The born loosers

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poster Hard Luck

Hard Luck

A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that thi…

poster Wandering Willies

Wandering Willies

Percy Nudge (Australian-born Billy Bevan) and Dusty Duncan (Scotsman Andy Clyde) are two hoboes playing “hooky from the hoosegow” (that's "jail" to you and me). Desperate for some chow, they opt to impers…

poster Pinkus's Shoe Palace

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another jo…

poster The Bully's End

The Bully's End

7mn - Animation

A farmer, his family and all the barnyard animals are bullied by the rooster, who is vain and mean to everyone. He thinks one of his hens has cheated on him and knocks out the peacock. He can't stand to s…

poster Not Wanted

Not Wanted

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

poster The Fourth Alarm

The Fourth Alarm

The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.

poster The Man of the Sea

The Man of the Sea

Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a good-for-nothing wh…

poster Rich Kids

Rich Kids

Privileged teenagers from Copenhagen's wealthiest families try to fill the void of parental neglect with drugs, sex, and dangerous games of power in their elite social circle. Behind the facade of designe…

poster The Terrible Kids

The Terrible Kids

Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are called, and soon the boys are on the run, pursued by the p…

poster Lloyd the Conqueror

Lloyd the Conqueror

Three slacker college students face academic failure until their eccentric Medieval Literature professor offers them a deal: join his Live Action Role Playing league and battle against him as Derek the Un…

poster The Retrievers

The Retrievers

Carefree electrician Tom Cathral is recruited by The Company, and is quickly offered a full-time promotion to join the Retrievers, an elite squad of crooked secret operatives. His refusal to kill botches …

poster Men O' War

Men O' War

Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a bo…

poster The Professor

The Professor

Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares t…

poster The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool

102mn - Drama, Music

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging …

poster Home, Sweet Home

Home, Sweet Home

55mn - Drama, Fantasy

John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and…

Brand of the Outlaws

A drifting cowboy who saves a wounded sheriff finds himself framed for rustling and murder by the very gang he unknowingly helped. Now branded as an outlaw, he must clear his name and hunt down the corrup…

poster Back Stage

Back Stage

Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.

poster Evil at the Door

Evil at the Door

82mn - Horror, Thriller

On the annual Night of the Locusts, when a secret guild conducts violent home invasions across the city, estranged sister Liz arrives at the worst possible time and must hide under a bed while masked intr…

poster The Clodhopper

The Clodhopper

46mn - Comedy, Drama

Everett Nelson is a naive young farmboy. Following unjust treatment on the farm, he runs away to the big city. There he encounters a showman who decides Everett is perfect for the part of a bumpkin in his…

poster Lambo

Lambo

100mn - Documentary

Aarron Lambert is a controversial man that provokes the system and inspires the public. A cinematic documentary following the struggles and successes of a voice that must be heard from childhood through t…

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