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Wide Open Spaces

1924 • 20 min • United States of America

Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.

Felix Grabs His Grub

1924 • 5 min • United States of America

Trying to rustle up some breakfast, Felix tries to steal milk, chases a chicken to get her eggs and finally winds up fighting such sea creatures as a turtle, an octopus and a shark for food.

Grandpa's Girl

1924 • 27 min

A 1924 Jack Duffy comedy. Jean manages to be expelled from college to be able to go to Europe with her grandfather. When he learns about that, grandpa disinherits Jean and starts looking for a grandson to replace her. Jean dresses as a boy, Oswald. Grandpa then tries to marry Oswald and test his new grandson’s strength.

Cheer Up

1924 • 10 min

CHEER UP - starring Cliff Bowes, with Virginia Vance, Eddie Boland, and Frank Alexander. Cliff vies for Virginia's affections with Eddie, but ultimately she chooses Cliff to be her groom. The newlyweds move in to their new home, but the spurned rival makes a shambles out of the house in retaliation.

Seeing Nellie Home

1924 • 6 min • United States of America

The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by taking a pretty girl back home, wreaks havoc trying to get her in, then discovers that she's married.

The Poor Fish

1924 • 11 min • United States of America

Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos, something his mother-in-law was expecting...

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds

1924 • 4 min

The first presidential film with sound recording.

Meet the Missus

1924 • 20 min • United States of America

A young married couple (Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey) with no money and lots of time for fighting try to impress the husbands boss.

Alice the Piper

1924 • 7 min • United States of America

The rats are out of control in Hamlin; they've taken over the kitchen, but when they take over the King's bedroom, that's the last straw. He posts a $5 reward, which the rats change to $5,000. Alice and Julius accept the challenge; they play a tune and the rats gather around, but they won't fall for the old "follow me into the river" trick. Fortunately, a very powerful vacuum cleaner is nearby, and Alice and Julius suck all the rats into it. The king gives them their reward: $5.

Getting Gertie's Goat

1924 • 19 min • United States of America

Gertie and Jimmie want to get married and go on a honeymoon. They have the license and the tickets, but have to get past her strict father.

The Measure of a Man

1924 • 50 min • United States of America

Overcoming his addiction to drink, John Fairmeadow leaves the Bowery for a western logging camp posing as a minister. His fistic ability and his gentle manner reform the town drinkers and put the saloon out of business.

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

1924 • 20 min • United States of America

In this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred overnight at the store. However, circumstantial evidence points to the store's soda clerk having committed both the $10,000 robbery and the assumed murder of the store's nightwatchman, who is missing.

Branded a Bandit

1924 • 58 min • United States of America

A miner has struck it rich and gives some ore to cowhand Jess Dean to take to his granddaughter. But Horse Williams has the miner shot and uses the ore found on Jess to accuse him of the murder. Jess escapes from the mob of townspeople who later learn that the body of the supposedly dead miner has mysteriously disappeared.

My Husband's Wives

1924 • 50 min • United States of America

Vale Harvey invites Marie Wynn, an old school friend, to visit her, not knowing that Marie was once married to her husband, William Harvey. Marie loses no time in trying to regain William's affection and to make Vale uncomfortable. Vale is so upset that she dreams of a flirtation between William and Italian actress Madame Corregio, but William orders Marie out of the house when he realizes her purpose. The Harveys are happily reconciled.

Ladies to Board

1924 • 60 min

While traveling through the prarie, an elderly and cantankerous lady loses control of her car. One of the locals, Tom Faxton (Mix), comes to her rescue. He receives the full impact of the woman's gratitude a few years later when she dies and bequeaths him a rest home for elderly ladies.

Another Man's Wife

1924 • 50 min • United States of America

Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken aboard, then sinks in a collision following a fight with the captain for his wife. Stars real life husband-wife James Kirkwood, Lila Lee.

40-Horse Hawkins

1924 • 60 min • United States of America

Luke Hawkins, the jack-of-all-trades of the western town of Lariat, falls in love with Mary Darling, the leading lady in a traveling theatrical troupe (of the old-fashioned "mortgage melodrama" variety). He follows her to New York, takes another series of jobs, and finally works as an extra in Mary's new production. Just as the play is about to flop, Luke recognizes Mary, and his rush to take her in his arms turns the show into a hit.

One Spooky Night

1924 • 20 min • United States of America

One Spooky Night is a 1924 comedy short

All's Swell on the Ocean

1924 • 20 min • United States of America

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.

Luck

1924 • 51 min • Denmark

Old Lund is determined to make his granddaughter Lise/Liz a great dancer. He teaches dance classes in their attic home, accompanied by their neighbours, Pat and Patachon, playing the flute and violin. Joy fills the household when Lise secures an engagement at the Grand Theatre, but acquiring the expensive costumes she needs becomes a financial burden. Pat and Patachon secretly decide to raise the necessary funds by selling Patachon’s skeleton to the Zoological Museum. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Wolf Man

1924 • 60 min • United States of America

Gerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma Frances). But Stanley's personality changes whenever he drinks, and his brother (who also loves Beatrice) uses this to his advantage.

For Another Woman

1924 • 60 min • United States of America

Young New York playboy Stephen Winthrop inherits the entire estate of his wealthy Canadian uncle but pays scant attention to it, preferring the "party" life in New York. He is unaware that the family attorney, Frank Garson, has forbidden hunting on the Winthrop lands in Canada, cutting off the livelihoods of the local villagers. Mary Cartier, goddaughter of the village priest, travels to New York to try to get Stephen to change the policy. He returns with her to Canada, sees what's going on, and lifts the ban, then decides to stay in Canada. Mary returns to New York to try to help Garson's abandoned and ill wife and child, but the wife dies, and Mary brings back the small child to Canada. The villagers, mistaking the child for Mary's, are outraged at this "scarlet woman" flaunting her illegitimate child and attempt to drive her out. Complications ensue.

Sittin' Pretty

1924 • 10 min • United States of America

When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time to receive the reward of $1,000.

Powder and Smoke

1924 • 10 min • United States of America

A lightning rod salesman gets in the middle of a western shootout.