Laurel plays Winchell McSweeney, whose fisherman parents forced him to leave home and make it on his own when they can no longer afford to keep supporting him. He takes a boat out of the village, but accidentally sets the ship on fire when he attempts to take a photograph of the passengers. The women end up on the island with McSweeney, and is constantly pursued by them, including one Amazon-size girl.
Watch the official Half a Man 1925 trailer in HD below.
Stan Laurel as Winchell McSweeney
Tui Bow as Shipwrecked Woman
Julie Leonard as Shipwrecked Woman
Blanche Payson as Shipwrecked Woman
Murray Rock as Boat Crew
Harry Sweet Director
Joe Rock Director
Murray Rock Assistant Director
Joe Rock Producer
Edgar Lyons Director of Photography
United States 30 August 1925
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Stan Laurel 'Half a Man' 1925 silent film.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1925:
01 November 1925
Jane Brower wants nothing more than to leave behind her ranch life in the West and go East. When she happens upon a party in the private railroad car of wealthy August Van Dorn, Jane gets the idea to finance her trip by kidnapping his son, Donald, for ransom.
07 October 1925
Silent comedy about a poor country bumpkin who goes to Hollywood to make good.
01 October 1925
Dress model Sheila Conroy loses her job after ruining a gown she borrowed from her employer. Harlan, a criminal posing as a government agent, offers Sheila work as his assistant.
13 April 1925
When Silent Sanderson's brother kills himself over the rejection of a woman, Silent blames Judith Benson and leaves the family homestead to begin a new life in Alaska.
06 June 1925
An odd little one reel comedy starring Earl Mohan and Billy Engle, from the Hal Roach Studio. Directed by Tay Garnett.
19 July 1925
An exiled king supports his daughter and himself by serving genuine chili con carne at a rapid-service lunch counter.
12 January 1925
After being educated in England, Daisy Forbes returns to China, the country of her birth, and discovers that her father has recently died and that she has become a social outcast, owing to the public revelation that the oriental nurse who raised her was actually her mother.
20 September 1925
Bill Bangs and his Negro valet, George Washington Black, stray into a mining town and are arrested when they attempt to steal something to eat.
30 August 1925
An American falls for the princess of the Kingdom of Graustark, and decides to her marriage to a dastardly prince.
17 August 1925
After years of service, the Captain of the Setuckit Life Saving Station on Cape Cod retires, Calvin Homer, the second in command, Calvin Homer expects to be promoted; but the appointment goes instead to Bartlett, a religious fanatic who has been the recipient of a good deal of favorable newspaper publicity.
15 March 1925
Their only sim was that they loved too much: lovers never stop to count the cost. He was a young millionaire and she was only a "Bargain "Basement" girl, but they had one week of paradise that started two years of drama.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1925 Standard Photoplay Company, Joe Rock Comedies (I).