The Poor Rich Man (1918)
Gênero : Comédia, Drama
Runtime : 0M
Director : Charles Brabin
Sinopse
Vantyne Carter is a playboy living in luxury off his father. Vantyne's cousin Teddy, meanwhile, leads a fine upstanding life -- or at least he appears to, so he can curry favor with his wealthy uncle, Vantyne's father. One day, the senior Carter, fed up with his son's antics, decides to play a trick on both Vantyne and Teddy. The old man and his lawyer go off on a hunting trip, and then the lawyer returns with news that Carter was killed in an accident.
A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.
Short film of 300 individually painted images.
A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.
Uma jovem ingênua tem seu guarda-chuva roubado. Carlitos a ajuda a recuperá-lo, porém quer ser recompensado pela tarefa, mas não recebe nada além da advertência de um policial.
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
Numa corrida de automóveis, um vagabundo perturba os cinegrafistas e faz umas trapalhadas para a alegria do público no local. Primeira aparição do vagabundo interpretado por Charles Chaplin no cinema.
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.
Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.
Carlitos entra bêbado em um hotel, onde encontra Mabel. Juntos, eles causam a maior bagunça entre os hóspedes. Mabel tenta se enconder em um dos quartos e é descoberta por uma esposa ciumenta.
Three men will fight for the love of a charming girl. Charlie will play dirty, throwing bricks and using a huge hammer.
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.
Charlot convence Tillie (Edna Purviance), a filha de um abastado agricultor, a fugir com ele (e levar o dinheiro do pai). Na cidade Tillie embebeda-se e vai parar à prisão enquanto Charlot foge com o dinheiro e a sua antiga namorada Mabel. Mais tarde, Charlot descobre que Tillie (a trabalhar como empregada de mesa) herdou uma grande propriedade do seu multimilionário tio. Charlot abandona Mabel e convence Tillie a mudar-se para a casa do seu falecido tio, mas Mabel arranja maneira de ser contratada para criada da casa. O tio, que afinal não morreu, aparece e chama a policia para expulsar todos da sua propriedade.
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
Depois de perder seu emprego, Speedy começa a trabalhar como motorista de táxi. Ele descobre um esquema da companhia de trens para acabar com os bondes puxados a cavalo. Os bondes pertencem ao pai da sua namorada, então Speedy organiza os moradores mais antigos do bairro para tentar impedir os planos da companhia de trens.
Harold tenta a vida na cidade grande antes de se casar com o grande amor de sua vida. Porém ele só consegue ser um mero vendedor. Quando a garota decide ir até a cidade ao seu encontro, ele faz de tudo para fazê-la pensar que é um bem sucedido gerente.
