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poster Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker
(3.0/5)
75mn - Comedy, Romance
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly a…
poster Ko-Ko's Kink
Ko-Ko's Kink
6mn - Animation, Comedy
An Inkwell Imp short.
poster The Curtain Pole
The Curtain Pole
10mn - Comedy
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumu…
poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster Wiggle Your Ears
Wiggle Your Ears
(3.6/5)
20mn - Comedy
This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear kick her behind, spend her money on him, and forces her to push his kiddie car, all so that she could ge…
poster Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
10mn - Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges …
poster Kismet
Kismet
85mn -
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
poster Peeping Pete
Peeping Pete
7mn - Comedy
This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in a fence. The neighbor (Sterling) notices and chases him all over town with sheriff and family close behi…
poster Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
2mn - Comedy
A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage props blow up and turn into other objects or people, and…
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 Wiretapper
Wiretapper
(2.9/5)
80mn -
A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.
poster Liquid Bridge
Liquid Bridge
98mn - Drama, Action
Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.
poster A Dozen Socks
A Dozen Socks
(3.1/5)
8mn - Comedy
A poor sap tries to impress his girl by fighting the great boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
poster Playin' Hookey
Playin' Hookey
29mn - Comedy
Wheezer gets excited watching his dog Pansy attack and rip apart the chickens and furniture in the back yard. His mother is upset, and his father takes his rifle to shoot the dog. Meanwhile, Joe Cobb has …
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…
poster The Pawnshop
The Pawnshop
(3.5/5)
26mn - Comedy
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives a…
poster Shanghaied Lovers
Shanghaied Lovers
(2.7/5)
15mn - Comedy
Shanghaied on his wedding day, Harry struggles to cope with a cruel captain while fending off a sailor who seems attracted to him.
poster Bacon Grabbers
Bacon Grabbers
20mn - Comedy
Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.
poster Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
4mn - Western
A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.
poster J-U-N-K
J-U-N-K
(2.7/5)
24mn -
A Hank Mann slapstick comedy where he plays a Junk Dealer's Helper.
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