Silent shorts 1910-1919

A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.

A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.

The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.

The Tramp wanders into and disrupts the filming of a go-kart race.

Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.

Anthony is shown as a Patrician, feasting and drinking, surrounded by slaves and beautiful women. His favorite proves unfaithful and Anthony is about to slay his rival when his hand is stayed by a Christian priest. Anthony is converted, relinquishing a life of luxury and giving to the poor his silken raiment and costly jewels. As a holy hermit he retires to a cave, and the Evil One tries to tempt him back to his former life. Hideous, grinning devils crawl about him and are instantly transformed into women of wondrous beauty. Anthony withstands the temptations and goes out and preaches to the multitudes. The woman tries to ensnare him again, but his eloquent appeal to heaven to save her soul moves her to reformation. Her death while clasping the cross is compellingly acted and touching.

Spider-Man swoops in undetected to steal the Mona Lisa, nobody ever expected him to steal it because he has the key to the city and our hearts.

Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.

A widowed father devotes his life to his daughter, who swears to stay with him forever. Then a handsome young man shows up and sweeps her off her feet.

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

The cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.

A scientist discovers reverse gravity and goes to Mars in the process.

Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.

The young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Problem is, the father does not want to give the daughter away. So every time he goes to the office to ask the father, he is tossed out. He is ejected over and over, by different methods, while the girl waits and waits.

Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.

Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.

A young boy, opressed by his mother, goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group where he dares to dream of a land where the cares of his ordinary life fade.

A young and dynamic engineer, Mack Prite, whose talents have helped him rise above humble origins, struggles against an old entrenched capitalist whose oil company's profits are threatened when Prite develops a plan to turn peat into usable energy.

After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.

At a tramcar in Copenhagen the piano teacher Magda Vang meets the young man Knud Svane, who falls in love with her. She is invited to spend the summer with him and his parents at the vicarage in Gjerslev. Outside the vicarage a circus troupe passes by, and Magda is saluted by the performer Rudolph Stern. In the night Rudolph climbs a ladder to Magda's bedroom. She tries to flee his advances, but after a hot kiss she surrenders, and runs away with him. Magda is hired as a dancer with Rudolph at the Empire Varieté. When Rudolph fondles a ballet dancer Magda gets furious, and starts a fight in front of the audience. Magda and Rudolph are fired. To earn some money Rudolph forces Magda to play the piano in a band at a garden restaurant. Knud turns up and recognizes her. Incognito he asks her for a private meeting. Magda thinks she is asked to sell her body and refuses, but Rudolph forces her to go. When Rudloph after a while interrupts and finds Magda with Knud, he gets furious and starts to beat her. During the turmoil she grabs a knife and stabs Rudolph in his chest. In her despair she clings to his dead body, and has to be taken away by force.