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poster Life of an American Fireman
Life of an American Fireman
7mn - Action
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with their horse drawn pumper, arrive on the scene, and effect …
poster It's a Gift
It's a Gift
12mn - Comedy
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives i…
poster Ko-Ko's Tattoo
Ko-Ko's Tattoo
6mn - Animation, Comedy
Max draws a tattoo of a cat on his coworker, and Fitz chases the cat around when the tattoo comes to life.
poster The Golf Nut
The Golf Nut
22mn - Comedy
Many of its members are spending a leisurely day at the the El Caballero Golf Club, the most beautiful in California. Also visiting for the day is non-member, Billy Divott, a golf enthusiast who is a litt…
poster The Terrible Kids
The Terrible Kids
7mn - Comedy
Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are called, and soon the boys are on the run, pursued by the p…
poster The Pollinators
The Pollinators
(3.7/5)
93mn - Documentary
Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard, pollinating the crops that we eat.
poster Invisible Ink
Invisible Ink
(3.5/5)
8mn - Comedy, Animation
Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.
poster The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise
6mn - Animation
A retelling of the classic Aesop Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.
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 Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies
Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies
59mn - Comedy
In his first hour-long comedy special, award-winning comedian Paul Ogata takes it upon himself to solve the world's problems by exposing the lies of modern society, including the Ebola scare, food allergi…
poster Saps in Chaps
Saps in Chaps
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation, Western, Comedy
Sagebrush site gags depicting wild west wackiness.
poster Ko-Ko's War Dogs
Ko-Ko's War Dogs
6mn - Animation
An animated film where Ko-Ko the clown becomes involved in a war.
poster Django's Cut Price Corpses
Django's Cut Price Corpses
83mn - Western
The Cortez brothers rob a bank and flee beyond the Mexican border. On their trail are various people, each for a different reason: Sheriff Fulton is sent by the robbed bank to recuperate the money; Django…
poster Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment
(3.4/5)
21mn - Comedy
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner …
poster Run 'Em Ragged
Run 'Em Ragged
14mn - Comedy
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sop…
poster Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1mn - Documentary
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
poster Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent
90mn - Action, Drama, Romance
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
poster Mixed Babies
Mixed Babies
8mn - Comedy
poster A Pueblo Legend
A Pueblo Legend
24mn - Western
A love story set among Native Americans.
poster The Fourth Alarm
The Fourth Alarm
20mn - Comedy
The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.
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