Never catch me

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows never catch me

poster A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster Fishing for Goldfish
Fishing for Goldfish
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with her bare hands.
poster Getting Even
Getting Even
7mn - Comedy
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all the men flirt with him and abandon Lucy. When his disgui…
poster Chinese Laundry Scene
Chinese Laundry Scene
1mn - Crime, Comedy
The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
poster No Mutton fer Nuttin'
No Mutton fer Nuttin'
(3.8/5)
8mn - Animation
Blackie the Lamb has two goals in life: to keep his nephews from listening to swing music, and to keep from getting caught by Wolfie the Wolf.
poster Never the Dames Shall Meet
Never the Dames Shall Meet
20mn - Comedy
Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's sister.
poster Interrupted Bathers
Interrupted Bathers
1mn - Crime, Comedy
Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter suddenly discovers two hoboes coming toward the bathers…
poster A Trap for Santa Claus
A Trap for Santa Claus
16mn - Drama
The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely.
poster The Kleptomaniac
The Kleptomaniac
10mn - Crime
A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two sma…
poster Eleanor's Catch
Eleanor's Catch
(2.8/5)
15mn - Mystery
ELEANOR'S CATCH is a delightful short, directed by and starring Cleo Madison. A successful actress, Madison was one of many women who directed films at Universal, particularly in the mid 1910s. In this tw…
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 Alice the Jail Bird
Alice the Jail Bird
8mn - Animation
Alice and Julius are riding along on a turtle until they notice someone has left a pie to cool on their third-storey window sill. They swipe it with the aid of the turtle and his elongated neck, but are p…
poster The Little Tease
The Little Tease
25mn - Drama
The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost grown, she vented her witcheries on her unsuspecting parents and the wild things of her mountain home. Bu…
poster Pleased to Eat You
Pleased to Eat You
(2.6/5)
6mn - Animation
A hungry lion is captured, shortly after being tricked by a hunter. He escapes his cage and robs a hot dog stand. A chase ensues when the police pursue him.
poster Saut à la couverte
Saut à la couverte
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Jumping the Blanket.
poster Recreation
Recreation
6mn - Comedy
Charlie begins to woo a woman on a bench, only to have her seaman boyfriend object. After a brick fight between the two men that eventually involves two police officers, all five people end up in the loca…
poster The Yawner
The Yawner
4mn - Comedy
A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he proceeds to make others yawn as well, including a shop keepe…
poster The Policemen's Little Run
The Policemen's Little Run
6mn - Crime, Comedy
A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the chase does not turn out as the policemen expect.
poster The Burglar's Slide for Life
The Burglar's Slide for Life
6mn - Comedy, Crime
A burglar escapes from the apartment he's robbing by sliding down the clothesline, but in the end he's caught by the family dog.
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