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Kanopy
66
54
6.8
/3284/
65
/77/
66
/103/
3.5
/4467/
64
/169/

The Blacksmith (1922)
Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.
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Amazon Prime Video
46
18
5.1
/1393/
57
/37/
44
/37/
2.8
/503/
22
/13/

The Star Packer (1934)
John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.
poster
57
10
5.8
/393/
52
/8/
57
/13/
3.2
/260/

The Iron Mule (1925)
A train known as the Iron Mule is loaded with passengers, and starts off on its trip. Along the way, the train faces numerous obstacles and delays. The engineer is prepared for most of them, but the real challenges come when the train is ambushed by Indians.
poster
47
7
5.4
/507/
64
/15/
50
/12/
20
/1/

Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
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?
6.3
/13/

Sunk by the Census (1940)
Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to support him. All Pop wants to make him happy is a cow. When Edgar comes home with both a cow and a phony rich widow, the results are not what Edgar planned for.
poster
?
6.4
/6/

Maid to Order (1939)
Father-in-law Billy Franey discovers the letter that Edgar has written a matrimonial agency to marry him off and slips Edgar's picture in it. When Minerva Urecal (sporting an Italian accent) shows up, wife Vivien Oakland resists attempts to get her out of the house so she can confront the interloper and her husband.
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?
5.6
/14/

The Bath Dub (1921)
Billy Franey comedy
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?
3.9
/25/

The Plumber (1921)
A delivery man is mistaken for a plumber; violence ensues!
poster
?
6.9
/15/

Clock Wise (1939)
Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.
poster
?
5.9
/31/

Kennedy the Great (1939)
A short film about a family man who realizes he's a bore at social gatherings so he purchases a trunk full of magic tricks hoping to soon be the life of the party.
poster
?
6.1
/12/

The Fuller Gush Man (1934)
Walter goes to his girlfriend's parents to ask their permission to marry her; but the family puts on an act and pretends to be totally loony.
poster
?
4.8
/24/

Western Racketeers (1934)
Cattlemen use Alamo Pass in order to get their cattle to market. A gang has taken it over and charges a toll to go through it. When one rancher doesn't have enough money to pay the toll, he winds up dead. A local rancher, Bill Bowers, investigates the killing, but his neighbor and rival Molly Spellman decides to take her cattle around the pass instead of through it to avoid the toll. The gangsters kidnap her, and Bill gathers the other ranchers in the area for a final showdown with the gang.
poster
?
6.4
/8/

The Yellow Dog Catcher (1919)
The misadventures of a dog catcher
poster
?
5.0
/51/
60
/1/

Forgotten Women (1931)
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.
poster
58
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6.2
/139/
60
/1/
54
/4/

Stage to Chino (1940)
To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
poster
?
4.9
/13/

The Royal American (1927)
Story of a young shanghaied sailor. Forced to work as a deckhand on a rough-and-tumble transport vessel, the sailor ends up in South America, where his brutish captain intends to sell guns and ammo to a band of revolutionaries. Besting the villains, Jack gets into the thick of things himself, ultimately rescuing the heroine -- likewise "shanghaied" by the captain -- from Certain Doom.
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?
5.6
/17/
50
/1/

The Masked Marvels (1917)
Cook Gale Henry and butler Milton Sims are arguing in the kitchen about who would make the best detective, until the lady of the house comes in to see about the delay in dinner and fires them both. Freed from their domestic duties, they are at liberty to become detectives.
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?
5.9
/16/
50
/1/

The Inspector's Double (1916)
It was all because John was the image of Frank, the health inspector. John lost his purse and Frank found it. Then he went to the former's house and Matilda thought her hubby was crazy because he did not recognize her. Frank had forgotten his badge, and so could not prove his identity, and was taken to the insane asylum. But Bess discovered that Frank left his badge and went to the first house on his list to give it to him. At the corner she met John looking for the wallet. He liked her and said that he would take her to lunch. When he arrived home he thought that Matilda was crazy, and sent to the asylum for help.
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?
6.0
/13/

Bashful Charley's Proposal (1916)
The widow lives in a houseboat near one of the beaches. Charley is her devoted lover, but his bashfulness prevents him from proposing. She has a daughter, Lilly, who is visiting in a nearby town. She accepts Heinie subject to her mother's approval. The mother cannot see it and wires her daughter that she cannot marry the young man unless he shows her $5,000. She orders the girl home. Heinie says that he has a brother living near the widow's houseboat and that he will accompany Lilly home so as to be on the ground. Heinie and Charley are very much alike, in fact, the only difference between the brothers is in the way in which they wear their mustaches.
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?
5.8
/14/

When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)
The emperor issues a counterblast against liquor and the "wets" try to kill him. Damon saves Pythias from the headsman's axe and the lives of both are spared.
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?
40
/1/

The Shadow Gang (1934)
A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'The Star Packer', complete with contemporary, pulse pounding music. The re-edit brings 'The Star Packer' down to a 22 minute short version. John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.
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?
6.3
/62/
40
/1/

Baby Daze (1939)
Edgar starts out in a non-unfamiliar grumpy mood and tells some people off obnoxiously, then becomes overcome with joy and kindheartedness when he discovers that his wife is about to have a baby.
poster
?
5.2
/76/

Partners (1932)
A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.
poster
?
6.2
/31/
45
/2/

No More Women (1934)
Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at the same time, even the bottom of the ocean. All day long they fight to salvage sunken gold at forty fathoms deep in the ocean, and all night long they fight over dames. This situation continues even when they both go to work for Helen Young, the owner of a tug-boat and a salvage business.
poster
?
7.0
/12/

Fangs of Vengeance (1926)
A short film starring "Fearless" the dog and directed by William Bertram.
poster
?
6.4
/16/

Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately smitten with her.
poster
?
6.1
/63/

Border Brigands (1935)
Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
poster
?
5.2
/28/

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
poster
?
5.5
/16/

Mutiny in the County (1940)
53rd episode of RKO's "Mr. Average Man" Series starring Edgar Kennedy.
poster
67
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6.7
/127/
65
/2/
70
/3/

The Night of June 13 (1932)
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.
poster
?
5.8
/18/

War of the Range (1933)
Jim Warren is starting a range war by getting his boss Duke Bradley to fence off part of the range used by other ranchers. This pits father against son when Tom Bradley sides with a newly arrived nester family. Then after stealing Duke Bradley's money, Warren frames Duke's son Tom for the theft.
poster
?
5.9
/16/

She's a Prince (1926)
Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb, who finds herself initiated into a secret flapper society full of bizarre rituals. This zany film again features cross-dressing, including men wearing girdles and donning lipstick.
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?
5.5
/30/

She's a Sheik (1927)
The daughter of a desert chief kidnaps a member of the French Foreign Legion in the hopes of wooing him.
poster
?
6.0
/27/
50
/1/
50
/1/

She Wrote a Play and Played It (1916)
Gale Henry, at that time famous as big-nosed, lugubrious-faced purveyor of silent screen slapstick. Here as a prominent villager too interested writing a play to be bothered with lovers. When a wandering director arrives in town, learns of her play and agrees to produce it for her, with the author in the leading role, she is delighted. But the play proves a frost.
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?
6.4
/22/
50
/1/

Beaux and Errors (1938)
To make Edgar do something about his physical condition, his wife has invited her old boy friend, in tip-top shape, to spend the weekend with them. In addition to getting worn out playing golf, Edgar overhears a phone call that makes him think Vivien is arranging to run off with his hated rival.
poster
?
6.5
/9/

Tramp Trouble (1937)
Edgar impulsively invites his boss, Mr. Markham, to his home for dinner when his boss compliments him for giving coffee money to a down and out man. At the train station Edgar intervenes, keeping another man from beating a young man named Frankie, and Edgar takes Frankie home with him, even though the stranger warns Edgar that the young man is nothing but trouble.
poster
?
6.1
/26/
40
/1/

Dumb's the Word (1937)
Edgar finds some gold in his attic and the guy working on his roof tells him he could go to jail for having it!! This is because President Franklin Roosevelt has actually campaigned Congress to make gold ownership illegal in order to force people off the gold standard as well as to try to get more currency into circulation.
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?
6.7
/53/
40
/2/

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
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?
4.3
/15/

Guests Wanted (1932)
Benny Rubin is a New York City vaudeville performer who inherits a hotel in California, and takes all of his ham-actor friends there, as chefs, bellhops, maids and waiters, to help him run it. BUsiness is bad so Benny plants a story that his late uncle hid his fortune in the hotel. The place is soon filled with guests who tear down the hotel looking for the non-existent fortune.
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?
4.4
/33/
60
/1/

Dumb Dicks (1932)
Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
poster
?
5.2
/34/

The Cameraman (1920)
Billy is hired by the local newspaper as a cameraman. Billy gets involved in many messes and despite his efforts he cannot escape the presence of the Whitling Man.
poster
?
83
/3/

The Paper Hangers (1920)
Even the story is pretty much a retread of something out of a lesser Keystone from 1915. They eat paste. They make a general mess and they get involved with a mad anarchist named D.E. Stroy (get it?) who was to blow up everything -- his motive seems to be to produce more gags for the movie.
poster
?
6.9
/42/
10
/1/

The Iceman's Ball (1932)
Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes that they are real policemen and they get back the patrol car. Out on the beat, the duo chase women rather than criminals, just like real cops.
poster
59
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5.9
/338/
65
/2/
56
/5/

Panama Lady (1939)
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
poster
?
5.8
/28/

Red Signals (1927)
Sabotage on the railroad with trains being derailed and looted. Good coverage of the Santa Fe La Grande Station that was demolished in 1939 due to earthquake damage.
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?
5.8
/27/
50
/1/

Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry (1915)
This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the temperance question, siding with the dry element. On the refusal of the Governor to sign a bill in favor of the liquor interest, the political boss tries to force the executive to his will. The Governor, after a series of thrilling experiences, thwarts the efforts of the politicians. The latter calls on Lady Baffles, who impersonates the Governor's wife and secures the executive's signature to the bill. Detective Duck, however, captures the politicians in a clever manner and beats Lady Baffles at her own game. (Moving Picture World Synopsis)
poster
58
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6.1
/139/
55
/2/
60
/1/

Triple Justice (1940)
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.
poster
49
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5.9
/124/
40
/3/

Quick Money (1937)
Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.


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