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, 56minutes
Directed by Reginald Barker
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki (青木 鶴子), Frank Borzage, Thomas Kurihara, Henry Kotani, Gladys Brockwell
Rating59%
Baron Yamaki (Sessue Hayakawa) is a fisherman who lives along with his daughter Toya San (Tsuru Aoki) on an island. The island is inhabited by Buddhists and Yamaki had been cursed by Buddha for an affront by one of his ancestors who in a murderous rage, defiled an altar of Buddha in the nearby temple. The curse was that if his daughter married anyone, then the nearby volcano would erupt. Toya finds it difficult to form relationships with boys because the village prophet Takeo (Thomas Kurihara) has spread the rumour that she is cursed. She is therefore unwilling to continue her father's acceptance of the curse. When Yamaki takes Toya-san to the Buddha shrine in the garden of his house to pray and try to get the curse removed, she vents her feelings about the god's unfairness.

, 26minutes
Directed by Mack Sennett, Charles Avery
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Opperman, Mack Sennett
Rating57%
Pug est un gentil garçon et une force de la nature pour qui rien ne compte plus que son chien et sa fiancée. Le voyou Al l'apprend à ses dépens en essayant de voler un baiser à la belle : en colère Pug met seul en déroute Al et toute sa bande de voyous. Au théâtre voisin, Cyclone Flynn, le célèbre boxeur, doit faire une exhibition et affronte tous ceux qui veulent tenter leur chance. Sa récente déconvenue donne l'idée au voyou de présenter Pug comme challenger et partager la prime. Il parvient à convaincre ce dernier d'aller s'inscrire. Mais une fois sur le ring, le combat de rue n'a rien à voir avec le Noble Art et Cyclone Flynn démolit consciencieusement Pug. Sonné et hors de lui, ce dernier se saisit de deux revolvers et entame une course poursuite avec le boxeur professionnel, qui a pris les jambes à son cou à l'extérieur du théâtre. Nos deux larrons sont suivis par les soigneurs, fiancée et spectateurs. Aussitôt alertés par le directeur, les Keystone Cops entrent dans la danse et finissent comme d'habitude par faire les frais de cette histoire en prenant un bain.

, 40minutes
Directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Walter Miller, Charles Hill Mailes, William J. Butler

, 16minutes
Directed by Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Mabel Normand, Slim Summerville, Billie Bennett, Harry McCoy
Rating54%
Mabel (Mabel Normand) 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 (Charles Chaplin) 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.

Directed by James Stuart Blackton
Genres Drama, Documentary, Crime
Actors Marie Osborne
Rating53%
Detective Dooley (Barney Gilmore) goes undercover in an Italian immigrant neighborhood posing as a harmless drunk in order to find a wealthy man's daughter and nurse who had been kidnapped by criminals.

, 1h12
Directed by Harry Carey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Harry Carey, Hayward Mack

, 20minutes
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Raoul Walsh, Kate Bruce, Dorothy Gish, Alfred Paget

Origin USA
Actors B. Reeves Eason, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, Harry von Meter