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- February 3, 2021
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- Comments Off on Who Pays – Toil and Tyranny 1915
Twelfth and last installment of the series “Who pays” ?, of which only this episode has arrived, written and interpreted by the future director Henry King. Bitter story of a case of labor injustice that ends with terrible consequences.
- February 3, 2021
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A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard – and they come to life.
- February 3, 2021
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- Comments Off on Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club 1905
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera. No more than two pairs wrestle at any one time. Some have robes and remove them to wrestle, shirtless. One keeps on a singlet. An older, beefy man seems to be the leader, offering instruction once, and out wrestling a younger, smaller man near the end of the reel. Everyone keeps their good humor.
- February 3, 2021
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- Comments Off on Sherlock’S Home 1924
Gladys falls for a prizefighter who has invited his entire hometown to watch his fight in New York City. However, he gets crazy jealous when he sees Gladys at the fight sitting next to Jimmy. After the bout is over, he sets out for the hotel to teach Jimmy a lesson.
- February 3, 2021
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- Comments Off on Heaven and Earth Magic 1962
New York beat cronies slumbering through Harry Smith, Burroughs and Ginsberg, University Columbia, Colombia, or the crazy is just what we need, not to “explain” tears in the fabric but to widen them with signs of solidarity that engage with the spiritual every day.
- February 3, 2021
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A young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing.
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- Comments Off on Alias Jimmy Valentine 1915
After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.
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- Comments Off on Call for Mr. Caveman 1919
A giant cave man kidnaps beautiful Adorable from the cave clan and the man who rescues her can have her hand and a new suit of clothes.
- February 3, 2021
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A boy looks through glasses at various objects, seen magnified.
