How the Cowboy Makes His Lariat

How the Cowboy Makes His Lariat 1917

1

Wild West performer Pedro Leon is the highlight of this three-minute film that shows how cowboys make rope and various other items. Within the three-minutes we learn that horsehair is the best thing to use so we see a couple men, including Leon, put the hair together and from here we see how they get it prepared to use for rope and other items.

1917

The Ouija Board

The Ouija Board 1920

6.30

Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look, Koko is haunted by ghosts and inanimate objects, and escapes into the real-world studio.

1920

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper 1924

6.00

When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones evicted. When all else fails, they use music to lead the mouse horde away.

1924

Even Up

Even Up 1927

1

A new student at Washington College undergoes hazing, college football, dirty tricks by the rival team and a romance with a co-ed from Betsy Ross College.

1927

The Lost Whirl

The Lost Whirl 1928

1

A rare spoof. With the success of the 1925 film, The Lost World, it is common that when something is popular and successful, it is bound to be a subject for parodies and cash-in attempts. One of them was The Lost Whirl. This film featured stop-motion animation by Joseph L. Roop, who worked on the original classic, The Lost World.

1928

Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing

Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing 1921

1

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief, this time hunting and fishing where they're not allowed.

1921

How the Telephone Talks

How the Telephone Talks 1919

1

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years surrounding World War I.

1919

Custard's Last Stand

Custard's Last Stand 1927

1

A black man walks into a bar. Or at least a white man with blackface on, and hilarity occurs.

1927

Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion 1920

4.50

Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.

1920

Dinky Doodle in the Arctic

Dinky Doodle in the Arctic 1926

1

We are introduced to the cartoon characters in the studio and the artist looking over a land map and the artist advises Dinky that he has purchased some land in Florida. Dinky volunteers to locate the property and the artist draws an imaginary airship in which Dinky and his sidekick, Weakheart, go exploring. They finally find the lot which the artist bought under the North Pole and they bring the pole back as evidence of its' location. The Eskimo Cop, who has been guarding the pole sneaks into it and comes along and in a terrific encounter between the cop and the artist, the artist is vanquished and the cop vanishes into thin air.

1926

The Chinaman

The Chinaman 1920

7.00

Max Fleischer considers hiring a new cartoonist. While the new guy draws Max's portrait, Koko gets into a fight with a cartoon Chinese man.

1920