Sunless Sunday
NR 1921 · 14 min · Comedy
A girl gets trapped by racketeers and chaos happens at a gambling house.
Directed by Charles Reisner
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Hollywood · 1923Hollywood
★ 9.01923
MovieComedyDrama
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
The Kid · 1921The Kid
★ 8.11921
MovieComedyDrama
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
All's Swell on the Ocean · 1924All's Swell on the Ocean
★ 8.01924
MovieDrama
Homesick for America, Jack and his pals get aboard a ship U. S.-bound disguised as entertainers. As entertainers they're flops, but evoke considerable mirth among the passengers by their efforts. Jack arouses the jealousy of a Frenchman, who is keen on a young French girl, and is challenged to a fight. The Frenchman fights a la Savatte (the French method, including kicking, bucking, etc.) and is getting the better of Jack, until the latter dons a pair of hobnailed brogans. He consents to remove these if his adversary will put boxing gloves on his feet. The Frenchman gets seasick and is counted out as he leans over the rail, where he is soon joined by Jack.
Her Temporary Husband · 1923Her Temporary Husband
★ 8.01923
MovieComedy
Blanche will inherit her aunt's large estate, providing that she gets married within 24 hours. She chooses to wed John, an old man living at a rest home who is not expected to live much longer.
Brotherly Love · 1928Brotherly Love
★ 8.01928
MovieDramaComedy
Oscar, a tough guard at Newberry Prison, gets into an argument with Jerry, a smallish barber. He causes Jerry to be arrested as a fugitive, and gets him sent to Newberry. It's not long before both men fall in love with Mary, the daughter of the warden. Oscar gets Jerry put on the prison football team, where he is the smallest guy there, figuring that he will look like a fool in front of Mary and then she will pick Oscar. However, things don't turn out quite the way Oscar planned.
Sophie Lang Goes West · 1937Sophie Lang Goes West
★ 8.01937
MovieCrimeDrama
Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every time a jewel disappears, decides to head for California only to get into more trouble.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. · 1928Steamboat Bill, Jr.
★ 7.61928
MovieComedyRomance
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
The Chaplin Revue · 1959The Chaplin Revue
★ 7.41959
MovieComedy
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
A Dog's Life · 1918A Dog's Life
★ 7.31918
MovieComedy
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Pay Day · 1922Pay Day
★ 7.01922
MovieComedy
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Caught Short · 1930Caught Short
★ 7.01930
MovieComedy
Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.
Politics · 1931Politics
★ 6.91931
MovieComedyRomance
A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
The Pilgrim · 1923The Pilgrim
★ 6.91923
MovieComedyWestern
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
Shoulder Arms · 1918Shoulder Arms
★ 6.81918
MovieComedyWar
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
The Idle Class · 1921The Idle Class
★ 6.81921
MovieComedy
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
Railroaded! · 1947Railroaded!
★ 6.71947
MovieThrillerDrama
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
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