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poster Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
10mn - Comedy
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler was one of two Jinks comedies released by Vitagraph for Christmas 1916 and, according to the U.S. copyright filing, was loosely based on the true story of celebrated conman Frie…
poster The Enchanted Pond
The Enchanted Pond
1mn - Fantasy
In an outdoor setting, a magician makes pond nymphs and frog people appear out of water and thin air.
poster The Rink
The Rink
(3.5/5)
24mn - Comedy
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
poster Day Dreams
Day Dreams
18mn - Comedy
In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler one…
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 Clockmaker's Dream
The Clockmaker's Dream
2mn - Fantasy
A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping clock-maker some new kinds of clocks that they know ho…
poster The Lilliputian Minuet
The Lilliputian Minuet
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.
poster A Cure for Pokeritis
A Cure for Pokeritis
(2.6/5)
13mn - Comedy
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
poster Swimming in the Sea
Swimming in the Sea
(2.9/5)
1mn - Documentary
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
poster The Microscopic Dancer
The Microscopic Dancer
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up after …
poster The Cook in Trouble
The Cook in Trouble
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
poster If We Only Knew
If We Only Knew
10mn - Drama
A careless nurse girl allowing the child to wander away, made the mother realize the poignancy of the little verse: "If we knew the baby's fingers / Pressed against the window pane / Would be cold and sti…
poster Le goûter des bébés
Le goûter des bébés
1mn - Documentary
poster Burglary at Night
Burglary at Night
(3/5)
3mn - Comedy, Crime
A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.
poster The Play House
The Play House
18mn - Comedy, Fantasy
After waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster The Sculptor's Nightmare
The Sculptor's Nightmare
(2.7/5)
9mn - Comedy, Animation
At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. In…
poster The Balloonatic
The Balloonatic
27mn - Comedy, Romance
Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about…
poster Children Digging for Clams
Children Digging for Clams
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Children dig for clams on the beach
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