A series of short, comedic sketches featuring William Paulin along with his family and friends. Shot in and around Paulin's Stickney, Illinois home...
Two men (amateur filmmakers Robert Davis and Harry Hilfinger) lip sync to the song Modern Design.
Three men (Harry Hilfinger, Robert Davis, and Fred Kautzman) encourage people to follow rules set by the air raid warden in the event of an air rai...
A slyly subversive student film from the mid 1970s exploring the pitfalls of American consumer culture through the framework of a stoner comedy.
A University of Chicago student film production and “Young Chicago Filmmakers Festival” award winner in 1971, Holden Franz Aust’s "In The Divine Pl...
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...
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...
Short film set to a blues soundtrack satirizing lazy corporate executives. Unemployed Junior Executive Man is a white collar business man who cann...
“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...
A humorous short student film using stop motion and time-lapse photography. When a Clayton College student doesn’t seem to have enough time in his ...
A short comedic film about a man who buys slow drying paint at Zeek's Ace Hardware and accidentally paints himself into a corner.
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A distinctly Chicago tale of marital infidelity made by Central Cinematographers, a Chicago cine-club made up of “advanced amateurs” who met once a...
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,...
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...
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...
Silent B&W comedy set to musical score starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis. An American book salesman (Lloyd) is persuaded to go to the kingdo...