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Hen Hop

1942

This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew directly onto 35 mm movie stock with ordinary pen and ink. Colour was added optically.

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Chess

2007

In an old library, two armies of chess pieces are about to start a war.

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Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen

1999

Regal is an eagle who is afraid to fly. A little bird offers to help him, but Regal does not believe he can. Will the eagle finally learn to fly?

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Čardášová Julie

1985

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The Owl & the Pussycat

1968

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

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Scratching and Painting on Film

1968

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform self portraiture, lettering tests and images traced from other films including a Charlie Chaplin short.

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Yak

1970

Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."

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Tondo

1973

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etchings, spirograms and other surreal realities.

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Four Quadrant Exercise

1975

Intended to be an "animation machine," Four Quadrant Exercise finds Jarnow adapting a perspective system, enabling him to render complex motions almost automatically. Created prior to the streamlined ease of computer software, this short is a commitment to the joy of making marks on paper.

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Rotating Cubic Grid

1975

The primary motif in this silent picture is a grid that controls the shapes and motions of forms contained within the framework of a rotating cube. Constructed from interlocking cycles, the film explores branches and loops along paths laid down by geometric logic.

1.0

Dungarees

2020

Transgender Blake and cisgender Cane hang out, play video games and grapple with their insecurities. This is their love story.

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Between Showers

1914

Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.

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Cruel, Cruel Love

1914

This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

6.1

Dough and Dynamite

1914

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

5.5

Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914

The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming the event.

5.5

Laughing Gas

1914

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.

5.6

Mabel's Busy Day

1914

Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.

5.3

Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914

A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.

5.4

The Fatal Mallet

1914

Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty.

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The Masquerader

1914

Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.

Genre	Animation, Comedy
Production Companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Ccountries	United States of America

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Hen Hop

Chess

Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen

Čardášová Julie

The Owl & the Pussycat

Scratching and Painting on Film

Yak

Tondo

Four Quadrant Exercise

Rotating Cubic Grid

Dungarees

Between Showers

Cruel, Cruel Love

Dough and Dynamite

Kid Auto Races at Venice

Laughing Gas

Mabel's Busy Day

Mabel's Strange Predicament

The Fatal Mallet

The Masquerader