When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.
Social & External
The people behind it
Dorothy Devore
Mabel
Walter Hiers
Freddie
Tully Marshall
Blake
Jimmie Adams
Beauty Parlor Proprietor
Priscilla Bonner
Mary
James Harrison
Jack
Lincoln Plumer
City Editor
Patricia Palmer
Hairdresser
Rosa Gore
Customer
Jay Belasco
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An Homage to Tex Avery. Pixelation short from the Netherlands.
A peaceful neighborhood, a peaceful home, a peaceful couple who is about to celebrate the arrival of their new piece collection of African Art.
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The story of a guy who could save the universe.
After being locked out of the house, Melvin has to find refuge in his back garden.
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Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
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The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
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