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poster Salomé
Salomé
12mn - Drama
Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey Beardsley illustrations that transfigure the work. Th…
poster Alice's Orphan
Alice's Orphan
7mn - Animation
Julius the cat is skating on a pond when he espies a young lady break through the ice. He saves her, only to realize she's not particularly attractive, and so throws her back. Meanwhile, a kitten orphan i…
poster The Waif and the Wizard
The Waif and the Wizard
2mn - Drama, Fantasy
The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's another early example of a two-shot film along the lines …
poster The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
16mn - Comedy
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by L…
poster Early to Bed
Early to Bed
20mn - Comedy
Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.
poster A Chump at Oxford
A Chump at Oxford
(3.6/5)
62mn - Comedy
Two hapless street sweepers accidentally foil a bank robbery and receive scholarships to prestigious Oxford University. While enduring brutal student hazing, Stan suffers a head injury that transforms him…
poster Different from the Others
Different from the Others
(3.5/5)
51mn - Drama
Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that punishes homosexualit…
poster My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey
(4.0/5)
94mn - Comedy, Romance
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a serv…
poster Rembrandt
Rembrandt
(3.5/5)
85mn - Drama
At the height of his fame as Amsterdam's most celebrated painter, Rembrandt van Rijn's world crumbles when his beloved wife Saskia dies unexpectedly, triggering a dramatic shift in his art toward darker, …
poster When Ambrose Dared Walrus
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
23mn - Comedy
Walrus and his wife run the Walrus Hotel, which acrobats Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose are staying at. Walrus gets a letter from his insurance broker Mr. Cinder demanding a payment. Short on cash, Walrus decides…
poster The Untamable Whiskers
The Untamable Whiskers
3mn - Fantasy, Comedy
The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side of the picture, he draws on it a sketch of a novelist.…
poster A Window on Washington Park
A Window on Washington Park
15mn - Drama
From his apartment, where he lives a cheerless widower's life, overlooking Washington Park, Alan Dale sees a refined, but poverty-stricken old gentleman on one of the park benches. Calling his butler, he …
poster Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly
(3.2/5)
72mn - Comedy, Western
A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gone and it is an orderly and civilized place now. The to…
poster Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
(3.9/5)
54mn - Documentary
An examination of the craft of Marlon Brando, narrated by professionals of the film industry. The film follows his career from the stage with "A Streetcar Named Desire", through the Actors Studio and prof…
poster Alice the Toreador
Alice the Toreador
(2.7/5)
8mn - Animation
Alice is in a bullfight where she thinks she will win since she is matched against a peaceful bull. But the tables are turned when her bull is switched with one with a worse temper.
poster Untamed
Untamed
(2.7/5)
86mn - Drama
Raised wild in the South American jungle, oil heiress Bingo Dowling storms into Manhattan society determined to win the heart of Andy McAllister. But when his pride refuses her fortune, this untamed woman…
poster Angora Love
Angora Love
21mn - Comedy
Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord.
poster His Picture in the Papers
His Picture in the Papers
(3.0/5)
62mn - Comedy
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …
poster Fox Pop
Fox Pop
(3.2/5)
8mn - Animation
Hearing that silver foxes are all the rage in high society, a fox paints himself silver and gets himself trapped, finding out too late that it's only his fur anyone is interested in.
poster The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool
(3.2/5)
102mn - Drama, Music
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging …
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