Rugae

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows rugae

poster Rips and Rushes
Rips and Rushes
14mn - Comedy
While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Au…
poster How They Rob Men in Chicago
How They Rob Men in Chicago
(2.9/5)
1mn - Crime, Comedy
A burlesque on the work of highwaymen in Chicago. An elderly gentleman is sandbagged and robbed by a thug, who inadvertently leaves some money on the victim's prostrate body. A policeman shows up.
poster Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
(3.0/5)
137mn - Drama, History
"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- …
poster The Fear of Zeppelins
The Fear of Zeppelins
11mn - Comedy, Adventure
Cretinetti is about to get married and he could not be any happier and more in love with his Junoesque consort. But just on the day of his wedding, he reads a notice on the wall explaining how to behave i…
poster Eskimotive
Eskimotive
(3.2/5)
8mn - Animation
Felix & his friend have fun playing at blowing bubbles. Felix gets inside one and is blown away. The bubble lands on a snowy mountain and turns...
poster Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
2mn - Comedy
This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give s…
poster Nerves
Nerves
(3.3/5)
110mn - Drama
The film tries to capture the "nervous epidemic" caused by war and misery which "drives people mad". This unique portrait of the life in 1919 Germany, filmed on location in Munich, describes the cases of …
poster A Reckless Romeo
A Reckless Romeo
23mn - Comedy
Roscoe flirts with a girl in the park. Later he takes his wife and mother-in-law to the movies only to see his flirtation showing on the screen.
poster Akrobatisches Potpourri
Akrobatisches Potpourri
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.
poster Fabiola
Fabiola
(2.7/5)
110mn - History
In "Fabiola" (1918) Herr Guarzzoni moved from the earliest days of Christianity when the new faith was struggling to just survive to a later period in the Roman Empire when the religion was a major force …
poster Lichtspiel: Opus I
Lichtspiel: Opus I
(3.1/5)
12mn - Animation
Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some pointed, others roun…
poster Nero, or The Fall of Rome
Nero, or The Fall of Rome
14mn - History, Drama
Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces oppositi…
poster Children Digging for Clams
Children Digging for Clams
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Children dig for clams on the beach
poster Fun in a Bakery Shop
Fun in a Bakery Shop
2mn - Comedy
A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental us…
poster Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves
(3.4/5)
17mn - Comedy, Family
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that …
poster Mighty Like a Moose
Mighty Like a Moose
23mn - Comedy, Romance
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
poster Sheep Shape
Sheep Shape
(3.8/5)
7mn - Animation
The villainous Wolf, desiring wine, women and song, fleeces Blackie the Sheep out of his money and heads off to whet his pleasure appetites. A vampish nightclub entertainer soon separates the wolf from hi…
poster The Black Circle
The Black Circle
38mn - Crime, Mystery
The Black Circle is a Italian film from the Celio Film company.
poster Komisches Reck
Komisches Reck
1mn - Comedy, Documentary
Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.
poster Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
2mn - Comedy, Drama
Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompa…
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