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poster Getting Even
Getting Even
7mn - Comedy
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all the men flirt with him and abandon Lucy. When his disgui…
poster Command Performance
Command Performance
(3.0/5)
84mn - Music, Drama
The Street Singer abandons his successful stage career when his voice weakens, seeking solace among gypsies where he discovers love with a woman who doesn't recognize his celebrity.
poster Souls on the Road
Souls on the Road
(3.3/5)
91mn - Drama
A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.
poster An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl
(3.1/5)
82mn - Comedy
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.
poster Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
12mn - Drama, Western
It's Christmas, and a young woman is on her way to celebrate the holidays with her parents. A group of drunk cowboys startle her horses making her wagon, with the woman on it, speed off. By chance Broncho…
poster Hoodoo Ann
Hoodoo Ann
(3.0/5)
65mn - Romance, Comedy, Drama
A teenage orphan (who believes herself to be "hoodooed") is taken in by a childless couple and quickly falls for the boy next door; Her luck seems to have changed. But the idyll is broken up after a trip …
poster Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday
(3.1/5)
81mn - Romance, Comedy
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contem…
poster Silks and Saddles
Silks and Saddles
(2.8/5)
86mn - Drama
Bobbie Morton is a gutsy heroine in the grand Australian tradition. She's a champion horsewoman who can hold her own amongst the men of the racecourse. As part of her adventures she must come to the botto…
poster The Servant Girl's Legacy
The Servant Girl's Legacy
9mn - Comedy
A serving girl receives a telegram that she has come into an inheritance. The family she works for suddenly starts to treat her well, and several young men come to court her. Then she receives another tel…
poster Double Whoopee
Double Whoopee
19mn - Comedy
Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort …
poster Teaserama
Teaserama
69mn - Documentary
A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.
poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
5mn -
Onésime short
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 Eleanor's Catch
Eleanor's Catch
(2.8/5)
15mn - Mystery
ELEANOR'S CATCH is a delightful short, directed by and starring Cleo Madison. A successful actress, Madison was one of many women who directed films at Universal, particularly in the mid 1910s. In this tw…
poster Cinderella
Cinderella
(3.1/5)
52mn - Fantasy, Drama
Good-hearted Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but she is able to go to the Royal Ball with the help of the Fairy Godmother. Based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale, and featuring…
poster Jenny
Jenny
(2.6/5)
34mn - Drama
A romance story about Jenny and the men that love her.
poster The Delicious Little Devil
The Delicious Little Devil
(3.1/5)
77mn - Comedy, Drama
A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the famil…
poster The Red Lantern
The Red Lantern
(3.3/5)
70mn - Drama
Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life …
poster All Dolled Up
All Dolled Up
(3.0/5)
50mn - Comedy, Drama
The department store clerk Mary prevents a robbery at the store where she works, involving a necklace belonging to a rich unmarried woman named Eva Bandy. Later, she manages via a misunderstanding to prev…
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