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poster Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting
(2.7/5)
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 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
(3.2/5)
3mn - Comedy, Animation
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
poster Wonderful Mirrors
Wonderful Mirrors
7mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes to life and comes out of the frame and imitates his eve…
poster An Over-Incubated Baby
An Over-Incubated Baby
1mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the growth of her child enters, places her baby in care of …
poster The Professor
The Professor
(3/5)
6mn - Comedy
Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares t…
poster Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe
(5/5)
117mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby…
poster His Picture in the Papers
His Picture in the Papers
(3.0/5)
62mn - Comedy
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …
poster Oh, Tomorrow Night...
Oh, Tomorrow Night...
34mn - Comedy
"Oh, Tomorrow Night ..." Slipper hero Ernst Rolf is married to a real Xantippa and also has concerns with the economy, so when the superintendent is shirking his home. In town, he meets his friend Boman a…
poster The Home Electrical
The Home Electrical
11mn -
A man is shown several of the latest electrical household appliances.
poster The Return of Draw Egan
The Return of Draw Egan
(3.1/5)
52mn - Western, Adventure, Action
A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
poster The Mysterious X
The Mysterious X
(3.4/5)
84mn - Mystery, Drama
Not long before marine officer van Hauen goes off to war and heavy-heartedly leaves his family, he coincidentally discovers that his wife has a secret liaison with the dubious Count Spinelli. What the van…
poster X's & O's
X's & O's
93mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance
Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God, a hoodra…
poster Hadj Cheriff
Hadj Cheriff
1mn -
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 Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
9mn - Comedy
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on…
poster When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
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 Cat, Dog & Co.
Cat, Dog & Co.
20mn - Family, Comedy
Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe eve…
poster KoKo's Earth Control
KoKo's Earth Control
(3.6/5)
8mn - Comedy, Animation
Ko-Ko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-contr…
poster Jack Jags and Dum Dum
Jack Jags and Dum Dum
2mn - Comedy
Two comic characters, Jack Jags and Dum Dum, perform slapstick comedy on stage.
poster Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
1mn - Documentary
The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint, a beating human heart and movements of the stomach.
poster How Jones Lost His Roll
How Jones Lost His Roll
8mn - Comedy
Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to dinner, and serves him a large meal with plenty of wine. A…
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