Cinematic Era: 1921 Vintage

German silent-adventure film by Ernst Wendt.

Four short films about the south-western region of The Netherlands.

Billy Ruge puffs too hard on the opium pipe and dreams he is on a pirate ship with an all-woman crew..... well, almost,

A count falls in love with a dead ringer of a deceased loved one.

Pip, a dog, and Squeak, a penguin, are the parents of Wilfred, a rabbit.

Pablo Luque, a young man from the south looking for work, arrives at Los Cardales, a flourishing ranch owned by Pedro Aguirre, after seeing his mother die. Aguirre hires Luque to work there. The rude young man sparks the curiosity of the ranch owner's young daughter, who sees him as very different from the rest of the gang members. A few days later, Luque, who thought of himself as a shy young man, demonstrates the courage of his fists and his heart.

In the kingdom of Culrandia (a country that must border Ruritania) King Ottocar must give his daughter’s hand in marriage to the prince of another country. Bebè, tired of waiting for her fiancé, tracks him down in Paris and brings him back to Culrandia where they are eventually married.

A runaway train speeds down the track.

Private eye Harry Wills investigates the theft of secret documents by a professional gang of thieves.

Kati (Bella Muzsnay), the daughter of a landowner (László Bakó), is not very sad while her fiancé, Matyi (Sándor Szőke), is a prisoner of war in Russia: she meets the handsome goulash (Sándor Garamszeghy). He is not too happy when Matyi returns home from Siberia. The two men competing for her hand get into a fight and the goulash is sent to prison. The proposal goes through, but the goulash escapes from his cell. After a long chase, he is captured, but on the day of the wedding his sentence expires and he is released. The newlyweds spend their wedding night in the attic, and the jealous goulash burns down the house in revenge.

Depicts a day in the life of Toonerville, featuring slapstick scenes in Bang’s Quick Service Restaurant, surreptitious drinking despite prohibition, and an evil villain trying to trade a mortgage for marriage to a beautiful young girl.

Snooky the Chimpanzee help out a melancholy little girl and her guardian.

The skipper advertises an auction by tacking up bills on every convenient spot while making a run from the depot and stopping every few feet, to the disgust of the passengers.

A travelling salesman, Ray Standford seduces country girl Sadie McClure, but forgets about her when she returns to the city and marries Dorothy Graham, daughter of his boss.

The film begins with the label "The Monument to Christopher Columbus" and has a subtitle that completes it: "Donated to the municipality of Buenos Aires by the Italian community on the occasion of the first centenary of Argentine independence." The film records multiple events, over a little over a year, “from the arrival of the various parts of the monument, and the construction of the base, to the erection of the statue.” The first images are dated May 1920 and The last ones correspond to the day of the inauguration of the monument, June 15, 1921. During that period the film documents the arrival at the port of the monument in the hold of the ship “Olimpo” until its inauguration with the presence of President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

A short narrative comedy production that deals with African American jazz culture. The film was shot using the same cabaret set as was used in The Sport of the Gods at Tolden Studios, Bronx, New York.

The grasshopper that sang and danced all summer is left destitute when the snow falls, while the ants who prepared for the winter are able to take it easy.

After the funeral of his wife, a colonel returns to find a letter written by her.

Queen mary and Princess Mary open Hampstead Maternity Home. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

This comedy is inspired by the American movies of adventure about the Indians and detectives, chase and shooting.

Dramatisation of the popular song.

A documentary on the people, customs, and wildlife of the Southeast Asian island of Bali.

On the night of November 15, 1901, James J. Jeffries, of Los Angeles, California, and Gus Ruhlin, of Akron, Ohio, engaged in a sparring contest in the ring of the Twentieth Century Athletic Club, at Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco. By special arrangements with the promoters of the contest, Messrs. J.C. Kennedy, Wm. Madden and Wm. Delaney, our cameras were on hand, and we secured authentic pictures of the contest. In order to record these pictures, it was necessary to specially equip the building with a large number of arc lights. To this end no expense was spared, and when the fighters entered the ring it was illuminated with 300,00 candle-power of light. Thus we are able to present to our customers, not imitation or fake pictures of the contest, but the actual exhibition just as it took place, with the audience assembled. The pictures that were secured show every movement in the contest, from the time Jeffries entered the ring until he left it a victor in the 5th round.

A fantastic British entry from the ‘Grand Guignol’ series. After his wife leaves him, an old man suffers for 40 years, longing for her to return, until one day his fellow lodgers decide to play a vicious prank… (chapter.org)

Short documentary about a couple who adopts a bear cub.

Halfway up Mount Everest, Pip and Squeak wait for Wilfred, who has already reached the top. He slides down. They then steal a cart and an engine, before going by elephant to Calcutta, where they catch a steamship again.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

Japanese horror movie from 1921.

Topical Budget (the great British newsreel that ran from 1911-31) here presents a light-hearted item on the Football Association's proposed ban on women's football.

Travelogue from Cologne, Kevlaer and the Rhine Valley, shot during production of The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar.

A scientist has invented a serum that transforms the old into young and the old into new. His first subject – a very old man – gets a single injection and gradually turns into a baby. Meanwhile, three little men have stolen the syringe with the rejuvenation treatment, which they now give to men and livestock in dire need of it. (stumfilm.dk)

Cartoon short.

Doctor Jean Corbières and Madeleine de Preuil love each other. But he learns that his parents payed his studies with the money they were given for an abandoned child years ago. Jean, profoundly ashamed, renounces his life with Madeleine and enters a convent to pay for his parents' sin.

One of Guilherme Rogato's first works in Alagoas, filmed in Quebrângulo.

Chorus girl Peggy Malone marries press agent Jimmy Parsons but faces hardship when her shiftless family moves in, causing Jimmy to fall ill and go West for health. Peggy follows, becomes a film star, and ultimately chooses the now-successful Jimmy over a wealthy suitor, securing their future together.

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

A judge, adamant he was right to pass the death penalty for a crime of passion, makes a terrible discovery which leads him to question his decision.