The best Billy Gilbert’s movies
Today we present the best Billy Gilbert’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Billy Gilbert’s movies.
Tango Tangles
5.1/10
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.3/10
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country, after a fight with his girlfriend. When he sees that Tillie's father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.
Making a Living
5.5/10
A swindler scams a journalist to get some money and then applies for a job at his newspaper.
Mabel's Strange Predicament
5.5/10
The Tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and causes some misunderstandings between Mabel and her lover.
Caught in a Cabaret
5.7/10
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
The Rounders
6.2/10
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
The Knockout
5.7/10
To show his girl how brave he is, Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Gentlemen of Nerve
5.6/10
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
A Film Johnnie
5.6/10
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
His Musical Career
5.9/10
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.
The Masquerader
5.9/10
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
Those Love Pangs
5.4/10
Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady.
Cruel, Cruel Love
5.3/10
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
His Prehistoric Past
5.3/10
Set in the stone age, King Low-Brow rules the land and a harem of wives. When Charlie arrives in this land (where every man has one thousand wives), he falls in love with the King's favorite wife. When the King falls over a cliff, he is presumed dead and Charlie crowns himself King. The King, however, is not dead and comes back and bashes Charlie over the head with a rock. It turns out it was a dream and a police man bashed Charlie over the head with his club because he was sleeping in the park.
His Favorite Pastime
5/10
A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
Give Us This Night
7.1/10
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
His Trysting Places
6.2/10
Charlie and his friend Ambrose meet in a restaurant and accidentally leave with each other's coats. Charlie was going to pick up a baby bottle and Ambrose was going to mail a love letter that was in his coat pocket. Charlie's wife finds the letter and thinks he has a secret lover and Ambrose's wife believes he has an illegitimate child. Controversy arises in the park between Charlie and his wife and Ambrose and his wife. It is resolved at the end, but Charlie sparks another fight between the other couple by showing his friend's wife the love letter that was in his pocket.
Mabel's Dramatic Career
5.7/10
A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman whom she considers more suitable. Mabel confronts the young woman, and is dismissed from her position. Later, when the young man learns about the new career that Mabel has found, he begins to act in an agitated and unpredictable manner.
The Star Boarder
5.3/10
A brat's magic lantern show exposes an indiscreet moment between a landlady and her star boarder.
A Busy Day
4.7/10
A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.
