An experimental sitcom, shot in the style of silent films of the early twentieth century. A parody of military-patriotic films. The plot of the film is the battle of the Russian army with Napoleon in 1812.
A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems--first, the widow is old enough to be his grandmother, and second, he is already engaged to another woman.
The night before her eighteenth birthday recital, an overworked and undertalented pianist is abducted by three ghouls.
Comedy short film directed by Filippo Martelli.
An insoluble quest.
Two-reel comedy, directed by William S. Campbell staring noted orangutan actor, Joe Martin
Charlie Chaplin's beloved Tramp returns.
A man is robbed and creates a plan to get his money back from the robber.
A hapless stage musician struggles to keep the attention of her meagre audience. When her tricks start to backfire with increasingly dire results, she turns to ever more spectacular methods.
In 1970, Kuster Beaton, a former silent-film star, gives an interview looking back over his career. A journalist asks him about his legendary power : an alleged super-speed that enabled him to shoot his films without special effects.
Pompeyo and Rodolfo work in a newspaper, but they dream of becoming film actors, so they go to a casting for an American film that will be shot in Madrid for a few days; but things will not turn out as they expect…
A snappy young book agent reforms and becomes a cook for a group of Boy Scouts.
H. Oboe Rhodes, a "knight of the road," limps into a large city with the idea of appeasing his hunger. His first quest is the welcoming doors of a saloon in which a large free lunch is advertised.
Cinematic fairy tale and adaptation of the story "Ochesel and Balaior" by Marin Iorda. The story of two brothers that are diametrically opposed who, as children, go in search of the Enchanted Fortress.
As a man forgets where he placed his keys, panic ensues.
A silent film following a broken father and his misfit baby.
Mädi Macht Krieg
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.