Films and TV Shows from the 1920s

poster Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible?
25mn - Comedy
Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with…
poster Kid Speed
Kid Speed
18mn - Comedy, Romance, Action
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in lov…
poster Zeb vs. Paprika
Zeb vs. Paprika
24mn - Comedy
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
poster Love 'Em and Weep
Love 'Em and Weep
23mn - Comedy
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
poster Ballet Mécanique
Ballet Mécanique
19mn - Documentary, Fantasy
Ballet Mécanique is a Dadaist, post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger in collaboration with the filmmaker Dudley Murphy. It has a musical score by the America…
poster Big Business
Big Business
19mn - Comedy
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroy…
poster The Haunted House
The Haunted House
21mn - Comedy, Horror
A bank teller becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
poster Flying Elephants
Flying Elephants
18mn - Comedy
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
poster Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies
15mn - Comedy
After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. He calls in his lawyer to straighten things out.
poster One Week
One Week
25mn - Comedy
Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to asse…
poster Duck Soup
Duck Soup
20mn - Comedy
Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the…
poster The Boat
The Boat
(3.6/5)
26mn - Comedy
A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
poster Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
(3.4/5)
19mn - Comedy
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
poster Manhatta
Manhatta
(3.3/5)
11mn - Documentary
Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks…
poster An Eastern Westerner
An Eastern Westerner
(3.4/5)
28mn - Comedy, Western
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Pi…
poster Mighty Like a Moose
Mighty Like a Moose
(3.6/5)
23mn - Comedy, Romance
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
poster Mud and Sand
Mud and Sand
(2.9/5)
40mn - Comedy, Adventure
Rhubarb Vaselino lives in a small village, when he and his friend, Sapo, enter a bullfighting contest, Sapo dies, but Rhubarb kills three bulls and becomes a local hero earning money. Two years later, he …
poster Number, Please?
Number, Please?
(3.5/5)
25mn - Comedy
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. The…
poster The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra
The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra
(3.6/5)
14mn - Drama
This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by the number 9413 written on his forehead.
poster The Balloonatic
The Balloonatic
27mn - Comedy, Romance
Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about…