8 1/2

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows 8 1/2

poster The Cameraman

The Cameraman

66mn - Comedy, Romance, Drama

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

poster Daddy's Double

Daddy's Double

16mn - Comedy, Romance

This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow.

poster From Soup to Nuts

From Soup to Nuts

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

poster Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

10mn - Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges …

Suds

75mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Amanda Afflick is a lovesick laundress who daydreams about customer Horace Greensmith and cherishes the shirt he brought in for washing eight months and sixteen days ago. She tells her fellow workers that…

poster Fatty's Magic Pants

Fatty's Magic Pants

'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready.

poster Opus III

Opus III

3mn - Animation

An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.

poster Sideshow Wrestlers

Sideshow Wrestlers

8mn - Drama, Comedy

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

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 Writing Backwards

Writing Backwards

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

poster The Devil

The Devil

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

poster Extraordinary Illusions

Extraordinary Illusions

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!

Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!

Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…

poster Eyes of Youth

Eyes of Youth

A young woman, confronted by four options for proceeding in her life, is granted the ability to see what results would come from her choice of of the options. After she sees her future along three of the …

poster Rhythm 21

Rhythm 21

3mn - Animation

Abstract animated short film. Grey and white squares change size and shape on a black background.

poster The Barometer of Fidelity

The Barometer of Fidelity

This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.

poster Barnum's Trunk

Barnum's Trunk

4mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

poster A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

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 …

Shoes

A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.

poster The Wonderful Album

The Wonderful Album

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing’ effects as pieces of paper from a giant book turn in…

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