Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

The Joke That Failed

1917

A girl's beau poses as a burglar to fool her boastful father.

The Rink

1916

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Pawnshop

1916

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Count

1916

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

Entombed

2016

Mickey leads Minnie on a treasure hunt in the Valley of the Tombs, but when the two are separated the adventure might prove too stressful for Mickey.

Mickey's Little Eva

1928

Mickey McGuire is putting on a bad performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but first he has to deal with the competition; another boy is putting on a wild animal show -- house cats inflamed by the "tamer" having white mice in his trousers.

Riders of the Purple Cows

1924

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.

Honest Injun

1926

Johnny Arthur has been ordered to spend a year out west to toughen him up, so he and butler George Davis head out. The cowboys at the ranch don't like him, so Johnny and they play practical jokes on each other. However, when Virginia Vance is kidnapped, it turns out to be real desperadoes.

Whoa, Emma!

1926

When wild horse Emma (Trixie the Horse) keeps opening the gates and freeing horses, ranch owner Molly (Molly Malone) hires Jimmie (Jimmie Adams) to deal with the problem. When he tames Emma, however, jealous ranch hands tie him up and kidnap Molly, so it's Emma to the rescue!

Sissy Frenchfry

2006

The annual Student Body President election at wildly eclectic and diverse West Beach High pits the quirky, much-beloved incumbent Sissy Frenchfry against handsome, charismatic -- and socially intolerant -- transfer student Bodey McDodey, who enacts a devious plan to restore the "status quo."

Der streitbare Herr Kickel

1933

Mr. Kickel makes a bet with Mr. Müller as to whether Kickel will be arrested that very day.

A Howling Success

1923

The Fascist

2014

A traffic warden runs into a surprising argument with a persisting customer.

Let's Join Joanie

1950

Salesgirl Joanie tries to impress a handsome man by joining a fitness club.

Khuruf

2018

A road movie starring a Muslim family, a checkpoint and a flock of sheep.