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The Gay Shoe Clerk

A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.

1903

Lock Your Door

In a relaxed and conversational style, famed writer of uncanny and fantastical fiction Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) retells his story of the old lad

1949

An Extraordinary Cab Accident

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk

1903

The '?' Motorist

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

1906

After Death

Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a note. The two have a brief scheduled meeting, the

1915

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a ba

1918

Bangville Police

A young farm maid overhears two cow-hands talking in the barn, and she becomes convinced they’re about to rob her. She barricades herself in a room an

1913

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney Ol

1913

My Weston is My Hero

The final days before Weston mysteriously snaps and goes insane.

2024

Our Mrs. McChesney

Mrs. Emma McChesney is a determined and successful traveling saleswoman for T. A. Buck's Featherbloom Petticoat Company. When Buck dies and his son, T

1918

The Ocean Waif

An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.

1916

The Other Side of the Hedge

Two romantic suitors avoid their wet-blanket chaperone by way of the titular hedge.

1905

How It Feels to Be Run Over

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an automobile

1900

Seminary Girls

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged

1897

Glenroy Brothers (Comic Boxing)

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a clas

1894

Descansa muy en paz, Amancio

2022

Rape

"This beautiful example of far-fetched blasphemy accompanies a happy, ugly nun into the woods for her constitutional, replete with charming bird noise

1966

Foottit et Chocolat, IV. Guillaume Tell

A short skit in which vaudeville duo Foottit and Chocolat reenact the Wilhelm Tell routine.

1900

Small Talk

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wea

1929

Wrong Cops: Chapter 1

Duke, a crooked and music-mad cop, patrols in Los Angeles’ streets, music blasting and meets a young techno lover, David Dolores Frank. Appalled by th

2012