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poster The Camels Are Coming

The Camels Are Coming

72mn - Adventure, Comedy

A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.

poster Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax

300mn - Action, Adventure

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include excit…

poster East Lynne

East Lynne

An adaptation of the 1861 novel by English author Ellen Wood: The story of long-suffering Lady Isabel Carlisle cast in a modern setting.

poster Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians

Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians

Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.

poster David Copperfield

David Copperfield

After ten happy childhood years, the life of David Copperfield takes an obscure turn. His mother passes away and a cruel stepfather crushes young Copperfield’s dreams and sends him to work in London. From…

poster The Yawner

The Yawner

A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he proceeds to make others yawn as well, including a shop keepe…

poster Playing Cards

Playing Cards

1mn - Documentary, Comedy

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and d…

poster Seeing the World

Seeing the World

In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, Lon…

poster From Soup to Nuts

From Soup to Nuts

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

poster Teacher's Pest

Teacher's Pest

7mn - Animation

This Noveltoon (Paramount production number P9-5) finds young-and-little Junior Owl on his way to school, and trying hard to live up to the reputation of his elders for being wise. But, despite his best e…

poster The Unbeliever

The Unbeliever

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 Going to Bed Under Difficulties

Going to Bed Under Difficulties

A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

poster Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

65mn - Thriller, Mystery

A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher takes the bet, and gives him the "only key" to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so …

poster Paper Year

Paper Year

89mn - Drama, Romance

Young newlyweds encounter a series of challenges during the first year of their marriage.

poster The Drawing Lesson

The Drawing Lesson

In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars.…

poster Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

104mn - Comedy, Romance

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want mor…

poster The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

115mn - Drama, War

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casual…

Lamb

Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his…

poster Dallas Doll

Dallas Doll

Dallas, an American golf tutor, arrives in a quiet Sydney suburb to teach at the local school and sets about causing chaos with the family she stays with.

poster Beauty's Worth

Beauty's Worth

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…

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