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poster The Gyurkovics Boys

The Gyurkovics Boys

81mn - Drama, Comedy

Mr. and Mrs. Gyurkovics have a dozen children the oldest of which, the twins Géza and Bandi, just preparing for their matriculation examination. When graduation day has come Géza refuses to set up but tak…

poster A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, cops and a brat make it nearly impossible to get …

poster Cubby's Picnic

Cubby's Picnic

7mn - Animation

Cubby The Bear takes his girlfriend to the park where a band plays and they go fishing.

poster The Derby

The Derby

1mn - Documentary

poster Romance of a Jewess

Romance of a Jewess

This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an i…

poster Messalina

Messalina

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The…

poster Noisy Noises

Noisy Noises

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 Kiri-Kis

Kiri-Kis

3mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.

poster Heckle

Heckle

98mn - Drama, Comedy

A supermarket cashier with dreams beyond checkout lines discovers her calling when a washed-up comedian challenges her to face her fears on stage, launching a journey of self-discovery where bombing on st…

poster How Jones Lost His Roll

How Jones Lost His Roll

Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to dinner, and serves him a large meal with plenty of wine. A…

poster 3 Avengers

3 Avengers

101mn - Action, Adventure

Ursus and his sword-wielding companions run head-on against a usurper of a throne.

poster Scullion's Dream

Scullion's Dream

7mn - Comedy, Fantasy

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands, which he cuts off while they snooze -- to do their work.

poster Drama at the Puppets' House

Drama at the Puppets' House

4mn - Comedy, Animation, Crime

For a short comedy of rare merit this subject is unexcelled. A chalk line series of grotesque caricatures enacted in the land of puppets. A fickle maiden gets herself into numerous embarrassing complicati…

poster Mud and Sand

Mud and Sand

40mn - Comedy, Adventure

Rhubarb Vaselino lives in a small village, when he and his friend, Sapo, enter a bullfighting contest, Sapo dies, but Rhubarb kills three bulls and becomes a local hero earning money. Two years later, he …

poster Petit frère et petite sœur

Petit frère et petite sœur

1mn - Documentary, Family

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

poster Accordion Player

Accordion Player

1mn - Documentary

The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the …

poster Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

Plump and Runt are starving artists who are both in love with their pretty model. Runt chooses money over love and marries a widow he thinks is rich. It turns out the model is the real heiress, and Plump …

Move On

2mn - Documentary

In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfere with traffic. Policemen keep them moving. The pictu…

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