
Directing
Alfred J. Goulding
Born — Died
1885-01-25 — 1972-04-25
Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known for
Directing
Credits
44 titles
Former vaudevillian. Directed Harold Lloyd comedies for Hal Roach. In the early 20's, joined Mack Sennett, then turned out two-reel comedies at RKO and Columbia, sometimes featuring Edgar Kennedy. In England after World War II, directing 'quota quickies'. Close friend of Stan Laurel.
Known for
6.9The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
A Chump at Oxford
1940
10.0A guy has troubles on a trolley
Trolley Troubles
1921
8.0A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
Excuse Me
1925
5.8A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leaves him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.
The Lady
1925
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.
High Rollers
1921
9.0Edgar's wife, Florence, because of an incident with her brother, her husband, and parts from her brother's photogenic set, mistakenly thinks that she accidentally poisoned Edgar instead of giving him his real medicine.
Poisoned Ivory
1934
Film credits
1940s · 1 titles
1920s · 2 titles
5.8A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leaves him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.
The Lady
1925
9.0A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
Learning to Love
1925
Behind the camera
6.9The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
A Chump at Oxford
1940
10.0A guy has troubles on a trolley
Trolley Troubles
1921
8.0A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
Excuse Me
1925
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.
High Rollers
1921
9.0Edgar's wife, Florence, because of an incident with her brother, her husband, and parts from her brother's photogenic set, mistakenly thinks that she accidentally poisoned Edgar instead of giving him his real medicine.
Poisoned Ivory
1934
NRHarold has trouble with his father and is ordered out of the house. He becomes a waiter and pulls off some highly amusing stunts at a swell dinner party.
Kicked Out
1918
5.2A nine-year-old boy named Charlie McCarthy is sent by his teacher to an eye doctor. The lad has been complaining about headaches and has missed a lot of school. The doctor, with the help of a nurse, conducts an examination. They learn that when the boy isn't at school, he does a lot of fishing. In the course of the exam, the doctor recommends glasses, and Charlie convinces the doc to accompany him on a trip.
The Eyes Have It
1931
9.0Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
Si, Senor
1919
4.3Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.
Dick Barton: Special Agent
1948
4.3Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.
Dick Barton: Special Agent
1948
6.5Harold and Snub, camping in the wilds, prove too much for the Indians that take them captive.
Heap Big Chief
1919
8.0Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
7.0Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader.
Everything Is Rhythm
1936
7.0Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
The Pride of Pikeville
1927
8.019th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Smith's Army Life
1928
7.0A Baby Peggy two-reeler
Sweetie
1923
5.8Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
By the Sad Sea Waves
1917
8.0Country girl Alice responds to an advertisement for a "movie school" that promises to transform her into a shining star in record time. Upon arriving at the school, Alice is immediately taken advantage of by the operators, who take her "bank roll". The school staff immediately begins a screen test to see how she "registers" in front of a camera, ordering her to perform various poses and emotional expressions to prove her potential.
Hot Cakes for Two
1926
2.0Our hero has a dream, while in the trenches at the front, that he is in Berlin rescuing a Red Cross nurse from the hands of the Kaiser and his henchmen.
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
1918
6.7Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any truth to the rumor that college football star Babe Booth is secretly married. To get her story, she goes to the stadium where Booth is playing and gets involved in the game, with unexpected results.
Hot News Margie
1931
In the fifth of WB's Potter Family series, based on the characters created by J.P.McAvoy, Pa Potter (Lucien Littlefield) gets a job as a professional divorce-case correspondent. He is hired by a lawyer to make love to the wife of a man seeking a divorce. The problem is that Pa forgets to tell Ma (Lucille Ward) it is all make-believe.
Big Money
1930
6.5An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is secretly a German spy.
The Devil’s Jest
1954
4.6Snub Pollard plays a drunken man-about-town who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has her hands full with a lounge lizard who won't take no for an answer.
Step Lively
1917
5.5In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.
Fireman Save My Child
1918
6.1Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
Don't Shove
1919
8.0Ham is interested in a girl named Marie and wants to impress her. First he buys a car and then he takes her out to a swanky nightclub. During the course of this disastrous date Ham realizes that Marie isn't the nice girl he thought she was: she only went out with him to make her real boyfriend jealous. The boyfriend is a dancer at the club, and when she sees him kissing his dance partner she becomes enraged and smashes up the place, while poor Ham is stuck with the bill.
Toot Sweet!
1929
5.0Crime thriller following the rise of a petty thief to underworld crime boss.
The Dark Road
1948
6.0Harold Lloyd plays a troublemaker who messes up with strangers and cops along the way. During the confusion he takes a trolley to escape, falling in love with a female collector who doesn't care much about him and he also annoys the trolley conductor. But it seems that odds and luck will be on his favor.
Off the Trolley
1919
5.8Stage hand Harold falls in love with the leading lady of a visiting theatrical troupe.
Ring Up the Curtain
1919
8.0Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment.
The Dutiful Dub
1919
6.7In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a letter she dropped and wants to return it to her, but it's pretty clear that his interest extends beyond mere politeness. (She's the adorable young Bebe Daniels, so this is easy to understand.) The movie studio setting provides Harold with lots of opportunities to do what comedians do in comedies like this one: flirt with actresses, anger the studio brass, and dash through sets disrupting everything.
Hey There
1918
9.0The story of a bad organ grinder, a life saver, a pretty girl and her baby sister. A dog takes an active part in the final rescue and helps save the child from the fleeing kidnapper.
Sea Shore Shapes
1921
While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.
Big Game
1921
7.0Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927
Ninth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family buys a new home.
Smith's New Home
1927
8.0In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving their landlady's daughter from ruin.
One Good Turn
1936
Incidental to the business of getting married and living scrappily ever after, Charlie and Louise are engaged on a flivver jaunt. Charlie has invited Louise along, never dreaming that she would invite the family. But the girl has asked dad, and dad asks mother, and mother invites grandpa and grandma, and they in turn invite the children.
A Family Affair
1921
9.0Two rival newspaper editors in New York send journalists to the South Pacific to dig up new material.
A Yank in Australia
1942
9.0Two rival newspaper editors in New York send journalists to the South Pacific to dig up new material.
A Yank in Australia
1942
3.9Jane is given a bracelet by an elderly admirer. He is in league with Cleaver, a suave crook, and the two plan to use Jane and the bracelet to smuggle diamonds into England.
The Adventures of Jane
1949
