George Ade Movies

  • 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

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    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
  • 1914
    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

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    He was too big for this world when a Phrenologist told him he was a modern Napoleon.

    The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
  • 1931
    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

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    Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor...

    Young as You Feel
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

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    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...

    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
  • 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
  • 1930
    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

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    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...

    Maybe It's Love
  • 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

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    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
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

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    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
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

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    Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was...

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
  • 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
  • 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

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    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
  • 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
  • 1936
    Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

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    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.

    Freshman Love
  • 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
  • 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

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    "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
    At the End of a Perfect Day

    At the End of a Perfect Day

    At the End of a Perfect Day

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    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
  • 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 Man

    The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

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    Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things. Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill...

    The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
  • 1935
    The County Chairman

    The County Chairman

    The County Chairman

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    Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role....

    The County Chairman
  • 1927
    The College Widow

    The College Widow

    The College Widow

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    Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes...

    The College Widow
  • 1914
    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

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    The political bosses knew it was an off year and they needed a Goat to run for City Clerk. They didn't want a regular guy to get "stepped on," so...

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'