Must-Watch List in the Vein of One Night Only: Cult Guide

Dir: Charley Chase

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Charley Chase

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Charley Chase

Two hotel bell hops get into all kinds of shenanigans between dames, baths and bags of loot.

Dir: Charley Chase

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Hop to It, Bellhop perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The Brewsters are at their wits' end to solve the problems of the high cost of living. In an endeavor to reduce their household expenses, they have discharged their cook, but somehow it costs them just as much to live. With eggs at a dollar and ten cents a dozen, butter at ninety cents a pound and milk at twenty cents a quart, the Brewsters find themselves slowly but surely being driven into bankruptcy. Brewster reasons it all out to his own satisfaction. He is paying three prices for his food- to the producer, the wholesaler and to the retail dealer. The obvious way to cut down expenses, according to the Brewster idea, is the farm. Why not be a farmer and live for nothing? It's a great idea, and Brewster proceeds to carry it out in a practical way. He trades his city home for a farm with a cow and chickens on it and begins operations immediately. What Brewster doesn't know about milking cows, raising chickens and doing farm chores, would fill a big volume. Mrs. Brewster's knowledge of farming is on a par with her husband's, so their attempt to make a self-supporting institution out of their farm ends in a fiasco, but a comical one nevertheless.

Dir: Charley Chase

A young married couple volunteer to take charge of several orphans after the asylum has burned down. Of course they find their hands full with their troublesome charges.

Dir: Charley Chase

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

A slapstick comedy where Hank Mann plays a Junk Dealer's Helper who falls in love with a Society bud.

Dir: Charley Chase

The conflict between moonshiners and revenuers.

Dir: Charley Chase

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

Snub, a henpecked husband, joins an equally unhappy man on the floor below. They rebel and turn the tables on their wives.

Dir: Charley Chase

Snub and his girl break a mirror, walk under a ladder, a black cat crosses their path, and they meet a cross eyed man. Some amusing misadventures follow.

Dir: Charley Chase

Snub's creditors are so insistent that he decides to end it all and let his wife collect the insurance.