Familie Schimek

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The Girl in the Limousine

July 1924 •English

Tony and Freddie, who have been rivals all their lives, vie for the hand in marriage of their childhood sweetheart. Big Freddie has the upper hand when Tony gets himself kidnapped by a ring of muggers whose M.O. is to have one of their members dress up as a woman to lure men into the back seat of their limousine, where they are beaten up and robbed.

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Neighbors

July 1918 •English

Comedy of a school marm teaching a social climber some life lessons.

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The Son of Wallingford

January 1921 •English

A young man's journey into adulthood, love, and ambition, inspired by a serial by George Randolph Chester exploring themes of love, ambition, and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.

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Nobody's Kid

April 1921 •English

Because of the circumstances of her parents' marriage her grandfather rejects their child, Mary. Following her their deaths she is placed in an orphanage where Mary finds hardship.

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A Villainous Villain

September 1916 •English

The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

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Ducks

February 1920 •English

A husband is addicted to the habit of going duck-hunting occasionally. Wifey suspects that his object is chasing chickens - those that walk with two feet - and so starts in pursuit. When hubby's pals get a ducking in the water, they are forced to go to a neighboring farmhouse where the farmer's daughters dress them up in feminine clothing until their own is dried. And the young bride frowns and pouts and stirs up some trouble before she finds out that the girls have a distinct place in the plot.

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A Nine O'Clock Town

July 1918 •English

David Clary runs a sleepy little dry-goods store in a sleepy little town. A vamp from the big city shows up, intent on taking Clary for everything he's worth by a combination of seduction and blackmail. But the day is saved by the ingenuity of David's corset model.

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Are You a Mason?

March 1915 •English

Frank Perry's wife Helen is away visiting her mother, and he uses this "free time" for a night of drinking at a nightclub. Unfortunately, when he tries to return home, he enters the wrong house and is nearly arrested When Helen comes back he tells her that the "incident" was actually an initiation rite of the Masons, knowing that his wife has always wanted him to join the group. She excitedly tells her father about Frank's becoming a Mason, since her father is also a Mason. What neither she nor Frank know is that her father has actually been doing the same thing Frank is--pretending to be a Mason when he actually isn't. Complications ensue.

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The Olympic Hero

June 1928 •English

A story with a college background revolves around sprinter Charles Paddock, utilizing newsreel footage of the 1924 Olympic Games.

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Primitive Woman

April 1918 •English

A young woman of wealth revenges herself on a young author whose peculiar ideas about women have led him to act and speak in an insulting manner. This young man isolates himself in the mountains for the purpose of writing a story on the primitive woman, where he is discovered by his friends, to whom he vows that no woman shall cross his threshold. The mischievous young woman of the story, determined to place him at her feet, goes secretly to the home of a mountain woman with whom she lives in the guise of a wild girl of the hills. Purposely sliding over an embankment where she knows she will fall in his path, she is rewarded by having him pick her up and carry her to his cabin, where she pretends to be too much injured to be moved that day. The mountain woman is sent for and the two remain in the cabin of the author for several days. Finally she is discovered by her people, when it also comes to light that the woman-hating author has fallen to the charms of his pretty visitor.

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He Comes Up Smiling

September 1918 •English

Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor. *Only fragments are known to exist. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

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Last Foxtrot in Burbank

October 1973 •English

Cult director Charles Band brings you this "Last Tango in Paris" spoof with editing by acclaimed filmmaker John Carpenter.

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The Bartered Bride

October 1913 •Czech

Directed by Max Urban.

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Be a Little Sport

June 1919 •English

Gerald Faulkner, a young tin-can salesman, has fallen for sexy chorus girl Carlotta La Mere. One day Gerald's wealthy uncle Dunley makes him an offer: if he gets married by the following Saturday, Dunley will give him $100,000. Gerald rushes to propose to Carlotta, who agrees. However, the day before the wedding she asks for a postponement. Complications ensue.

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Out All Night

September 1927 •English

A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to spinsterhood, many complications arise.

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His Body for Rent

February 1919 •English

A woman "rents" a husband for the purpose of divorcing him so she can win another man, who prefers widows.

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Turks and Troubles

March 1917 •English

Hafed, a Turkish prince, imprisons an American girl and her father. The girl sends for Jim, who attempts a rescue. Jim is captured, but Hafed's jealous wife helps them escape. When the initial escape fails, Jim returns in disguise as a dancing girl. He dances for Hafed, luring him into a private encounter where Jim's identity is revealed. A fight leads Jim to take refuge in a tree. Surrounded by guards, Jim summons a warship. A shell from the warship blows up the tree, landing Jim safely on the battleship's deck and securing his escape.

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Footlights and Fakers

March 1917 •English

Short comedy set against the backstage lives of a group of performers.

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He Never Touched Me

February 1917 •English

Slapstick comedy short about a quarreling couple and a nosy mother-in-law.

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Somewhere in Any Place

January 1917 •English

One of many Larry Semon directed Vitagraph comic shorts. Like a large portion of them this is lost.

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Cast

Livio Pavanelli

Olga Tschechowa

Lydia Potechina

Max Hansen

Paul Morgan

Hermann Picha

Margarete Kupfer

Xenia Desni

William Dieterle

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