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poster Wandering Willies
Wandering Willies
19mn - Comedy
Percy Nudge (Australian-born Billy Bevan) and Dusty Duncan (Scotsman Andy Clyde) are two hoboes playing “hooky from the hoosegow” (that's "jail" to you and me). Desperate for some chow, they opt to impers…
poster Young Bill Hickok
Young Bill Hickok
(2.9/5)
54mn - Action, Western
As the Civil War reaches its climax, young Bill Hickok must protect a crucial gold shipment from foreign agents and their ruthless guerrilla allies who plot to seize California's wealth and break the terr…
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 That's My Wife
That's My Wife
(3.4/5)
20mn - Comedy
Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pr…
poster The Hansom Cabman
The Hansom Cabman
(3.4/5)
20mn - Comedy
Harry Doolittle wakes up on the day he's to marry Betty Bright. He has a terrible hangover. A strange woman appears in his room saying that he married her the night before, and just then, his fiancée and …
poster The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy
33mn - Comedy
At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
poster Pardon Us
Pardon Us
(3.4/5)
56mn - Comedy
During Prohibition, bumbling beer entrepreneurs Stan and Ollie accidentally sell their homemade brew to a policeman and find themselves behind bars. Stan's embarrassing loose tooth that makes involuntary …
poster Among Those Present
Among Those Present
35mn - Comedy
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
poster Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
(2.9/5)
70mn - Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who sold him the beans, he faces the giant terrorizing his village.
poster The Laird of McGillicuddy
The Laird of McGillicuddy
10mn - Comedy
Comedy in which Charles retaliates when Louise breaks off their engagement. Louise breaks off her engagement to Charles. Out of revenge, Charles and his friends turn Kees the milkman into a Scottish lord,…
poster Comical Conjuring
Comical Conjuring
2mn - Comedy
In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant, believing that he would be comfortable in an armchair, s…
poster Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles
(2.6/5)
10mn - Comedy
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
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 Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians
1mn - Comedy
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
poster Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
(2.8/5)
6mn - Drama, Fantasy
Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was relea…
poster Another Job for the Undertaker
Another Job for the Undertaker
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a bellboy. The boy deposits the Rube's bag and umbrella, turns…
poster The Exquisite Thief
The Exquisite Thief
(2.6/5)
10mn - Drama, Crime
Blue Jean Billie (Dean), a prosperous young woman crook who lives apart from the denizens of the underworld, has pulled off many robberies of the high society world with the help of her pal Shaver Michael…
poster The Golf Nut
The Golf Nut
22mn - Comedy
Many of its members are spending a leisurely day at the the El Caballero Golf Club, the most beautiful in California. Also visiting for the day is non-member, Billy Divott, a golf enthusiast who is a litt…
poster The Masquerader
The Masquerader
(3.0/5)
16mn - Comedy
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
poster Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke
Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke
19mn - Western
Billy plays a prank on an old miner and causes the poor old man to have a heart attack.
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