An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. Through it all, one of the guests, already inebriated, is having a few problems mixing and serving the cocktails he wants.
Danny ponders a way for rival gangs to avoid violence at an upcoming dance.
Porky sets sail for the Boola-Boola islands in the South Seas with a ship full of general merchandise and plans to open a 5 & 10 cent store. But a swordfish cuts a hole in the ship and Porky's goods fall into the ocean, where the fish make creative uses of them, ultimately opening a Hollywood nightclub, complete with fish impersonating various stars.
A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.
A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
When Onésime gets declared dead by drowning, the supposed-widow consults a private detective specialized in missing persons.
With the help of Lévesque and Musidora, Feuillade creates a light-hearted meta-fiction, self-parodying his own work.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the words "moose" and "cock" were to suddenly come together to form a new word? This hard-hitting short film probes the possibilities.
Alex and Gershon are both playwrights and lovers. Although Gershon is older and they are not both sucessful, they manage to maintain a long term relationship.
At the front, Bébé meets two Russian soldiers.
Not having enough money to pay his drink bill, Onésime sells his soul to the Devil.
Short romantic comedy starring Musidora as a capricious woman.
Bébé's mother and her friends conduct a spiritualist session. They feel the presence of evil and get panic attacks, before they find the truth.
On the street, Bébé has his pocket watch stolen. He sets off to find the thief himself.
The story revolves around a smuggler (René Navarre) who rescues a young lady trapped in the canyon. Some rock-climbing shots at the beginning of the film.
A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.