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poster Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

poster Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek

Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek

A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.

poster The Prince of Magicians

The Prince of Magicians

2mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

poster Teaserama

Teaserama

69mn - Documentary

A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.

poster Saut à la couverte

Saut à la couverte

1mn - Documentary

Jumping the Blanket.

Racquet

Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.

poster Komisches Reck

Komisches Reck

1mn - Comedy, Documentary

Part of the Wintergartenprogramm.

poster Hadj Cheriff

Hadj Cheriff

Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the…

poster The Merry Skeleton

The Merry Skeleton

1mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

poster The Charmer

The Charmer

A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman.

poster The Magic Lantern

The Magic Lantern

Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girl…

poster The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

13mn - Thriller

Two tramps hold up small-town Ferndale's railway station night operator Helen, lock her in a closet, and escape. Later, standing on a bridge over the freight yards, Helen sees the two bandits aboard an ou…

poster Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

62mn - Action, Crime, Mystery

A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

poster Attelage d'un camion

Attelage d'un camion

1mn - Documentary

A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.

poster A Trap for Santa Claus

A Trap for Santa Claus

The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely.

poster His Trysting Places

His Trysting Places

On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the letter is about a rendezvous with her own lover at their "t…

poster The Thieving Hand

The Thieving Hand

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 Lichtspiel: Opus I

Lichtspiel: Opus I

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 The Inexhaustible Barrel

The Inexhaustible Barrel

Wonderful trick film about two young girls and their magical barrel. Live animals and superb clothing keep jumping miraculously out of the barrel.

poster A Film Johnnie

A Film Johnnie

The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.

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