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poster Music, Forward!
Music, Forward!
3mn - Fantasy, Comedy
“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the h…
poster The Drawing Lesson
The Drawing Lesson
2mn -
In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars.…
poster The Diligent Orderly
The Diligent Orderly
4mn - Comedy
A comedic short about a clumsy valet.
poster An American in the Making
An American in the Making
15mn -
An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.
poster Making an American Citizen
Making an American Citizen
(2.7/5)
11mn - Drama
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
poster French Cops Learning English
French Cops Learning English
7mn - Comedy
The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.
poster Discipline
Discipline
103mn - Thriller
A series of murders are confounding the local police with its residue of mutilated corpses. It begins when a sadistic cult murders willing victims for entertainment. Professor Lafitte, a rich sophisticate…
poster Pest Pupil
Pest Pupil
(2.7/5)
6mn - Animation
1957 Baby Huey is a big duck enrolled in kindergarten. Despite being big and clumsy, he attempts to fit in, causing havoc and getting expelled by the teacher. His mother then hires a private tutor, who is…
poster The Inspector General
The Inspector General
(3.4/5)
102mn - Comedy, Music, Romance
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is t…
poster Katsudō Shashin
Katsudō Shashin
1mn - Animation, Family
A boy in a cadet's uniform paints a statement on the top of the frame and then tips his cap to the audience. Also known as "Matsumoto fragment".
poster It's a Gift
It's a Gift
12mn - Comedy
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives i…
poster Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind
(2.7/5)
88mn - Horror, Thriller, Drama
A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted and the children are under an evil influence.
poster Lichtspiel: Opus I
Lichtspiel: Opus I
(3.1/5)
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 Teacher's Pest
Teacher's Pest
(3.1/5)
7mn - Animation
This Noveltoon (Paramount production number P9-5) finds young-and-little Junior Owl on his way to school, and trying hard to live up to the reputation of his elders for being wise. But, despite his best e…
poster The Execution
The Execution
2mn - Crime, Drama
A child murderess is led to her execution.
poster A Pair of Tights
A Pair of Tights
(3.8/5)
20mn - Comedy
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 A Hundred Tricks
A Hundred Tricks
(2.8/5)
3mn - Comedy
poster Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to …
poster Detained
Detained
18mn - Comedy
When a convict forcibly changes places with our hero Stan, he's taken to the pokey in the prisoner's place. Run-ins with pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair follow. Will the warden find Stan innocent o…
poster When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."
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