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poster His First Job
His First Job
5mn - Comedy
Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.
poster The '?' Motorist
The '?' Motorist
3mn - Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
poster The Devil
The Devil
10mn - Comedy
Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
poster Ateliers de La Ciotat
Ateliers de La Ciotat
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.
poster Der Jongleur
Der Jongleur
1mn - Documentary
A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on his arms and body.
poster Magic Art
Magic Art
6mn - Animation
An Aesop’s Fables Studio cartoon.
poster Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to …
poster The Magician and the Imp
The Magician and the Imp
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, clad i…
poster The Woes of Roller Skaters
The Woes of Roller Skaters
7mn - Comedy
A group of people take roller skating too far.
poster The Bond
The Bond
(2.7/5)
11mn - Comedy
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating…
poster The Doctor's Secret
The Doctor's Secret
10mn - Fantasy
Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.
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 How to Make Movies
How to Make Movies
(3.1/5)
16mn - Documentary, Comedy
This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
poster The Act
The Act
94mn - Crime, Comedy
A cynical political comedy where blackmail, a complex hotel heist, and Washington corruption converge in a twisted caper full of disguises and double-crosses, as union bosses, the President, and a band of…
poster Police Chasing Scorching Auto
Police Chasing Scorching Auto
3mn - Action, Crime
Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once that film had been edited to fit a standard 1,000 foot …
poster A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
7mn - Comedy
An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.
poster Anything Once!
Anything Once!
(3.2/5)
20mn - Comedy
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot of bumps in life and doesn't know where the next bump …
poster All on Account of the Milk
All on Account of the Milk
(3/5)
17mn - Comedy
The hero, a young contractor, is mistaken by the heroine for a laborer, while he thinks she is the maid although she is the daughter of the manor. The hero continues to represent himself as a laborer in o…
poster Struggle Through Death
Struggle Through Death
(2.9/5)
92mn - Action
Those who enter the castle of Ching never return. Forced into slavery, every day becomes a punishing ritual down the Castle's secret gold mine. One worker, Kang, decides enough is enough, and tries but fa…
poster The Black Diamond
The Black Diamond
(2.8/5)
50mn -
On instructions of the French company Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin develops a film industry in the Netherlands and Belgium from 1912 to the advent of World War One. He directs several quality films includi…
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