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Egged On

1926

Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of parts stolen from his neighbors. Rival egg companies want his invention, one of them stooping to sabotage to get it.

5.2

He Done His Best

1926

When Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he needs to get her father's consent. But when Charley then goes to see her father, who owns a restaurant, he ends up getting hired as a dishwasher instead. The rest of the kitchen staff soon find out that Charley is not a member of their union, and they go on strike. Charley is left by himself, leading to a series of upheavals in the restaurant, and a great invention.

6.0

Those Awful Hats

1909

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

5.2

Fatal Footsteps

1926

Charley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which promises a large prize and the hand in marriage of a beautiful woman.

6.3

Now You Tell One

1926

The Liars Club is holding their contest to see who can tell the most unbelievable story, with a gold medallion waiting to be awarded to the winner. Disappointed with the other members' bland efforts, one member brings in Charley Bowers, who has an extraordinary tale to tell. Charley claims to have invented a magic potion that enables him to grow absolutely anything by a simple grafting process, and he proceeds to tell his story to the club.

5.8

Many a Slip

1927

Charley attempts to invent a non-slippery banana peel.

6.3

Felix Trifles with Time

1925

Felix the Cat can't find anything to eat, so he bribes Father Time to send him back to when life was easier. However, the Stone Age turns out to have its own problems.

6.0

Mr. Fix-It

1918

A young man impersonates his best friend, and in doing so upsets the decorum at a stuffy family gathering and falls in love. The arrival of a gang of hoodlums further disrupts the formalities, but our hero thwarts them and saves the day.

6.2

The Dancing Pig

1907

This short burlesque film presents an anthropomorphic pig in elegant dress flirting and dancing with a woman, before being humiliated and compelled to perform for her amusement. The film is a screen adaptation of "Le cochon mondain," a successful Paris music-hall act, likely performed by its creator Odéo using the same custom-designed costume.

6.0

Fatty and Mabel Adrift

1916

Villains launch Fatty and Mabel's beachfront house into the ocean.

5.4

Peeping Tom

1897

A man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman gets his comeuppance. This film, presumed lost, is often mistaken for Ferdinand Zecca's "What Is Seen Through a Keyhole" (1901).

4.4

Pillow Fight

1897

“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action the pillows become torn, and the feathers fly over their heads and about the room in great numbers, producing with the white dresses and the black background a novel effect. Sharp, full of action, and popular in character.” (Edison Catalog)

5.7

Onesime, Clockmaker

1912

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.

5.9

How to Stop a Motor Car

1902

A policeman is run over by an automobile

5.9

The Policemen's Little Run

1907

A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the chase does not turn out as the policemen expect.

6.2

The Dancing Skeleton

1898

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

1.0

Born Rich

1924

When a wealthy young lady leaves the US to visit her aunt in France, her husband falls in love with a "flapper". When the wife returns home, she finds out about her husband's affair. In order to make him jealous, she leads him to believe she has fallen for a jazz musician. However, instead of making him jealous it drives him into depression and he takes refuge in booze and even more affairs.

5.6

Jumping the Blanket

1895

Four men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump into the blanket.

0.0

Love in Quarantine

1910

A quarrelling couple are forced to quarantine together after the household maid becomes ill of an infectious disease.

5.2

King of Dollars

1905

A magician shows tricks with money.

Genre	Comedy
Production Companies	Monty Banks Enterprises
Production Ccountries	United States of America

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Egged On

He Done His Best

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Now You Tell One

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Mr. Fix-It

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Peeping Tom

Pillow Fight

Onesime, Clockmaker

How to Stop a Motor Car

The Policemen's Little Run

The Dancing Skeleton

Born Rich

Jumping the Blanket

Love in Quarantine

King of Dollars