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poster Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas
20mn - Comedy
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into cont…
poster The Blot
The Blot
(3.4/5)
91mn - Drama
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 Mighty Like a Moose
Mighty Like a Moose
23mn - Comedy, Romance
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
poster Beyond the Rocks
Beyond the Rocks
(3.4/5)
80mn - Drama, Romance
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
poster Eve's Love Letters
Eve's Love Letters
20mn - Comedy
Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the story, but it's pretty plain that it's actually the com…
poster Felix in Hollywood
Felix in Hollywood
(3.3/5)
9mn - Animation
A starving actor, reduced to trying his luck in the movies, travels to Hollywood. His cat, Felix, poses as a travel bag and comes along.
poster The Twelve Labors of Hercules
The Twelve Labors of Hercules
(2.9/5)
7mn - Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
A cut-out animation depicting the Twelve Labours of Hercules.
poster Chicot the Jester
Chicot the Jester
(2.8/5)
59mn -
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…
poster The Ragtime Band
The Ragtime Band
10mn - Comedy
Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.
poster Romance of a Jewess
Romance of a Jewess
12mn - Comedy
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an i…
poster Crazy to Act
Crazy to Act
25mn -
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,…
poster His First Flame
His First Flame
(2.9/5)
45mn - Comedy
Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel. All that chang…
poster Keeping Up with the Joneses: Women's Styles
Keeping Up with the Joneses: Women's Styles
3mn - Comedy, Animation
A domestic comedy about the McGinis family--husband Aloysius, wife Clarice, daughter Julie, and housemaid Belladonna. Pa is appalled at the latest fashionable dresses worn by the women in his household.
poster Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
(3.4/5)
56mn - Comedy
Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.
poster The Gold Obsession
The Gold Obsession
7mn - Fantasy, Comedy
An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist has no money. The model tries to comfort him, but he thr…
poster Time Out for Rhythm
Time Out for Rhythm
(3.2/5)
75mn - Comedy, Music
A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.
poster Say It with Babies
Say It with Babies
18mn - Comedy
Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expense. On Sunday, he and his wife go on a picnic with the…
poster Le cigare introuvable
Le cigare introuvable
1mn - Comedy
Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.
poster Back Pay
Back Pay
(3.3/5)
90mn - Drama
This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her,…
poster The Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts
(3.4/5)
75mn - Crime, Drama
A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.
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