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- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsDean StockwellConnie GilchristClancy CooperA policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.
- DirectorWill JasonStarsRobert BenchleyFrederick BradyRichard HallWhen Joe Doakes listens to a quiz show on the radio and knows all the answers, his wife encourages him to go on a quiz show himself. He appears on a new show called "Why Daddy?", where a child and an adult compete against each other, with less than stellar results.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsBenny HillDavid BattleyArthur HewlettBenny Hill scripts and stars in a dialogue-free rendition of a posh dinner party ruined by two boorish waiters.
- DirectorHarry O. HoytWillis H. O'BrienStarsRalf HaroldeA lost submarine discovers a secret island where dinosaurs still live.
- DirectorWillis H. O'BrienTwo prehistoric suitors, one a mailman, compete for the affections of a prehistoric maiden and a dinosaur.
- DirectorWillis H. O'BrienStarsAlan V. DayChauncey A. DayHerbert M. DawleyIn a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsBallet Russe de Monte CarloLéonide MassineMilada MladovaIn a Paris nightclub setting, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performs to the music of Jacques Offenbach.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsJohn NesbittKai-Shek ChiangAdolf HitlerFollowing Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage war against the U.S. Using animation, the first part of this film dispels these rumors by showing that the U.S. had more raw materials and more fighting ships. The narrator also cautions moviegoers against spreading rumors (which are often initiated by enemy infiltrators to create fear and dissention) and believing everything they read in the newspapers. Just because "they say" something, that doesn't make it true.
- DirectorAllan KenwardStarsJohn LitelDouglas FowleyStephen McNallyThis Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works with local authorities to try to thwart an Axis plan to ship stolen ammunition.
- StarsCarey WilsonWilliam ChristianBenjamin YoungA look at the South Seas Island near Tahiti inhabited by relatives of the crew of mutineers from the schooner "The Bounty." Released to arouse interest in the forthcoming feature Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsFreddie RichFreddie Rich and His OrchestraNan WynnA musical short subject in which bandleader Freddie Rich conducts three musical numbers with his orchestra, with solos by Nan Wynn. In the midst of the radio broadcast on which the band is performing, a gangly guitarist named Joe Sodja interrupts and asks to perform.
- DirectorHoward HillStarsHoward HillKnox ManningThe famous archer, Howard Hill, demonstrates his skill with various trick shots.
- DirectorErrol FlynnStarsErrol FlynnCarl L. HubbsLaura HubbsActor Errol Flynn takes a group of scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on an expedition to the South Seas aboard his schooner, The Zaca.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsRobert NortonBeverly PhalonShemp HowardNow that they're engaged, Ann wants Joe to retire from the ring, seeing as how he's the heavyweight champ. Ann's mother, who doesn't want her daughter marrying "beneath" the wealthy family's standing, to set Ann up with a European count. What the mother doesn't know is that the "count" is after the family's money more than he is Ann.on The Life of Emil Zola Blu-Ray
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsFloyd GibbonsDennis MooreCliff StoreyWhen an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsLionel BarrymoreWallace BeeryJackie CooperJackie wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team, but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM decide to help him out.
- StarsSt. Luke's Episcopal Church ChoristersJudy GarlandJudy Garland sings "Silent Night, Holy Night", accompanied by the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers of Long Beach, California.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsHarry WarrenThe LeadersGladys BrittainAlong with a few singers, songwriter Harry Warren performs sometimes brief versions of several of his own compositions, including "I Found a Million Dollar Baby," "You're My Everything," "Shadow Waltz" and "Forty-Second Street."
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsRobert BenchleyArthur HoytDewey RobinsonBenchley's lecture on detective work includes topics such as: types of criminals to be detected; getting a confession; and escorting a criminal to prison. Guess who ends up behind bars.on After the Thin Man Blu-Ray
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsMerriel Abbott DancersMary HowardTruman BradleyPenny, the dance captain/manager of the Abbott Dancers, who are just concluding their engagement at the Cocoanut Grove, and Tommy are just about to be married, Penny to join the dance troupe in San Francisco after the conclusion of the honeymoon. But in also being mother hen to the girls in both professional and personal matters, Penny, in having to put out one fire too many for the girls, may risk her relationship with Tommy altogether. In feeling like the problems between Penny and Tommy are their fault, the girls do a little subterfuge to try and the get the pair back together in wedded bliss.on Another Thin Man Blu-Ray
- StarsMrs. M.F. LeeCarey WilsonHoward HawksA tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsEdward BuzzellMary CarlisleDorothy Coonan WellmanAt "Satan & Co., Inc.", the Devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to "The Devil's Cabaret" and be entertained. After they enjoy songs and dancing, the people go willingly to Hades.on Cimarron (1931) Blu-Ray
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsShirley TempleGeorgie SmithEugene Butleron The Covered Wagon Blu-Ray
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsLouise BrooksJack ShuttaWilliam B. DavidsonA driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.on Diary of a Lost Girl Blu-Ray
- DirectorRoy MackStarsNinon BunyeaFlavia ArcaroHerschel MayallMGM's all-star feature Dinner at Eight (1933) is parodied in this comic short, in which a cast of unidentified look-alike actors impersonate Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow et al.on Dinner at Eight Blu-Ray
- StarsWallace BeeryMaurice ChevalierMickey DanielsA brief tour of Hollywood, California, including looks at the various movie studios and the homes of celebrated movie stars.on Glorifying the American Girl Blu-Ray
- DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsSteffi DunaDon AlvaradoPaul PorcasiSenor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local cafe in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there.on Glorifying the American Girl Blu-Ray
- DirectorRoy MackStarsJack Lionel BohnClarence RockJane GaleDespite a dying man's efforts to enjoy his final days, a jewel thief trying to comfort a great dancer, and a big business deal in progress, there are still those who say that 'nothing ever happens here.'on Grand Hotel Blu-Ray
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsArthur Van SlykeMimi LehmannJohn Hermanon King of Jazz Blu-Ray
- DirectorMonte BriceStarsWalter WinchellPaul WhitemanRuth EttingWalter Winchell befriends a sassy pickpocket and then gets blamed for missing money.on King of Jazz Blu-Ray
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsFord SterlingBen TurpinChester ConklinThe Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigeous beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry members of the audience respond by hurling custard pies. The Keystone Kops are summoned, and arrive just in time to get plastered with pastry.on Libeled Lady Blu-Ray
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsBilly BletcherMae QuestelThe Andrews SistersA love affair blossoms after a couple purchases new pairs of shoes.on Libeled Lady Blu-Ray
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsBebe DanielsHobart BosworthEugenie BessererAn early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.on The Wizard of Oz Blu-Ray
- DirectorTed EshbaughDorothy is swept in a twister from her boring Kansas farm to the wonderful land of Oz, where she makes some friends and is welcomed in the Emerald City.on The Wizard of Oz Blu-Ray
- StarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreWallace BeeryAn MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.on The Women Blu-Ray
- DirectorOliver GarverStarsAnn MorrissNaomi ChildersGeorge LesseyThis short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A father and his daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in Susan and God (1940). Then the scene shifts to Hollywood and MGM's chief of costume design (Adrian) to show how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.on The Women Blu-Ray
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsEddie BrackenTom FaddenIan HunterDocumentary short depicting the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of secret military information, showing the unintended and disastrous results of careless conversation and improper maintenance of secret records.on The Palm Beach Story Blu-Ray
- StarsJames ConatyWarren McCollumCharles MiddletonProduced in cooperation with the United States Navy, the film follows naval aviators through their basic training in Pensacola, Florida and advanced training at San Diego, California.on Pride and Prejudice (1940) Blu-Ray
- DirectorJules DassinStarsJoseph SchildkrautRoman BohnenOscar O'SheaIn this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.on Shadow of the Thin Man Blu-Ray
- DirectorArthur MarvinStarsAnonymousSherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by lighting a cigar, but upon the thief's reappearance, Holmes tries to reclaim the sack of stolen goods, drawing a pistol from his dressing gown pocket and firing it at the intruder, who disappears. After Holmes recovers his property, the bag vanishes from his hand into that of the thief, who promptly disappears through a window. At this point the movie ends abruptly with Holmes looking "baffled".on Sherlock Holmes (1916) Blu-Ray
- DirectorStuart KinderStarsSpot the Urbanora DogA dog leads a detective to a robber's hideout and fetches the police.on Sherlock Holmes (1916) Blu-Ray
- DirectorGiovanni PastroneStarsDomenico GambinoEmilio VardannesBefore he made the landmark epic CABIRIA and launched the strongman Maciste as a movie phenomenon in Italy, Italian filmmaker Giovanni Pastrone directed this imaginative comic short. The title translates to "Stronger Than Sherlock Holmes" and the title is the only place that Arthur Conan Doyle's characters makes an appearance. Emilio Vardannes stars as an everyman who dreams he is an heroic cop on the trail of a criminal. Filled with trick photography, wild sight gags and slapstick action, the pursuit leaves the world of reality to not just walk on water but backflip across the surface of lake and crazy physicality of the final madcap battle defies all law of physics. The wacky comic violence anticipates the cartoon logic of the animated Looney Tunes shorts that arrived much later. - Sean Axmaker [Print courtesy of the EYE Filmmuseum. ]on Sherlock Holmes (1916) Blu-Ray
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsIrene HerveyRobert LivingstonRobert WarwickA young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.on Mark of the Vampire Blu-Ray
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsPete SmithMargaret BertAndré CheronThis Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.on Madame Curie Blu-Ray
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsJohn NesbittHarry CordingLotte Palfi AndorThe story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.on The Picture of Dorian Gray Blu-Ray
- DirectorErrol TaggartStarsRichard AlexanderBarbara BedfordHarry C. BradleyA protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.on Wife versus Secretary Blu-Ray
- StarsDarryl F. ZanuckLeo CarrilloBette DavisThis short documents the send-off of Warner Bros. publicity campaign for 42nd Street (1933), a cross-country trip on a 7-car train dubbed "The 42nd. Street Special" ending in Washington, D.C. at the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.on Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-Ray
- DirectorJerry WaldStarsJerry WaldArthur JarrettHarry BarrisComing back from a Ocean trip to New York, Loyce Whiteman, Harry Barris and Art Jarrett decide to visit composer Burton Lane, who is also aboard to rehearse a little. Saxophonists Benny Krueger and Rudy Wiedhoeft meet and joke with their instruments, also commenting on prohibition. Songstress Sylvia Froos is singing at home while reading the paper. When she reads a story about a new scandal involving another young performer, she is glad that the press will never find out about her new pyjamas, but then a reporter shows up from under her bed.on Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-Ray
- DirectorRoy MackStarsLita GreySammy Davis Jr.Carleton MacyThe owner of an unsuccessful greeting-card store attempts to sell 'talking' greeting cards in the form of records.on Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-Ray
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleAl St. JohnDan ColemanFatty invents a liquid with a property that makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of hard cider instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck.on One Way Passage Blu-Ray
- DirectorArthur HurleyStarsPat O'BrienMary DoranBarton MacLaneWhen a crook decides to go straight, his jealous cast off moll exposes him to the police.on Safe in Hell (1931) Blu-Ray
- StarsGeorge JesselEntertainer George Jessel introduces a choir he discovered during a trip to Russia.on Safe in Hell (1931) Blu-Ray
- DirectorBobby ConnollyStarsEvelyn ThawlJeffrey LynnArmidaA "Broadway Brevity" short from Vitaphone shot in Technicolor that spoofs the Hollywood studio set-up. When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director (Fritz Feld), her understudy (Evelyn Thawl) steps in and "a star is born."on Angels With Dirty Faces Blu-Ray
- DirectorZion MyersJules WhiteStarsZion MyersJules WhiteIn this Dogville spoof of _Broadway Melody, The (1929)_, Mr. Cur, a Broadway producer, puts on a show and makes a play for the leading lady.on The Broadway Melody (1929) Blu-Ray
- StarsGus VanJoe Schenckon The Broadway Melody (1929) Blu-Ray
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsRobert ArmstrongWilliam T. OrrGeorge ReevesThe story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.on Confessions of a Nazi Spy Blu-Ray & The Mortal Storm Blu-Ray
- DirectorPeter FitzgeraldStarsJeanine BasingerJoan CrawfordRichard BarriosTrying to control fiery Bette Davis, Jack Warner hired MGM veteran star Joan Crawford at his studio, spawning a string of dramatic hits and misses and her successful transition to middle-aged leading lady.on Flamingo Road Blu-Ray
- StarsLauren BacallLionel BarrymoreMilton Berleon Flamingo Road Blu-Ray
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsJack HaleyShemp HowardCharles JudelsTwo screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor.on Little Women (1933) Blu-Ray
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleDan ColemanEthel DavisSlim starts his first day of work at a bakery on the same day that local gangsters pay a visit to his boss demanding protection money. When the boss refuses to pay, the gangsters hatch a plan to destr0y the bakery, but the plan doesn't quite work out the way they thought it would.on Little Women (1933) Blu-Ray
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsMildred OwensOlaf SkavlanEthan AllenFultah Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, but presently she's known to be the "property" of Salem Hardieker, a tough Bostonian. When Anne's eye drifts to a new potential lover, Hans the Dane, he spurns her, knowing she's Salem's girl. But hell hath no fury like a woman scorned....on It Happened One Night Blu-Ray
- StarsJack DawnVirginia GreyClark GableSeveral behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the production of which include cotton and silver; construction crews who build sets including those to look like cities, towns and villages around the world; a visit with Jack Dawn who demonstrates the process of creating a makeup design; the screen testing process, where many an acting hopeful gets his/her start; the work of the candid camera man, the prying eyes behind the movie camera; a visit with Adrian, who designs the clothes worn by many of the stars on screen; and a visit with Herbert Stothart as he conducts his musical score for Conquest (1937). These behind the scenes looks provide the opportunity to get acquainted with the cavalcade of MGM stars and their productions that will grace the silver screen in the 1937/38 movie season.On Saratoga Blu-Ray
- DirectorGeorge TzimopoulosStarsJoan CrawfordGlenn EricksonBoze HadleighThe Joan Crawford crime thriller, The Damned Don't Cry (1950), is the topic of discussion for various interviewees.
- DirectorJack CummingsStarsLarry FineMoe HowardTed HealyTed Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyesque musical numbers with beautiful chorines.on Christopher Strong (1933) Blu-Ray
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleCharles JudelsFritz HubertFatty travels to a third world country and deals with a grouchy dictator; released months after Fatty Arbuckle's death.on Christopher Strong (1933) Blu-Ray
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJanet BurstonRobert BlakeBilly 'Froggy' LaughlinNeeding money for football uniforms, the Our Gang decides to put on a minstrel show.on Ziegfeld Girl Blu-Ray
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsJudy GarlandNelson EddyRisë StevensAn MGM short that starts with a brief history of music in the movies, from accompaniment for silents, to background scores, to elaborate musical productions, and ends up as a highlight reel of recent and upcoming releases from the studio.on Ziegfeld Girl Blu-Ray
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithMargaret BertDon BrodieThis Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at women battling for bargains in a department store.on Father's Little Dividend Blu-Ray
- DirectorGeorge AmyStarsJohn PayneLucile FairbanksCliff EdwardsA young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.on The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) on Blu-ray
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsJerry WaldSid GaryThe Boswell SistersJerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for him to write this article at the radio station than at his newspaper office. At the studio they listen to the Boswell Sister's rehearsal, which is interupted by some not so friendly remarks by orchestra leader Abe Lyman, they listen at the door, where a Colonel Stoopnagel broadcast is prepared, as well as to the rehearsal of a new song for an broadcast by Kate Smith.on Faithless (1932) Blu-ray
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsDonald MeekJohn HamiltonBetty PierceA couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.on Faithless (1932) Blu-ray
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsDonald MeekJohn HamiltonRita LanA cellist is murdered during a symphony concert. Shortly afterwards, the manager of the hall is found dead, an apparent suicide. But is it?on Faithless (1932) Blu-ray
- DirectorBobby ConnollyStarsSybil JasonMarcia RalstonMatthew 'Stymie' BeardOrphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.On Each Dawn I Die Blu-ray