Author Archive: Retro

A father who is obsessed with music won’t let his daughter marry anyone who isn’t a musician, so the girl’s fiancé poses as a violin player

The animated story of the adventures of a soldier who is Absent WithOut Leave.

Two Actors try their hands at stage comedy.

Chased from his apartment by a policeman, ne’er dowell Rastus Jones finds refuge in a Chinese laundry, where he wreaks slapstick havoc and has a memorable encounter with an improperlyfilled opium pipe.

The Star Prince falls to earth on a star and is found and reared by a woodcutter. Because the haughty prince is cruel to the beggar who claims to be his mother, a fairy transforms him into an ugly pauper. Ashamed, the prince sets out to find his mother. On his quest, he survives several adventures involving the wicked witch and the little princess, who falls in love with him. When the evil dwarf tries to force the princess to marry him, the Star Prince rescues her, whereupon he is changed back to his original form. The dwarf, however, is turned into a pig, while the Star Prince marries the beautiful princess.

The members of a Chinese family living in the US have a curse put upon them for becoming to “westernized”.

Animated industrial short