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poster The Frogs Who Wanted a King
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
(3.6/5)
9mn - Animation, Fantasy
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new mona…
poster Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
2mn - Comedy
This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give s…
poster Captain Grogg in a Balloon
Captain Grogg in a Balloon
(2.7/5)
11mn - Animation
A man draws Captain Grogg on a hot air balloon flight.
poster The Portrait of Captain Grogg
The Portrait of Captain Grogg
(3.3/5)
7mn - Animation
An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait
poster A Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
poster My Old Kentucky Home
My Old Kentucky Home
(3.1/5)
7mn - Animation
This 1926 Fleischer Song Car-Tune encouraged movie going audiences to follow the bouncing ball, or racist caricature, and join in on a minstrel classic. In this way, the short joined sentimentality, a sen…
poster Sightseeing Through Whisky
Sightseeing Through Whisky
6mn - Comedy
John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.
poster Getting Even
Getting Even
7mn - Comedy
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all the men flirt with him and abandon Lucy. When his disgui…
poster Gas and Air
Gas and Air
11mn - Comedy
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…
poster The Serenade
The Serenade
10mn - Comedy
Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.
poster Hearts and Flowers
Hearts and Flowers
21mn - Comedy
A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.
poster A Jazzed Honeymoon
A Jazzed Honeymoon
9mn - Romance, Comedy
This time, Harold's the skinny sap who married the hottie, and he doesn't quite have the spine to tell her ex-beaus to blow. The honeymoon finds him mistaken for a boiler worker.
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 Human Fly
The Human Fly
2mn - Fantasy
This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment of al…
poster The Hobo
The Hobo
20mn - Comedy
Billy is a hobo who hangs around the train station. He creates disruption in the ticket office, at the lunch counter, and in the lives of some of the customers.
poster The Drawing Lesson
The Drawing Lesson
2mn -
In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars.…
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 Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
poster The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
16mn - Comedy
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by L…
poster The Fugitive
The Fugitive
16mn - Drama, War
Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he…
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