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poster A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, cops and a brat make it nearly impossible to get …

poster A Hundred Tricks

A Hundred Tricks

poster Dickson Greeting

Dickson Greeting

1mn - Documentary

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to …

poster Detained

Detained

When a convict forcibly changes places with our hero Stan, he's taken to the pokey in the prisoner's place. Run-ins with pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair follow. Will the warden find Stan innocent o…

poster When Do We Eat?

When Do We Eat?

An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."

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.

Aah

146mn - Drama, Romance

At the behest of his father, Raj writes letters to Chandra, a prospective bride. However, unbeknownst to him, it is Neelu, Chandra's sister, who responds to his letters and falls in love with him.

poster A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.

poster Lightplay Opus II

Lightplay Opus II

4mn - Animation

An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.

poster Among Those Present

Among Those Present

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Babul

Two fathers, one poor and the other rich, hope that a wealthy postmaster will wed one of their daughters.

poster A Hand Shake

A Hand Shake

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

poster Band Drill

Band Drill

1mn - Documentary

A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns around and directs the musicians as they take up their …

poster Love Lessons

Love Lessons

97mn - Drama, Short

An older couple are about to retire, when they find out that they're about to be parents all over again.

poster Take Care of My Little Girl

Take Care of My Little Girl

A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.

Exposé

Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror

A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.

poster The Non-Stop Kid

The Non-Stop Kid

Bebe is surrounded by suitors, but her father wants her to marry Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold makes his move by impersonating the professor.

poster Operating on Cupid

Operating on Cupid

A short comic film in which a young man has himself admitted to the hospital so as to see more of his girlfriend (who is a nurse there), to the displeasure of the surgeon.

poster The Idol Dancer

The Idol Dancer

A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues.

poster Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children

66mn - Drama, Thriller

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister…

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