James Parrott Movies

Charley brings an actor friend home to dinner without telling his wife beforehand, and she protests. The two instead head to a theater. Charley's...

At a residence hotel, Patsy is moving in with Thelma. Thelma has prepared some rules, including singing whenever one feels quarrelsome or angry....

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short

James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and...

Are Brunettes Safe?

The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of...

On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble.

James Parrott & Ernest Morrison gets chased around a lot. Filmed in 1921 and copyrighted in 1922, but not released until 1926.

James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work.

Many Scrappy Returns

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Paul plays at being a detective until dad, who is a revenue officer, sends him out to prove his worth by rounding up some desperate moonshiners.

Ruby Lips is a comedy short

Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off...

SHOOT STRAIGHT - starring Paul Parrott, with Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker and George Rowe. A rarely-seen comedy short. Parrott is a hapless hunter in...

Alternate-language version of Rough Seas (1931)

Charley is mistakenly assumed to be a thief

The troubles of a movie projectionist in a newly-purchased theater are chronicled in this two-reeler starring Paul Parrot and Mildred June.