Such Is Life

Such Is Life 1924

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A feisty homeless orphan girl struggles with winter cold and hunger.

1924

The Magnificent Six and ½: The Astronoughts

The Magnificent Six and ½: The Astronoughts 1969

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Whizz converts an old boiler into a spaceship. However a scrap metal dealer has already bought it and hauls it away by crane with the Gang inside. Naturally enough they believe they are in outer space, and Dumbo takes a space walk.

1969

Buster's Frame Up

Buster's Frame Up 1927

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Trimble, Pete and Mary Jane take in a movie and then decide to go out west by riding the rails. When they get off, they run into a movie company shooting a western.

1927

Brownie's Little Venus

Brownie's Little Venus 1921

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A 1921 American silent short film directed by Fred Hibbard for Century Film Company and starring Baby Peggy and Brownie the dog. It was rediscovered in Switzerland in 2010.

1921

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel 1923

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This is the story of the heartless mother whose burdens are such that she would be rid of her two children. The henpecked father is compelled to take them to the woods and there lose them. Gretel drops bread-crumbs to find her way home, but wild-fowl eat the crumbs and they are truly lost. The babes wander to the home of a witch, who would fatten them up to make ginger-bread of them. As they are about to be thrown into the blazing furnace Peggy outwits the witch, and, in turn, the witch is thrust into the roaring flames, as the mother, repentant, heads the neighbors in the work of rescue.

1923

Hold Your Breath

Hold Your Breath 1921

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Charles and Bert who have defied the Volstead act are seen clambering about the roof of a building, high above a busy street. After a few hair-raising stunts that will give nervous ones in your audience a jolt. Bert demands money that Charles owes him. They end a fast chase on the roof of a building overlooking a lion's den. Here Bert slips down the roof in among the beasts and Bert lowers a flag to half mast, supposing of course this is the end of his pal. But to his astonishment Charles not only comes out alive but is seen reclining comfortably on one of the biggest lions.

1921

Buster's Nose Dive

Buster's Nose Dive 1926

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Sixth episode in the Buster Brown 2-reel comedy series. Tige is pacing up and down, waiting for his master but cannot resist going in pursuit of a miniature dog in a parked limousine only to get very much the worse of the encounter. Meanwhile Buster is going riding with Mary Jane and Tige joins him on horseback but it transpire this is all just in his dreams.

1926

Circus Clowns

Circus Clowns 1922

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Baby Peggy is joined by her star-making partner, Brownie the Wonder Dog and is in a circus as a junior clown.

1922

Get-Rich-Quick Peggy

Get-Rich-Quick Peggy 1921

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Teddy and Peggy are discovered working on the farm, but they are soon fired and leave for the city. Here a rich uncle is expecting his niece.

1921

Sweetie

Sweetie 1923

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A Baby Peggy two-reeler

1923

A Baby Doll Bandit

A Baby Doll Bandit 1920

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Weazel Tail Bend was so crooked it couldn't see straight, but one day the town was brightened considerably by the arrival of Miss Betsy Beautiful, whom the School Trustee sent to relieve the sheriff of one of his duties teaching school.

1920

Won by Law

Won by Law 1925

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Wanda Wiley stars as a very slow and lazy daughter in this excellent Century short. She gets servants to feed her and even plays tennis sitting in a chair. One day she decides to wake up to win the man she loves by going on an outdoor adventure that involves skunks and moonshiners!

1925

Flying Wheels

Flying Wheels 1926

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Having caused her father’s auto business trouble by slacking off and not showing up to work, Wanda Wiley finds an ingenious way to help. His company is entering a car race but needs a driver. Wanda steps in to try to win the race. Hijinks follow.

1926

What an Eye

What an Eye 1924

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Buddy, an office-boy in a newspaper plant, puts on long trousers to get a man's-size job on the paper, and impress his girl. His brother, a reporter, is sent to write a story on a mysterious eye that has been terrorizing the neighborhood, sending women into hysterics. The girl staff writer disguises herself as a man and goes on her own hook to get the story. The three meet in an apparently haunted house, where mysterious happenings terrify them, furniture jumps about, a mysterious eye follows them through the place. Buddy dresses as a girl and vamps his brother, obtaining the story. He manages to catch the doctor, attired as the mysterious eye to drum up trade, and scores a beat on the others. He gives them credit for digging up the story, however, and the editor gives them his blessing - and a raise.

1924

A Dangerous Peach

A Dangerous Peach 1925

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Al is the assistant shipping clerk. He plants himself on top of a mass of crates and fishes valises up with a line attached to a rod and reel. He accidentally catches his boss and the latter runs him ragged before he escapes. Al discovers a crate marked for a Mrs. Wilson - a police dog from Germany. He opens the crate. The hound runs free. Al pursues.

1925