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poster Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1mn - Music
William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.
poster By Right of Birth
By Right of Birth
4mn - Drama
Based on a story told by George Johnson, featuring Booker T. Washington. Only four minutes survive.
poster The Klansman
The Klansman
(2.6/5)
112mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent…
poster Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
(4.0/5)
70mn - Comedy, Drama, Action
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
poster O-Kay for Sound
O-Kay for Sound
(3.0/5)
0mn - Comedy, Music
Hyman Goldberger, the president of film studio Super-Colossal Pictures, is in trouble--his major backer is threatening to stop financing his pictures. He finds a group of six wealthy individuals who may w…
poster Tell Your Children
Tell Your Children
66mn - Drama, Thriller
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister…
poster Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
9mn - Comedy
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on…
poster Wiretapper
Wiretapper
(2.9/5)
80mn -
A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.
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 Mother's Baby Boy
Mother's Baby Boy
4mn - Comedy, Romance
Percival is a spoiled mama's boy. When two toughs make time with his girlfriend he sends a telegram to his mother for help.
poster The Nut
The Nut
(3.3/5)
74mn - Action, Comedy, Romance
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighbourhoods.
poster Tol'able David
Tol'able David
(3.6/5)
99mn - Drama
Young David Kinemon is a good-natured, easy-going lad in a mountain village. Circumstances force him to take his brother's place as mail carrier for the community, and this brings him into deadly contact …
poster Patterns
Patterns
(3.9/5)
83mn - Drama
Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon become…
poster Smith's Uncle
Smith's Uncle
21mn - Comedy
Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and her conniving brother Bud Jamison.
poster The Big Trees
The Big Trees
(2.9/5)
89mn - Romance, Western
In 1900 California, ruthless timber baron Jim Fallon schemes to exploit a new land law and make millions by clear-cutting the state's majestic redwood forests. When he encounters a peaceful Quaker colony …
poster The Black Raven
The Black Raven
(2.8/5)
61mn - Mystery
One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and her father, and a gangster take refuge in a remote inn called "The Black Raven" after the nickname of a s…
poster Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
(3/5)
67mn - Action, Adventure, Mystery
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
poster A Fight for Jenny
A Fight for Jenny
(3.2/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
poster Dakota 38
Dakota 38
(4.1/5)
118mn - Documentary
In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at …
poster Baby Doll
Baby Doll
(3.7/5)
114mn - Drama
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby …
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