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- The son of a wealthy bus-lines operator spends money, regardless of his parent's remonstrances. He weds a girl in a hurry and as he starts on his honeymoon after a convivial night, during which he becomes "pals" with a taxi driver and runs up a huge bill driving around, is notified that his dad has gone broke. He and the taxi driver start an "Eat-While-You- Ride" bus that proves a big hit and scoops all patronage away from the ordinary rival bus lines. His father's lawyer buys him out for $50,000. It transpires that the supposed bankruptcy of his old man was a frame-up to check his extravagance.
- A certain physician advertises to change one's color. A black woman goes to him and is made white, but is warned that she must continue the medicine at regular intervals. She flirts with a white man and they go to a cafe where, while dining, she forgets to take her medicine and is suddenly changed to her original color, much to the consternation of the guests. The little girl of the household in which the colored maid works, gets hold of the medicine and is turned black, as are her father and mother. So the incidents continue until the black lover of the maid, being turned white, runs out of medicine and is turned black again, then he and the maid visit the physician and force him to take his own medicine.
- Rural chickens and Broadway chickens, pigs, cows, and every other variety of the barnyard family are used in this film. The comedy has been aptly named "A Rural Riot," which it is, from beginning to end, visualizing as it does the woman's bank--her stocking; the farmer's bank--his stove; the burglars, who, wise to the world, steal the hot stove and get away with it. Gale and Hughie are sweethearts in this comedy, and Hughie shows the extent to which a fat man goes for love.
- Miss Old Maid, hearing voices in the flat next to hers, puts her ear to the keyhole. Just then the door opens and she is thrown to the floor. But oh. she saw a man coming out of the room. This is too good news to keep to herself. She goes to Aunt Betty and whispers the secret into her ear. They both proceed to Mrs. Murphy's flat and confide the secret to her. This is too much for Mrs. Murphy, and all together hurry to Mrs. Skinny. Mrs. Skinny at once notices that the three know of something. "How clever," says Mrs. Murphy, and then the secret is told to Mrs. Skinny. From there they go to Mrs. Shorty. Now, Mrs. Shorty has company. They all put their heads together - Miss Old Maid bends forward. The entire Kaffee-Klatch put their heads together, listening to Miss Old Maid's story, when suddenly a mouse passes through the room and breaks up the meeting.
- Halfdan Strange is in love with Mrs. Wilde, and her niece Evelyn is in love with him. A compromising missive naming an appointment falls in the husband's hands, and the niece, to shield her aunt, fills her place. Mr. Wilde comes upon the pair, and in his dilemma states that he is in love with the girl, and marries her. An understanding exists between the pair that the marriage will only be one in name, and after a conventional period they will get it annulled. The man really falls in love with his wife, but the girl who, though she still cares for him, has a proud spirit, and refuses his advances. At last by strategy the man wins his way, and the marriage remains marriage.
- A rich girl pays a dog thief £2 a week not to ill treat his daughter.
- Jeff lassos a tower in which a supposedly fair maiden is held prisoner, and then after securing the rope to a high building, walks across to her. The girl turns out to be decidedly portly, and Jeff has a prodigious job re-crossing the rope with her. Then Mutt takes the maiden away from him, until both are relieved of her by the keeper of an asylum.
- The story of a love affair between Master Minor and the waitress at school - at least Bobby thinks it ought to be, because - didn't she give him an extra dish of ice cream? He tells his father about it, making Henry realize that Minor, Jr. is nothing but a "chip off the old block."
- Little Willie is the most mischievous boy in the neighborhood, and is usually very fortunate in getting away after playing one of his pranks, but in this instance he happens to get the worst of the deal. He upsets a vendor's cart and makes off, and when the fellow chases him he hides in a coal bag. Soon a man comes along to purchase a bag of coal and they throw a scoop full into the bag on top of Willie. The purchaser then shoulders the bag and as he is going along the street the youngster manages to get his head through a hole and annoys everyone that passes. Soon the fellow throws the bag on the road, and has just time enough to step aside when an auto runs over it, but Willie manages to come out of the ordeal in good shape. Finally the man carries his burden to a coal chute and dumps the contents into a cellar. Down comes Willie in a heap, only to meet at the end of the chute another enemy, the janitor, who gives him a good spanking and chases him home.
- A movie short about a person who does not know how to fly and truly prefers to stay on the ground. He ends up stuck on a glider way up in the air, when the groundcrew accidentally hooked up the wrong glider to send up into the atmosphere. He has panic attacks while his friends come up with plans on how to get him down onto terra firma. A.k.a. the ground.
- A man, for the first time in possession of a considerable amount of money in currency, cannot withstand its magic influence, and repeatedly counts his small fortune. He is warned by well meaning friends that it is a hazardous occupation. Despite the warnings, the temptation is too strong for him, and after secluding himself (as he thinks) from prying eyes, he sits upon a bench in a park and once again repeats the performance. A sneak thief, who has been following him, attempts to steal the money, but is foiled by the man's vigilance. Realizing his fortune is endangered, he secretes it in the inner leather lining of his hat. His confidence restored, he peruses a newspaper. Becoming warm, he places his hat on the bench beside him, and for the time forgets its existence. A tramp happening along, wearing a dilapidated hat, espies the man's chapeau and hastily annexing it, disappears, not knowing the fortune he carries. The man upon discovering his loss, wildly starts in search of his sky-piece, grabbing the derby headgear of every pedestrian he encounters, tearing the hat to pieces in his frantic endeavors to find his money. Each victim pursues the excited man until a chase is added. The story ends with the arrest of the tramp and man, the latter finding his money, and the police, for a consideration, saving him from the fury of the mob.
- Billy Langdon, vamped by Stella Glendenning, a wealthy tourist, manages to get in wrong with his girl, Joyce, when she sees him too attentive to the city girl, who, she thinks, winked at Billy. The Glendennings' auto breaks down, and its occupants held up and robbed by two "blanket stiffs." Joyce, happening by on horse back, sends in an appeal for help to the railroad station by means of a telephone lineman's apparatus. Bill and the posse set out in answer to her S. O. S. He overtakes the tramps, recovers the loot and squares himself with Joyce.
- SundayArts, a weekly series on Sunday, is the portal through which arts enthusiasts everywhere can access the city's cultural best -- via television presentations and online components. SundayArts wraps insightful introductions, on-location features, profiles, and "SundayArts News" segments around the week's showcased presentation.
- Dan is unable to get medicine for his sick wife. Illness has taken his child from him and now his wife is threatened. He steals a horse to get the money to buy the medicine but is soon tracked to his home. When he is accused of being a horse thief, the excitement proves too much for his wife and she falls back apparently killed by the shock. Now Dan has nothing to live for and in desperation he rushes out of the room and jumping on a horse rides into the desert. Here in a shack he finds a baby girl who has just lost her mother. He buries the woman and takes the child with him. In the meantime the sheriff and his men are hunting the desert and one of the men, Pete, finds himself lost and without water. When Dan arrives he is too weak to shoot and falls from exhaustion. The hero gives him water and risks his own life by bringing in the sheriff's man and the homeless child. He is pardoned his crime and is taken home where he finds that his wife had only fainted and was on the road to recovery.
- Alice has a job as a cleaner in her step-father's garage; and, being in love with her co-worker, a machinist, who in turn is lured away by a vampire of the worst character, Alice tries suicide. She takes gas, inflates and floats away through the roof. Alice has a fairly poor time of it all the way through, although right finally does manage to triumph; by a hair's breadth.
- After learning about Comet Litos and its legend 8 kids from Planet Momon try to make it a better place with the help of a mysterious baby, found in forest, and trying to protect her from Planet Karon research team for Litos and Boni energy.
- Bangs, a faithful employee in the office of Brewster, a rich merchant, is overjoyed one day to receive a note from the boss inviting him to his country home and stating that he is to be taken into the firm and likewise into the family. Bangs starts off in high spirits and is received with open arms. Next day he is introduced to Brewster's sister, Matilda, and it dawns upon him that he is expected to take Matilda off Brewster's hands. The next morning, in desperation, he tries to escape by the window. Matilda sees him and a wild chase starts through the country. He takes refuge in the river and Matilda follows. Hiding in a clump of bushes, he is set upon by an escaped convict and made to exchange clothing. Matilda, mistaking the fleeing convict for Bangs, overtakes him after a long chase. The prison guards come upon them and proceed to drag the convict back to prison, followed by the angry spinster. They come upon poor Bangs and take him along too. At the prison Bangs discovers that the superintendent is a brother lodge member, and he prevails upon him to send him to jail to escape the clutches of Matilda. Finally, Mr. Brewster's sympathy for Bangs induces him to call his sister off and Bangs remains in jail, a happy prisoner, safe from the pursuing female.
- Nervy Ned gets disgusted with restaurant fare and tells three of his friends as much when he meets them after trying to eat a lunch in one of the town's beaneries. They each extend an invitation to come out and take dinner with them some time, much to Nervy Ned's delight. He fasts for three days before taking advantage of any of the invites. All set for a big home-cooked feed he starts out for the home of friend number one. He is welcomed by the alleged man of the house and told to make himself at home with the children until dinner is ready. The kids maul him to distraction and on top of that friend number one comes in with the sad news that dinner has been postponed until the next day. The truth is, his wife had told him to give his friend the air. Friend number two proves to be equally henpecked and number three is just going out to dine at a restaurant. Poor Ned. No food for three days and all his invitations to dinner worthless. He rushes to the nearest "hot-dog" stand and gets himself an armful of them.
- A short film composed of various glimpses of film stars "off duty." Clyde Cook is seen behind the scenes at the Follies, Mr. and Mrs. Strongheart, the canine players, are visited; Betty Blythe is caught coming to the studio from her apartment in Macdougal Alley, New York. There are also minutes with Baby Peggy and her mother, Mae Murray welcoming David Warfield to Hollywood, an introduction to Irving Cohen, the chap who wrote "Yes, We Have No Bananas," and a visit to the Pickford-Fairbanks studios with Jack Pickford and Marilyn Miller.
- The story of a boatman's wife who is tempted to leave husband and son by the oily tongue of a stranger. The husband follows her, and, catching her with her new found love, a fist fight ensues in which the boatman is victorious. The wife and husband are reconciled, through the efforts of their young son. The scenes are laid in and about Nice, France during the celebration known as the Battle of the Flowers. The backgrounds have been carefully chosen for their picturesqueness.
- A young married couple, after buying a wonderful house, haven't enough money to furnish it. The wife, however, writes her parents and describes the furnishings of the house next door as their own. The parents come to visit them and they take advantage of the fact that the electrical inventor who lives next door has gone away for the night leaving his baby and keys with them to pretend that the inventor's house is their own, with some amusing complications.
- A young woman goes marketing and takes her little dog Buster along for company. After purchasing some goods she lays down her basket and turns her back for a few moments, whereupon a fellow comes along and steals her purse out of it. On her way home she misses the money and after tying the dog to a lamp post to keep watch over the basket she goes back to the market to search for the missing purse. Soon after leaving, the same thief comes again and tries to take the basket, but Buster stands guard and keeps him at his distance. The fellow makes several rounds, followed by the dog, who upon each turn winds the leash around the post, thus shortening it and drawing him farther away from his charge. The thief then makes off with the basket while the poor dog tugs at the rope in a vain effort to follow. When the woman returns and misses the basket, she cuts the leash and away goes Buster after the culprit. The fellow has a good start, but it is not long before the faithful little dog is at his heels, and follows him every place he goes, and in no way possible can the fugitive evade the little trailer. Finally the thief runs into two policemen, who, upon seeing the dog at his heels, realize that something must be wrong, so they join in the chase. Coming to the river the fellow jumps in, followed by Buster, who catches hold of his coattail and holds him till the officers come in and get him. They take the thief to the station and Buster returns home to his mistress with the basket containing the purse in his mouth.
- A couple tired of the routine decides to separate for a while, during which time they have absolute freedom to interact with the person they want.
- A magician presents a circular piece of paper from which he removes the flags of the allies. Then from each flag he produces a soldier from the respective country, and finally he produces a Chinaman. But hardly have the allies seen the latter than they pounce on him and try to cut him into pieces. The funniest part of our story is that the Chinaman escapes in a balloon, with an expression of childish innocence on his face as the allies try to cut him up.
- Dr. Hobart Hupp believes he can cure criminals by surgery, and experiments on Dago Red, who has been promised freedom if the operation is successful. Hobart drives to his wedding later that day, unaware that his fiancée, socialite Estrella De Morgan, is actually in love with young Arthur Simmons. Along the way, charming Annabelle Landis mistakes Hobart for her chauffeur, and he drives 300 miles to her home while deciding whether he wants to desert his waiting bride. Upon her arrival, Annabelle is intercepted by her parents, who demand that she marry the man of their choice. Dago Red comes to the doctor's rescue and they escape to an island, accompanied by Annabelle and a minister. There they find Estrella, who has eloped with Arthur. The parents arrive soon after to find Hobart married to Annabelle, and Estrella married to Arthur.
- Three kids, Jackie, Matt, Inez, and their bird friend Digit, must save cyberspace from the evil Hacker with the use of strategy and math skills.
- Reid and the gang are stunned by the sheer power of the Craymel Cannon and as they stand awestruck, they see it adjusting its course to fire upon Inferia's castle.
- The opening scene shows a thief with a small bag of stolen nuggets, which he hides in the sand. The scene shifts to the cabin of an old prospector. The old man is out of his mind. He goes forth and by some feat of intuition finds the bag of nuggets-and dies. A friendly Indian carries him to his cabin, and, returning, is about to pick up the bag of nuggets when the thief arrives. There is a quarrel but the two agree to divide the spoils. While the division is taking place, the thief strikes the Indian on the head and escapes, making a dangerous passage across a morass of quicksands, which finally begins to envelope him. The Indian comes to his senses, traces the thief who offers the bag of nuggets to save him from the sands. The Indian lets himself down and begins to sink. Three days elapse. The thief dies. A tree falls from the bank and the Indian rescues himself and takes the bag of nuggets to a woman who befriended him and dies at her feet.
- A judge must cope with making a decision between the lives of a cop killer and her own kidnapped daughter.
- Lavinia Morland marries a rich banker in order to obtain money to care for a sick artist with whom she is in love. A woman tells the banker of this state of affairs and he hires a disreputable and bogus count to compromise his wife so that he may obtain a divorce. She kills her husband when she finds he has trapped her, but her story told in court procures her release.
- In this interesting picture we get a vivid idea of the work accomplished in educating the blind to be self-supporting and independent. In the first picture we see them learning to read with the aid of books having raised letters, the studying geography from embossed maps, also arithmetic and writing and enjoying the same educational advantages as those who see. We next see them learning to knit, and while ft takes a blind person about two years to acquire this art, some of their work is indeed commendable. It is an inspiring sight to see them at recess enjoying their childish games with as much vim and dash as youngsters who are more fortunate in having the sense of sight. The music lesson is the next feature of particular interest for the teacher, as well as the scholar, is blind. The latter follows the raised notes with the hand, while she plays with the other. In the final picture we see a group of blind women at work, who are self-supporting with their skill in needlework.
- Elaine's dating a man who, unknown to her, is actually bisexual and attracted to Tony. Tony begs for Alex's help in letting the man down easy.
- Justin goes back to the halls to find everyone unconcious, including Katy. He manages to get Katy out and call an ambulance, but will she make it? When Mercedes hears of what's happened she fears for John-Paul's safety and rushes to the scene but, when she hear's that Carmel is also inside, she feels sick. When she finally gets to Carmel she's stunned to find her unconcious in Russ's arms. Meanwhile, Rhys takes Beth home and tells her that he wants to take things slowly - although they still end up in bed together. And when Tom can't sleep, OB realises that he's still struggling to come to terms with Max and Steph's relationship.
- The celebrated movie star Georg Wilck has tired of constantly standing at the center of the admirers' attention and travels incognito to the seaside resort Viken to be in peace. He takes in the name of Fred Palmer, a name that belongs to a schoolmate whom he now believes has died in the United States. In fact, however, the little-honorable Palmer has returned to Sweden and is just about to swindle the young ladies on an estate near Viken. Under his invented name, Georg Wilck becomes acquainted with the beautiful Magda, and soon love arises between them. The real Fred Palmer finds reason to head over heels leave the estate he has haunted, because his abandoned and vengeful wife has picked up the trail on him. The three estate owner's daughters are, of course, disappointed and furious about having been deceived, but are told that Fred Palmer is actually staying at the seaside resort. They travel there and warn the poor Magda of her love with the consequence that she packs to go on her way. Georg Wilck has to reveal his true identity to resolve the situation with Magda. In this case, Magda's mother in particular becomes very delighted and Wilck is happily reunited with his beloved.
- Set in 1954, Far East is the story of a young Naval officer, who is the heir to a Milwaukee beer fortune, on tour of duty in occupied Japan. He becomes trapped between his love for a beautiful Japanese woman and his family's value system, which he is trying to escape. With clever echoes of Madame Butterfly and From Here to Eternity, tensions mount at the collision of East with West, past with present, and duty with passion in this beautifully-crafted play.
- Misadventures of a family on holiday.
- A number of boon companions are discussing the low state of their finances. They are seated in a cafe and John, the guiding spirit of the party, decides that they may be able to "raise the wind" at an auction sale which is in progress. When the auction room is visited job lots are being disposed of, and John puts himself on the list. There is an unusual gathering of expectant maiden ladies present at the sale. When the last of the antiques has been disposed of, "A modern piece of furniture" is announced, and lot No. 94 finds John Spoofer on the auction block before a crowd of astonished bidders. A spirited contest follows the auctioneer's description of this "piece of modern furniture," and the object is knocked down to Miss Passee, a robust and rather elderly female. John has the shock of his life, but determines to brave it out and is taken home to pa and ma, the former being a peppery army officer. John is obliged to observe military discipline in the house, and at last, when formalities have been fulfilled, John is allowed a "leave of absence," and he hies himself to the auctioneer's to draw his part of the proceeds of the sale. A merry scene follows at the old cafe in which the plot was hatched. How John got out of his fix, his flirtations with serving maids and his many amusing adventures.
- A rich old dealer in gold and silver would force his daughter to marry a man of his choosing. She refuses and elopes with a poor workman, who is later discharged by the less favored rival. This leaves the man, wife and their little girl, destitute. The wife sends a neighbor out to sell a necklace which her father had given her. A wandering Jew buys it and in turn sells it to the father. It recalls his lost daughter to him and in a vision he sees her pitiable condition. He takes a bag of gold her and leaves it on the doorsill with a note. The thanks of the family are inscribed on the baby's photograph and sent to him, but his heart does not melt until the little child herself takes a big bouquet to him on the occasion of his birthday and all are then reconciled.
- Father tries to fix the fire in the boiler and each time it goes out. Bobby sees a picture in a magazine, showing how to start a fire by the aid of gas. He now tells father he is going to start that fire. Surprised at the intelligence displayed by his son, Henry gives him a dollar and tells him not to say anything to anybody - meaning mother. However, Mrs. Minor overhears the conversation.
- Climate change is a phenomenon of our times and much of its evidence was collected by a Chilean. The story of Gino Casassa, world-renowned glaciologist and collective Nobel Prize winner, is another of the main characters in our new documentary series Labstars.
- Dreaming of a beautiful field of daisies, populated by a bevy of adorable dancing girls in costumes appropriate for nature dances, with themselves as Pans, Nervy Ned and his valet awake to the grim reality of a cold bed in a hall bedroom with the snow coming in the window and covering them. Deciding that it is too cold in the north, Ned orders his valet to pack for a trip to Florida. His valet helps him on with his coat, puts a tooth brush in their bag, and they are off. Colonel Tolliver is giving a party to announce the engagement of his daughter, Virginia. Escaping the crowd by going into the hall the girl and her affianced husband fool around a bit and break a large mirror. In order to kill the jinx, her father decides that they must have thirteen people at the supper table, and as there are only eleven present he sends his butler out to bring in the first two people he meets. These two happen to be Nervy Ned and his valet, just arrived from the cold and heartless North. They are, strangely enough, much pleased with the invitation to dinner, especially so since it has no labor attached to it. During the dinner Ned has a lot of fun with a piece of steak and some Tabasco sauce, while his valet amuses himself collecting jewels, etc. A special detective has his number and attempts to arrest him, but Ned comes to his rescue and taking the official's badge when he isn't looking, takes the prisoner away himself, loot et al.
- A wealthy Russian family is faced with change and challenges as events unfold during the First World War.
- Based on the life of the Ras Tafari Makkonen, then Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975). Dedicated to pull his country out of isolation, pursued a policy of modernization and reform. Invaded by Italy in 1935, the Emperor unsuccessfully tried to get help in the League of Nations. After getting finally came back the throne, ruled for decades until being overthrown by a military coup. It is regarded as a symbol by the Rastafarians, who consider the Black Messiah.
- Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.
- The dissolute Henry III of France was assassinated by a monk, a fact which has formed the basis of this filmic intrigue. Aside from this fact, however, the story is not historical. The action moves swiftly from beginning to end; the actors are the pick of the Itala studio, while both interior and exterior scenes are presented with a striking fidelity to the details of the period. The king becomes fascinated with the wife of one of his courtiers. He writes her a note and sends it by the court fool, planning a rendezvous. They meet. The fool is caught spying upon them. The king reprimands him and he threatens revenge. The woman drops her scarf at the meeting place. The fool finds it and takes it to her husband as proof of the truth of his story. A stormy scene between husband and wife follows. The husband disguises himself as a monk, obtains admission to the king's presence, stabs him and in turn is run through by an attendant, being gathered up is thrown from the window of the castle to the stone pavement below. The final scenes show the great remorse of the jester.
- Two young men In love with the same girl buy diamond engagement rings exactly alike. The first one to propose becomes the victim of a frame-up by his rival, who mails to number one a note written to him by the girl telling him that all is over between them, and enclosing the ring. The close of the picture finds the villain in sore straits when his marriage to the girl is interrupted by her first sweetheart.
- Molly, loved by Pete Hawkins and Jake Carr, bawls them both out for fighting and says she's through with the next one she sees in a scrap. Jake cuts the belly and on the saddle of the horse Pete rides in the rodeo. Pete, thrown from his mount, hears of Jake's underhanded work and, taunted for his apparent cowardice by Jake, tears into him. The fight attracts the attention of the rodeo gallery and Molly sees the two suitors engaged in a bloody brawl. Instead of being disgusted, Molly roots for Pete, who manages to knock out Jake, and is made foreman by Molly's father, owner of the ranch.
- Lee is a real estate salesman who gets up a scheme of running a honeymoon special and giving away lots to newlyweds. The manager is a crook and hides the fact that an oil company has offered big money for the land. The crook uses various schemes to stop the train, starts fights among the passengers, etc., and succeeds to such an extent that when the owner in an auto catches up with it no one is left but Lee and his sweetheart and Lee claims the credit.
- Humberto Maturana, beyond being a renowned biologist, has managed to influence world leaders from his approaches to the organization of living beings. In the first episode of the documentary series "Labstars", produced by "4 Change Media", we tell you the story of this Chilean philosopher.