Off to Bedlam

Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat

July 2021 •English

Overcoming bullies and his own loser mentality, 10-year-old Bernie Dingledorf must destroy Dr. Chuckles’s diabolical Laugh Generator before it sends the world into uncontrollable fits of laughter.

Smith's Army Life

February 1928 •English

19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.

Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals

November 1911 •French

Each time Mrs Babylas sees an animal, she just can't help herself bring it back home.

For Goodness Cake!

December 2023 •English

A bumbling father attempts to improve his teenage son’s birthday after no one shows up to his party.

Johnny Express

May 2014 •Korean

In the year 2150, Johnny, a lazy Space Delivery Man, must deliver a package on a planet he does not fully understand.

Ce qui me meut

May 1989 •French

The life of Etienne-Jules Marey, the 19th century pioneer of photography and cinema, famous for studying animal and human locomotion.

Zapata's Gang

February 1914 •German

Comedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingly accused. In the end the real robbers are brought to justice. One of the earliest films portraying bisexual characters.

La Guerre des Romands

December 2011 •French

L'Âge d'or

November 1930 •French

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

Nosferatu

February 1922 •German

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

The Wing or the Thigh?

October 1976 •French

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

Tricicle: Manicomic

December 1987 •Spanish

Tricicle brings together in a single theatrical show their best gags, created during their first three years of life.

Glasmästarna

January 1986 •

Silent about two clumsy glaziers.

The Magic Glass

June 1914 •English

A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.

Vigário Sport Club

May 1927 •Portuguese

An ironic comedy to the sports world about the corrupt gears of football. As goalkeeper, figure a dwarf...

Rita Ou Rito?

July 1927 •Portuguese

Peixe-de-Espada (literally, sword-fish), a retired Army colonel, his wife and nubile daughter are spending their holidays at the Palace Hotel, in the company of a lady doctor, Doctor Pilulas (literally, pills). He tells tall-tales of his African adventures, and she finds ways to promote the excellency of the pills of her own fabrication. To spend some time with Gabriela, his girlfriend, Rito appears disguised as a woman, pretending to be the new post-office operator. Desguises will come and go, and all ends well after a turmoil of twisted plots.

Sherlock Jr.

April 1924 •English

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

A Trip to the Moon

June 1902 •French

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

Two Old Tars

October 1913 •English

Two old tars, retired from service, live alone in a cottage by the sea. They sail along on an even keel, until a buxom and comely widow projects herself on the scene when one old tar breaks one of their unwritten laws and falls in love with her. The other old fellow objects strenuously.

Pockets

October 2012 •English

A homeless bum, bored of eating the same food every night, promises his girlfriend a special dinner. He plans to take her out with money robbed from a passing stranger. But the bum’s in for a surprise when the man he targets for his mugging turns out to have special – and hilarious – powers.