Flicker Classics
28 Episodes
FLICKER CLASSICS presents popular classic film shorts and feature films dating back to the silent film era to the talkies generation. Trivia and classic TV commercials are also presented in each episode. All episodes have title cards and/or English subtitles to help promote reading and literacy.
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28:30Episode 1
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Episode 1
Burglars terrorize a family in the drama, “The Lonely Villa” (1909), with David Miles and Marion Leonard. Different approaches to diplomacy (and the lack of) is on display in the comedy, “When We Were In Our ’Teens” (1910), with Mary Pickford and Mack Sennett.
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1:22:15Episode 2
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Episode 2
“Deliverance” is a 1919 feature film that tells the story of the life of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, both of whom play themselves in the latter part of the film.
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1:12:50Episode 3
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Episode 3
The 1939 Laurel and Hardy feature film, “The Flying Deuces,” is presented. In order to forget a beautiful woman, Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion.
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25:44Episode 4
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Episode 4
Charlie Chaplin deals with a stolen purse he intercepted from another tramp in the 1915 short, “In The Park.” Mack Swain ends up in a scandal involving a mannequin in the 1915 short, “Ambrose’s Little Hatchet.”