for damages Reggie has inflicted on a poor, inoffensive restaurant.
Beer Must Go Down
1916
NRThe choir practices and the quartette, driven to desperation by the frequent false notes played by the near-sighted organist, complain. He leaves in a huff. The minister tells them that his daughter will be on hand next Sunday and will play for them. Mary arrives. She is introduced to the quartette who, during the week days, sow seeds and plow. The minister is writing a sermon when the deacon enters and demands the payment of the mortgage on the church. He is insistent, but promises to wait upon meeting Mary, when his heart melts at the sight of her loveliness.
The Village Choir
1913
8.0John Smith inherits two million dollars from his wealthy aunt on the condition that he divorce his wife Lucille, a former vaudeville performer. In order to qualify for his inheritance, John concocts the idea of divorcing his wife and then remarrying her.
La La Lucille
1920
Eddie Lyons and Dorothy Devore have hired "The Careful Decorator" to paper their walls. What they get is Lee Moran who is anything but! Add in a pushy mother-in-law and hilarity ensues.
The House Cleaning Horrors
1918
Billie is waiting up for her husband, who has gone to the lodge. She is growing very impatient. Meanwhile hubby is having a great time. He has met some of the Gaiety Theater bunch and invites one to have a little supper with him. Just as things are going nicely, the wife's brother discovers them. The next morning, Billie finds a woman's glove, and, as Eddie can make no satisfactory explanation, she decides to leave him and go back to mother.
Never Again Eddie!
1916
Behind the camera
An Arrow comedy directed by Eddie Lyons from Aug 1923, co-starring Glen Cavender, Ruth Hiatt and Art Rowlands.
No Danger
1923
An Arrow comedy directed by Eddie Lyons from Aug 1923, co-starring Glen Cavender, Ruth Hiatt and Art Rowlands.
No Danger
1923
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran and their wives share a house. After a disagreement they decide to split the house by drawing a line down the middle
Half & Half
1919
In this one, Bobby Dunn shaves his beard off (!) and then gets involved with the Mounties.
Unmounted Policemen
1924
A comedy short starring Bobby Dunn & Eddie Lyons.
The Dumbwaiter
1924
Eddie Lyons, silent movie comedian , was a movie factory. He appeared in and directed nearly 400 films between 1911 and 1926. Lyons apparently only directed this movie despite the titles. It stars Pierre Collosse and Gus Alexander.
My Mistake
1922
The night that Eddie's girl announces her engagement to her friends she plans a slumming party, which does not meet with Eddie's approval but the others are so in favor of it he is compelled to go.
Some Shimmiers
1920
7.0Plumbers William Wilson and Joe Blynn are partners who share quite different ambitions. Will aspires to wealth and glamour while Joe is content with their plumbing business. While fixing a leak in the Hoban mansion, millionaire Hoban overhears Will's grumbling and offers the pair a chance to participate in a business deal.
Once a Plumber
1920
Bobby Dunn and his girl enters a marathon dance contest.
Hot Foot
1923
A 1915 Victoria Forde comedy. As Lizzie (Forde) has a beautiful voice, everybody in her tiny hometown encourage her to try a career in show business in the big city. As she arrives there, she discovers she’s too clumsy to even be part of the chorus. Her small town boyfriend, Jeb (Lyons) follows her.
Lizzie’s Dizzy Career
1915
Dr. Arthur Poole is paid $1,000 per week to treat the neurotic and spoiled Angelica Starr. Angelica is infatuated with her doctor, so Poole, afraid of losing his big fee, does not tell her that he is already married.
Fixed by George
1920
Lee and his family take Eddie and his wife riding in their new car.
Give Her Gas
1918
William Harcourt loses all his money in a business transaction and is forced to dismiss his servants. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt are about to entertain Richard Thayer and his fiancée, Bessie Lane, at dinner when there is received a message announcing the arrival of Montana millionaire Bill Bradford, a client of Harcourt's. Anxious to make a good impression, Harcourt and his wife disguise themselves as servants, while Thayer and his fiancée take the part of the Harcourts.
A Shocking Night
1921
A woman "rents" a husband for the purpose of divorcing him so she can win another man, who prefers widows.
His Body for Rent
1919
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran race to guarantee that a bride has everything she needs for the wedding to happen.
Waiting at the Church
1919
Because Reggie is prone to drink, father severely scores him, and his patience reaches a climax when he is presented with a bill for damages Reggie has inflicted on a poor, inoffensive restaurant.
Beer Must Go Down
1916
8.0John Smith inherits two million dollars from his wealthy aunt on the condition that he divorce his wife Lucille, a former vaudeville performer. In order to qualify for his inheritance, John concocts the idea of divorcing his wife and then remarrying her.
La La Lucille
1920
Eddie Lyons and Dorothy Devore have hired "The Careful Decorator" to paper their walls. What they get is Lee Moran who is anything but! Add in a pushy mother-in-law and hilarity ensues.
The House Cleaning Horrors
1918
A slapstick comedy featuring Bobby Dunn.
Flapper Fever
1924
A King proposes to the pretty princess, but she rejects him and chooses a man from his photo and a brief record of his bravery. He is an American policeman with a wife and family. A reporter covering the story complicates matters.
Chicken a la King
1919
An Eddie Lyons comedy short.
Seeing Double
1923
10.0Short silent comedy starring Chaplin imitator Bobby Dunn.
Oh! Shoot
1923
10.0Short silent comedy starring Chaplin imitator Bobby Dunn.
Oh! Shoot
1923
Eddie Lyons tears his pants in the back and meets an old army buddy.
Pardon Me
1922