Chicago Cardinals and Bears Football - 1929

Country: United States
16mm B&W home movies of various Cardinals and Bears games in 1929. Includes the Green Bay Lumberjack Band (although the film is silent). Games played in Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field (old configuration).

Portage Silent Film-Comedy, Chicago, Illinois - 1915

Country: United States
Part of the Silent Film at Portage Theater, Chicago IL. Film was shot in 1915, and the subject is Turkey (Turkiye, at that time it was called Ottoman Impror -or Osmanli Imparatorlugu), the Sultan and the Harem.

Silent footage of 1920s Los Angeles with focus on automobiles and motion picture industry

Country: United States
Overview of 1920s Los Angeles from air and ground: automobile traffic with nineteen tens and twenties models,; film industry in action showing hand-cranked cameras, set lighting and musicians, actors being directed, and the set in general.
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Los Angeles - 1917

Country: United States
Ford Educational Library
Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 92280 / Local Identifier FC-FC-2434 - LOS ANGELES, ca. 1917 - Ford Motor Company.

One Wet Night - 1924

Country: United States
Language: English
Director: William Watson
Writer: William Watson (story)
Stars: Alice Howell, Neely Edwards and Bert Roach
Release Date: 14 April 1924 (USA)
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Runtime: USA: 11 min
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Number In Title
Genres: Comedy | Short
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.

Moonland - 1926

Country: United States

Director: William A. O'Connor

Writer: Neil McGuire (conceived by)

Stars: Mickey McBan

Plot Keywords: Man In The Moon | Moon | Dream

Genres: Short

The Soilers - 1923

Country: United States
Language: English (intertitles)
Director: Ralph Ceder
Writers: Hal Conklin, H.M. Walker (titles)
Stars: Stan Laurel, Ena Gregory and Mae Laurel
Release Date: 25 November 1923 (USA)
Also known as: De viespeuken (Netherlands)
Production Co: Hal Roach Studios
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Claim | Sheriff | Alaska | Gold | Gay Cowboy | Fistfight | Claim Jumper | Corruption
Genres: Comedy | Short
Bob Canister has struck it rich in Alaska, but another man learns of it, and steals Bob's claim with the help of a mercenary sheriff. Canister's men are ready to fight, but Bob backs down rather than resort to violence in front of his girlfriend. Later, though, he goes to the other man's home and confronts him, ready to fight for his claim.
Before Stan Laurel became the smaller half of the all-time greatest comedy team, he laboured under contract to Broncho Billy Anderson in a series of cheapies, many of which were parodies of major Hollywood features. Most of Laurel's 'parody' films are only mildly funny, and even less funny for modern audiences who haven't seen the original movie which Laurel is parodying. 'The Soilers' remains slightly funny for modern audiences, but was probably funnier in 1923 for audiences who recognised the source material.
'The Spoilers' was originally a best-selling novel by Rex Beach: a tale of two-fisted prospectors in the Klondike gold rush of 1898, culminating in a knock-down drag-out brawl. The story was so popular, it was filmed at least five times (one version starring John Wayne). This 1923 slapstick comedy parodies a film version of 'The Spoilers' released three months earlier ... which was at least the second movie version of Beach's much-filmed novel.
In 'The Spoilers', hero Glennister squares off against villain McNamara. Here, they're parodied as "Canister" and "Smacknamara". Sadly, most of 'The Soilers' remains on that Mad-magazine level of wit. Since 'The Soilers' is a two-reeler, it can't possibly parody the entire plot of Beach's novel, so it inevitably emphasises the climactic barroom brawl.
There are a couple of decent gags here. The sheriff is trustworthy, because -- as a title card assures us -- 'Once he had been bought, he stayed bought.' So that's all right, then.
In recent years, 'The Soilers' has attracted some scholarly attention for the presence of an unnamed character portrayed by George Rowe. Among all these rootin' tootin' manly macho males, Rowe depicts an effeminate simpering cowboy who is clearly meant to be what folks used to call a 'nance'. During the climactic fight scene, while Stan Laurel and James Finlayson are tearing each other apart, Rowe sashays into the room in skin-tight dungarees and rearranges the furniture. Hilarious! Later, he addresses Stan as 'my hero' and tosses him a bouquet in the form of dropping a flowerpot from the balcony above. The pot lands on Stan's head, though the action is cleverly staged so that we can't tell if the lonesome cowboy did it intentionally or not.
Continuity
The last name of Stan Laurel's character is spelled "Canister" in some scenes, "Cannister" in others.
Connections
Featured in The Celluloid Closet (1995) - archive footage
Spoofs The Spoilers (1923)