Author Archive: Retro

A Chinese mandarin hopes to regain favor with the Emporer by betrothing her to him, but he doesn’t know she’s secretly married to the American consul and pregnant.

A married young man with a dog and his married next door neighbor with two young children – the two men who are best friends – are trying to catch the train from the city to their home deep in the suburbs, obstacle after obstacle which is jeopardizing the young man’s ability to catch that train. Once home, the young man is hoping to place the plants he is bringing from the city in his glass covered garden bed, while the neighbor is wanting to build a chicken coop for the two chicken he also brought from the city. As the neighbors, along with the wives, children and dog, go about their business, largely in their respective back yards, they all get into one altercation after another which threatens their friendship and good neighbor relationship. Is there anything that can bring their respective relationships back to that of good neighbors?

A Mormon missionary seduces and kidnaps an attractive young woman, forcing her to accompany him to Utah to become one of his wives.

A gang of outlaws are planning a bank robbery. After making preparations, they commit the robbery and make their escape amidst a sharp exchange of bullets. They return to their meeting place, and then hurriedly continue onwards, with lawmen close behind them.

An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville’s celebrated painting.

Harold’s brother plays a bill collector in this hilarious slapstick comedy.