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poster Gas and Air

Gas and Air

Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders of…

Sand

Railroad station agent Dan Kurrie is fired from his job by his rival in love, Joseph Garber. Believed false by the girl he loves, Margaret , Kurrie must prove himself by unmasking a gang of bandits preyin…

poster Crazy to Act

Crazy to Act

Millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on the film starts,…

Perfect Profile

Brad Johnson is a successful young manager who owns a millions dollar heavy company. He believes the key to his success was trusting in the forecasts of his computers. So he wants to use the same method t…

poster Disorder in the Court

Disorder in the Court

The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing Kirk Robin.

poster The Mysterious Box

The Mysterious Box

As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a sheet of glass on which h…

poster Comical Conjuring

Comical Conjuring

In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant, believing that he would be comfortable in an armchair, s…

poster A Corner in Wheat

A Corner in Wheat

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the …

poster The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

110mn - Drama, Horror

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popul…

Greed

100mn - Drama, Crime

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

poster Dream Street

Dream Street

132mn - Romance, Drama

Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.

poster My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

94mn - Comedy, Romance

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a serv…

poster The Blot

The Blot

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the pr…

poster The Invisible Men

The Invisible Men

8mn - Crime, Fantasy, Comedy

A scientist concocts a potion that can turn people invisible for short periods of time. Two crooks steal the potion and go on a crime spree.

poster The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner

95mn - Crime, Drama

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a my…

poster Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

1mn - Documentary

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

poster Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell's Kingdom

102mn - Adventure, Drama

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there …

poster Uncle Josh's Nightmare

Uncle Josh's Nightmare

2mn - Fantasy, Comedy, Horror

Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedevilled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing film using a stationary camera much more valuable for i…

poster The Pest

The Pest

Stan is Jimmy Smith, a salesman who is trying hard to pitch his Napoleon book to an uninterested customer as they stand in front of some iron gates. When an elderly gentleman approaches the two men he us…

poster Mr. Jones at the Ball

Mr. Jones at the Ball

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife. In this film, Jones rips his suit…

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