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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 By Right of Birth

By Right of Birth

Based on a story told by George Johnson, featuring Booker T. Washington. Only four minutes survive.

poster Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

3mn - Comedy, Animation

A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.

poster Onesime, Clockmaker

Onesime, Clockmaker

8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.

poster Mabel's Blunder

Mabel's Blunder

Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.

poster The Astronomer's Dream

The Astronomer's Dream

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

poster Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax

300mn - Action, Adventure

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include excit…

poster After the Ball

After the Ball

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

poster Bears and Bad Men

Bears and Bad Men

Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.

poster Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

74mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi

The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jungle island, where a mad scientist played by Bela Lugosi makes human experiments.

poster When the Clouds Roll By

When the Clouds Roll By

85mn - Romance, Action, Comedy

Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a …

poster Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope

1mn - Documentary

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

poster Bliss

Bliss

A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."

poster The Mysterious Portrait

The Mysterious Portrait

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

poster The Bigamist

The Bigamist

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, …

poster A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

11mn - Fantasy, Comedy

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

poster Le cigare introuvable

Le cigare introuvable

Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.

poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine

Onésime a un duel à l'américaine

poster Game of Cards

Game of Cards

1mn - Comedy, History

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

poster The 'Teddy' Bears

The 'Teddy' Bears

14mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A combination of the story of Goldlocks and the Three Bears with the true story of how Teddy Roosevelt spared a bear cub after killing its mother while hunting, an event which led to the popularization of…

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