Author Archive: Retro

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his arms about and suddenly turns into a magician. The magician produces an egg, performing several sleight-of-hand tricks, and places it upon the table with the small end downward. He then crudely draws a human face upon the shell, and the egg immediately begins growing larger and larger until it reaches the size of a normal head. The form of the egg fades away and there immediately appears the head of a very pretty girl. Then two or more of the same type appear on either side of the original. The heads of the girls are merged into one head and from this appears the hideous head of a hobgoblin. The hobgoblin fades away into the original egg. The egg is reduced to its normal size and is removed from [...]

A man rises to a day in which everything seems to go wrong. He handles it all in good humor, but does he have a breaking point?

After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with his wife he leaves. When Walrus runs away with Mrs. Ambrose, Ambrose gets on a horse to save her. The Keystone Kops are also after Walrus.

The U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians’ land and violate the treaty. The army refuses to listen to the Indians’ complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious Indian war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.

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?