Many pasts:readings in american social history

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poster 200
200
(3.4/5)
3mn - Animation
A psychedelic animated short celebrating America's bicentennial.
poster 10/31 Part 3
10/31 Part 3
79mn - Horror
Horror host Malvolia the Queen of Screams returns to present four spine-chilling tales of ancient mummies, deranged madmen, and pint-sized demons in this terrifying anthology that celebrates the darkest n…
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 Winter Straw Ride
A Winter Straw Ride
7mn - Comedy
Two groups of young women get into a pair of horse-drawn carts, and go off for a straw ride through the snowy streets. As they pass by a group of children, the children throw snowballs at the riders, and …
poster Rector's to Claremont
Rector's to Claremont
3mn - Comedy
When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.
poster Playing Cards
Playing Cards
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary, Comedy
Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and d…
poster The Average Woman
The Average Woman
(2.9/5)
48mn - Drama, Romance
Reporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in the library and chooses her as a likely subject, following her around to gather material for his article, and …
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 Sounder
Sounder
(3.8/5)
105mn - Drama
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
poster We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
(3.3/5)
56mn - Documentary
We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people?…
poster The Greater Call
The Greater Call
10mn -
Women’s weepies were a nickelodeon staple in the early years of movies. In these one-reel dramas, women trapped in no-win situations confronted heart-wrenching decisions: Should a young woman wed her penn…
poster The Seven Ages
The Seven Ages
(2.8/5)
5mn - Drama
A couple who have known each other all of their lives are shown together at different stages of life. First, as children, they play together affectionately. Soon afterwards, they are at school together, a…
poster College Chums
College Chums
(2.8/5)
11mn - Comedy
While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an explanation, he tells her that it was his sister. She is not sa…
poster The River
The River
31mn - Documentary
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farmi…
poster The Return of Draw Egan
The Return of Draw Egan
(3.1/5)
52mn - Western, Adventure, Action
A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
poster What's the World Coming To?
What's the World Coming To?
21mn - Comedy
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Ka…
poster R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
(2.9/5)
13mn - Animation
Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.
poster Eyes of Youth
Eyes of Youth
(2.9/5)
64mn - Drama
A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see what results would come from her choice of of the options. After she sees her future along three of the …
poster Their One Love
Their One Love
(3.1/5)
15mn - Action, Drama, War
In the 1850s twin girls fall in love with the same young man, and must struggle with their feelings once he goes off to fight in the Civil War.
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