An Elephant on Their Hands

Billy Jim

Billy Jim is a rich cowboy who tries to seduce a young girl whose father exploits a mine.

1922

Brand Upon the Brain!

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the ch

2007

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

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

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

Marriage a la Carte

The first film featuring Mildred Davis

1916

What'll We Do with Uncle?

Artist Henry is wildly jealous of his girl Flossie so when he sees her in the arms of another man he overreacts and tries to end it all in a variety o

1917

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance Leagu

1909

Why Go Home?

'Snub' Pollard and Mildred Davis star in this 1920 comedy short.

1920

Getting His Goat

Snub's many humorous experiences in attempting to transport his goat home. Comedy short directed by Charley Chase.

1920

Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written by E.J. Rath and Rex Taylor, and starring Mildred Dav

1927

Start Something

Snub is a traffic cop and succeeds in mixing things up by trying to flirt with every pretty girl motorist.

1919

Giving the Bride Away

A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard

1919

Bloomer Smokes Opium

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

1913

Order in the Court

Snub is confronted by his creditors who have joined the profiteers. He then escapes from them only to be pressed into jury service, which has its brig

1919

It's a Hard Life

A henpecked husband goes out on a series of adventures. He is pursued by cops and detectives and joins the Salvation Army in an effort to escape.

1919

Red Hot Hottentotts

Rivalry over a girl in this country moves to the heart of Africa, where the principals get into difficulties with man-eating cannibals.

1920

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

Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl

The Farmer is abducted by a capering Jungle Goddess. As pre-Code as a Terrytoon ever got. Most animation is by Frank Moser; with him are Art Babbitt,

1932

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

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