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- DirectorAndré CharlotJack HulbertPaul MurrayStarsTommy HandleyGordon BeggTeddy BrownA series of nineteen musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). There are two "running gags" which connect the sketches. In one, an actor wants to perform Shakespeare, but he is continually denied air-time. The other gag has an inventor trying to view the broadcast on television. Four of the sketches are in color (in shades of yellow and brown only).
- DirectorDorothy ArznerOtto BrowerEdmund GouldingStarsJean ArthurClara BowMaurice ChevalierA musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting singing "My Marine" (written by Richard A. Whiting and Raymond B. Eagan) to a group of U. S. Marines, including Stuart Eriwn, Stanley Smith and Frederic March; Buddy Rogers doing a song-duet with Lillian Roth called "Any Time's the Time to Fall in Love" (written by Elise Jans and Jack King), on a cuckoo-clock set; and Clara Bow singing and dancing in the "True To The Navy Now" number to a group of sailors.
- DirectorJames CruzeH. Bruce HumberstoneErnst LubitschStarsGary CooperCharles LaughtonW.C. FieldsA dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.
- DirectorKengran ChenBugao ChengPingqian LiStarsButterfly WuZhanfei GaoJinglin XuanA hostess in Shanghai invites her secondary schoolmates to a reunion. They each reminisce about their lives, with some having difficulties in marriage or career. Some led destructive lives, while others contributed to the country.
- DirectorJacques BeckerJacques B. BruniusHenri Cartier-BressonStarsJean DastéJacques B. BruniusSimone GuisinA propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing who the comrades help the proletarian people against the capitalists. It also features propagandistic speeches of leading members of the party.
- DirectorMengfu HeHuimin SituShilin ZhuStarsYanyan ChenLangen HanLi HengA film of three short stories: 1 - 'Film City'; 2 - 'Drama Group'; 3 - 'Dance Class', which tell about the torment of creativity of artists.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia OrchestraA series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
- DirectorMikhail DollerVsevolod PudovkinFrancis SearleStarsAleksandra DanilovaAleksei DikijZoya FyodorovaAn anthology of short stories featuring the resourcefulness of ordinary Soviet citizens in fighting back against Nazi cruelty during the invasion of 1941 on, features an episode of a peasant woman who poisons food she cooks for the occupiers.
- DirectorRobert VernayStarsPierre Richard-WillmMichèle AlfaAimé ClariondEdmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.