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poster Making an American Citizen

Making an American Citizen

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

poster The Valley of the Giants

The Valley of the Giants

Rival logging companies battle for the Valley of the Giants (redwood trees) when a young engineer returns home to help his father by building a new rail line to transport the logs to the sawmill. A romanc…

poster Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

poster Base Brawl

Base Brawl

8mn - Animation, Comedy, Music

At the zoo, the animals have all gone to play baseball. Animals fill the stands as they watch the antics that can only come about from exotic animals who play baseball.

Fencing

1mn - Documentary

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

poster Fifth Column Mouse

Fifth Column Mouse

7mn - Animation, Comedy, War

In an allegory for World War II, one mouse's attempt to appease the cat of the house in exchange for a regular supply of cheese puts all the mice in danger.

poster Mixed Babies

Mixed Babies

poster Swimming in the Sea

Swimming in the Sea

1mn - Documentary

Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

poster Independents' Day

Independents' Day

91mn - Action, Sci-Fi

Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted… or feared.

poster Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1mn - Documentary

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.

poster Men Boxing

Men Boxing

1mn - Documentary

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

poster Fatty's Magic Pants

Fatty's Magic Pants

'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready.

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 Martial Outlaw

Martial Outlaw

86mn - Action, Crime, Drama

A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.

poster Knock Off

Knock Off

91mn - Action, Adventure, Thriller

A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.

poster Green Grow the Rushes

Green Grow the Rushes

77mn - Comedy, Thriller

In the small British village of Anderia Marsh, locals cling to an ancient charter granting them freedom from import duties. When government officials arrive to enforce modern regulations, the villagers un…

poster The Golf Nut

The Golf Nut

Many of its members are spending a leisurely day at the the El Caballero Golf Club, the most beautiful in California. Also visiting for the day is non-member, Billy Divott, a golf enthusiast who is a litt…

poster For a Few Dollars Less

For a Few Dollars Less

A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.

poster Money Mad

Money Mad

9mn - Crime, Drama

The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at the bank, exchanging stolen notes for gold coin, a couple…

poster Daddy's Double

Daddy's Double

16mn - Comedy, Romance

This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow.

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