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The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Fatty ist Chefkoch in einem Restaurant, in dem Buster Keaton als Kellner arbeitet. Die beiden spielen sich die Bälle zu und servieren den Küchenhilfen, den Gästen und dem Restaurantbesitzer ein Feuerwerk an Gags, indem Fatty mit Tellern, Messern, Gabeln und den fertigen Gerichten jongliert - das eine oder andere Mal sogar noch von Busters Jonglierkünsten übertroffen. Gewürzt wird das Ganze von einer Parodie des Tanzes der Salomé und dem Auftritt des Gangsters Luke, der die Kasse rauben will, was zu einer Riesenschlägerei führt. Aber jeder Arbeitstag geht auch einmal zu Ende und so findet sich Fatty mit seiner Angel am Meer ein und Buster mit seiner Flamme am Strand ...
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.
Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.
The story involves Arbuckle coming to the western town of Mad Dog Gulch after being thrown off a train and chased by Indians. He teams up with gambler/saloon owner Bill Bullhum, in trying to keep the evil Wild Bill Hickup away from Salvation Army girl, Salvation Sue. Fatty and Buster have a series of adventures trying to beat St. John, until they discover his one weakness: his ticklishness.
Ossi, eine dynamische junge Frau mit wenig damenhaftem Benehmen, fühlt sich von ihrer Gouvernante und ihrem strengen Hauslehrer Dr. Kersten eingeengt. Um alle Privilegien auskosten zu können, die sonst der Männerwelt vorbehalten sind, wirft sie sich in eine elegante Herrengarderobe. Der Plan scheint aufzugehen, doch schon bald verliebt sich Ossi in Dr. Kersten und beschließt, dass sie nun doch kein Mann mehr sein möchte...
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.
At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.
Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.
Menschliche Forscher treffen auf vegetarische Marsianer.
A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant.
Two peasant children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, are led by Berylune, a fairy, to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. Berylune gives Tyltyl a cap with a diamond setting, and when Tyltyl turns the diamond, the children become aware of and conversant with the souls of a Dog and Cat, as well as of Fire, Water, Bread, Light, and other presumably inanimate things. The troupe thus sets off to find the elusive Blue Bird of Happiness.
Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity Blake is a poor orphan all too familiar with the harsh realities of the real world. These two young women both fall in love with John, love which is complicated by the fact that he is still married to (though separated from) a bad wife.
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.
Der junge Maler Albert Wendland ist auf Studienreise in Ägypten und sieht bei einem Spaziergang durch die Wüste eine schöne Einheimische. Am nächsten Tag hört er beiläufig, dass der Fürst Hohenfels eine Ausflug zur Grabkammer der Königin Ma machen möchte, ihm aber davon abgeraten wird, da bislang jeder Besuch dort Unglück gebracht und die Besucher in den Wahnsinn getrieben habe...
Ein weiblicher Affe bemuttert den verwaisten Jungen Tarzan und zieht ihn über viele Jahre auf, bis endlich eine Rettungsmission gestartet wird und der Suchtrupp den Dschungel nach dem lange vermissten Lord Greystoke durchkämmt. Aber dann wird eines der Suchmitglieder, Jane Porter, von der Gruppe getrennt und steht furchterregenden Wildtieren gegenüber. Tarzan rettet sie gerade noch rechtzeitig und die Liebe zwischen den beiden beginnt zu erblühen...
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.
Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled pokes fun at both mad scientists and the Egyptian mummy craze that followed the discovery of King Tut's tomb early in the 20th century. A young man wooing the daughter of a scientist hatches a get rich quick scheme when he spots a classified ad searching for "a mummy for experimental purposes." While he wraps up a phony for the scientist, two Egyptian agents (outfitted in a crazy mix of ancient fashion and modern style) tracking stolen relics get tangled in the confusion.
Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.
This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
In Abwandlung von George Bizets populärer Oper erzählt Lubitschs Stummfilm die tragische Geschichte von Don José, einem spanischen Kavalleristen. Er gerät in den Bann einer Angehörigen der Sinti und Roma, Carmen, die ihn mit Liebe und Verachtung zugleich behandelt.
Early Balkan footage.
Rather than telling his parents, who have another girl picked out for him, Bob brings home his new wife disguised as his friend "Steve.".
Urashima Tarō (浦島太郎?) is an animated film produced by Seitaro Kitayama in 1918, which was found in an antique shop in Osaka in March 2008. The film is an adaptation of a folk tale Urashima Tarō about a fisherman traveling to an underwater world on a turtle. It premiered on February 1918.
Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.