In early July 1911, during the silent era of motion pictures, at David Horsley's Nestor Comedies in Bayonne, New Jersey, Al Christie began turning out a weekly one-reel live-action Mutt and Jeff comedy short, which was based on the comic strip. The series lasted 2 years ending in 1913. Approximately 59 shorts were produced. Below is a list of the films separated by years.
1911
- Mutt and Jeff Break Into Society
- Mutt and Jeff Make the Feathers Fly
- Mutt and Jeff's Scheme That Failed
- Mutt and Jeff and the Unlucky Star
- Mutt and Jeff and the Lady Stenographer
- Mutt and Jeff Discover a Wonderful Remedy
- Mutt and Jeff Join the Opera Co
- Mutt and Jeff and the Blackhand
- Mutt and Jeff Spend a Quiet Day in the Country
- Mutt and Jeff as Reporters
- Mutt and Jeff and the Dog Catchers
- Mutt and Jeff and the Newsboys
- Mutt and Jeff and the Escaped Lunatic
- Mutt and Jeff and the German Band
- Mutt and Jeff and the Country Judge
- Mutt and Jeff in the Banking Business
- Mutt and Jeff and the Goldstein Burglary
- Mutt and Jeff Get Passes to the Ball Game
- Mutt and Jeff Make a Hit
- Mutt and Jeff at the Fortune Teller's
- Mutt and Jeff in a Matrimonial Affair
- Mutt and Jeff on the Job
1912
- Mutt and Jeff Fall in Love
- Mutt and Jeff and Italian Strikers
1913
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Whaddaya Mean You're Contended
- Mutt and Jeff in Panama
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- The Mexican Problem
- The Hypnotist
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- A Substitute for Peroxide
- Johnny Reb's Wooden Leg
- Mutt's Marriage
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- The Ball Game
- The Merry Milkmaid
- The California Alien Land Law
- Baseball
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Pickaninni's G-string
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt Puts One Over
- The Sandstorm
- Mutt and Jeff in Mexico
- The Sultan's Harem
- Mutt's Moneymaking Scheme
- Mutt and Jeff in Turkey
- The Matrimonial Agency
- Mutt and Jeff in Constantinople
- Mutt and Jeff at Sea
- Mutt and Jeff at Sea: Part 2
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
- Mutt and Jeff (unknown title)
References
- Eileen Bowser. The Transformation of Cinema 1907-1915. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990. p. 144. ISBN 0-684-18414-1.
- Anthony Balducci. Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema. McFarland. 2009. p. 19. ISBN 0-7864-4159-3.
- "kioscopedia.com - kioscopedia Resources and Information". www.kioscopedia.com.
- "Image 3 of The leader-enterprise (Fitzgerald, Ga.), September 15, 1913, (Monday Edition)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-10-23.