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20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933)
After a prison improves meals and entertainment, four escapees plead
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Skidoo (1930)
Otto Ott, owner of a restaurant, has a staffing problem with the waiters
(Lew Fields, Helen Goodhue, Gloria Shea) |
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9 O'clock Folks (1931)
Various performers showcase their unusual musical
numbers in a theater |
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A Boy and His Dog (1946)
Young Davy Allen helps a mistreated dog (Harry Davenport, Billy
Sheffield) |
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A Breeze From the South (1928)
Gilbert Wells sings a few songs, plays the piano and clarinet, and
dances |
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A Day at Hollywood Park (1946)
A look at the famous horse racing site (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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A Day at Santa Anita (1939)
A horse trainer's little daughter has a bond with horse, which needs her
near to win races (Sybil Jason,
Matthew "Stymie" Beard) |
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A Dream Comes True (1935)
A featurette about the premiere and the making of
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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A Modern Cinderella (1932)
A girl delivers a dress for a costume ball at the last minute, but the
customer doesn't like the design (Ruth Etting,
Brian Donlevy) |
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A Musical Melange (1929)
Kjerulf's Mayfair Quintette performs |
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A Neckin' Party (1937)
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy visit Bergen's ranch in Mexico, and
Charlie gets caught in a love triangle |
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A Penny a Peep (1934)
Shenanigans in a Penny Arcade (Narrator: Leo Donnelly) |
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A Plantation Act (1926)
Dressed in overalls and wearing black-face makeup,
Al Jolson sings three of his hit songs |
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A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1934)
Take a tour of the Warner Brothers/First National's studio and see their
stars |
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Abe Lyman and His Orchestra (1928)
Abe and the orchestra perform three musical numbers |
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Africa
Speaks--English (1933)
A plane carrying
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy lands in the jungle,
creating comedy opportunities with the natives |
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Alibi Mark (1937)
When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train,
he is falsely accused of murder |
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Alice in Movieland (1940)
An 18-year-old girl wins a free trip to Hollywood and, on the train out
there, dreams about her budding movie career (Joan Leslie,
Clarence Muse) |
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All Girl Review (1939)
Women take charge of city government for a day while the Mayor greets an
opera singer at the train station (June
Allyson, The Harrison Sisters) |
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Always Faithful (1929)
The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their
romantic affair (Blanche Sweet, William B. Davidson, John Litel) |
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And She Learned About Dames (1934)
Female students enter their photos in a contest, hoping to be chosen
"Miss Complexion of 1934" (Lyle Talbot) |
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Artistic Temper (1932)
A woman pursues a singing career against her husband's objections (Ruth Etting) |
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At the Seashore (1929)
Ethel Sinclair and Margaret La Marr are on a beach vacation, commenting
on anything and everything |
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At the Stroke of Midnight (1941)
A racketeer decides to go straight, but is wounded in a gang shootout,
and later finds refuge with a wealthy recluse (Craig Stevens) |
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The Audition (1933)
Phil Emerton's band plays tunes, and Larry & Larry do acrobatic tap
dancing (they'll remind you of break dancers) |
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Baby Rose Marie, The Child Wonder (1929)
Five-year-old Rose Marie sings three numbers on the Vitaphone sound
stage decorated as an elegant drawing room |
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Banjoland (1928)
Banjo players Eddy Peabody and Jimmy Maisel perform three numbers |
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The Beau Brummels (1928)
Al Shaw and Sam Lee, a happy and hilarious couple known as "The Beau
Brummels," perform fun songs |
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Beauty and the Bull (1954)
While working in Mexico, model Bette Ford and her girlfriends attend a
bull fight and visit a matador's ranch (Narrator: Marvin Miller) |
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Believe it or Not #1A (1930)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #2A (1931)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #6A (1931)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #7A (1931)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #10A (1931)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #1B (1930)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #2B (1931)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #3B (1931)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Believe it or Not #11B (1932)
Robert Ripley crisscrosses America to find interesting curiosities |
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Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
(1930)
Ben Bernie and his orchestra perform, with singer Frances McCoy |
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Ben Pollack & His Orchestra
(1934)
Ben and the Orchestra are joined by a guest
vocalist in performing popular songs |
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Bernado De Pace (1927)
"The Wizard of the Mandolin" plays several tunes |
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Between the Acts at the Opera (1926)
The Howard Brothers perform their signature stage routine |
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Beyond the Line of Duty (1942)
Reenactment of the events in the Army Air Force career of Captain Hewitt
T. Wheless (Ronald Reagan) |
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Big City Fantasy (1934)
Phil Spitalny's orchestra plays music of the various areas within New
York city |
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The Big Paraders (1929)
Five hefty performers, dazzle with music, dancing, singing, and general
Avoirdupois shaking |
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The Birds and the Beasts Were There (1944)
Visits to three animal parks in Miami, Florida, all of which still
operate today |
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Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields (1928)
The singing duo performs three songs, with some dancing and witty patter
in between |
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The Blue and the Gray (1935)
A narrator tells the story of the Civil war, while the audience visits
various cities, buildings, battlefields, and monuments |
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Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica Rascals (1935)
The harmonica band is offered a radio gig by their landlord (Jack
Goldie) |
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Bubbles (1930)
Children sing and tap dance in a cavern-like land of make believe—a
Vitaphone Varieties short (Mae Questel) |
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Calgary Stampede (1948)
The city of Calgary celebrates Stampede Week |
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The Camera Speaks (1934)
An elderly night watchman at the Vitagram movie studio falls asleep and
dreams about the old days |
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The Candid Kid (1938)
Members of a Candid Camera Club compete to get a difficult and unusual
picture (Phil Silvers, Josephine Huston) |
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Carlena Diamond (1929)
She's the "Harpist Supreme," playing the harp and recreating her
father's portable harp dance |
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Carnival Day (1936)
A look at the various folks who come together on Carnival Day |
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Carnival of Rhythm (1941)
A colorful music and dance tribute to the peasants and workers of Brazil
(Katherine Dunham) |
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Carolina Segrera (1929)
"The Cuban Nightingale" makes pretty music with Don Alberto and His
Argentines |
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Cavalcade of Archery (1945)
Famous archer Howard Hill demonstrates his skill with various trick
shots (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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Changing of the Guard (1936)
A little girl dreams she's at the Changing of the Guard ceremony at
Buckingham Palace |
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Chaz Chase - The Unique Comedian (1928)
Chaz Chase eats a variety of interesting items, including a lot of
cardboard |
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Chips of the Old Block (1928)
The Foy Family performs a vaudeville act |
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Come to Dinner (1933)
MGM's Dinner at Eight is parodied in this comic short, with look-alike
actors impersonating the main stars |
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Compliments of the Season (1930)
On Christmas Eve, a ex-robber stops a young lady from killing herself,
and then helps her find her missing boyfriend (Eric Dressler, Lenita Lane) |
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The Cowboy and the Girl (1928)
In a parlor out West, cowboy Ray Mayer plays some solo piano music and
accompanies singer Edith Evans |
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Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
Champion racer Donald Campbell drives a jet-powered boat at record
speeds on Lake Meade, Nevada (Narrator: Jay Jackson) |
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Facing Your Danger (1946)
Men attempt to navigate the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon to
Lake Mead. (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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Fishing Around (1929)
A quarreling husband and wife go fishing carrying an oversized lunchbox,
with disastrous results (Howard Anderson, Rean Graves) |
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The Flag of Humanity (1940)
The story of Clara Barton and the American Red Cross |
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The Flame Song (1934)
In the kingdom of Florestan, a weak Prince Henry is ousted from power,
but he perseveres to return to his homeland (Bernice Claire,
Alexander Gray) |
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For Sale (1929)
A salesman tries to sell life insurance, hair tonic, and exercise
equipment to a man who doesn't want any of it (Gregory Ratoff, Lila
Georgie, Guy Kibbee) |
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The Forest Commandos (1945)
The story of Ontario, Canada fire rangers who, with the aide of their
bush pilot comrades, keep watch over the forests (Narrator: Knox
Manning) |
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Forty Boys and a Song (1941)
The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir sings at their own special school and on
a Boy Scout outing |
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Frances Carroll & The Coquettes (1940)
Bandleader Frances Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in
several swing tunes. |
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Freddie Rich and His Orchestra #1 (1938)
Band leader Freddie Rich conducts three musical numbers with his
orchestra, with solos by Nan Wynn |
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Frontier Days (1945)
A young Indian affairs agent arrests a gang for illegally killing
buffalo and trading in their hides (Robert Shayne,
Dorothy Malone) |
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Gadgets Galore (1955)
A humorous review of the impact of the automobile in the United States
(Narrator: Ward Wilson) |
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The Gay Parisian (1941)
In a Paris nightclub setting, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performs
to the music of Jacques Offenbach |
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The Gem of the Ocean (1934)
In this musical short, a French woman finds mystery and romance on a
luxury liner (Jeanne Aubert) |
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George Hall and His Orchestra (1936)
The orchestra is touring, and hotels are full, so they break into the
theater basement where they'll perform the next day (Eddie Foy,
Jr.) |
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George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir (1931)
Entertainer George Jessel introduces a choir he discovered during a trip
to Russia |
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Giovanni Martinelli (1926)
The tenor sings Vesti Giubba from I Pagliacci |
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Give Me Liberty (1936)
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues
for colonial independence (John Litel) |
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Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (1942)
The popular dance band plays four songs |
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Good Morning, Eve! (1934)
Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden and
stroll through history (Leon Errol and June MacCloy) |
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The Grand Dame (1931)
A group of high-brow hucksters try to swindle $25,000 out of a
rough-hewn social climber (Patsy Kelly) |
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Grandad of Races (1950)
The annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena is
highlighted in all its color, pomp, and pageantry (Narrator: Art
Gilmore) |
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The Grass is Always Greener (1950)
A cowboy gets along with men at the Diamond O ranch and is helped by
them when revealed as a horse thief. (Chill Wills, Vince Barnett) |
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The Great Library Misery
(1938)
A man trying to join the Grouch Club relates his terrible experience of
trying to check out a library book (Jack Lescoulie, Nancy Evans) |
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Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts (1929)
A straight Vaudeville performance of an all-girl ensemble |
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Guido Deiro, World's Foremost Piano-Accordionist (1929)
Guido Deiro performs virtuoso accordion pieces. |
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Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors (1929)
Pianist Gus Arnheim leads his orchestra in several popular tunes (singer Russ Columbo) |
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Gypsy Sweetheart (1934)
At a garden party, a band of gypsies is accused of stealing the guests'
belongings |
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The Happiness Boys (1927)
Ernie Hare and Billy Jones are a comedy duo start who sing and tell
jokes |
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The Happy Hottentots
(1930)
Two desperate singers take a job as the singers in vaudeville theater,
but soon regret their decision (Joe Frisco, Bob Callahan,
Billy Gilbert) |
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The Hard Guy
(1930)
An unemployed man leaves home with a pistol, leaving his wife in fear of
what he might do (Spencer Tracy,
Katherine Alexander) |
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Harlem-Mania (1929)
The Norman Thomas Quintette sings, tap dances, and features a talented
drummer and pianist |
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Harry Reser and His Eskimos (1936)
The orchestra performs popular songs and accompanies guest performers
(The Three Yates Sisters, Lynn Gordon, The Modernaires) |
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Harry Warren, America's Foremost Composer (1933)
Songwriter Harry Warren performs several of his own compositions |
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Harry Wayman and His "Debutantes" (1928)
Harry Wayman leads his all-girl band, The "Debutantes" and accompanies
them on the violin |
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Hawaiian Nights (1927)
The Hawaiian Beach Scene Orchestra performs six local Hawaiian tunes |
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Hazel Green & Company (1927)
Dancing and singing by Hazel Green and Joe Lacurta |
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Headline Bands (1946)
A mixture of cuts from earlier shorts featuring various bands (Betty Hutton,
Carol Bruce) |
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Henry Busse and His Orchestra (1940)
Henry Busse and his orchestra play the their own arrangements of various
popular songs of the day |
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Hi De Ho (1937)
Cab Calloway's mom is worried about him because he listens to the
radio and pretends to lead a miniature orchestra |
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High Spots of the Far East (1933)
Take a trip through China, Bangkok, Egypt, and India (Narrator E.M.
Newman) |
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Hollywood Newsreel (1934)
The 1934
Columbia University Rose Bowl champion football
team visits the Warner Brothers Studios and is greeted by several stars |
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Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
Tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of the Warner Brothers
studios. |
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Horace Heidt and His Californians (1929)
A lively collegiate band plays, dances, sings, and does calisthenics
(yup!) |
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Hot News Margie (1931)
A tabloid reporter has to find out if a college football star
is secretly married (Marjorie Beebe) |
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Hot Sands (1931)
A couple, lost in Death Valley, meet three men who are also trying to
get back to civilization |
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Hotel a la Swing (1937)
The Upsy Daisy theater troupe performs musical numbers as they assume
management of a debt-ridden Hotel (Eddie Foy, Jr., The Mullen
Sisters) |
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How I Play Golf No. 4 (1931)
Golfer Bobby Jones shows comic Leon Errol how to use the mashie
niblick |
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How I Play Golf No. 10 (1931)
Golfer Bobby Jones shows how to hit shots from trouble spots on the
course (Joe
E. Brown,
Edward G. Robinson) |
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How I Play Golf No. 11 (1931)
Golfer Bobby Jones shows several Warner Brothers stars how to hit
practice shots |
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How to Break 90 No. 4 (1933)
Richard Arlen notes that even with innovations in golf equipment, he
has trouble, so Bobby Jones gives a lesson on the downswing. |
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How to Break 90 No. 5 (1933)
Golfer Bobby Jones shows the proper technique at impact, in his series
"How to Break 90" |
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I'm Much Obliged (1936)
Newspaper columnist Mr. Inquisitive calls people at random, asks them
questions, and prints their answers (George Dobbs, Vera Van) |
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The Ingenues (1928)
An all-girl band plays popular songs of the day—don't miss the swinging
last number! |
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Isham Jones & His Orchestra (1933)
The guys perform some of their biggest hits (Gypsy Nina, The
Boylans) |
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Jack Buchanan With the Glee Quartet (1930)
Comedian Jack Buchanan announces that he'll replace a member of the Glee
Quartet, even though he has had little time to rehearse |
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Jammin' the Blues (1944)
Prominent jazz musicians of the
1940's get together for a rare filming of a jam session |
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Jan Savitt and His Band (1945)
Follow his career from violinist in an orchestra to leader of a
top-rated jazz and recording band (Shirley Van, Bob Arthur, Helen
Warren) |
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The Jazzmania Quintette
(1928)
This sprightly jazz quintet will have you tapping your feet (George
Stoll, singer Edythe Flynn, The Hot Four) |
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Jest for Awhile (1930)
Clara Barry and Orval Whitledge perform a rather ho-hum musical comedy
routine |
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Jimmie Lunsford and His Dance Orchestra (1936)
Jimmie Lunceford, The Three Brown Jacks, and Myra Johnson entertain |
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Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938)
The group performs several of their most popular numbers in a nightclub
setting |
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Johnny Green & His Orchestra (1935)
Johnny Green's orchestra performs with guest acts at a vacation resort
(Marjory Logan, Jimmy Farrell) |
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Joseph E. Howard, America's Popular Composer (1928)
Joseph E. Howard plays the piano and sings four of his popular
compositions |
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Just a Cute Kid (1940)
A man sells his body to a scientist in order to pay a debt to a loan
shark (Cliff Edwards, Margaret Hays, Frank Faylen) |
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Kings of the Turf (1941)
Mortimer, a Standardbred horse, is trained for
harness racing |
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Kissing Time (1933)
A girl visits South America and becomes musically romantic with a local
rebel (Jane Froman, Georges Metaxa) |
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The Knight is Young (1938)
June Allyson's apartment overlooks a sign of a knight in shining
armor, and then tap dancer Hal Le Roy shows up to give her some help |
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La Fiesta (1926)
Anna Case is featured in a musical selection |
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Lambchops (1929)
Burns and Allen in an early stand-up routine, with a
charming dance number thrown in for good measure |
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Largo al factotum (1926)
Giuseppe De Luca sings "Largo al factotum" from The Barber of Seville |
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Larry Clinton and His Orchestra #1 (1938)
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra perform with Bea Wain |
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Larry Clinton and His Orchestra #2 (1938)
The orchestra and two guest vocalists perform several songs (Carol Bruce) |
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Let's Elope (1930)
Two love struck kids try to elope, but get delayed (Betty Brown, Jerry
Brown) |
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Let's Sing a Song of the West (1947)
Four songs of the West are displayed, and the audience can sing along as
the lyrics are shown on the screen |
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Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight (1948)
Musical numbers by the Music Makers |
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Let's Sing a Song From the Movies (1948)
Clips from four movie musicals are shown, each featuring a single song
(The Melody Makers, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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Let's Sing an Old Time Song (1947)
A musical look at some older songs that have become standards |
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Lincoln in the White House (1939)
A look at Abraham Lincoln's presidency from inauguration through
the Gettysburg Address (Frank McGlynn, Sr.,
Dickie
Moore) |
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Lions for Sale (1941)
Several lions go through training at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte,
California, the world's largest of its kind (Narrator:
Knox Manning) |
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The Little Archer (1949)
Despite his tender age, four year old Melvin Beebe is an expert archer
(Narrator: Marvin Miller) |
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Little Jack Little & Orchestra (1936)
Sailors on the USS Atlantic go ashore to perform at a night club
(Mildred Fenton, Jack Smith, and Dot, Donna & Teddy) |
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Little Journeys to Great Masters (1931)
Great art and architecture of Europe |
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Little Miss Everybody (1929)
Zelda Santley, accompanied by pianist Victor Pelle, performs musical
impressions of famous singers of the day. |
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The Littlest Diplomat (1937)
A young girl visits her grandfather, a British
Colonel stationed in India, and helps negotiate a truce with
the local natives (Sybil Jason, Lumsden Hare) |
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The Madcap Musician (1929)
Herschel Henlere performs musical comedy routines, including a one-man
band attacked by drum-beating bunnies |
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Maid for a Day (1936)
A fading Broadway entertainer works as a domestic to obtain background
for a part in a new musical |
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Main Street Follies (1935)
A New York producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the
musical acts (Hal Le Roy, Mary Joan Martin) |
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The Man Without a Country (1937)
An Army officer upset with his assignment, wants to help Aaron Burr form
a new country out west (John Litel, Holmes Herbert) |
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March On, America! (1942)
The story of America from the Pilgrims to the attack on Pearl Harbor by
the Japanese. (Narrator: Carleton Young) |
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March On, Marines (1940)
Two sergeants compete for an appointment to Annapolis and the Admiral's
daughter (Dennis Morgan and John Litel) |
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Marion Talley (1926)
The prima donna sings Caro Nome from Rigoletto |
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Masks and Memories (1934)
Julie and Bob take a break from their Mardi Gras revels to visit Bob's
home (Lillian Roth) |
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Matinee Idle (1930)
A Broadway star who's a playboy visits his playwright friend who's
working out a scene for his new play |
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Meet the Fleet (1940)
Three recruits land in Navy boot camp in San Diego (Robert
Armstrong,
George Reeves, Mary Cheffey) |
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Melodious Moments (1928)
The four Croonaders perform a few songs and play ukuleles and the piano |
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Mirrors (1938)
Freddie Rich and his orchestra perform, with Vera Van and Eton Boys |
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Mischa Elman (1926)
The famed violinist plays Humoresque (Dvorak) and Gavotte (Gossec), with
pianist Joseph Bonime |
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Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1933)
Music and dance acts perform, at a night club and at a "rent party"
(Fred Washington, Sally Gooding) |
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Molly Picon (1929)
Billed as "The Celebrated Character Comedienne," she performs some
musical shtick |
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The Monroe Doctrine (1939)
President Monroe responds to attempts by Spain to interfere in South
America (Grant Mitchell,
George Reeves, Nanette Fabray) |
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The Movie Album (1931)
Watch clips from silent films, accompanied by humorous commentary |
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Movie-Mania (1937)
Dave Apollon puts on a stage show as writer, director, producer,
bandleader, art director, and other jobs |
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Movie Memories (1935)
Excerpts from some famous Paramount silent films, with appearances by
several stars |
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Movieland Magic (1946)
A singing guided tour of the Warner Brothers lot, with many snippets
from their films (Tour Guide: Mel Tormé) |
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Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Crawford at Home (1939)
The Crawfords host a formal dress audition in their home for a
prospective sponsor of their proposed radio show |
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The Musicale (1930)
A British troupe performs comedy and music in a nightclub setting (Al
Trahan, Yukona Cameron, Helen Hawley) |
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My Bag O'Tricks (1929)
Trixie Friganza performs a story and then a song |
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My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)
A panoramic view of American history from the Pilgrims to 1950, using
archival footage |
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The Naggers' Day of Rest (1929)
Hubby and Wifey verbally duke it out in the bathroom (Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Norworth) |
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The Nickelette (1933)
Relive the nickelodeon days with some very early vignettes, including
one with young
Rudolph Valentino as a heavy |
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The Night Court (1927)
Police raid a nightclub, hauling the performers into court, where they
perform for the judge (William Demarest,
Joyzelle Joyner, Dottie
Lewis) |
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Night Intruder (1938)
Floyd Gibbons narrates the story of four women playing bridge at home
who are interrupted by a thief |
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No Contest! (1934)
Radio show producers stage a contest to see who gets to book a singer at
a banquet (Ruth Etting, Charles Lawrence) |
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Nothing Ever Happens (1933)
A wonderful spoof of
Grand
Hotel, with look-alikes for the Barrymores,
Wallace Beery, and
Joan Crawford (Jack Lionel Bohn, Geraldine Dvorak) |
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Nut Guilty (1936)
Charlie and
Edgar Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day,
dispensing their own comic brand of justice |
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Pack Up Your Troubles (1929)
Tired WWI soldiers sing in a bombed out building (Douglas Stansbury, The
Lyric Quartet) |
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Paul Tremaine and His Aristocrats (1929)
The popular jazz band performs several numbers |
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Peeks at Hollywood (1946)
Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to
find stars in Hollywood (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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Phil Spitalny and His Musical Queens (1934)
The ladies in this all-girl Orchestra are all clad in white gowns, and
perform a few musical numbers cabaret style. |
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Pie, Pie, Blackbird (1932)
Musical performances by Eubie Blake,
Nina Mae McKinney, and
The Nicholas Brothers |
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Plane Crazy (1933)
As pilots arrive at a New York air strip for a flight show, will one of
them find romance with a lovely aviation enthusiast? (Dorothy Lee) |
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The Police Quartette (1927)
At the police station, four Hollywood cops sing three songs |
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Polo With the Stars (1941)
After a look at the training of polo ponies, we see several Warner
Brothers stars in polo action (Joe E. Brown,
E.G. Robinson,
Jack Oakie) |
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Pony Express Days (1940)
Young Buffalo Bill Cody joins the Pony Express as a station hand and
replaces the injured regular rider (George Reeves, David Bruce) |
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Postal Union (1937)
A telegraph worker learns magic in order to get a pretty co-worker to
agree to marry him. ( with Georgie Price, Vera Dunn) |
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The Prisoner of Swing (1938)
Musical satire of "The Prisoner of Zenda" with a commoner taking the
place of a lookalike king (Hal Le Roy, Eddie Foy, Jr.,
June Allyson) |
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Private Lessons (1933)
Hal Le Roy is hired as a tap dance teacher to give private lessons for
girls at a dancing school |
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Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939)
Government agents chase public jitterbug #1, since they deem him a
menace to society (Hal Le Roy,
Betty Hutton, Chaz Chase) |
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Pure Feud (1934)
The McCarthys and Jenkins are feuding (Edgar Bergen and Charlie
McCarthy) |
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Quiet, Please (1939)
A temperamental film director feels he must change the scripts to suit
himself (Fritz Feld, Charley Foy) |
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row (1447)
(1932)
Musicians rehearse while onboard a ship, and Sylvia Froos sings at home
and reads about a scandal in the newspaper (Jerry Wald) |
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row (1474)
(1932)
Gypsies demonstrate a crystal ball that works as a television, featuring
The Rhythm Boys, Tito Guizar, the Pickens Sisters, and Ann Lee |
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row (1664)
(1934)
Newspaper articles come to life, including the ones about Baby Rose
Marie, Frank Novak, Jr., Roy Atwell, Tito Guizar, and Harriet Lee |
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The Rear Gunner (1943)
A rural enlistee becomes a tail gunner in a bomber (Burgess Meredith,
Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark) |
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Red Nichols and His World Famous Pennies (1935)
The guys perform some musical numbers (The Wallace Sisters, Bob
Carter) |
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Rhythmitis (1936)
A doctor develops a pill that makes Hal a great tap dancer, so he joins
a vaudeville show (Hal Le Roy,
Toby Wing, Frances Hunt) |
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Rhythms in Blue (1929)
Two lovelies perform scintillating numbers at the piano and sing (Bobbe
Arnst, Peggy Ellis) |
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The Right Timing (1942)
In sports, the right timing is everything (Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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Rita Rio and Her Orchestra (1939)
A musical short featuring Rita Rio (Dona
Drake) and her band |
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The Romance of Robert Burns (1937)
A story of the life and career of Robert Burns |
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Romance of Louisiana (1937)
The story of the 1803 Louisiana purchase (Addison Richards, Erville
Alderson) |
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Romance Road (1938)
A RCMP sergeant mediates a land dispute between a railroad construction
crew and French Canadian trappers (Anne Nagel) |
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The Roof Garden Revue (1929)
Performers offer several musical numbers (Larry Ceballos, Lyda
Roberti, Bailey and Barnum, and The Larry Ceballos Girls) |
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Roseland (1930)
A pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy (Ruth Etting)
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Roy Fox and His Orchestra (1929)
Roy Fox and His Orchestra perform three musical numbers |
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Roy Smeck (1926)
He plays various stringed instruments and adroitly crosses and uncrosses
his legs while seated—what a guy! |
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The Royal Rodeo (1939)
A young king is enthralled with the adventures of a visiting American
cowboy (John
Payne, Cliff Edwards,
Scotty Beckett) |
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Rufus Jones for President (1933)
Young Rufus Jones is elected President in this short musical comedy
(Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ethel Waters) |
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Seasoned Greetings (1933)
A
greeting-card store owner tries to sell 'talking' greeting cards in the
form of records
(Sammy Davis, Jr.) |
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Service With a Smile
(1934)
Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station,
which he claims is run by chorus girls (Leon Errol) |
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Service With the Colors
(1940)
New pre-WWII army recruits adjust to the Presidio in San Francisco for
basic training (Robert Armstrong,
William Lundigan) |
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Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
(1936)
A producer asleep at his desk, dreams about Shakespeare's characters
singing and dancing |
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She Who Gets Slapped
(1930)
A meek husband takes lessons on how to take control of his dominating
wife (Tommy Dugan, William Irving, Dorothy Christie) |
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Sheik to Sheik
(1936)
A radio salesman, knocked out by a golf ball, dreams he's in the desert
where he sells radios to sheiks (George Mextaxa, Ann Barrie) |
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Shop Talk
(1935)
An art student returns from Europe to run the department store he
inherited from his father (Bob Hope) |
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Shoot Yourself Some Golf (1942)
Golf pro Jimmy Thomson gives lessons to
Ronald Reagan and
Jane Wyman and then Jack Redmond performs trick shots |
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Show
Kids (1934)
The Famous Meglin Kiddies put on a variety show |
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Six
Hits and a Miss (1942)
A musical with six men and a woman singing and dancing (Ruby Keeler) |
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Slapsie Maxie's (1939)
A waiter accidentally KO's a boxing champ in a restaurant, and then must
fight a real bout with the champ (Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom) |
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Smart as a Fox (1946)
A fox cub experiences life in the forest (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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The Smart Set-Up (1931)
A womanizing night club singer tries to break into society but soon
finds that it's impossible (Walter O'Keefe, Margaret Lee) |
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Smash
Your Baggage (1933)
A group of redcaps in a train station perform musical numbers to raise
money for a sick member of their group |
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Snakes Alive
(1931)
Kids doing normal shenanigans (Billy Hayes, Bobby Jordan, Jackie
Kelk) |
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So You Think You Can't Sleep
(1953)
Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his
chronic insomnia (Cast: George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates) |
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So You Think You Need Glasses
(1942)
Joe is suffering from far-sightedness, so his wife sends him to an
ophthalmologist to get eyeglasses (George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore) |
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So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
(1946)
Joe McDoakes has phobias, especially when it comes to his boss,
and he dreams of being the big boss himself (George O'Hanlon, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So
You Think You're Allergic(1945)
A comedy about Joe McDoakes' allergies (George O'Hanlon, Barbara
Billingsley--at 8:42!) |
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So You Think You're Not Guilty
(1949)
Joe pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation, but is convicted anyway,
and the $2 fine quickly 10 years in jail (George O'Hanlon, Phyllis
Coates) |
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So You Want a Raise
(1950)
Joe McDoakes asks for a raise, but his boss tells him another employee
will get the raise instead (George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates) |
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So You Want a Television Set
(1953)
A couple buys a TV, and the neighbors drop by and stay to watch the new
set—and raid the refrigerator (George O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates) |
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So You Want an Apartment
(1948)
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting (George O'Hanlon,
Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Be a Detective
(1948)
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case
(George O'Hanlon) |
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So You Want to be a Salesman
(1947)
Joe McDoakes is new at selling vacuum cleaners, and just can't make a
sale (George O'Hanlon, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Be an Actor
(1949)
Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, finally lands a role (George
O'Hanlon, Fred Clark, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
(1947)
Aspiring actor
Joe McDoakes takes acting lessons by mail order recordings and lands a
small part in a movie (George O'Hanlon, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Be on the Radio
(1947)
Joe McDoakes and Wifey love radio show contests,
but something seems to interfere every time they participate (George
O'Hanlon, Phyllis Coates) |
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So You Want to Build a House
(1948)
Joe McDoakes decides to build his own home.
As the project progresses, he sees his dream house turn into a
nightmare (George O'Hanlon, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Enjoy Life
(1952)
Believing he has only a month to live, Joe McDoakes decides to live life
to the fullest in the time he has left (George O'Hanlon) |
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So You Want to Give Up Smoking
(1942)
Joe McDoakes tries to kick the habit (George O'Hanlon, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)
Joe McDoakes goes to a marriage counselor to learn how to live more
harmoniously with his wife (George O'Hanlon, Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)
A humorous look at how men cope with hair loss (George O'Hanlon,
Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You Want to Learn to Dance
(1953)
Joe McDoakes' boss invites him to a swanky dance, but he can't dance
(George O'Hanlon) |
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So
You're Going on a Vacation
(1947)
Joe learns about his 2-week vacation at the last minute, and uses a
store's "free" vacation planning service (George O'Hanlon,
Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You're Going to
be a Father
(1947)
Joe McDoakes goes through all the problems,
surprises, and anxieties of becoming a new father (George O'Hanlon,
Narrator: Art Gilmore) |
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So You're Going to Have an Operation
(1950)
A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes (George O'Hanlon,
Fritz Feld) |
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Soft Drinks and Sweet Music (1934)
A soda jerk/songwriter dreams (literally) of performing his songs on
Broadway (Georgie Price) |
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Soldiers in White
(1942)
A young intern, drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck
private, isn't happy about it |
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Some Pumpkins (1929)
Sam Summers and Estelle Hunt perform a cornpone hillbilly standup comedy
routine |
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The Song Plugger (1930)
A music publishing company wants Joe Frisco to showcase a song written
by a friend of his |
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Sons of Liberty (1939)
The story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the
American Revolution (Claude Rains) |
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Spanish Fiesta (1942)
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform a ballet to Rimsky-Korsakov's
"Capriccio Espagnol" |
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Spills and Chills (1949)
Fast-paced daredevil stuff, (Narrator: Dan Donaldson) |
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Stars on Horseback
(1943)
A look at the blacksmith skills of George Garfield, blacksmith to the
Hollywood stars (Narrator: Lou Marcelle) |
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Stories in Song
(1928)
Veteran Broadway performer Adele Rowland sings four songs, with Mildred
Brown accompanying on piano |
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Story Conference
(1934)
A movie producer calls a story conference with a director and writers to
scope out ideas for a film starring
Lillian Roth |
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Story of a Dog
(1945)
The life of a Coast Guard dog during warfare, from the dog's point of
view (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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Studio Highlights
(1934)
Warner Brothers publicity chief takes visitors on a tour, highlighting
Ruby Keeler's on-screen and off-screen life. |
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The Studio Murder Mystery
(1932)
Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree investigate the murder of the leading
lady during filming of a scene (Donald Meek, John Hamilton) |
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The Sunday Round-Up
(1936)
A singing western short, with Dick Foran and
Jane Wyman |
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Surprise! (1935)
The Duncan Sisters and their college dorm mates sing a song to their
alma mater while packing up to leave college |
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Surprise (1930)
Mishaps occur at a hotel room surprise party (Tom Dugan, Barbara
Leonard, Mary Treen) |
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Swing Cat's Jamboree
(1938)
Louis Prima and his jazz quartette play songs and
accompany featured singers and dancers |
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Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
An extra takes over in a musical western movie (Fritz Feld, Kathryn Kane) |
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The Tanks Are Coming (1941)
This documentary describes the development and use
of battle tanks in the American national defense program |
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Tannhauser Overture
(1926)
Performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Ted Husing's
Sports Slants 1218 (1931)
Coverage of wrestling, ice hockey, gymnastics, and basketball |
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Ted Husing's
Sports Slants 1240 (1931)
Coverage of ping pong, diving and swimming, handball, and lacrosse |
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Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
We follow the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, from 1895 through
his Presidency (Sidney Blackmer, Pierre Watkin) |
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Thanksgiving Day (1928)
Two doctors, down on their luck, face repossession of their office
furniture on Thanksgiving Day (Harry Kelly, Cornelius Keefe) |
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Those Good Old Days (1941)
An elderly gentleman tells his granddaughter about the good old days of
Vaudeville |
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Thrills of Yesterday (1931)
All sorts of silent movie vignettes, with humorous dialog overlaid |
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Tip Tap Toe (1932)
A tap dancer's boss won't let him marry his daughter, but she has a way
to convince him ( Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair) |
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Toyland Casino (1938)
Kids put on a musical revue show |
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Trifles (1930)
The Sheriff suspects a woman's been murdered by her husband at an
isolated country farm (Jason Robards, Sarah Padden, Blanche Friderici,
Frank Campeau) |
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Twinkle, Twinkle (1927)
Aspiring actor
Joe E. Brown tries his inept best in a film scene (Perquita
Courtney) |
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The Two College Nuts (1929)
Two comics have fun with inflatables, a musical saw, and a bassoon
(Billy Edison, Charlie Gregory) |
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Two Good Boys Gone Wrong (1929)
Two goofball comics clown around in a large parlor setting (Harry Jans,
Harold Whalen) |
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The Wall Street Mystery (1931)
The apparent murder of two stockbrokers is solved in quick fashion by
Dr. Crabtree (Donald Meek) |
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Waring's Pennsylvanians (1927)
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform three musical numbers |
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Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee Celebration (1930)
Studio stars attend a jubilee hosted by Little Miss Vitaphone |
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Watch the Birdie (1935)
A practical joker takes a cruise with his fiancée and her family (Bob
Hope,
Nell O'Day) |
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What a Life (1930)
A prison warden converts his cellblocks to a summer resort in order to
fool reformers (Virginia Sale, William Irving, Frank Mills) |
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When East Meets West (1928)
Comic cowboy piano player Ray Mayer and singer Edith Evans perform four
songs |
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When the Talkies Were Young (1955)
Warner Brothers looks back to the early days of talking pictures
(Narrator: Dwight Weist) |
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Will Hays (1926)
The head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of
America introduces the new Vitaphone sound system |
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The Wishing Stone (1935)
After a jet crashes with no passengers injured, band leader Dave Apollon
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Woody Herman and His Orchestra (1938)
Great arrangements, singing, and a fabulous dance number, "Jailhouse
Blues" |
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Words & Music (1931)
A songwriter asks a local singer for help, and it turns out she's
looking for some new songs! (Ruth Etting, Ray Collins, Bernard Gorcey) |
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You Don't Know the Half of It (1929)
Jay Brennan and Ann Butler perform their comedy shtick |
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Yours Sincerely (1933)
A resort owner tries to marry off his daughter to a millionaire, but his
scheme doesn't turn out as planned |
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24 Hour Alert (1955)
A policeman arrives at a U.S. Air Force base looking to get a feel for
Air Force "language" (Jack Webb) |
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The 42nd Street Special (1933)
As publicity for the film
42nd
Street, a special 7-car train takes Warner Bros. stars across
the country |
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The Bill of Rights (1939)
A lavish costumed color production dramatizing the birth of the American
Bill of Rights |
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Breakdowns of 1935 (1935)
Humorous outtakes from 1935 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
Humorous outtakes from 1936 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)
Humorous outtakes from 1937 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
Humorous outtakes from 1938 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
Humorous outtakes from 1939 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)
Humorous outtakes from 1940 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Humorous outtakes from 1941 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
Humorous outtakes from 1942 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1944 (1944)
Humorous outtakes from 1944 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1946 (1946)
Humorous outtakes from 1946 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1947 (1947)
Humorous outtakes from 1947 Warner Brothers movies |
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Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)
Humorous outtakes from 1949 Warner Brothers movies |
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Cavalcade of Dance (1943)
Ballroom dancers Veloz and Yolanda perform the various dance fads of the
first half of the twentieth century |
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Cinderella's Feller (1940)
The story of Cinderella set to music (Juanita Quigley,
Scotty
Beckett) |
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Famous Movie Dogs (1940)
Well known canine performers of the
1930s vie for a part in an upcoming movie |
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Gun to Gun (1944)
A cowboy agrees to drive a herd of cattle for a ranch owner in order to
satisfy a tax owed by the rancher (Robert Shayne, Lupita Tovar) |
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
Narrator Lou Marcelle takes an affectionate look at the work of Mack
Sennett in the silent era |
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I Am an American (1944)
A married arrives in New York in the early 1840's and walks to Ohio
where they settle and prosper and raise children (several stars
featured) |
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I Won't Play (1944)
Marines on a Pacific island in WWII don't believe a bragging soldier
who claims he helped several stars' careers (Dane
Clark) |
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Inklings (1934)
A series of animated historical vignettes linked by an artist's
disembodied hand that draws animated illustrations |
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Let's Sing an Old Time Song (1947)
A look at some older songs that have become standards |
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London Can Take It (1947)
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the London Blitz
(Narrator: Quentin Reynolds) |
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The Monroe Doctrine (1939)
President Monroe responds to attempts by Spain to interfere in South
America |
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Musical Movieland (1944)
Tourists are taken through a movie studio lot to watch musical numbers
and filming in progress |
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Oklahoma Outlaws (1943)
A saloon owner plots against the Tulsa mayor and sheriff to gain control
of the city (Robert Shayne, Juanita Stark,
Charles Middleton) |
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Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra #2 (1943)
The orchestra plays two standard
numbers, and Ozzie performs two novelty songs (Harriet Hilliard) |
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Proudly We Serve (1944)
Documentary on the training of aerial gunners in the U.S. Marine Corps
in World War II (Andrea King, Warren Douglas) |
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Report From the Front (1944)
Humphrey Bogart tells reporters about his trip to see our troops on
the front lines, and explains how Americans can help by donating |
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Roaring Guns (1944)
A man heading an old West mining operation becomes concerned for
farmers whose land is being destroyed by resulting erosion |
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Spills for Thrills (1940)
A tribute to motion picture daredevils and stuntmen and stuntwomen |
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Star in the Night (1945)
The story of Christmas is told with an updated western theme (J.
Carroll Naish) |
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Sword Fishing (1939)
Archer Howard Hill uses his skill to catch the great blue marlin off the
California coast (Narrator:
Ronald Reagan) |
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Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)
Outtakes from several Warner Brothers movies of 1935 |
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Trial by Trigger (1944)
A logger must save his redwoods from an unscrupulous out-of-state
logging owner |
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United States Coast Guard Band (1944)
Rudy Vallee leads the Coast Guard band of the 11th naval district in
several songs |
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The United States Service Bands (1943)
The bands of the Army Air Force,
Navy, and Army play music with wartime imagery superimposed on the
screen |
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The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
The history of sound in the movies,
beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857 |
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Wagon Wheels West (1943)
A U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father
(Robert Shayne,
Nina Foch,
Charles Middleton) |
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Wild Boar Hunt (1940)
Howard Hill shoots at stationary targets, birds in flight and a charging
wild boar. (Narrator: Knox Manning) |
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Young America Flies (1940)
Young student pilots, each with different long-term ambitions, work to
become certified (Jean Parker,
William Lundigan) |
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