8MM BLACKHAWK FILMS
SILENT  SHORT  SUBJECTS

Blackhawk Films are famous for their devotion to making the best quality prints possible of silent screen classics. They were in the home movie business from the 1940's to 1984. All Blackhawk prints are the best quality available and in Like New to Mint condition unless noted.
All films on this page are regular 8mm silent short subjects.

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Updated January 10, 2012

• LITTLE MOTHER (2) - 1929 Hal Roach Our Gang comedy. Mary Ann, Beezer and Wheezers mother has passed on, and while their dad works as a night watchman, Mary Ann stays home to take care of her brothers. Mint, 2X200' in the OB - $39
• BARNUM AND RINGLING INC. - 1928 Hal Roach Our Gang comedy. All of the action takes place at the fashionable Ritz-Biltmore hotel, where the Our Gang kids have elected to stage a circus. The fun really begins when the circus animals escape and begin roaming in and out of various hotel rooms. Mint, 2X200' in the OB - $39

• THE CAKE EATER - 1924 Hal Roach comedy starring Will Rogers. Mint, top quality on 400' reel in a can - $39
• BIG MOMENTS FROM LITTLE PICTURES - 1924 Hal Roach comedy starring Will Rogers. He takes on Rudolph Valentino's bull-fighting epic BLOOD AND SAND, Douglas Fairbanks' ROBIN HOOD, weepy melodramas, and the Keystone comedies. Very funny. Mint in the OB. 400' - $39
• TWO WAGONS, BOTH COVERED - 1924 Hal Roach comedy starring Will Rogers that spoofs "The Covered Wagon". Excerpts of "The Covered Wagon" are before the comedy on the same full 400' reel. Near Mint - $39
• WILL ROGERS - A compilation documentary of the career of Will Rogers from THE HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE series Produced by Paul Killam and Saul Turrell in the 60's. Mint on 2x400' reels in the OB - $39
• ENTERTAINMENT IN THE 20'S - Documents the wireless radio, Broadway, sound movies, vaudeville. Great footage. Mint, about 300' on a 400' reel in a can - $29
• VARIETY - 1926. Starring Emil Jannings, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward and Werner Krauss. An aging trapeze artist leaves his wife for a dancer, who is then seduced by another man. Abridged Blackhawk version, about 450' on a full 400' reel in a white box. Mint - $39
• KINOGRAMS - Newsreels made from 1917 to 1927. Samples from that era. 200', Like New in OB - $24

• CIRCUS TODAY - 1926 Mack Sennett comedy starring Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde. Gus and Slim are working at a circus that is owned by the domineering Steve Skinner. After Gus and Slim have botched up several routines, Gus takes off in a horse cart, in order to avoid Skinner's wrath. But the cart is pulling a large crate filled with lions, and soon the two circus hands find themselves in the middle of an uncontrollable situation. Mint, 400' - $39
• SEA SIRENS - 1919 Al Christie comedy with Bobby Vernon. Near Mint on a 200' reel in the OB - $24
• TEDDY AT THE THROTTLE - Keystone Film Co., 1917. Bobby Vernon, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Berry. Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. 400', Like New in the OB - $29

• Charlie Chaplin Comedies - 1915 - 1916. All prints in Mint condition on 2x200' or a 400' reel in the OB or metal can: THE BANK, THE FIREMAN, THE IMMIGRANT (2), THE VAGABOND, THE RINK, THE TRAMP - $39 each
  ONE A.M. - Excellent used print - $29
• IN THE PARK - 1915 Charlie Chaplin Comedy. A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. Mint condition on a 200' reel in the OB - $29
• BETWEEN SHOWERS - 1914 Charlie Chaplin Comedy. Charlie and another man compete in trying to help a young lady cross a muddy street. Mint condition on a 200' reel in the OB - $29
• THE BATTLE AT ELDERBUSH GULCH - 1913 D.W. Griffith action western drama starring Mae Marsh and Lillian Gish. Drunken red Indians carouse in pagan revelry, whipping up their appetite for dog meat. Supurb quality Like New Kodak print, 400' in a white box - $39
• MOVIE MILESTONES 1 & 2 - Paramount shorts showing highlights from classic silent films; Blood And Sand, Miracle Man, Beau Geste, Ten Commandments, Behind The Front, Way Of All Flesh, Old Ironsides. Near Mint on a 400' reel in a can - $39
• GODDESS OF THE FAR WEST - Chapter of the classic 1914 serial starring Pearl White. Like New on a full 400' reel - $29

• Laurel and Hardy Comedies - Hal Roach silent era (1926 to 1929) classic films starring Stan laurel and Oliver Hardy. All are 400', Like New to Mint condition in cans or the OB - $29 each

  BACON GRABBERS SUGAR DADDIES THAT'S MY WIFE (2) SHOULD MARRIED MEN GO HOME

  THE FINISHING TOUCH ANGORA LOVE UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE LIBERTY

  FROM SOUP TO NUTS BIG BUSINESS DOUBLE WHOOPEE TWO TARS

• BATTLE OF THE CENTURY PIE FIGHT - This is the only footage known to survive of this 1927 Laurel and Hardy comedy. About 75' on a 200' reel in the OB - $24
• A PAIR OF TIGHTS - 1924. Hilarious Hal Roach comedy with Anita Garvin and Edgar Kennedy. Near Mint in a can - $39
• RUN, GIRL, RUN - 1928 Mack Sennett comedy with Carol Lombard and Daphne Pollard. Mint, 400' in a white box - $29

• HIS DARKER SELF - 1924 Lloyd Hamilton comedy. Hamilton plays a faintly prissy mama's boy who decides to make something of himself by capturing a gang of bootleggers by infiltrating their gang. As it happens, though, all the members of this particular gang are black, so Hamilton puts on blackface make-up and he impersonates one of them. Heavy with black stereotypes typical of many 1920's comedies. 300', Mint on a 400' reel - $49
• CHOOSE YOUR WEAPONS - 1922 Al Christie comedy starring Bobby Vernon. Great quality, Mint Blackhawk print, 225' on a 200' reel in the silver OB - $39
• ME BREAKERS - 1915 Mack Sennett Keystone comedy with Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville and Mack Swain. Mint 1970 Eastman print in a white box. 400' - $39

• THE DESTRUCTION OF SAN FRANCISCO (2) - Rare footage shows tragic scenes of the big earthquake of 1906 that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. 400', Mint in the OB - $49
• THE DENTIST (2) - Silent Blackhawk version of the 1933 W.C. Fields comedy by Mack Sennett. 300', Mint in the OB or plastic can - $24
• BLACKHAWK FILMS PREVUE 8 - 200' sampler of the films they offered for sale in 8mm. Mint in the OB - $24
• THE TWO DOYLES - 1919 Franklin Farnum western. Second of twelve episodes in the Franklyn Farnum 2-reel Western series produced by Canyon Pictures Corporation. Mint, 400' in the OB - $29

• FLIRTING WITH FATE - 1916 Douglas Fairbanks adventure comedy. In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life. About 900' on 3x400' reels - $79
• BECAUSE HE LOVED HER - 1916 Mack Sennett comedy starring Sam Bernard and Mae Busch. A zany Keystone comedy. Mint 1948 Kodak print, about 300' on 2x200' reels in the OB - $29
  Also a 1967 Eastman print, Mint on a 400' reel in a white box - $29
• ABRAHAM'S SACRIFICE - A Cathedral Film from the 1940's. Mint, 400' in a can - $29
• THE CHILD OF BETHLEHEM - A Cathedral Film from the 1940's. Story of the birth of Jesus. Mint, 400' in the OB - $29
• HAUNTED SPOOKS (2) - 1920 Hal Roach comedy classic starring Harold Lloyd. After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property. Mint Blackhawk print in a metal can or OB, 400' - $39
• COPS  (2) - 1922 Buster Keaton comedy. A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force. Mint condition in the OB, 400' - $29
• THE RUSE - SYNOPSIS 1915 William S. Hart western. Mint, 400' in a can - $39

• THE MODEL T - RISE AND FALL OF THE TIN LIZZIE - Excellent Blackhawk Films documentary of the Ford Model T manufactured from 1909 to 1927. Ford used an assembly line techniaue to make affordable cars for everyone. 400', Mint in the OB - $49
• SUPER-HOOPER-DYNE-LIZZIES - 1925 Mack Sennett comedy starring Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde is one of the better examples of the loony style of the slapstick era. Mint, 400' in the OB - $39
• A VERSATILE VILLAIN - SYNOPSIS 1915 Keystone comedy starring Charley Chase and Louise Fazenda. Mint in a Movie Classics box. 225' on a full 200' reel - $29

• WEST OF HOT DOG - SYNOPSIS 1924 Joe Rock comedy starring Stan Laurel. Like New print in a soiled OB. 400' - $39
• THE NOON WHISTLE - 1923 Hal Roach comedy starring Stan Laurel. Like New print in a soiled OB. 400' - $29
• MICKEY THE DETECTIVE - 1928 Mickey McGuire comedy. Mint 1974 Eastman print. 400' in a white box - $39
• THOSE AWFUL HATS - 1909 Mack sennett comedy trailer. Set in an early cinema house, this comic short illustrates the problems with the gals' hats obscuring the movie patron's line of vision. About 50' on a 200' reel in the OB - $15
• LIFE IN THE 30'S, CHAPTER ONE - The customs, habits, lifestyles of people in the 1930's. Starting with the coming of the "New Deal". 400', Mint in the OB - $39

• WHY BEN BOLTED - 1917 Ben Turpin comedy. A box with Ben inside is sent as a gag gift, but the gag is on the sender when the contents get switched around. Mint on a full 400' reel in a white box - $39
• A HAREM KNIGHT (2) - 1926 Ben Turpin comedy features Ben as Rodney St. Clair, the playboy from the international set. Near Mint on a 400' reel in a can - $39
• YUKON JAKE (2) - 1924 Ben Turpin comedy. Cyclone Bill is the popular sheriff of Mustang Gulch, where "a gun in the hand is worth two on the hip." Near Mint on a 400' reel in OB or a white box - $39
• THE DAREDEVIL - 1923 Ben Turpin comedy. Ben plays a fellow named Joe Magee who is signed to a movie contract by crazed director Harry Gribbon, who is impressed by Joe's public demonstration of bronco busting. Mint, 400' in the OB - $39

• MOVIE NIGHT (2) - SYNOPSIS 1929 Hal Roach comedy starring Charley Chase. One of his best and most popular comedies. Mint, 400' - $39
• SETTLED AT THE SEASIDE - 1915 comedy with Mae Busch and Charley Chase. Two couples are at the seaside. A young man proposes to his gal. Mint on a 200' reel in the OB - $24
• A MOVIE STAR - SYNOPSIS 1916 Mack Swain comedy. Mint print in a white box. 400' - $29
  Also an Excellent print with some base lines. 400' in a can - $18
• BRONCHO BILLY AND THE GREASER - 1914 Broncho Billy Anderson western. Broncho Billy comes between a Mexican thug and the young woman he is disturbing. 200', Near Mint in the OB - $24

• STICK AROUND - SYNOPSIS 1925 comedy starring Bobby Ray and Oliver Hardy. Near Mint 1968 Eastman print. 400' in a white box - $39
• HUNGRY HEARTS - 1916 comedy starring Oliver Hardy and Billy Ruge. Mint print, 200' in OB - $29
• WOLVES OF KULTUR - An abridgement of this Pathe 1918 serial. Have the following chapters, each on a 400' reel: (5) THE HUN'S HELL TRAP, (6) THE CODE OF HATE - $20 each
• THE WAITERS BALL - 1916. Starring Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John. The workers at a diner are looking forward to the waiters' ball in the evening, at which full dress is required. First, they must get through a busy day with many customers. Lots of wild slapstick and a rare title. Excellent condition, 250' on a 400' reel in the OB - $39

• THE RUSE - SYNOPSIS 1915 William S. Hart western. Mint 1958 Kodak print on 2x200' reels in the OB - $39
• HIS BITTER PILL - 1916 Mack Sennett/Triangle parody of western movies starring Mack Swain. More plot than the usual Keystone comedy and one of Mack Swain's better efforts. Mint 1947 Kodak print. 2x200' in the OB - $39
• THE DESPERATE SCOUNDREL - 1916 Keystone Cops. Loaded with vintage autos, racing trollys and fast trains. A Mint 1958 Kodak print on 2x200' reels in the OB - $39
  Also 300' on a 400' reel in a white box. Like New - $29
• OUR DARE DEVIL CHIEF - 1915 Mack Sennett Keystone comedy starring Ford Sterling, Harry Bernard and Al St. John. Mint 1968 Eastman print on a 400' reel in a white box - $29

• FEET OF MUD - SYNOPSIS 1924 comedy starring Harry Langdon. Mint 1973 print. 400' in a white box - $39
• BOOBS IN THE WOODS - SYNOPSIS 1925 comedy starring Harry Langdon. Like New 1972 print. 400' in a white box - $29
• SOLDIER MAN - SYNOPSIS 1926 Harry Langdon 3-reel comedy. Mint 1957 Kodak print. 2x400' in white boxes - $39
• HIS MARRIAGE WOW - 1925 Mack Sennett comedy starring Harry Langdon. Like New 1972 print, 400' - $39
• ALL NIGHT LONG (2) - SYNOPSIS 1924 Mack Sennett comedy starring Harry Langdon. Like New 1950's DUPONT print or Mint Eastman print, 400' in the OB - $39
• SATURDAY AFTERNOON - 1926 Harry Langdon comedy. Mint on one 400' reel to the brim in the OB - $39

• THE BANGVILLE POLICE - 1913 Mack Sennett Keystone Cops comedy. At a farm near Bangville, the young daughter see strangers in the barn. She quickly rushes to the house and calls the police. The police engage in a haphazard rush across the countryside to get there in time. About 125' Mint on a 200' reel in the OB - $24
• A HASH HOUSE FRAUD - 1915 Mack Sennett comedy with Louise Fazenda and Chester Conklin. Mint on a full 200' reel in the OB - $29
• BARNEY OLDFIELD'S RACE FOR A LIFE - 1913 Mack Sennett comedy. Virtuous Mabel Normand rejects the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious villain and his henchmen then seize Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. Mint 200' in white box - $24
• THE MASSACRE - 1914 D.W. Griffith drama. Mint on a full 400' reel in the OB - $39
• KNIGHT OF THE TRAIL - 1915 William S. Hart western. A cowboy must regain the love of his fiancé, who has found out about his past as a thief and bank robber and broken off their engagement. Like New on a 400' reel in a can - $20
• MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE CROSS, Chapter 12 -RIDDLE OF THE CROSS - 1917 serial starring Mollie King and Leon Bary. 400', Mint condition in a worn OB- $20
• IN THE DAYS OF THE THUNDERING HERD - 1914 Tom Mix western. Tom and Sally are the only survivors when their wagon train is attacked by Swift Wing's braves. Mint condition on a full 400' reel - $29
• LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN - 1923 Leo D. Maloney western. After Jones kicks David Phillips off his ranch, Phillips finds Jones' young grandson who had strayed away from the ranch. Not allowed on Jones' ranch, he leaves the boy at another ranch with a note. With a reward being offered for the boy's return, Jones' foreman finds the boy and alters the note to make it look like a kidnaping. 400', Mint in the OB - $39

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