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poster The Pawnshop
The Pawnshop
(3.5/5)
26mn - Comedy
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives a…
poster The Ex-Convict
The Ex-Convict
(2.9/5)
9mn - Drama
A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.
poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster Laughing Gas
Laughing Gas
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.
poster The Thieving Hand
The Thieving Hand
6mn - Comedy
A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show his appreciation, takes the peddler to a 'Limb Store', wh…
poster All on Account of the Milk
All on Account of the Milk
(3/5)
17mn - Comedy
The hero, a young contractor, is mistaken by the heroine for a laborer, while he thinks she is the maid although she is the daughter of the manor. The hero continues to represent himself as a laborer in o…
poster The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
(3.5/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the vic…
poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
poster The Diligent Orderly
The Diligent Orderly
4mn - Comedy
A comedic short about a clumsy valet.
poster The Little Match Seller
The Little Match Seller
3mn - Drama
A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She lights matches for some light and warmth. There are vis…
poster A Lover in Pawn
A Lover in Pawn
116mn - Drama
About loaner Master Samuel, based on a writings by Hjalmar Bergman
poster Next Aisle Over
Next Aisle Over
10mn - Comedy
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
poster Russian Holiday
Russian Holiday
89mn - Thriller, Crime, Drama
In this thriller, an American schoolteacher visits St. Petersburg, Russia and ends up entangled in a deadly plot to steal a valuable artifact.
poster The Retrievers
The Retrievers
90mn - Action
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 The Count
The Count
24mn - Comedy
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as su…
poster The Fourth Alarm
The Fourth Alarm
20mn - Comedy
The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.
poster The Egg
The Egg
20mn - Comedy
Stan plays a mischievous and clumsy worker in a lumber factory.
poster Brothers Under the Chin
Brothers Under the Chin
24mn - Comedy
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra…
poster The Shriek of Araby
The Shriek of Araby
38mn - Comedy, Action
An employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing Valentino's role.
poster Mr. Toots' Tooth
Mr. Toots' Tooth
6mn - Comedy
A short silent film in which Mr. Toots miraculously loses his tooth. Mister Toots tries everything to cure his toothache. He eventually succeeds with a string and a book. Furious with the staff, he throws…
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