Movies Similar to Uncle Jasper's Will

Two Old Tars(1913)

Two old tars, retired from service, live alone in a cottage by the sea. They sail along on an even keel, until a buxom and comely widow projects herself on the scene when one old tar breaks one of their unwritten laws and falls in love with her. The other old fellow objects strenuously.

Es kommt alle Tage vor...(1930)

German silent film

Metropolis(1927)

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Live Your Life Smiling(1921)

Sitcom for 1920s cinemas about the Winter family.

People on Sunday(1930)

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

The Dangers of the Fly(1920)

The Dangers of the Fly is an educational film made by Ernesto Gunche and Eduardo Martínez de la Pera, also responsible for Gaucho Nobility (1915), the biggest blockbuster of Argentinean silent cinema. De la Pera was a talented photographer, always willing to try new gadgets and techniques. This film experiments with microphotography in the style of Jean Comandon's films for Pathé and it is part of a series which included a film about mosquitoes and paludism and another one about cancer, which are considered lost. Flies were a popular subject of silent films and there are more than a dozen titles featuring them in the teens and early twenties.

Nearly Married(1917)

Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.

The Road to London(1921)

An American millionaire visiting London falls in love with a young aristocrat and elopes with her, pursued by a rival suitor.

Chastity(1923)

A young woman trying to make it in Hollywood decides that the only way she can attain stardom is to go the "vamp" route, although in her private life she's nothing like her on-screen character. She gets the recognition she wants, but for the wrong reason--she finds herself in the middle of a notorious society scandal.

The Cave Girl(1921)

Margot Sperry, who keeps house for her guardian, a professor who wants to revert to primitive modes of living, finds it difficult to find food in the winter wilderness and resorts to pilfering from the Bates's winter camp. Divvy, engaged to a girl he does not love, meets Margot on one of her raids and falls in love with her. Baptiste, a half-breed employed by the Bates family, is discharged for stealing and burns the camp, driving the family to refuge with Margot. Elsie, hoping to regain Divvy's affections, dresses in boyish clothes similar to Margot's. Joining forces with Baptiste, they capture Margot, and Baptiste takes her in a canoe downstream. Realizing her mistake, Elsie warns Divvy, who bests the half-breed and then rescues Margot from the falls. A lost film.

La corsara(1916)

Are You a Mason?(1915)

Frank Perry's wife Helen is away visiting her mother, and he uses this "free time" for a night of drinking at a nightclub. Unfortunately, when he tries to return home, he enters the wrong house and is nearly arrested When Helen comes back he tells her that the "incident" was actually an initiation rite of the Masons, knowing that his wife has always wanted him to join the group. She excitedly tells her father about Frank's becoming a Mason, since her father is also a Mason. What neither she nor Frank know is that her father has actually been doing the same thing Frank is--pretending to be a Mason when he actually isn't. Complications ensue.

The Rink(1916)

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Pawnshop(1916)

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Virgin of Guadalupe(1918)

Lost short film about the encounter of Juan Diego with the Virgin of Guadalupe.

The Story of Minna Claessens(1912)

Found recently and restored in 2019 this short silent film tells the story of an artist and his model. One day she's getting seriously ill ... .

Drop of Blood(1913)

Found recently and restored in 2019, this silent short films follows a young man who is wounded and hides with his girlfriend... .

Fouinard is Happy(1911)

Fouinard is Happy.

The Dedication of a Young Boy(1911)

The dedication of a young boy

The Chillouks, a Central African Tribe(1910)

Short documentary on a central african tribe called 'The Chillouks'.