The Little Pest - 1927

Country: United States

Language: English

Directors: Jay Belasco, Scott Darling

Stars: Neely Edwards, Consuelo Dawn and Billy Kent Schaefer

Release Date: 10 January 1927 (USA)

Production Co: Universal Pictures

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Comedy | Short

Famous Authors - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1920s

Country: United States
A silent educational film about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his birthplace in Portland, Maine. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use only contact us at questions@archivesfarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com

Glimpses of Persons, Places and Events During Conferences at Paris, 1918-1919

Country: United States
Reel 1 shows E.M. House and aides at his Paris office. Premier Clemenceau and Marshal Foch leave No. 10 Downing Street. Shows views of the hotels Elysees-Palace, Crillon, and Ritz in Paris. Admiral Benson and Henry White leave the Crillon. Premier Orlando and Baron Sonnino of Italy, Lloyd George and David Balfour, Gen. Tasker Bliss, Robert Lansing, President and Mrs. Wilson, Adm. Grayson, Clemenceau, Pres. Poincare, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pichon, and Arthur J. Balfour arrive at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, to open the peace conference. Reel 2 shows Japanese Ambassador Matsui; Henry White, Foch, Lansing, Arthur Balfour, Adm. Benson, Gen. Bliss, and others at the Quai d'Orsay. Poincare departs. President and Mrs. Wilson arrive. Clemenceau leaves. Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Admiral Benson arrive at the Ritz. President Wilson, Dr. Wellington Koo, Ignace Paderewski, and the Greek delegate Venizelos arrive at the Crillon. King George V is greeted at a Paris station by President Poincare and rides through the streets. Poincare greets King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium at the station. The royalty ride in a procession. Victor Emmanuel III arrives by train. Scope notes and description by National Archives and Records Administration.

Jonah Jones - 1924

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Fred Hibbard

Writer: Fred Hibbard

Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Babe London and Dorothy Seastrom

Release Date: 21 September 1924 (USA)

Production Co: Lloyd Hamilton Corporation

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Short | Comedy

This two-reeler is one of several Lloyd Hamilton comedies recently restored and made available on DVD as part of a set called "Ham: The Lost Magic of Lloyd Hamilton." JONAH JONES is one of the better films in the set, although its impact is slightly diminished by a chunk of missing footage at the beginning of Reel Two that renders the plot a little confusing and, worse, wrecks one of Ham's sight gags. Still, there's plenty here to enjoy, and for those who've never seen this neglected comic at work the film presents him in his characteristic role, i.e. that of the well-meaning schnook who can't get a break and almost never wins.

Set in the bucolic countryside, the opening sequence introduces Ham and his girlfriend Babe London as "the hired man and his three acres of love." (Miss London, best remembered as Oliver Hardy's hefty fiancée in OUR WIFE, made a career out of serving as the butt of jokes about her weight.) After a number of gags about cars, cows, and accidentally swallowed cigarettes, the plot proper gets under way when Ham encounters an attractive, prosperous-looking young lady who is having car trouble. After gallantly fixing her flat tire he leans against a nearby fence and waves her on with an insouciant, even cocky grin; moments later, the young lady crashes through the gate and dumps Ham into a mud puddle. This gag sums up Ham's comic Modus Operandi in a nutshell: even when the guy wins, he loses. But when he realizes that the young lady has left her purse behind with her address inside he sets out to return it, no doubt hoping for a reward, either monetary or romantic. 

I'm The Sheriff - 1927

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Writer: Sidney Smith (cartoon)

Stars: Joe Murphy, Fay Tincher and Billy Butts

Release Date: 7 March 1927 (USA)

Production Co: Samuel Van Ronkel Productions

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Comedy | Short

Trivia

Eleventh episode, third series, of The Gumps 2-reel series

Connections

Follows Uncle Bim's Gifts (1923); Watch Papa (1923); Oh! What a Day! (1923); Aggravatin' Mama (1923); Oh! Min! (1924); What's the Use? (1924); Andy's Temptation (1924); A Day of Rest (1924); Westbound (1924); Andy's Hat in the Ring (1924); Andy's Stump Speech (1924); Andy in Hollywood (1925); Andy's Lion Tale (1925); Chester's Donkey Party (1925); Dynamited (1925); Andy Takes a Flyer (1925); The Smash-Up (1925); Min's Home on the Cliff (1926); Min Walks in Her Sleep (1926); California Here We Come (1926); Shady Rest (1926); Min's Away (1926); Dumb Luck (1926); Tow Service (1926); Never Again (1926); Lots of Grief (1926); Better Luck (1926); The Big Surprise (1926); A Close Call (1926); I Told You So (1926); Rooms for Rent (1927); Up Against It (1927); Youth and Beauty (1927); Broke Again (1927).

Followed by Circus Daze (1927); Too Much Sleep (1927); A Battle Scared Hero (1927); When Greek Meets Greek (1927); And How! (1927); Ocean Bruises (1927); A Total Loss (1927); Andy Nose His Onions (1927); The Mild West (1927); A Case of Scotch (1928); Any Old Count (1928); The Cloud Buster (1928); Out in the Rain (1928). 

Running Wild - 1927

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Gregory La Cava

Writers: Roy Briant (adaptation) (titles), Gregory La Cava (story)

Stars: W.C. Fields, Marie Shotwell and Mary Brian

Release Date: 11 June 1927 (USA)

Also known as: Dans la peau du lion (France); Loco de atar (Spain)

Production Co: Paramount Pictures

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Dog | Stepson | Hypnotism | Stepfather | Second Husband  |  Henpecked Husband | Father Daughter Relationship | Stepfather Stepson Relationship | Husband Wife Relationship | Second Wife

Genres: Comedy

Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis. 

Connections

Featured in  Hollywood: Star Treatment (1980) - Scene with Clara Bow

Quotes

Elmer Finch: I'm a lion! [intertitle]

Mary, Queen of Tots - 1925

Country: United States

Director: Robert F. McGowan

Writers: Hal Roach (story), H.M. Walker (titles)

Stars: Charles A. Bachman, May Beatty and Joe Cobb

Release Date: 23 August 1925 (USA)

Production Co: Hal Roach Studios

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Connections

Spoofs The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923) 

Plot Keywords: Doll | Governess | Friend | Mansion | Parents  | Gardener  | Dream | Nap | Big House | Loneliness | Top Hat | Parent Child Relationship | Dining Room | Delusion | Best Friend | Gift | Children | Policeman | Rug | Police Officer | Protective Custody | Present | Slip And Fall | Rich Girl | Doll Maker | Neglected Child | Dustbin | Our Gang | Little Rascals | Rich Kid | Character Name In Title | Actor Shares First Name With Character

Genres: Family | Comedy | Short

A couple makes dolls modeled on neighborhood kids. A gardener at a mansion buys four of them for Mary, the girl of the house. He's her only friend: her parents neglect her for work and card games and her governess is humorless. Mary loves the dolls and dreams of them during her nap. While Mary sleeps, the governess throws the dolls in the dust bin. Mary wakes and goes searching - outside she runs into the very same four kids who were the dolls' models, and she thinks she's still dreaming. She invites them back to the mansion where she'll either make fast friends or the gang will need to make a fast getaway when the governess finds them.