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poster A Clever Dummy

A Clever Dummy

An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to profit off the invention.

poster Putting Pants on Philip

Putting Pants on Philip

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

poster The Sea Squawk

The Sea Squawk

A Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a three-star liner. Blackie Dawson, the uncrowned king of jewel thieves, and his accomplice Pearl Blackstone, hav…

poster Anita Garibaldi

Anita Garibaldi

poster A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

poster Hadj Cheriff

Hadj Cheriff

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the…

poster The Bond

The Bond

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating…

poster Electrocuting an Elephant

Electrocuting an Elephant

1mn - Documentary

This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.

poster Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

poster R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

13mn - Animation

Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.

poster Jumping the Blanket

Jumping the Blanket

1mn - Documentary, Comedy

Four men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump into the blanket.

poster Jewish Prudence

Jewish Prudence

Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.

poster It's a Gift

It's a Gift

A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives i…

poster Alice's Egg Plant

Alice's Egg Plant

9mn - Animation

Julius, the boss of Alice's chicken farm, has to find a way to deliver 5000 eggs to Sinkem and Soakem when the hens go on strike.

poster Willie's Magic Wand

Willie's Magic Wand

3mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.

poster Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

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 Saps in Chaps

Saps in Chaps

7mn - Animation, Western, Comedy

Sagebrush site gags depicting wild west wackiness.

poster The Cook in Trouble

The Cook in Trouble

4mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

poster Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat

Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat

1mn - Animation

This short 1919 cartoon, produced by Ford Motor Company, shows a farmer Uncle Sam braining a huge rat branded with "I.W.W." (Industrial Workers of the World) before it can eat the grain.

poster Quack-a Doodle-Doo

Quack-a Doodle-Doo

7mn - Animation, Comedy

His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little life miserable. But when a ferocious fox attac…

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