Visionary Picks In Alignment with the style of Skippers and Schemers: Cult Guide

Dir: J.A. Howe

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J.A. Howe

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J.A. Howe

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J.A. Howe

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J.A. Howe

Here's a film that will upset all your ideas of the Wild West. A parody of the great screen classic, "The Covered Wagon," it treats of the adventures of a band of pioneers who make their transcontinental trip in flivvers, meet with Indians who take the warpath on bicycles, and finally make their escape on a trolley car which runs across the prairie.

Dir: J.A. Howe

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

A swift moving, hilarious comedy of love, politics and war, showing how two assistants to an inventor save his formula for destroying the enemy by feeding them with explosive peanuts, from foreign emissaries.

Dir: J.A. Howe

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: J.A. Howe

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

At a Red Cross entertainment where pretty girls' kisses are sold to the highest bidder, one of the young women whose kisses are being sold becomes unbalanced, and forgetting that she is already married, promises her hand to two rival suitors, each of whom is to meet her at the depot with a minister. In the mix-up, the number of ministers invited to perform the ceremony increases, and in their eagerness to be in at the finish they take to bicycles in pursuit as the two lovers try to elude each other. Finally the husband of the young woman appears on the scene and puts an end to his wife's flirtations.

Dir: J.A. Howe

Jitney bus drivers are stealing business from the streetcar franchise, and work to sabotage the streetcar owner. The streetcar driver and company owner's daughter work together to save the business from ruin.

Dir: J.A. Howe

The competition between a rural jitney bus and a trolley car include lifting passengers onto cars with a derrick.