The Essential Watchlist that Capture the Essence of In the Good Old Days: Cult Guide

Dir: Eddie Lyons

The troubles of two quarreling couples, the Blacks and the Whites. They get divorces, and Mr. Black weds Mrs. White and Mr. White weds Mrs. Black.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Guilty Egg perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The newlyweds buy a rooster and expect it to lay eggs. Food conservation also comes in for some quiet, humorous effects.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Eddie appears as a grocer boy and Lee as butcher boy. Both love the same girl, but after numerous amusing advances a third youth marries her.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Hearts and Let Us perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

John Smith learns in order to inherit two million dollars from his wealthy aunt, he divorce his wife Lucille, a former vaudeville performer. In order to qualify for his inheritance, John devises the idea of divorcing his wife and then remarrying her. To establish grounds for the divorce, John registers at a hotel with Fannie, the janitor's wife. Their neighbors in the adjoining room are Britton Hughes and his bride Peggy, who are being pursued by the bride's father. The arrival of Fannie's husband precipitates a panic in the two apartments, during which time, John and Peggy are thrown together. At that moment, Lucille arrives and believes that John is guilty of a real affair. Several complications arise until John's aunt appears and tells her nephew that the will was all a test of his love for Lucille, and when the runaway bride and groom are forgiven, all ends happily.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Eddie and his wife have four kittens and the domineering janitor wants to kill them. An uncle and aunt, who are visiting the newlyweds, think the janitor is trying to make away with them.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La La Lucille perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Tail of a Cat perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Bernie and Sidney are a buyer and a salesman who smash each other's hats before becoming acquainted. Their wives afterward mix in at a hat sale and later all meet at dinner, when the riot begins again.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Rushville is excited over the football game to be played that day between its rival teams, the Bearcats and the Carnations. Word reaches the latter team that Spike Hennessey, a famous quarterback, is to be a ringer on the "Bearcats" team.