El mimado de la abuelita (1922)
Where Laughter Reigns and Joy Pours!
Género : Comedia
Tiempo de ejecución : 56M
Director : Fred C. Newmeyer
Sinopsis
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
A man poses as a lifeguard but his rescue techniques are not the most desirable.
Charlot trabaja como camarero en un restaurante y sufre un percance con un cliente testarudo y gordinflón (Mr. Stout). Tras acabar su jornada se dirige hacia un local de patinaje donde casualmente se encuentra con Stout, y ambos competirán por la atención de una guapa joven que también ha ido a patinar.
El ayudante de un prestamista trata con su jefe gruñón, su molesto compañero de trabajo y algunos clientes excéntricos mientras coquetea con la hija del prestamista, hasta que llega a la casa de empeño un pérfido ladrón con malas intenciones.
A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England.
Short silent film.
The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to give up, Billy’s roommate suggests bluffing his way into the Professor’s favor with the aid of a suitably musical disguise and a well-hidden phonograph player.
Moving Picture World categorized the film as “a nonsense number”, but Normand's Won in a Closet, her second as director, displays her burgeoning talent. Mabel’s father, the country constable, is smitten with the mother of the boy Mabel imagines “her ideal”. The young couple’s romance is disrupted first by two rival “cut-ups” and then by misapprehension that a tramp is hiding in a closet at the mother’s home. In reality, the mother herself takes refuge in the closet to escape the constable’s attentions.
Los hermanos siameses Bo y Walt, unos extraordinarios deportistas, se sienten también orgullosos de su restaurante de comida rápida. Cuando Walt, que quiere ser actor, decide cumplir su sueño, convence a Bob para que lo acompañe a Los Ángeles. Allí entablan amistad con una sensual vecina que ayuda a Walt a conseguir un agente; lo malo es que éste sólo le ofrece un trabajo en una película pornográfica. Las cosas cambian cuando conocen a la mítica diva Cher. Ésta, descontenta con su nueva serie de televisión, intenta sabotearla y para ello contrata a Walt como coprotagonista. Sorprendentemente, el programa lejos de fracasar se hace muy popular.
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
Kri Kri can't have the girl he loves, so he fakes suicide.
A man goes out on New Year's Day and is greeted by everyone with "Happy New Year", in the hope of getting a tip. The fellow is so annoyed that he runs into trouble with the law and almost loses his mind.
Robinet wants to try out to be a jockey, but has to go through a lot of exercise to reach the weight needed.
Un grupo de cuatro estudiantes, consideradas como las chicas más populares de su escuela secundaria, cometen todo tipo de crueldades con sus compañeras y compañeros. Una de estas chicas, Verónica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), empieza a darse cuenta de que lo que hacen no es bueno, pero le resulta difícil salir del grupo. Aliada con un nuevo chico que ha llegado a la escuela, logran matar a tres alumnos molestos, aunque en todos los casos aparecen como suicidas. Pronto, Verónica comprobará que su amigo es un psicópata.
A wealthy bachelor lies his way out of a speeding ticket by telling the cops he's on his way to visit his baby girl in hospital - ever helpful, they accompany him whereupon a little girl attaches herself to him, with hilarious results.
Hear 'Em Rave is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Arthur and Eddie make a bluff at buying a car and get the auto salesman to take their girls for a ride, pretending to the girls that he is a hired chauffeur. The salesman resents being treated as a hired hand and takes them for a bumpy ride terminating far in the country where he runs out of gas. They walk to the house of the county judge who is on the lookout for suspected elopers and has agreed to hold them for identification.