The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies—Episode 5, The Chinese Fan
(1914),
episode of the famous serial in which ace reporter Dolly Desmond, played by Mary Fuller, rescues a kidnapped girl and gets the scoop
(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
American Co-Op Weekly
(ca. 1918),
newsreel featuring stories related to World War I
(George Eastman Museum).
Andy’s Stump Speech
(1924),
two-reel comedy in which Andy Gump, played by former Keystone Cop Joe Murphy, runs for office
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).
An Animated Grouch Chaser
(1915),
comic short combining live-action with cartoon sequences animated by Raoul Barré
(Museum of Modern Art).
Atwater Kent Radio Plant
(1928),
newsreel profile of the Philadelphia facility of the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, then the largest radio producer in America
(George Eastman Museum).
A Bashful Bigamist
(1921),
one-reel farce, starring Billy Bletcher, in which a wife plots to keep her husband at home
(Museum of Modern Art).
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The Better Man
(1912),
Western in which a Mexican American outlaw proves himself the better man
(George Eastman Museum).
(1922),
two-reel comedy starring Monty Banks as a weakling who transforms himself into a celebrated matador to win his fickle sweetheart
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).
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By Might of His Right
(1915),
Sidney Drew comedy in which an overtaxed host hatches a plot to rid his household of an obnoxious guest
(George Eastman Museum).
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Captain Jinks, The Cobbler
(1916),
comedy in which the put-upon Jinks pretends to enlist in order to avoid his wife
(Library of Congress).
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Charming Display at Perfect Back Contest
(1928),
International Newsreel story about beauty pageant contestants in Los Angeles
(Library of Congress).
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(1923),
animated tall tale in which the colonel recounts how he single-handedly ended the “Great Banana Famine of 1923”
(Museum of Modern Art).
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Defying Destiny
(1923),
melodrama in which a wronged man, played by Monte Blue, changes his appearance through plastic surgery and returns home to reclaim his good name and win his girl
(George Eastman Museum).
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(1914),
fragment from a drama about the friendship between a white boy and the daughter of his family’s African American servant
(Library of Congress).
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(ca. 1921),
affectionate profile of Manhattan, featuring views of the Woolworth Building, Williamsburg Bridge, Broadway and 42nd, Temple Emmanuel (demolished in 1927), double-decker buses, and elevated train lines
(Museum of Modern Art).
Happy-Go-Luckies
(1923),
animated adventures of an odd couple who crash a dog show
(George Eastman Museum).
Henry’s Busted Romance
(1922),
animated tale, inspired by Aesop, in which a tomcat falls for Mademoiselle Kittie
(Library of Congress).
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(1926),
feature-length drama, written by Ida May Park, in which convicts befriend a poor family and struggle to go straight
(Museum of Modern Art).
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His Mother’s Thanksgiving
(1910),
family melodrama showing what happens when a successful son tries to celebrate the holidays without his mother
(Museum of Modern Art).
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His Neglected Wife
(ca. 1919),
comedy about a writer’s neglected wife who devises her own story to make her point
(George Eastman Museum).
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His Taking Ways
(1926),
slapstick comedy about a hearing-impaired burglar and a coveted suit of clothes
(Library of Congress).
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(1912),
fragment from a comedy in which Nell, played by Ruth Roland, tries to land her cowboy using pointers from a mail-order hypnotism course
(Museum of Modern Art).
Idle Wives
(1916),
first reel of a Lois Weber feature in which a film inspires three sets of moviegoers to remake their lives
(Library of Congress).
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(1927),
two-reel comedy with the “McDougall Alley Kids” about a rich boy who gets his comeuppance
(George Eastman Museum).
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Oh! What a Day!
(1923),
third episode from the live-action series based on the Gumps comic strip by Sidney Smith, filmed at the Lick Amusement Pier in Venice, California, just months before its destruction by fire
(George Eastman Museum).
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Oils Well!
(1923),
comedy set in the American oil fields in which Monty Banks strives to impress the boss’s daughter
(Museum of Modern Art).
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Reckless Youth
(1922),
drama about a restless convent girl whose fling in high society teaches her a lesson
(George Eastman Museum).
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(1921?),
newsreel with stories about burglar-proof mail containers, golfing moms, a prototype car phone, the Princeton crew team, and the latest fashions
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).
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(1921),
two-reeler in which Snooky the Humanzee, a chimp with the smarts of Rin Tin Tin, plies his detective skills to find kidnapped twins
(Library of Congress).
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(ca. 1926),
Pathé Review newsreel story showing how Broadway beauties stay in shape under the tutelage of former heavyweight boxing champion “Philadelphia” Jack O’Brien
(George Eastman Museum).
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(1920),
feature directed by Sidney Franklin in which a clairvoyant, who uses her psychic powers to help others, eventually wins back her man
(Library of Congress).
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Upstage Trailer
(1926),
preview for the show business drama starring Norma Shearer as a "girl with grit"
(George Eastman Museum).
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(ca. 1926),
newsreel profile, in color, of the Appalachian communities soon to be displaced for Shenandoah National Park
(George Eastman Museum).
Walk–You Walk!
(1912),
short in which a woman turns the tables on an overly amorous date by stealing his car
(Library of Congress).
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The White Shadow
(1924),
opening three reels from the earliest surviving feature with Alfred Hitchcock credits: as the film’s writer, set designer, editor, and assistant director
(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
(1910),
early Pearl White vehicle in which a disgruntled suitor, claiming to hate all women, changes his tune after his girlfriend saves him from Indians
(George Eastman Museum).
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Women’s Swimming Race at Pickfair
(ca. 1927),
fragment showing a competition held at the Beverly Hills estate of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, with Mary congratulating the winner at poolside
(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Won in a Closet
(1914),
first surviving movie directed by and starring Mabel Normand
(Library of Congress).