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Robert and Theresa Davis Collection
Modern Design
Two men (amateur filmmakers Robert Davis and Harry Hilfinger) lip sync to the song
Modern Design
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James Benoit Collection
Could You Eat Just A Little Bit of Shit
A slyly subversive student film from the mid 1970s exploring the pitfalls of American consumer culture through the framework of a stoner comedy.
Chicago Public Library Collection
In the Divine Plan
A University of Chicago student film production and “Young Chicago Filmmakers Festival” award winner in 1971, Holden Franz Aust’s "In The Divine Pl...
Minnesota State University Collection
Italian Straw Hat, The
Set in Paris, 1895, the plot concerns the frantic search for a duplicate of an Italian straw hat eaten by a horse. The hat is needed to prevent a h...
Minnesota State University Collection
A Nous La Liberte
Chicago Public Library Collection
Peas with Mom
Humorous short film depicting a mother who waits for her son to return home for what seems to be decades. On the outset a serene figure, cooking an...
Jack Behrend Collection
If I Had a Million [segment]
A comedy about a dying millionaire who gives his fortune away a million dollars at a time to eight random people from the city directory rather tha...
Jack Behrend Collection
Chairy Tale
“A fairy tale in the modern manner, told without words by film artist Norman McLaren. In the film, a chair (animated by Evelyn Lambart) that declin...
Jack Behrend Collection
De Düva
A parody of Ingmar Bergman films. An elderly Viktor reminisces about an event in his youth concerning his lover/sister Inga who plays a game of bad...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Slow Drying
A short comedic film about a man who buys slow drying paint at Zeek's Ace Hardware and accidentally paints himself into a corner.
Crea...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Battle Royal, The
Margaret Conneely Collection
At the Dog Show
A humorous guided tour at the dog show, visiting events and interviewing each breed of dog. The dogs answer with humorous comments in funny voices,...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Grandma's Boy
In a small town, a cowardly young man (played by Harold Lloyd) becomes courageous, and captures a bandit, after his grandmother gives him an umbrel...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Haunted Spooks
Silent slapstick comedy starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, and Wallace Howe. After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd)...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Balloonatic, The
Margaret Conneely Collection
Immigrant, The
The Immigrant (also called Broke) is a short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States w...
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