Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie’s arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate’s own invention.
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Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking ridiculous, the two hussars cross the country in search of their mounts. But when they are mistaken for deserters, their regiment gives chase.
A college freshman rushes a fraternity and witnesses another pledge’s death during a hazing ritual. He and the other fraternity brothers try to cover up the accident and hide the body.
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In the small town of Ottawa, Illinois, where a rumor can spread like the plague and nobody’s business is their own, six friends decide to change their weekly routine of watching movies in the basement and talking shit, to go out for a night on the town. On most nights this wouldn’t be that taxing. But tonight isn’t most nights. With rumors of the police commissioner’s alleged disappearance circulating, and the mayor enacting a strict curfew, it doesn’t take long for things to spiral out of control and the whole town to go mad. Is it just hysteria? Is it a curse? Is it Abraham Lincoln’s fault? Nobody knows. But for the gang, only one thing is certain. They should have NEVER left the basement.
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