Frank J. Coleman

The Immigrant

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

The Count

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailo...

The Rink

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

Behind the Screen

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who...

Easy Street

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate pre...

The Adventurer

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, save...

The Pawnshop

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he...

The Cure

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

The Vagabond

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

The Floorwalker

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal t...

The Fireman

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insura...

The Charlie Chaplin Festival

Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street, presented with music a...

The Show

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitr...

The Heart Snatcher

A farce in which the poor Lamo has to flee after he tries to rob a rich cinema operator. While on the run, he s...

The House of Flickers

The troubles of a movie projectionist in a newly-purchased theater are chronicled in this two-reeler starring P...

Sheriff Nell's Tussle

A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then sugges...

The Cave Girl

Margot Sperry, who keeps house for her guardian, a professor who wants to revert to primitive modes of living,...

A Fresh Start

Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guar...

Nonsense

A farmer's daughter, Little Nell, is abducted and it's up to two of her faithful admirers to rescue her.

His Musical Sneeze

A young man goes into the woods to hunt rabbits, and winds up getting mixed up with a dog, a lion and a beautif...

Napoleon, Jr.

Jerry flirts with a young miss whose parents are fighting for her custody in a divorce court. Jerry settles the...

The Luck o' the Foolish

Harry and Marcie are on a train headed for a new job. There's comedy in the berths and during Harry's morning s...

The Punch of the Irish

A Mixup for Mazie

Maisie Orpe is a dispenser of victuals in a second rate "beanery," and is the light of the lives of several of...

The Vagrant

Pursued by a cop, Lloyd tries desperately to demonstrate that he has a job so he won't be pinched as a bum, inc...

Love and Sour Notes

Jerry the Giant

Trying to catch a $25,000 runaway kid called Jerry the Giant.

A Convict’s Happy Bride

Alice and Phil's happy home is disrupted when their furniture is being repossessed by a huge bullying workman....

The First 100 Years

A man saves his lady love from Black Mike then comes wedded bliss. He hires a cook, who's brusque, domineering,...

A Game Lady