Josef swickard

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poster Stick Around
Stick Around
24mn - Comedy
A paperhanger and his helper arrive at a sanitarium to do a job. The chubby paperhanger leaves most of the work to his thin assistant, who tries gamely but usually makes a mess. Various patients at the as…
poster The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
(3.3/5)
60mn - Drama
Giles Bateson gets expelled from college for misconduct. His angry father, the Earl, sends him a message: "Never let me see you again until you have earned a half crown and proven yourself worthy of confi…
poster Willie's Magic Wand
Willie's Magic Wand
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.
poster Another Job for the Undertaker
Another Job for the Undertaker
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a bellboy. The boy deposits the Rube's bag and umbrella, turns…
poster A Switchback Railway
A Switchback Railway
1mn - Documentary
The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back…
poster The Switchtower
The Switchtower
13mn - Drama
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor …
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 A Sammy in Siberia
A Sammy in Siberia
11mn - Comedy
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
poster The Yellow Ticket
The Yellow Ticket
(3.2/5)
58mn - Drama
"The Yellow Ticket" (aka "The Devil's Pawn") was directed by Vicor Janson and Eugen Illes as a German project shot partially in Warsaw. A story of a Jewish girl forced to hide her identity in order to att…
poster An American in the Making
An American in the Making
15mn -
An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.
poster 'Blue Blazes' Rawden
'Blue Blazes' Rawden
(3.0/5)
65mn - Western, Drama
Rawden, a lumberjack in the North woods, fights with crooked dance hall owner 'Ladyfingers' Hilgard over the affections of Babette DuFresne. Hilgard is killed. When Hilgard's mother and younger brother ar…
poster My Four Years in Germany
My Four Years in Germany
(2.9/5)
127mn - War, Drama
The experiences of the American ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, are recounted in this semi-documentary.
poster Newman Laugh-O-Grams
Newman Laugh-O-Grams
4mn - Animation, Comedy
A short film depicting Walt Disney sitting at his desk drawing a series of still cartoons and simple animations in a satirical newsreel format. A compilation of four cartoons about Kansas City are present…
poster The Monastery of Sendomir
The Monastery of Sendomir
(3.5/5)
76mn - Drama
Two riders on their way to Warsaw stop at a monastery for the night and ask an old monk there to tell them the story of its founding.
poster The Screaming Skull
The Screaming Skull
68mn - Thriller, Horror
Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange …
poster Noisy Noises
Noisy Noises
(3.3/5)
19mn - Comedy
Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying. Every effort to calm Rupert is undone by an immediate commotion to wake him up. Joe …
poster A Hand Shake
A Hand Shake
1mn -
William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
poster Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
(3.2/5)
5mn - Documentary
This two-color (green-blue and red) film was produced as a demonstration reel at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, under the direction of Kodak scientist John Capstaff. It features leading actr…
poster Cohen’s Fire Sale
Cohen’s Fire Sale
13mn - Comedy, Crime
A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
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…
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