Films and TV Shows from the 1920s

poster Opus IV
Opus IV
4mn - Animation
An abstract animation by Walter Ruttmann.
poster Rhythm 23
Rhythm 23
3mn - Animation
We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures bounce around on the now white background.
poster Lightning Love
Lightning Love
20mn - Comedy
The storm, which takes up most of the second reel, is a trial run for the storm sequence in The Wizard Of Oz which Semon would make in 1925. Fox released a comedy that was an exact copy of Lightning Love…
poster Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina
Terrible Vavila and Auntie Arina
7mn - Animation
Educational film about March 8th, about the situation of rural women.
poster Tusalava
Tusalava
9mn - Animation
With the screen split asymmetrically, one part in positive, the other negative, the film documents the evolution of simple celled organic forms into chains of cells then more complex images from tribal cu…
poster The Trespasser
The Trespasser
(3.3/5)
90mn - Drama
In her first talking picture, Gloria Swanson stars as a stenographer whose love for a wealthy man leads to scandal, sacrifice, and a fight for her dignity in this Oscar-nominated pre-Code drama.
poster Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
(3.0/5)
18mn - Comedy
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's da…
poster There He Goes
There He Goes
(2.8/5)
30mn - Comedy
1925 Mack Sennett Comedies production three-reel short.
poster Taro's Toy Train
Taro's Toy Train
(3.1/5)
15mn - Action, Comedy, Animation
A train conductor goes about his duty. All the characters are animals in human form. Hippo ladies in dresses try to jam into cars and other passengers pull jokes and cause havoc.
poster The Adventures of the Little Chinese
The Adventures of the Little Chinese
24mn - Animation
Within the initiatory journey of two children lies a fine lesson in geopolitics done Soviet style. Apart from this political demonstration, the patched-up puppets stroll through the décor with incomparabl…
poster The Karnival Kid
The Karnival Kid
(3.2/5)
8mn - Animation, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is working as a hot dog vendor at a carnival when he meets and quickly falls for Minnie the "Shimmy Dancer". That night, Mickey and a pair of alley cats serenade her by performing the song "S…
poster Perfect Day
Perfect Day
(3.6/5)
20mn - Comedy
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, thei…
poster Green Pastures
Green Pastures
(2.8/5)
5mn -
A horse always finds greener grass in his neighbors yard, but his neighbors are not too happy.
poster The Penwiper
The Penwiper
4mn - Animation
Mud animation by pioneer San Francisco Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. From the "Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff" series.
poster Snapping the Whip
Snapping the Whip
0mn - Comedy, Animation
An obnoxious cat, wearing roller skates, leads Al Falfa on a merry chase. The frisky feline then puts skates on the unsuspecting farmer, propelling him right into a mean canine traffic cop.
poster All Wet
All Wet
(2.9/5)
0mn -
In this film, Snub leaves his extremely tiny town to go live with his aunt, who he doesn't even know. He arrives at her house when she's throwing a party and she doesn't want to invite him inside...until …
poster All Wet
All Wet
0mn -
A slapstick comedy featuring Bud Duncan & Billy Gilbert.
poster The Jolly Jilter
The Jolly Jilter
(2.7/5)
21mn - Comedy
Ben Turpin, a self-proclaimed "lady killer" finds himself in a difficult romantic predicament. Currently engaged to a woman described as a "gold-digger" (played by Madeleine Hurlock), Ben decides he must…
poster Smith's Uncle
Smith's Uncle
(2.9/5)
21mn - Comedy
Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and her conniving brother Bud Jamison.
poster Run 'Em Ragged
Run 'Em Ragged
(2.9/5)
14mn - Comedy
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sop…