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Dir: Walt Disney

Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all nine lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to Granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to Grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake.

Dir: Edward F. Cline

Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.

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

Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his home town.

Dir: Robert F. McGowan

An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Grandma's Boy perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

When Flash's master, Clark Moran, goes out of town on business, Flash, who is part wolf, is falsely accused of sheepicide and sentenced to death by local ranchers. Escaping into the mountains, Flash finds a mate but has to leave his new companion to rescue his master's love, Betty, who has been kidnapped by the real sheep killer, Luther Nash.

Dir: Robert F. McGowan

Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.

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

Dir: Paul Terry

Farmer Al Falfa is a patrolman rollerskating through the park. A day of misadventures climaxes with a monkey stealing his clothes.

Dir: Chester M. Franklin

While visiting China, an American man falls in love with a young Chinese woman, but he then has second thoughts about the relationship.

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

Dir: Charles Chaplin

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer

A beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. The prince of Denmark comes seeking her hand and, aided by magic objects given to him by a mysterious spirit, seeks to win her love.