"that is but" meaning

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poster An Indian Summer
An Indian Summer
17mn - Romance
A lonely old widower arrives in town and seeks out a pleasant boarding place. The house he selects may be pleasant and homelike, but most of all it is owned by a widow, and managed by her daughter. The wi…
poster Beauty's Worth
Beauty's Worth
(3.2/5)
76mn - Drama
Prudence Cole is an unsophisticated Quaker girl being raised by her two aunts. Prudence is flirted with by snobbish Henry Garrison, who actually disdains the girl for her lack of worldliness and savoir fa…
poster Misfortune Never Comes Alone
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
3mn - Comedy
The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical
poster When the Clouds Roll By
When the Clouds Roll By
(3.5/5)
85mn - Romance, Action, Comedy
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a …
poster The Old Shell Game
The Old Shell Game
(3.8/5)
7mn - Animation
A starving wolf tries to find something to eat but keeps striking out. He even tries to cook a turtle.
poster Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
2mn - Comedy
This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give s…
poster The Yaqui Cur
The Yaqui Cur
18mn - Western
The prospector had taught the Indian boy the doctrine of peace. When his tribe resisted the attack of another tribe the boy did not take part. The din of the battle, as the horsemen circled them again and…
poster The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
5mn - Animation, Comedy
Two cavemen, The Duke and Stonejaw Steve, call on Miss Araminta Rockface. The hated rivals fight, and Steve wins when he throws The Duke into a pot of boiling water. A title card introduces a third rival,…
poster Back Stage
Back Stage
26mn - Comedy
Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.
poster Post No Bills
Post No Bills
1mn - Documentary, Comedy
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
poster Dunces and Dangers
Dunces and Dangers
(3.2/5)
10mn - Comedy
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and every…
poster Behind Office Doors
Behind Office Doors
(3.1/5)
82mn - Drama, Romance
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
poster The Unbeliever
The Unbeliever
(3/5)
80mn - War, Drama
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being…
poster Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy, Drama
Fulta Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, but presently she's known to be the "property" of S…
poster The Wonderful Album
The Wonderful Album
(2.7/5)
4mn - Fantasy
This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing’ effects as pieces of paper from a giant book turn in…
poster Among Those Present
Among Those Present
35mn - Comedy
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
poster The Magician and the Imp
The Magician and the Imp
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, clad i…
poster Sherlock Holmes Baffled
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
1mn - Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.
poster Kill or Cure
Kill or Cure
11mn -
Laurel portrays a commercial traveller, hawking a patent medicine cried Professor I.O. Dine's Knox-All: that name is the funniest joke in this movie, which ain't sayin' much. I should point out that this …
poster Wrong Again
Wrong Again
(3.5/5)
20mn - Comedy
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it be…
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