A list of the earliest comedy films produced before the 1920. Pre-1910 Title Director Cast Country Notes 1894Fred Ott's SneezeWilliam Kennedy Dickson Fred OttUnited States 1895Robetta and Doretto William K. L. Dickson FranceWatering the Gardener Louis Lumiere France 1896Patineur GrotesqueMarius Sestier AustraliaInterrupted Lover 1897In a Chinese Laundry The Milker's Mishap James H. White United StatesGeorge Albert SmithGeorge Albert Smith New Pillow Fight Emily Lubin and Marguerite Sessler United StatesYoung America 1898The Inquisitive Girls The Minister's Wooing The Nearsighted School Teacher Augusta Selmer United StatesThe Old Maid and the Burglar Little Willy and the Minister 1899Armor vs. Armour An Exciting Finish 1900Above the Limit Frederick S. Armitage Charley Grapewin United StatesThe Burglar-Proof Bed I Had to Leave a Happy Home For You 1901A Joke on Grandma 1903I Want My Dinner A Narrow Escape The Magical Tramp 1905Everybody Works But Father The Little Train Robbery Edwin S. Porter United StatesRaffles the Dog 1906Humorous Phases of Funny Faces J. Stuart Blackton J. Stuart Blackton United StatesDr. Dippy's Sanitarium 1907College Chums 1908A Calamitcus Elapment The Painter's Revenge The Taming of the Shrew 1909Cohen at Corey Island The New Cop Tag Day
1910s
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1910 Making a Man of Him Davy Jones and Captain Bragg 1911Money to Burn 1912Making a Man of Her A Near-Tragedy The New Neighbor O'Brien's Busy Day 1913The New Pupil Nursey Favorites 1914A Busy Day J. Stuart Blackton Charlie Chaplin and J. Stuart Blackton United StatesBetween Showers Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Emma Clifton, and Chester Conklin United StatesKid Auto Races at Venice Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin United StatesMaking a Living Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin United StatesThe New Janitor Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United StatesTwenty Minutes of Love Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United States 1915Fatty's Tintype Tangle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Louise Fazenda, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee and Frank Hayes. United StatesRagtime Snap Shots Hal Roach Harold Lloyd United StatesThe Tramp Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Ernest Van Pelt United StatesA Woman Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin United States 1916Behind the Screen Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, and Edna Purviance United StatesThe Fireman Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Lloyd Bacon United StatesThe Floorwalker Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, and Lloyd Bacon United StatesThe Pawnshop Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, and Eric Campbell United StatesThe Vagabond Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, and Lloyd Bacon United States 1917The Adventurer Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell United StatesBack Stage Arvid E. Gillstrom Oliver Hardy United StatesEasy Street Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell United StatesThe Immigrant Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell United StatesThe Poor Little Rich Girl Maurice Tourneur Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks and Frank McGlynn Sr. United States Comedy dramaRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Marshall Neilan Mary Pickford and Eugene O'Brien United States Comedy drama 1918The Cook Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John United StatesGood-Night, Nurse! Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton United StatesO, It's Great to Be Crazy 1919Back Stage Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and Al St. John United StatesThe Hayseed Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton United StatesHoot, Moon! Short Hustling For Health