All Films

The Golden Dream

1925 • 7 min • Denmark

Two small commercials advertising the department store Magasin du Nord. The first is proclaimed to be ‘An amusing little film recorded by Nordisk Films Kompagni’ with the title ‘The Golden Dream’. Having seen a fashion show in Magasin du Nord, the lady of the house dreams of owning a dress from the store’s model salon. She entreats her husband, who sticks to his ‘no’. After a long and scary dream in which he is being chased by mannequins from the Model Salon because he does not want to give his wife a dress, he changes his mind. This is followed by an excerpt from the Storm P. film ‘Peter and Ping in the Department Store’. (Stumfilm.dk)

Fête de Sainte Catherine

1925 • 2 min • France

A 1925 newsreel showing the celebrations for St. Catherine’s Day on the streets of Paris.

In Youth, Beside the Lonely Sea

1925 • 5 min • United States of America

An early widescreen film that was told by cutting the two sides of the image off and replacing them with a different image.

Como los muertos

1925 • 12 min • Colombia

A man suffers from leprosy. The disease progresses in such a way that it drives him to madness, without his wife's knowledge. She begins to suffer a progressive moral deterioration, which completely ruins the marital relationship, this intense conflict leads to the worst outcome.

Koko Trains 'Em

1925 • 6 min • United States of America

Max is inspired by a cute puppy, and gives Ko-Ko a trained dog to show off in a circus ring. The dog performs a variety of tricks, but things get out of hand once Ko-Ko's trained fleas are let loose into the crowd.

Dollar Down

1925 • 60 min

Just before he propelled the crime melodrama to new, macabre heights in The Unholy Three, Browning directed this partially lost morality tale pertaining to a different kind of horror: that of a middle-class family living beyond their means and falling prey to moneylenders. Produced by and starring Ruth Roland for FBO Studios, a small operation that later became RKO Pictures, Dollar Down follows Roland as the spendthrift daughter of a manufacturing firm’s general manager (Henry Walthall), who pawns a ring purchased on credit to throw an extravagant party and sends the family’s livelihood into a tailspin. Because its last reel completely disintegrated before it could be copied, the film remains an ultra-rare curio that nonetheless captures an important chapter in Browning’s career before his successful string of films made for MGM.

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Yale Collection Film 21

1925 • 16 min

Residences markets, schools and other locations in Okmulgee, OK.

Jurando Vingar

1925 • 50 min • Brazil

Julio is enchanted by a coffee shop attendant and confuses himself with a bad element. To get revenge, the thug kills his sister and kidnaps the waitress. Classic representative of the Ciclo do Recife.

Man Drinking Coffee

1925 • 1 min • Denmark

In this small film, prominent Danish artist, actor and cartoonist Storm P advertises CLOC Liqueur. An animated sequence also shows a man drinking coffee; he only starts smiling when the black gold is followed by a generous drop of liquor. (stumfilm.dk)

’Twas The Night Before Christmas

1925 • 10 min

Silent live-action visualization of the poem with some animation.

Dutch Basalt Company

1925 • 48 min • Netherlands

This corporate film shows the work of Dutch asphalt companies such as the Nederlandsche Basalt Maatschappij, NV Bitumenweg, and H.P. Vale Arnhem. We see the raw materials arriving by barge, the processing of these materials into the final product, and the different stages involved in paving the roads.

Calcutta Topical No. 2

1925 • 5 min • United Kingdom

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

Marriage of Miss Rose Carmel and Mr. Solly Gerschcowit

1925 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Follow the happy couple from the family shop on Brick Lane to a garden party serenaded by the San Diego Dance Band.

Where Women's Hats Come From

1925 • 3 min

In a village near Florence (referred to as “Scicci” in the Dutch intertitles), the female inhabitants sit in front of their houses, manufacturing straw hats. This short film depicts the entire process of a hat being made and ends with a model wearing it to demonstrate.

Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery

1925 • 16 min • United Kingdom

An opening section of heavy handed humour about boxing styles gives way to a genuine and extraordinary discovery in this silent curio.

A Fight to the Finish

1925 • 50 min • United States of America

Directed by B. Reeves Eason. With William Fairbanks, Phyllis Haver, Tom Ricketts, Pat Harmon.

Bad Company

1925 • 50 min • United States of America

When young Gloria Waring's wealthy father dies, she discovers that her brother--who is heir to the family fortune--is about to marry a well-known golddigger named Teddy Lamont. Gloria steals the will from her father's attorney, James Hamilton, so Teddy won't find out how much money her future husband will inherit. Hamilton finds out about her theft but is unexpectedly sympathetic to Gloria about it. It turns out that Hamilton has reasons for his behavior, and when Gloria discovers why, complications ensue.

Stratford-on-Avon

1925 • 12 min

A picturesque portrait of Stratford-on-Avon in the 1920s, evocatively photographed by British cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth.

Those Terrible Twins

1925 • 35 min

The plot revolves around Ginger Meggs and his twin.

Daily Life in Egypt: Ancient and Modern

1925 • 27 min

A short documentary that explores the culture and traditions of Egypt. Made by famous Egyptologists Harry Burton and Albert Morton Lythgoe, the film presents the many similarities and differences between ancient Egypt and the one from 1925.

Christmas Seals Ad

1925 • 2 min • United States of America

Rare theatrical promo for the Christmas Seals charity, showing the busy daily routine of an urban everyman and offering the health wisdom of eight hours of sleep each night.

Don Dare Devil

1925 • 50 min

Jack Bannister returns to his home in South America, bringing with him some Wyoming cowboys. At a fiesta, he meets Menocal, an old friend, who is murdered moments later by Bud Latham, an American bandit under the protection of the local sheriff, a rascal named Berengo. Jack sets out after Latham and finds the killer trailing another outlaw, José Remado. Jack catches up with Latham and whips him in a brutal fight.

Our Advice This Festive Season

1925 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A Christmas message from Topical Budget featuring two camels.

Millionaires

1925 • 38 min • Denmark

Two musicians, Pat and Patachon, arrive in a peaceful little town. When they are about to be arrested because noise is not tolerated on the streets, a young solicitor helps them out of trouble and subsequently finds them jobs with an elderly laundrywoman. The town’s wealthy men are content with their quiet community and refuse to listen to the solicitor’s proposals for improvements and new initiatives to help everyone make money. However, with the help of Pat and Patachon, the solicitor cleverly persuades the men to change their minds. Soon, life flourishes in the little town, and Pat and Patachon are celebrated as its saviours. (Stumfilm.dk)