Non-Movies I Have Seen: Shorts
Follows the definition from "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ": A film of 40 minutes or less including credits. (Excludes Animations of 10 minutes or less.)
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- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinStan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.dvr tcm 6/16; Laurel & Hardy
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDinahLike the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.dvr tcm 10/16; Laurel & Hardy
- DirectorRoy MackStarsDorothy StoneBob HopeBillie LeonardIn this musical short, a condensed version of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), a wealthy young American meets the girl of his dreams and makes a bet that they will be engaged without her knowing of his riches.dvr tcm 12/16; Broadway Brevities (1934-1935 season) #2
- DirectorClyde BruckmanStarsW.C. FieldsRosemary ThebyGeorge ChandlerThe prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."tcm 3/17
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJohn BlytheJanique JoelleA young Scottish R. A. F. Gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from occupied territory, and in particular one person who may or may not have been a German Agent.TCM 3 / 17
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsEdgar BergenCharlie McCarthyVicki CummingsEdgar Appletree and his sister arrive at a mountain resort for a rest cure, only to find themselves in the midst of a shooting war between the McCarthys and their neighbors.tcm 6/17
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsDonald MeekJohn HamiltonJoanna RoosWhen the skeleton of a young man is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tenants come under suspicion. The team of Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree use the skull of the victim to solve the murder.tcm 6/17; Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree series
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJohn NesbittCarlos De ValdezJack DeeryDramatized short film that investigates three possibilities for the identity of France's "man in the iron mask," who was imprisoned for life by King Louis XIV, forced to wear an iron mask, and was buried in the mask upon his death.tcm 10/17; An Historical Mystery #5
- DirectorGeorge PalA witch casts a princess and her kingdom into a deep sleep that lasts for hundreds of years, as attempts are made in vain to break the curse.saw as part of "The Puppetoon Movie" tcm 10/17
- DirectorGeorge PalYou can find any type of music you want in this radio, from soul to classical.saw as part of "The Puppetoon Movie" tcm 10/17
- DirectorLeslie PearceStarsW.C. FieldsMarjorie KaneArnold GrayAn unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.tcm 1/18
- DirectorHilton EdwardsStarsMichael LaurenceShelah RichardsHelena HughesOrson Welles, on break from filming Othello, relates a tale he heard one spooky Irish midnight not so long ago when, driving through the countryside, he picked up a man with car trouble who told of a strange encounter with two hitchhikers.tcm 3/18
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsFrank SinatraFreddie ChapmanVincent GraeffFrank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.tcm 5/18
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsBob HopeRuth HallLionel StanderBob and his fiancé try to break the news of their engagement to her father, the mayor, who is having a very bad day.tcm 7/18
- 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.tcm 9/18
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsThe Original Sing BandCharles RugglesMickey RooneyA musical short in which a group of musician stable hands race a horse in the Hollywood Handicap at Santa Anita Park racetrack with many celebrities of the day in attendance.tcm 9/18
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsCharles C. PetersonPete SmithDoodles WeaverDespite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson, who teaches them in the fine art of playing billiards. He teaches them how to properly hold the cue, gauge the correct distance from knuckle to cue ball, and create the proper spin on the cue ball to position it properly for the next shot. He then demonstrates some seemingly impossible trick shots. Feeling the limelight has been unfairly taken away from him, Homer, the school's star basketball player, tries to thwart Peterson's attempt at making shots, while showing that he himself can make them.tcm 10/18
- DirectorSteven Jay RubinStarsMiguel FerrerDavid McCallumJohn SturgesA documentary reviewing the making of the film The Great Escape, as well as some of the historical details on which it was based.10/18; have on "the great escape dvd"
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJames CagneyAnn SothernMargaret O'BrienJohn Jones' daughter is rehearsing the Gettysburg Address in preparation for a school elocution when he is called away by an air raid alarm. He sits alone in the evening and contemplates how lucky he is in America, where no bombing occurs. He imagines "his baby" suffering in the war-torn nations of England, Greece, China, Yugoslavia, France, and Russia, and thanks God that no harm has come to her. When he returns home, his daughter completes her recitation of the Gettysburg Address with her parents as audience.tcm 10/18
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBobby BurnsAfter a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.tcm 12/18; Laurel & Hardy
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBilly GilbertAlthough they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy is not an easy task.tcm 12/18; Laurel & Hardy
- 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.tcm 12/18; Broadway Brevities (1933-1934 season) #3
- 12/18; have on dvd of "Miracle on 34th street"
- DirectorJack CummingsStarsLarry FineMoe HowardTed HealyTed Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyesque musical numbers with beautiful chorines.tcm 1/19
- StarsJesse BeatonDean CainDave Collard1/19; have as dvd of "Out of Time"