Movies Similar to Saturday Afternoon

Leander Sisters(1897)

“A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is composed largely of bathers.” (Edison Catalog)

3.0

The Woodcutter, a Music Lover(1898)

A man plays the trombone, to which is attached a saw.

5.2

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What Demoralized the Barber Shop(1898)

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men below, causing pandemonium among the barbershop customers. Possibly released in 1901.

3.7

April Fool(1924)

Jimmy Jump is a cracked reporter at a behind-the-times daily newspaper. He also happens to be in love with the managing editor's daughter. It's Monday, April 1st and the paper's editorial staff has a great deal of trouble telling the difference between April Fool's jokes and real events.

5.6

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Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce(1900)

This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He inquires for his wife and is told by the cook that she is absent. Jones is hungry and asks for something to eat. The cook is very obliging and Jones becomes unruly, chuckles the cook under the chin. The cook puts her arms around Jones' neck and leaves finger imprints of flour on his back. This is where the trouble commences. (Edison catalogue)

5.9

Hooligan Assists the Magician(1900)

This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some wonderful experiments, and when he requests some assistance Happy Hooligan immediately volunteers his services and climbs upon the platform.

4.3

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Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter(1901)

As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation are reversed. The couple above mentioned have a most trying experience while endeavoring to partake of a square meal. They find themselves flying about the room from chairs to table, and vice versa, until they are both completely bewildered, ending in a general mix-up, which is sure to provoke much merriment.

3.8

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Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle(1901)

A sudden gust of wind sweeps Auntie's bonnet from her head, and she, in attempting to regain it, becomes overbalanced and falls over the stone-wall, landing on her bustle. (Edison film catalog)

4.5

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Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce(1901)

The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Kansas Saloon Smasher”. Mr. Nation suddenly arises from the bed and picks up a crying infant from the cradle, and walks it up and down the floor. He suddenly steps upon a tack, becomes infuriated, and throws the baby back into the cradle…

4.4

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Mesmerist and Country Couple(1899)

“Mr. and Mrs. Hayseed have heard of this wonderful Professor, and come to his office. They waken him from a trance, give him a fee and he hypnotizes them. The stunts they do while under his influence would make the Sphinx laugh for joy. Hayseed stands on his head, balances himself on a chair and takes off his clothes. Mrs. Hayseed also begins to disrobe, but she goes behind a screen. Her bare arm appears over the top, and she drops her clothes on the floor. It is a hair raising moment to guess what she's going to do next. The mystical appearances and lightning changes are managed with wonderful cleverness.” (Edison film catalog)

2.5

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Chaise en bascule(1900)

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.

4.7

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Little Mischief(1898)

Papa is reading his newspaper and his little girl tickles his neck with a long straw. Thinking it is a fly papa "shoos" away the supposed fly with his hand…

3.2

Humorous Rollerskater(1896)

A roller skater performs a series of eccentric exercises.

4.1

A Gasoline Wedding(1918)

A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- even if she doesn't know about it.

5.3

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La poupée: Le curé et les mannequins(1899)

A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.

5.3

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Kansas Saloon Smashers(1901)

A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him are polished plate glass mirrors. A comical Irishman enters, sets a huge pail on the bar to be filled, and while he is drinking a glass of foam beer, Mrs. Nation and her followers enter with their hatchets. One of the women jams the Irishman's stiff hat down over his eyes and another one douses him with his own pail of beer. They then wreck the saloon and smash the mirrors, bottles, cash register and bar fixtures. The bartender plays a stream of seltzer water on Mrs. Nation, and as she backs away from behind the counter, a policeman enters and hustles everybody out. Full of comedy from start to finish. (Edison Catalog)

3.9

Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter(1904)

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

4.6

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide(1904)

A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.

4.6

Scarecrow Pump(1904)

A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow, so that he can play a practical joke on a drunken acquaintance when he passes by. The boy then hides and waits for him, but things do not turn out quite as he planned.

4.6

Burglary at Night(1904)

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

5.5