John tansey

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poster Shadows
Shadows
(3.1/5)
68mn - Drama
Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathe…
poster A Victim of Misfortune
A Victim of Misfortune
4mn - Comedy
Painter pursued by policeman, laundress, milkman, etc.
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 The Yawner
The Yawner
4mn - Comedy
A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he proceeds to make others yawn as well, including a shop keepe…
poster Mr. Jones at the Ball
Mr. Jones at the Ball
8mn - Comedy
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…
poster The Penwiper
The Penwiper
4mn - Animation
Mud animation by pioneer San Francisco Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. From the "Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff" series.
poster The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
4mn - Comedy
A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.
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 Transformation by Hats
Transformation by Hats
1mn - Comedy
FĂ©licien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
poster Turning the Tables
Turning the Tables
1mn - Comedy
A policeman confronts a group of boys who have ignored a 'No Bathing Allowed' sign.
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 A Tricky Painter’s Fate
A Tricky Painter’s Fate
4mn - Comedy
A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.
poster Picking Peaches
Picking Peaches
22mn - Comedy, Animation
A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when…
poster Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
1mn - Comedy
Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't in the camera's view. He fires a shot into the tree, th…
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…
poster KatsudĹŤ Shashin
KatsudĹŤ Shashin
1mn - Animation, Family
A boy in a cadet's uniform paints a statement on the top of the frame and then tips his cap to the audience. Also known as "Matsumoto fragment".
poster Sideshow Wrestlers
Sideshow Wrestlers
8mn - Drama, Comedy
A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.
poster The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
1mn - Comedy
Shows a tramp asleep. Two mischievous boys appear on roller skates. One removes his skates and they strap them to the feet of "Weary Willie." They then wake him...
poster Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
1mn - Comedy
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
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