Author Archive: Retro

A little orphan girl believes that her life is falling apart. It seems that everything that could possibly go wrong does go wrong. However, certain things happen that begin to make her suspect that maybe she has been cursed by a doll, or is it really a doll?

A short documentary about the everyday life of Norwegian and Irish whalers. After a successful day of work, as it should – dancing!

The scene opens with the jester being spurned by the king, who has evidently partaken of food which disagrees with him, and instead of being amused by the frolics of his jester he casts him away. All the wiles of the jester fail to raise a smile. The king petulantly throws himself into his chair of state. The jester, finding his jokes falling flat, performs acrobatic feats to no effect; juggling with balls, no result; the king won’t be pleased. The jester then gathers chairs and builds them up and outward. Ah! The king is at last interested, wondering why they don’t fall over, and gets down to see. The jester, taking a pair of bellows, blows the chairs and they fall in a heap at the king’s feet. The jester next puts the chairs away and tickles the king, who kicks him for his frivolity; then, getting down from his chair to again kick [...]

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

A Hank Mann slapstick comedy where he plays a Junk Dealer’s Helper.

Broncho Billy, an outlaw, after robbing a stagecoach, goes to the cabin of an old man who lives with his daughter and demands food. While here the posse comes along and Broncho orders the girl out to tell them that he has not been seen, while he holds the old man at the point of a gun threatening him with death if he opens his mouth. The posse believe the girl, so go on. When Broncho leaves, the girl, mad with anger, brings out a Winchester and shoots him in the head. He drags himself to a hollow stump, where he hides the money he stole. He then makes his way to a small town, where he goes to the church and tells the minister and his wife how he was accidentally shot. Broncho lived at the minister’s home for some time and becomes converted. One night he steals out, taking with him a Bible. [...]

A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.