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poster Max Takes Tonics
Max Takes Tonics
15mn - Comedy
Max visits a doctor who prescribes a tonic (Bordeaux of Cinchona) for him to drink every morning. Upon returning home, Max sees a large glass which was left by his wife and labeled "Souvenir de Bordeaux".…
poster Children of Eve
Children of Eve
(3.1/5)
73mn - Drama, Crime
An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not realizing she has a significant connection to the cold-…
poster Man Alive!
Man Alive!
(2.7/5)
12mn - Animation
This Oscar-nominated documentary short is from the American Cancer Society. Ed ignores his car problems and then fixes it without using a good mechanic. He also ignores stomach problems. Will he go to a d…
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."
poster Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
(3.4/5)
85mn - Drama
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity sta…
poster Ashes
Ashes
(3.0/5)
39mn - Drama, Fantasy
Dame Eleonora Duse plays a poor woman who, incapable of raising and feed him, leaves her illegitimate son with foster parents. Before she leaves her boy, the woman gives to the child an amulet in order to…
poster Man's Genesis
Man's Genesis
17mn - Adventure, Drama, History
An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also be…
poster Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
(3.0/5)
137mn - Drama, History
"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- …
poster The Blacksmiths
The Blacksmiths
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water,…
poster Elite Force: B.R.I. - Body Recovery Immmusination
Elite Force: B.R.I. - Body Recovery Immmusination
91mn - Action, Sci-Fi
Homeless ex-soldiers from around the world are kidnapped by a mad scientist in London who subjects them to experimental B.R.I. procedures that enhance their bodies and transform them into lethal weapons. …
poster Preservation of the Sign Language
Preservation of the Sign Language
14mn - Documentary
George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language …
poster The Making of an American
The Making of an American
14mn -
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
poster The Twelve Labors of Hercules
The Twelve Labors of Hercules
(2.9/5)
7mn - Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
A cut-out animation depicting the Twelve Labours of Hercules.
poster The Nut
The Nut
(3.3/5)
74mn - Action, Comedy, Romance
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighbourhoods.
poster Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell
(3.1/5)
6mn - Animation
Herman the mouse installs a bell on a cat to help his mice friends.
poster Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
(3.1/5)
120mn - Drama, History
During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's pro…
poster 3 Avengers
3 Avengers
(2.8/5)
101mn - Action, Adventure
Ursus and his sword-wielding companions run head-on against a usurper of a throne.
poster Blacksmithing Scene
Blacksmithing Scene
(3.1/5)
1mn - Drama
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
poster The Man from Egypt
The Man from Egypt
14mn - Comedy
Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get possession of a wonderful ruby, the eye of Ammet, and with its …
poster Collodion: The Process of Preservation
Collodion: The Process of Preservation
(3.3/5)
78mn - Documentary
Through the lens of photographer and physician Eric Overton, this meditative documentary explores the intersection of art, nature, and legacy as he captures the American wilderness using the historic wet …
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