George Ade Filmes
- 1914
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man01914HD
Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things. Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill...
- 1914
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed01914HD
The coming "champ" decides he is so good he can go around a Dub like a Cooper around a Barrel.
- 1914
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in01914HD
The Busy Business Boy lands at his desk like the Early Bird with the intention of tearing off a week or two of correspondence in an hour or so. But...
- 1914
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps01914HD
He was too big for this world when a Phrenologist told him he was a modern Napoleon.
- 1915
Just Out of College
Just Out of College01915HD
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.
- 1915
The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes
The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes01915HD
"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...
- 1922
Our Leading Citizen
Our Leading Citizen01922HD
Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.
- 1936
Freshman Love
Freshman Love61936HD
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
- 1923
Woman-Proof
Woman-Proof01923HD
At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
- 1915
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover01915HD
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...
- 1931
Young as You Feel
Young as You Feel01931HD
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor...
- 1927
The College Widow
The College Widow01927HD
Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes...
- 1922
Back Home and Broke
Back Home and Broke01922HD
When Tom Redding's wealthy father dies and it turns out that all he left Tom was a mountain of debts, all of his "friends" desert him--except young...
- 1914
Three Boiled Down Fables
Three Boiled Down Fables01914HD
#1: The Household Comedian; #2: Why Essie's Friends Got the Fresh Air; #3: The Prevailing Craze.
- 1914
The Prevailing Craze
The Prevailing Craze01914HD
Dancing instructor Madame Cassell spends the day having her feet trampled by auto enthusiast Wally trying to teach him the prevailing dance craze. In...
- 1915
At the End of a Perfect Day
At the End of a Perfect Day01915HD
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...
- 1920
The Slim Princess
The Slim Princess01920HD
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...
- 1914
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify01914HD
Rube Homer Splivins imitates the actions of a famous matinee idol in order to woo his lady love.
- 1915
The Fable of the Roistering Blades
The Fable of the Roistering Blades01915HD
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...
- 1930
Maybe It's Love
Maybe It's Love4.21930HD
A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the...