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 Duty01914HD
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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1915
The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry
The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry01915HD
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...
- 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...
- 1914
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times01914HD
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...
- 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 Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine01914HD
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 Kind01914HD
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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1935
The County Chairman
The County Chairman51935HD
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....
- 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...
- 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'01914HD
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...