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Accidentally Preserved, Vol. 2

Silent film accompanist Ben Model and his label, Undercrank, recently released Accidentally Preserved, Vol. 2.

This follow up to the popular Volume 1 contains 9 more rare / lost silent films and is now available for rent here at ClassicFlix. 

For those wishing to purchase, it is currently only available at Amazon.

Why Wild Men Go Wild - with Bobby Vernon and Jimmy Harrison (1920, 12 min.)
Party-hearty college boys Bobby and Jimmy are summoned home by Jimmy's dad, who's concerned about their wild ways. They tone it down, until Bobby is smitten with Jimmy's sister...who has a thing for 'cave men'.


Charley on the Farm - Chaplin cartoon (1919, 10 min.) 
One of the rarely-seen Charlie Chaplin cartoons made by Otto Messmer/Pat Sullivan on the eve of the creation of Felix the Cat.

Sherlock's Home\*\* - Alberta Vaughn (1924
, 21 min.)
Episode four (of twelve) in the 'Telephone Girl' series, based on Runyon-esque short stories by H.C. Witwer; directed by Mal St. Clair and with a scenario by Darryl Francis Zanuck. Co-starring Al Cook, Kit Guard, and several other notable character players of the silents.

The Little Pest\*\* - Neely Edwards (1927
, 10 min.)
Childless Neely and his wife offer to baby-sit their in-laws' brat for an afternoon, but it's hard to say who makes a bigger mess of things...Neely or the little kid in the sailor suit.

Papa's Boy - Lloyd Hamilton (1927
, 16 min.)
The father of bespectacled, butterfly-chasing Lloyd Hamilton wants to make a man of him, and gets virile Glen Cavender to take him on a camping trip.

Helter Skelter\*\* - Malcolm 'Big Boy' Sebastian (1929
, 8 min.)
'Big Boy' must sell his beloved dog to help his tailoring mother pay for a destroyed dress, but when he is swindled on the the sale a wild chase ensues.

Cook, Papa, Cook\*\* - Henry Murdock (1928
, 9 min.
Henry's wife has overslept and, on demanding breakfast, she tells him to make it himself.  And so he does, wrestling with bacon, a toaster and more while the little missus eats bon-bons in bed.

How Jimmy Won the Game - blasting cap safety film (1928
, 14 min.
It's the day of the championship baseball game for the neighborhood kids. Will the star pitcher blow his hand off with the blasting cap he finds in the outfield during the game? It's up to young Jimmy and a couple of scouts to save him and the ball game from disaster.

Christmas Seals film - animated theatre ad (1925
, 3 min.)
A rare animated advertising film promoting the sale of Christmas Seals. There are no credits or information in vintage trade publications, but animation historians have attributed the graphic blandishments to Fleischer animator Dick Huemer.

\*\*Formerly lost films that were transferred from the only known print.