The Persistent Salesman

Max and the Jealous Husband

April 1914 •English

A Max Linder comedy short.

Someone to Love

December 1928 •English

A poor but honest sheet-music salesman is parted from his wealthy fiancée when she comes to believe he’s nothing but a golddigger. But circumstance places him on the board of an exclusive girls’ school, where he can prove his integrity as well as his love. This film is believed lost.

Antoine and Colette

June 1962 •French

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Unicorn Blood

March 2013 •Spanish

Two teddy-bears go hunting unicorns, their favorite prey.

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

January 1940 •English

Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for the $200 and they go used car shopping.

The Oriental Languages' Teacher

September 1918 •Czech

Dad's Dead

December 2002 •English

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

Uncanny Valley

June 2015 •French

Inside a museum, nowadays. A diorama represents two young soldiers in the trenches. All of a sudden, we are thrown into the diorama: the immobile soldiers come to life, there is terror on their faces – the camera dances around them – explosions, chaos, fog: everything flies about in the air. With every gunshot, they shudder and curl up

A Joy Story: Joy and Heron

February 2018 •English

A great animated short story about opportunity and helping each other.

Grotesken im Schnee

October 1928 •German

After the grey city rain has turned to snow, we find ourselves together with a silhouette figure in the snow-covered mountains. Under the motto "Get on your skis", a winter sports experience for young and old begins - from ski jumping, figure skating and bobsleighing to mountain tours on skis. Animation techniques and documentary real film footage, in which the winter sports enthusiasts themselves often look like silhouetted figures against a white snow background, intertwine, overlap and merge into a cinematic winter snow experience.

The Promoter

May 1932 •English

Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself.

Any Way Out

November 2024 •English

A man is imprisoned for life on a remote Pacific island for a crime he didn’t commit…is there any way out?

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?

November 2019 •English

Forky Asks a Question: What is Money? Hamm attempts to give Forky a lesson on how the US monetary system works.

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?

December 2019 •English

Trixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?

December 2019 •English

Dolly teaches Forky about the qualities of a good leader, and Forky puts those qualities to the test!

Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?

December 2019 •English

Forky meets Rib Tickles and finds her charming and pleasant, only to be schooled by Rib on the dangers of law enforcement.

Express Train of Love

May 1925 •German

Silent romantic comedy set on a train.

A Grand Day Out

May 1990 •English

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The Wrong Trousers

December 1993 •English

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

A Close Shave

March 1996 •English

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.