George Ade Movies

  • 1914
    The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand

    The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand

    The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand

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    Once there was an old man called Jonah Crabb, who believed in doing good. Every morning the bunco artists would watch for him on the street corners,...

    The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Roistering Blades

    The Fable of the Roistering Blades

    The Fable of the Roistering Blades

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    Out in the celery belt there is a stunted flag station whose leading citizens still wear gum arctics. In this lonesome kraal two highly respected...

    The Fable of the Roistering Blades
  • 1914
    Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

    Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

    Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

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    Two excellent fables in one reel. "The Fable of Another Side-Track an dthe Fatal Album," and "The Fable of the Difference Between Doc and a...

    Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
  • 1920
    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

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    Kalora is the "slim princess of Morevana," a land in which fat is prized. This distresses her family, who must marry off Kalora, before her rotund...

    The Slim Princess
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed

    The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed

    The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed

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    The coming "champ" decides he is so good he can go around a Dub like a Cooper around a Barrel.

    The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
  • 1915
    The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry

    The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry

    The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry

    01915HD

    Having declared himself in on a jolly college dinner, Mr. Dubley, member of the class of '88, counted on having a Hot Old Time. Now at a College...

    The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    01914HD

    Mrs. Clymer has great social aspirations, and every time she gave a party her husband was in the habit of going to the Hash House for his sinkers and...

    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty
  • 1915
    At the End of a Perfect Day

    At the End of a Perfect Day

    At the End of a Perfect Day

    01915HD

    The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the happenings of their younger days. How the young...

    At the End of a Perfect Day
  • 1915
    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    01915HD

    Gloom overcasts the palace of Count Selim Nalagaski, governor general of Morovenia, Turkey. All efforts to make the count's elder daughter, the...

    The Slim Princess
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Family That Did Too Much For Nellie

    The Fable of the Family That Did Too Much For Nellie

    The Fable of the Family That Did Too Much For Nellie

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    The Todd family had no success in finding a suitable cook, and after firing the thirteenth one that month, they went to an employment agency and...

    The Fable of the Family That Did Too Much For Nellie
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    01914HD

    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    01915HD

    Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her relatives. He thought it his duty to give three...

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
  • 1915
    Hifaluting Tillie and Her Plain Parents

    Hifaluting Tillie and Her Plain Parents

    Hifaluting Tillie and Her Plain Parents

    01915HD

    When Tillie left her country home for the seminary, she was just a plain Gawk, but when she returned a year later, she was a Glorious Butterfly.

    Hifaluting Tillie and Her Plain Parents
  • 1914
    The Prevailing Craze

    The Prevailing Craze

    The Prevailing Craze

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    Dancing instructor Madame Cassell spends the day having her feet trampled by auto enthusiast Wally trying to teach him the prevailing dance craze. In...

    The Prevailing Craze
  • 1922
    Our Leading Citizen

    Our Leading Citizen

    Our Leading Citizen

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    Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.

    Our Leading Citizen
  • 1914
    Three Boiled Down Fables

    Three Boiled Down Fables

    Three Boiled Down Fables

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    #1: The Household Comedian; #2: Why Essie's Friends Got the Fresh Air; #3: The Prevailing Craze.

    Three Boiled Down Fables
  • 1923
    Woman-Proof

    Woman-Proof

    Woman-Proof

    01923HD

    At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.

    Woman-Proof
  • 1915
    The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes

    The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes

    The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes

    01915HD

    "Sure-thing" Steve and his pals searched the map for prospective country towns in which they could bunco the inhabitants. They decided the town of...

    The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church

    The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church

    The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church

    01915HD

    The loyal women of the congregation decided to pull off a festival and raise some coin for the support of the church.

    The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church
  • 1915
    Just Out of College

    Just Out of College

    Just Out of College

    01915HD

    Edward Swinger contrives to win the hand of the lovely Caroline Pickering by selling her father his business - a business that doesn't actually exist.

    Just Out of College