Cinematic Era: 1924 Vintage

An Out of the Inkwell short.

Arboga, Sweden: the train station, the river, the hospital and the market. This silent film is shown with new music by Matti Bye.

Fragment of a Baby Peggy short film.

This is a 1920s Italian military comedy directed by Eugenio Perego, starring Bartolomeo Pagano and set amid drills and humorous misunderstandings. The film plays on the trope of the naive hero in a farcical and patriotic setting.

A 1924 film by José Ferreyra.

A 'Dippy Doo Dad' comedy with an all-animal cast.

A boxer saves a lady who joins gypsies on learning she is the subject of a bet.

The Heart of Cleveland is a 29 minute silent film produced for The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company in 1924. The film tells the story of a family living 50 minutes from Cleveland that still does not have electricity. A pilot has to make a landing on their farm and tells them about the wonders of radio and electricity. He then takes their two young children on a plane to Cleveland where they get to see first-hand the fantastic progress and prosperity that electricity brings.

Deutschland is under the rule of Rome; The heartless Empire, ever in need of new conquests, is merciless and its legions pillage and sack the land with deep Gallic hatred. Hermann, son of the Cherusci prince Segimer, is a hostage at the service of Rome and has been given the name of "Armin." He will lead an army of his countrymen and drive out the Roman tyrants.

Hrafnildur, also known as “Hadda Padda", and her sister Kristrun are spending the summer in scenic Breidabol with Hadda Padda’s fiancé, Ingolf. A pleasant time is had by all, until Kristrun and Ingolf can deny their love no longer and Ingolf breaks up with Hadda Padda. Deeply wounded, she plots her revenge. (Stumfilm.dk)

Trail of the North Wind is a silent 1924 adventure film.

A tour by horse-drawn bus, narrated by the driver, contrasts new buildings under construction in London with the old, travelling from the City along Middle Temple Lane, passing Clifford's Inn, The Strand, Piccadilly, St. James' Palace, Kingsway, Lincoln's Inn, St. Sepulchre's church, the Old Bailey and Staple Inn.

Directed by Martin Berger.

Due to an unfortunate mistake with laboratory samples, a young husband is diagnosed as suffering from the terrible disease of leprosy. In his distress he decides to leave home.

A little girl tries to help her mother with the aid of an agile monkey.

A home movie featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones. It is the first in a collection of nine films and consists of a single reel of silent 16mm black-and-white acetate film.

Three children attend an institute bordering a middle school where Lauretta studies. The boys befriend her and decide one night to go see the fireworks, but one of the children is injured by a bomb. This situation causes the injured child's father and nanny to fall in love.

A woman whose life is shattered by the death of her son.

Spanish drama about a little girl and the challenges she faces in life, ending up on the street having to survive on her own.

Romantic and slapstick mishaps on a golf course.

It's raining heavily, but at first the young husband and wife are not concerned about it. But the husband gets soaked on the way home from work, and then finds that the butler has left all of his suits hanging outside in the rain. Next, when some friends come to visit, they find that their troubles with water are just beginning.

Cartoon short.

A woman frames her stepson for theft and he takes the place of his father's drugged champion and wins a boxing match.

A travelogue set in the jungles of Borneo.

Winterstürme is a 1924 German silent film directed by Otto Rippert

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

Simple animation urges strength through solidarity: little farmers unite to compete with the big outfits. Also criticizes profiteering "company private shops."

The film tells about the sad love story of a courtesan and a wealthy heir.

The wealthy Ricardo, alerted by his girlfriend, a waitress, believing that his mother is dying, goes to a spa. On the way, the masked bandit "Malaentraña" stops the car and leaves him badly injured; dies in the hospital before the impotence of his girlfriend.

Lost film. The Livonian Order has conquered Estonia and country people try hard protecting their freedom. Uno, a brave man, escapes from imprisonment and goes back to his fellow tribesmen. Encouraged by his parents and a wise man, Kaljo has just become a young leader, when people are being attacked by the Brothers of the Sword. Kaljo's loved one Laine and Uno become victims of the enemy. Virve, Kaljo's sister, sneaks in and liberates Uno who will join the resistance fighters facing the battle of life and death.

Semi-documentary showing some of the activities of the Amsterdam fire brigade, interwoven with the story of a boy who wants to become a firefighter.

A wilderness series by Robert C. Bruce.

Some background and promotional scenes shot for Vita-Film Studios at the Rosenhügel studios in the early 1920s.

Director: unknown | Production Country: The Netherlands/United States | Year: 1924 | Production Company: Universal | FLM6081 | Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam)

Doris embodies innocence and kindness, sacrificing herself for everyone. Day and night, she cares for their seriously ill mother, while her older sister Carmen prefers to go her own way. After their mother's death, Carmen takes her to the vaudeville theater, where she becomes a star but remains unaware of the dangers this world holds. For a small fee, her sister sells her to Fredy, who eventually abandons her while she is pregnant out of wedlock. Carmen Cartellieri and Doris Kay portray this contrasting pair of sisters. Innocence and selflessness clash with amorality and egoism: the decline of morals and its consequences are vividly depicted. (Filmarchiv Austria)

16mm black-and-white home movies from the collection of the Butler Family, depicting the family in the winter of 1923-1924. Made available through the Chicago Film Archives.

An "Out of the Inkwell" cartoon featuring Ko-Ko the Clown.

This Way Out is a slapstick comedy featuring Bobby Dunn.

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.

A Dave Fleischer Cartoon

This film claimed realist intent, mainly for its thinly veiled allusions to a major scandal in Bombay known as the Champsi-Haridas murder case.

The main characters - the Bezzabotovs - live for their own pleasure: the husband earns on speculation, his wife Nini has fun with fans. To avoid being seen as parasites, the couple are registered as unemployed. Soon, Nini's husband receives a mail notification that he should pay 500 rubles in tax. Indignant, Nini goes to the financial department and states there that she and her husband are unemployed and don't have the money. But before visiting the officials, she forgets to take off her luxurious jewelry.

Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown spends a vacation at a rubbery amusement park.

The relatives of wealthy, unmarried and slightly eccentric uncle James are all after his money -except his nice Ginette. She brings him to adopt two war orpahns and shows him, how his other relatives raely "love" him. But suddenly the orphans' father, a Lieutenat stands at the door of the house.