Movies: Silent comedy

An unemployed man, who dreams of living it large, finds a rich man drunk and lying in the sewer. Things take a turn when he imprisons him and takes his identity to get a taste of his lifestyle....

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--beds vanishing and re-appearing, candles exploding, pants flying through the air and his shoes walking...

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now de...

An inept man takes up a job of being a Gardener for some easy money but the seemingly simple tasks may prove to be too difficult for him as Gardening isn’t all as it seems....

Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber....

After a nuclear war, societal norms collapse. Ken, a peacekeeper, battles lawlessness, haunted by his sister's death. Facing tyrannical rule, he embodies Zen, seeking to reform himself and his foes through training and resolve....

A university student and a girl are in love. The girl’s aunt opposes their love. She has decided to marry her off to a rich suitor. The student decides to cunningly discredit the suitor of her choice before the aunt....

Farmer Toby Watkinsm whose fanciful poetry does not impress his exasperated uncle, leaves the farm to become a subscription solicitor for the "Sawbert Weekly Clarion." In Sawbert, Toby meets Mayor Lot Morris' daughter Jean, and the shy young people f...

Informed by her husband Ed that they will not be honeymooning at Niagara Falls as promised, but rather at the County Fair, newlywed Peggy decides it is time to assert her independence and steals away to the falls alone, leaving her bewildered husband...

Unemployed guests constantly pour into Jane's house, mistaking her for the previous tenant, a mystery man. Jane, though unemployed, lives her innocent life, with brief dreams and quiet hopes for her future. Her friend Suleiman, though bankrupt, lives...

A Police Inspector and a vicar play a round of golf. The Inspector has a Constable help him to cheat, while the vicar has other ideas......

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory....

An experimental sitcom, shot in the style of silent films of the early twentieth century. A parody of military-patriotic films. The plot of the film is the battle of the Russian army with Napoleon in 1812....

Set in Spanish colonial Philippines. Pedro is tasked to wed a wife whilst his activist friend is considering him to join the revolution. Through a raunchy and campy path of winning the love of his life, Pedro is met with a daunting revelation....

The Tenant continuously fails to escape his deadly apartment under five minute time limit as his blood-thirsty neighbor threatens to break in and exterminate him....

A young man tries to win the heart of the woman he likes, but not all goes to plan in this homage to the films of Charlie Chaplin....

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era....

The young rentier Zhezhi leads a secluded life on his estate, away from the bustle of the city. His daily routine is interrupted by the arrival of a letter form Varna: his cousin invites him to spend the summer at the seaside. Zhezhi is lost in a rev...

A foolish but devious thief spends his time stealing portraits of rich families and selling them to the highest bidder. But a woman investigator knows how to trap him and teach him a lesson. One day, the thief breaks into an aristocrat's house but is...

A man is tormented in his home by a pesky neighbour....