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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 It's a Gift
It's a Gift
12mn - Comedy
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives i…
poster The Man with Wax Faces
The Man with Wax Faces
11mn - Horror, Thriller
A man does not know what fear is. His good friend dares him to spend one night in a scary place. A house of wax will get the job done.
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
(3.2/5)
5mn - Documentary
This two-color (green-blue and red) film was produced as a demonstration reel at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, under the direction of Kodak scientist John Capstaff. It features leading actr…
poster Good Glue Sticks
Good Glue Sticks
5mn - Comedy
A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive off his customers and close him down, much to his fury. …
poster Among Those Present
Among Those Present
35mn - Comedy
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
poster Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden
33mn - Drama
Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem of Lord Tennyson is so well known, so suffice it to say that this Biograph subject is an unusually fait…
poster Newark Athlete
Newark Athlete
1mn - Documentary
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
poster Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
(3.8/5)
98mn - Documentary
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
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 KoKo's Earth Control
KoKo's Earth Control
(3.6/5)
8mn - Comedy, Animation
Ko-Ko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-contr…
poster Lights of New York
Lights of New York
(2.9/5)
57mn - Crime, Drama
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
poster The Death of Richie
The Death of Richie
(3.4/5)
96mn - Drama, Short
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
poster Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.
poster The Enchanted Sedan Chair
The Enchanted Sedan Chair
3mn - Fantasy
A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the illusionist …
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 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 The Diabolic Tenant
The Diabolic Tenant
7mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.
poster Long Distance Wireless Photography
Long Distance Wireless Photography
6mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects …
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