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poster Captain January

Captain January

During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her …

poster Grave Images

Grave Images

Anthology suspense / horror film with the creepy caretaker of a cemetery introducing some of its occupants and how each was murdered. Segments include "Made for Each Other," "Art Lover," "Whodunit to Whom…

poster The River

The River

31mn - Documentary

This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farmi…

poster Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore

Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore

1mn - Documentary

Panorama of Constantinople from the river.

poster The Finish of Bridget McKeen

The Finish of Bridget McKeen

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

poster Panorama of Calcutta

Panorama of Calcutta

2mn - Documentary

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?

poster A Touch of Murder

A Touch of Murder

A salvage worker with the psychic ability to see past events associated with items he touches sets the background story for this anthology. These items create a bridge between three seemingly unconnected …

poster Sunday Calm

Sunday Calm

The kids gets taken on a Sunday picnic in this early three-reeler and after the first ten minutes, manage to elude the adults in this typically charming effort from Our Gang.

poster St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

16mn - Music, Drama

In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.

poster New York, Broadway

New York, Broadway

1mn - Documentary

A short black and white film in which a fixed camera records a busy New York street, Broadway.

poster Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr.

49mn - Action, Comedy, Mystery

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

poster Hotsy-Totsy

Hotsy-Totsy

Hotsy-Totsy is a 1925 comedy short.

poster A Dash Through the Clouds

A Dash Through the Clouds

Aviation enthusiast Josephine rescues her suitor, Chubby, from an angry mob with the help of Slim and his airplane.

poster Children in the Surf at Coney Island

Children in the Surf at Coney Island

4mn - Documentary

"Children in the Surf, Coney Island" is a very short documentary with Billy Bitzer behind the camera.

poster The American Side

The American Side

103mn - Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.

poster A Hash House Fraud

A Hash House Fraud

A swindle in a tiny downtown restaurant leads to a classic Keystone Cops finale. One and all have an easy time with the pretty and flirtatious cashier played by Louise Fazenda, who went on to great succes…

poster Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't in the camera's view. He fires a shot into the tree, th…

poster New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place

New York. Arrival of a Train at Battery Place

1mn - Documentary

poster The Hollywood Kid

The Hollywood Kid

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

poster Sardine fishing

Sardine fishing

1mn - Documentary

Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.

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