Editor's Top Picks Sharing the Atmosphere of Playing Dead: Cult Guide

Dir: Sidney Drew

The story of a love affair between Master Minor and the waitress at school - at least Bobby thinks it ought to be, because - didn't she give him an extra dish of ice cream? He tells his father about it, making Henry realize that Minor, Jr. is nothing but a "chip off the old block."

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

Dir: Sidney Drew

A young woman discovers a seed that can make women act like men and men act like women. She decides to take one, then slips one to her maid and another to her fiancé. The fun begins.

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

Dir: Sidney Drew

At the wedding of Henry and Polly, Henry, with characteristic forgetfulness, discovers at the last moment that he has left the wedding ring behind, but his old friend, Jimmy Teasdale, comes to the rescue and prevails upon his wife to loan hers for the occasion. But when the ring is placed on Polly's finger it is there for keeps, and the efforts of Henry and Jimmy to placate Mrs. Teasdale and at the same time keep Polly in ignorance of her husband's neglect are productive of much merriment.