The old way

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows the old way

poster Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh
Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh
(2.6/5)
6mn - Animation
A comic look at prehistoric life.
poster Moan & Groan, Inc.
Moan & Groan, Inc.
(3.1/5)
20mn - Comedy
The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.
poster The Ol' Gray Hoss
The Ol' Gray Hoss
21mn - Comedy
This story revolves around an old man who feels alone in the world aside from the gang who keeps him company and his old horse. He runs a horse and buggy business, but he has new competition: an auto taxi…
poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
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 Workers Repairing a Sidewalk with Bitumen
Workers Repairing a Sidewalk with Bitumen
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Workmen fix a walkway with bitumen.
poster A Dull Razor
A Dull Razor
1mn - Comedy
This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...
poster Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea
Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea
1mn - Documentary
Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.
poster Way Back When a Nag Was Only a Horse
Way Back When a Nag Was Only a Horse
6mn - Animation, Comedy
A comic look at prehistoric life.
poster Our Gang
Our Gang
(3.8/5)
20mn - Comedy
An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.
poster The Story of Hansel and Gretel
The Story of Hansel and Gretel
(3.4/5)
10mn - Animation
Stop-motion puppetry version of the classic fairy tale. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
poster The Original Movie
The Original Movie
(3.2/5)
8mn - Animation
A prehistoric writer sells his masterpiece to a film company, which is butchered horribly in the process of getting made into a stone-age movie. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
poster Good Glue Sticks
Good Glue Sticks
5mn - Comedy
A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive off his customers and close him down, much to his fury. …
poster Back Stage
Back Stage
20mn - Family, Comedy
The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.
poster It's a Greek Life
It's a Greek Life
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …
poster Rentrée à l'étable
Rentrée à l'étable
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
poster An Improvised Fireworks Display
An Improvised Fireworks Display
3mn - Comedy
On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.
poster Secrets
Secrets
(3.2/5)
108mn - Drama
An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her parents and moved with him to the Wyoming frontier. Th…
poster Horse Shoeing
Horse Shoeing
1mn - Documentary, Drama
One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to driv…
poster Back Pay
Back Pay
(3.3/5)
90mn - Drama
This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her,…
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