Overview
An episode of The "Country Life Stories" Series focusing on idealized or dramatic vignettes of rural living, often featuring the real-life children of the Blackton family.
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The Sultan's Jester (1930)
Music · N/A
The Sultan is not a very happy man. He charges his royal jester to make him laugh before sunrise or die.
- Runtime
- 9m
- Cast
- Joyzelle Joyner, Edward Lankow, Roger Davis
An Auto Nut (1919)
Comedy · N/A
A crooked lawyer sells his car.
- Runtime
- 10m
- Cast
- Sidney Smith, James Parrott, Madge Kirby
The Chinatown Mystery (1928)
Adventure · Mystery · N/A
Restored by the George Eastman House in 2001, this 1928 serial was considered a “last hurrah” for the silent-era serial, and brought together some of the biggest names of the era: director J.P. McGowan, actors Francis Ford and Joe Bonomo (a carnival strongman-turned-actor), producer Trem Carr (who would later help found Monogram Pictur...
- Runtime
- 3h 20m
- Director
- J.P. McGowan
- Cast
- Joe Bonomo, Ruth Hiatt, Francis Ford
In the Watches of the Night (1909)
Drama · N/A
An honest worker, John Whitney, finds himself unemployed and unable to provide for his family. Desperate, he robs a rich man's home and is arrested. One of the police officers is an old friend and accompanies Whitney home to allow a farewell with his wife. Humiliated, Whitney decides to kill himself and his family. The rich man learns ...
- Runtime
- 11m
- Cast
- Frank Powell, George Nichols, Marion Leonard
The Diary of a Puppy (1917)
Family
The first of six installments in Paula Blackton's Country Life Stories series.
- Runtime
- 20m
- Cast
- Paula Blackton, Marc McDermott, Charles Kent
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