The Phoney Express

What for?

Céleste Noménoé, a provincial actor, comes to Paris for an inheritance. He also gets a part in a movie. The managers of a music-hall notice him. He ta

1926

Sherlock Jr.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's p

1924

Seventeen

Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle gir

1916

The Kid

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

1921

Japanese King Kong

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the origi

1933

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the

2011

Silent Movie

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the mo

1976

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

1919

The Village Shoemakers

Rural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding. From a comedy by Alexis Kivi.

1923

The Triplets of Belleville

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-an

2003

Miss Mend

Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike by some powerful western business leaders against the USSR.

1926

I'll Show You the Town

British comedian Reginald Denny plays a professor who is escorting three different women and needs to make a choice.

1925

Bloomer Smokes Opium

A series of trick film hallucinations and scary doubling effects result when Patachon smokes an opium cigarette.

1913

Golden Rule Kate

The setting is the Old West town of Paradise, Nevada, where a young woman, Mercedes Murphy (played by Louise Glaum), co-owns and operates a combinatio

1917

The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewis

1914

Call for Mr. Caveman

A giant cave man kidnaps beautiful Adorable from the cave clan and the man who rescues her can have her hand and a new suit of clothes.

1919

Andy's Stump Speech

Andy Gump is a clueless yokel that decides that he can run for President.

1924

Onésime, Trainer of Men and Horses

An early Gaumont short.

1913

That Ice Ticket

An important example of amateur filmmaking during this era, That Ice Ticket was made by Angela Murray Gibson who ran Gibson Studios in the small commu

1921

Max Plays at Drama

When Max's friends doubt his acting ability, he invites them to a dramatic theatrical performance.

1914