Recommendations
Senior Film Conservator

If you found yourself captivated by the cinematic excellence of Edgar's Feast Day (1921), the quest for comparable cinema becomes a journey through the fringes of film history. Below, we've gathered a list of films that every fan of Mason N. Litson's work should explore.
Edgar's Feast Day remains a monumental achievement to create a hauntingly beautiful cinematic landscape.
Edgar and his friends get tired of eating and are not very particular as to what or when they eat. Sour pickles, ice cream, gum drops, cake, pie, apples, and a dozen other things are eaten and munched by the boys in one afternoon. Result: stomach-ache and comedy.
Based on the unique cinematic excellence of Edgar's Feast Day, our vault has identified these titles as the most compelling follow-up experiences for fans of Short cinema:
Dir: Eduardo Notari
A crime drama in the Gennariello-series. The police detective in Naples that is confronted with modern gangsters and crime events.
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Dir: Vernon Stallings
Krazy Kat is held in jail and Ignatz finally bails him out after encountering "guilt".
Dir: Mason N. Litson
Edgar and his chum try to amass a fortune in one day by cornering the fan market on a hot afternoon when the circus comes to the small town where they are spending their vacation.
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Dir: Unknown Director
The Judge needs a present for his wife's birthday, so Harry suggests a new corset. They go to the shop, but he's so embarrassed to ask the saleslady he hides in a phone booth.Harry goes in, but finds a GUY wearing one, and runs out.They both dress as women to get back in, but Mrs. Rummy gets there and chases him out.
Dir: Maurice Campbell
Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an inexperienced dullard.
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Dir: Lloyd Ingraham
While walking along the street one day, Arthur P. Hampton, an impoverished young doctor, and his chums, Stub Masters and Johnny Stokes, are persuaded to part with their last remaining funds by tag day solicitor Mary Jane Smith, with whom the doctor promptly falls in love. Doc's friends then hit upon a get-rich-quick scheme. Knowing that his Uncle George has promised a large sum of money upon his nephew's marriage, they persuade Doc to send out fake wedding invitations naming Mary Jane as the blushing bride. Uncle George, elated at the good news, writes to Mary Jane's aunt, Angelica Burns, an old sweetheart, to invite Mary Jane and Angelica to be his guests on an ocean voyage. Meanwhile, Mary Jane pays a visit to the doctor's office and, upon seeing the wedding invitations, becomes so flustered that she trips and sprains her ankle. Doc comes to her rescue and then begs her to pose as his wife. She agrees, but at ship-side, Stub and Johnnie confess all to Uncle George, who flies into a rage until Doc announces that he and Mary Jane have chosen a wedding at sea.
Dir: Jerome Storm
Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook. Meanwhile, Homer returns to New York, convinces his employers of the merits of his plan and comes home triumphant, with a proposal for both the new plant and for Rachel's hand in marriage.
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Dir: Edgar Jones
A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.
Dir: Reggie Morris
A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.
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Dir: Richard Smith
Two female candidates for Chief of Police live across the hall from each other, and their political rivalry follows them home, leading to plenty of hi-jinks.
View DetailsAnalysis relative to Edgar's Feast Day
| Film Title | Atmosphere | Complexity | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'A mala nova | Surreal | Layered | 92% Match |
| The Great Cheese Robbery | Surreal | Linear | 87% Match |
| Get-Rich-Quick Edgar | Tense | Abstract | 95% Match |
| A Fitting Gift | Surreal | Layered | 96% Match |
| An Amateur Devil | Tense | Linear | 98% Match |
This guide was algorithmically generated using the cinematic metadata of Mason N. Litson's archive. Last updated: 5/30/2026.
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