Tuxedo Comedies were a brand of short comedy films in the United States. Comedian

Al St. John Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...

appeared in and directed many of them after his three years with Fox Film doing

Sunshine Comedies Sunshine Comedies is a silent film era line of comedic short films. The two-reel film series was produced by Fox Film beginning in 1916. Actors featured in the series include Slim Summerville, Billie Ritchie, Ethel Teare, and Eli Nadel (as a chi ...

(see Al St. John filmography for details). They were produced by Reel Comedies.

Educational Pictures Educational Pictures, also known as Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. or Educational Films Corporation of America, was an American film production and film distribution company founded in 1916 by Earle (E. W.) Hammons (1882–1962). Educational pr ...

distributed. George Davis in His First Car

Tuxedo Comedies are 2-reeler

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

s produced from 1923 until 1929 and comedy films with sound produced from 1929 until 1931 and 1935 to 1936. The films were budgeted at around $10,000 each. Educational Pictures' Mermaid Comedies were higher budget and it also had a budget line of cheaper 1-reel comedies in the Cameo Comedies line.

Wallace Lupino Wallace Lupino (23 January 1898 – 11 October 1961) was a British-born stage and film actor who was a member of the Lupino family. He appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1945, most often with his older brother, Lupino Lane. He was born i ...

was one of the feature performers. Tuxedo was a Jack White Productions brand.

Partial filmography

*''Easter Bonnets'' (1923) *''Front'' (1923) *''No Loading'' (1923) *''One Night it Rained'' (1924) *''The New Sheriff'' (1924) *''Stupid But Brave'' (1924) *'' Lovemania'' (1924), directed by Al St. John and featuring Doris Deane. Extant *''The Tourist'' (1925) *''The Movies'' (1925) *''Cleaning Up'' (1925) *''The Iron Mule'' (1925) *''My Stars'' (1926) *''Home Cured'' (1926) *''His First Car''

References

{{Reflist Short film series 1920s comedy films Comedy film series Silent comedy films 1930s comedy films