All Films

The Seventh Bandit

1926 • 60 min • United States of America

The story of David Scanlon - a former gunfighter turned farmer, who sells the family homestead in favor of adventure in the California gold fields.

Tentacles of the North

1926 • 54 min • United States of America

Two ships are caught in the Arctic ice. (Silent Film)

Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'

1926 • 4 min • United Kingdom

'Billy Merson, the great Nottingham-born music hall performer, presents one of his signature numbers. The film clearly captures Merson's comic brilliance - he not only sings, but dances, skips and indulges in a lot of creative business with a lyre. Merson had been making films since 1915 and Desdemonia is often cited as Britain's first sound film.' (Robin Baker, BFI)

A Motorcycle Trip Among the Clouds

1926 • 46 min • Austria

Documentary of a motorcycle trip over the Dolomites in Southern Tirol. The journey begins in Innsbruck, then via Melk to Cortina del Pezzo, traveling up narrow mountain paths around the Three Zinnen peaks (Tre Cime di Lavaredo), climbing up the Tofane to an altitude of 10,640 feet.

Moonland

1926 • 11 min • United States of America

The Man in the Moon invites little Mickey and his dog over for a visit. They go on a magical trip and meet strange characters along the way.

The Pig's Curly Tail

1926 • 8 min • United States of America

Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a laundry. They get involved with a clothes-wringer, their tails are caught in the rollers, and they come out with corkscrew tails. In the live action, animator Walter Lantz, as he finishes the story, is being led away by the keeper of the local insane asylum.

Koko Baffles the Bulls

1926 • 7 min

"Out of the Inkwell" cartoon by Fleischer Studios.

Lyckobarnen

1926 • 55 min • Sweden

In order to avoid ending up at the poorhouse, five orphaned children tries to make the best of their lives. Lost.

Fire!!

1926 • 20 min • United States of America

At the Sans Scruples Hotel, the house fire inspector has to steer clear of a vamp and her jealous husband, and put out a fire to win the girl.

Lightnin' Wins

1926 • 20 min • United States of America

Lightnin' the dog and his master, Tom Harding are on to a group of smugglers who operate down at the harbor. Tom nearly bags them, but he's overwhelmed and they take flight. His girlfriend bluffs her way into the gang's hideout, but is discovered and held back. Tom is again overpowered by the crooks and thrown in a secret dungeon, but he fights his way out.

The Stockholm That Goes

1926 • 6 min • Sweden

People and places around Stockholm, Sweden.

Dinky Doodle and the Little Orphan

1926 • 6 min • United States of America

Dinky Doodle and his dog are supposed to look after a foundling, which is more trouble than they expected.

The Fighting Edge

1926 • 55 min • United States of America

Juan de Dios O'Rourke, an American Secret Service, of Spanish-Irish descent, leads the cattle ranchers and border patrol in a fight to suppress a gang of cattle rustlers, who have been driving large herds north-to-south from Texas into Mexico, and smuggling illegal, no-passport Chinese aliens south-to-north from Mexico into Texas, operating from a rambling mansion on the Texas side of the border, aided by his sweetheart, a rancher's daughter, Phoebe Joyce.

Mode bas stockings

1926 • 2 min • France

Short silent film about some models of silk stockings.

Darling Nelly Gray

1926 • 6 min • United States of America

Ko-Ko the Clows sets up the song "Darling Nelly Gray".

Diseases Spread

1926 • 14 min • Japan

A short animated film about how to keep germs at bay.

A Stretch in Time

1926 • 5 min

Mutt and Jeff fight with Indians.

Four Square Steve

1926 • 25 min • United States of America

Four Square Steve is a roaming cowboy who saves Milly from the rude advances of a dyed-in-the-wool villain. She gets Steve a job on her father's ranch. The bad man returns and kidnaps Milly to a deserted shack where he tries to force her into marrying him. Steve has found the note she left and he is rides to the rescue.

When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'

1926 • 7 min • United States of America

An early animated Song Car-Tune from the Fleischer Studios.

A String of Diamonds

1926 • 25 min • United States of America

A dog helps to recover a million dollars worth of diamonds.

Moslem Festival

1926 • 1 min • United Kingdom

After the Muezzin has lead the call (adhan) to prayer we pan along the rows of worshippers, who then pray as non-muslims observe the ceremony. An Indian prince can be seen in the crowd listening to the proceeding sermon.

The Runaway Express

1926 • 60 min • United States of America

Joe Foley, charged to deliver a trainload of cattle to his employer, is forced to commandeer the engine when his engineer refuses to continue until he has observed union rest rules.

When Naples Sings

1926 • 30 min • Italy

Most likely made for the large Neapolitan immigrant population in the States, Roberto Leone Roberti’s love poem to Naples more than captures the heartache of the countless émigrés who were forced by economic circumstances to leave their homeland.

Shadow of the Law

1926 • 60 min • United States of America

Mary Brophy, a young woman who is unjustly jailed by a master crook whom she refuses to wed, later meets and falls in love with James Reynolds, a young man who becomes her protector. While Mary is in jail, her father falls under the evil influence of the criminal gang leader. At a reception the young woman’s father is shot by the man she refused to wed. He is brought to justice and her romance thereafter goes smoothly. A lost film.