The Infernal Cakewalk

The Magic Glass

June 1914 •English

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

My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117

November 2002 •English

An unnamed man is house-sitting for his friend Imogen. Imogen calls to remind him to take her dog Rothko for a walk, but Rothko takes him for a walk instead.

A Proposal Under Difficulties

December 1912 •English

Short film involving a flirtatious maid.

He Loved the Ladies

September 1914 •English

The Peacemaker

October 1914 •English

Matrimony Blues

May 1926 •English

Short film about the title subject played for laughs.

Jungle Pals

August 1923 •English

The human pals of three apes become so attached to them that they take them to their home in the city where the apes prove too destructive to be really appreciative.

The House Cleaning Horrors

August 1918 •English

Step Lively, Please

October 1922 •English

During the course of his flirtation a driver's cab is used by a notorious robber who deposits his evil gains underneath the seat of the cab. The girl proves to be a detective in search of this man and mistakes the cab driver for the criminal. The horse, however, saves his master and brings the real guilty man into the courtroom just in time

Monks a la Mode

December 1923 •English

Dress shop owner Madame Maxine employs two chimps to serve in her establishment. It goes about as well as you would expect!

Red Pepper

April 1925 •English

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

Hey, Taxi!

April 1925 •

The Short-Sighted Cyclist

June 1907 •

The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure follows misadventure with great frequency, but the cyclist comes up smiling every time, mounts his machine, and again resumes his journey. Accidents which would maim or kill an ordinary mortal serve only to spur him on to fresh exertions in a mad search for physical inconveniences and dangers, which always present themselves. (Picture World)

Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws

June 1920 •English

When Spirits Move

January 1920 •English

Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

The Misleading Widow

September 1919 •English

The Misleading Widow is a 1919 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke as Betty Taradine. It was based on the 1917 stage play Billeted by F. Tennyson Jesse and H.M. Harwood. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It appears to be a lost film.

The Bat

March 1926 •English

A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.

The Monster

March 1925 •English

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.

I Was Born, But...

June 1932 •Japanese

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.

The Gay Divorcee

October 1934 •English

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.