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Miscellaneous recordings from old Hollywood including Pete Smith & Harold Lloyd, some art films, maybe some animations; mostly comedy, some propaganda
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- DirectorGlenn TryonStarsBobby WatsonJoe DevlinJohnny ArthurGermany's Adolf Hitler is on his way via submarine to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. Right there with him, although he tried to avoid taking them, are his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yaki. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and has some plans for Schickengruber and his buddies.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.La jetée
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsDouglas EdwardsNat FleischerWalter CartierAfter a short study of boxing's history, narrated by newscaster Douglas Edwards, we follow a day in the life of a middleweight Irish boxer named Walter Cartier.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsFred StadtmuellerBob HitePedroTwo days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with the aid of a monoplane. The priestly pilot is seen dashing from one province to the next at the helm of his trusty Piper Cub administering guidance (his plane, the Flying Padre) to unruly children, sermonizing at funerals and flying a sickly child and its mother to a hospital.
- DirectorZion MyersJules WhiteStarsZion MyersJules WhiteThis Dogville short presents a spoof of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsPeggy ReaveyA woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisRoy BrooksA man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fiancé from losing her job, however, things quickly go from bad to worse.
- StarsPete SmithWilliam H. O'BrienPaul SydellOne of Pete Smith's assistants auditions animal acts for his short subjects.
- DirectorDel FrazierStarsJohn DeeringVon the DogAstaWell known canine performers of the 1930s vie for a part in an upcoming movie.
- DirectorHal RoachFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisRoy BrooksWhile at an amusement park, two men try to win the heart of a young lady. They compete with each other while attempting to find her runaway dog, and they race to ask her mother's permission to take her up in a hot air balloon.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceDave AndersonThe Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineLuke the DogTwo inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsHarry JansHarold WhalenEleanor ThatcherThe Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New Guinea, with the aborigines as performers.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonArt GilmoreKit GuardJoe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
- DirectorAnthony RizzoStarsGeorge WinslowLeo M. Langlois IIIRay J. MauerInstructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.
- DirectorGuilherme MarcondesA giant tiger mysteriously appears in a big city. It will reveal the hidden reality in an otherwise ordinary night.
- DirectorJörg WagnerStarsHugo DabbertJagath PereraTomasz WyszomirskiA look inside the world of die hard motorcyclists.
- DirectorTheodore UshevA dazzling multi-layered animated collage piece on how a Western man, through ill-equipped eyes, views the seductive qualities of the pell mell kitsch that is the modern Japanese society.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsPete SmithMargaret BertRalph ByrdA dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.
- DirectorJack CummingsStarsLarry FineMoe HowardTed HealyTed Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyesque musical numbers with beautiful chorines.
- DirectorJack CummingsStarsTed HealyMoe HowardLarry FineA father tells bedtime stories to his three sons.
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyBenny BakerThelma rushes into the apartment she shares with Patsy, excited because she's fallen in love with Archie, a rich man with yachts and a British accent. Patsy isn't impressed and less so when Archie comes calling. She does her best to sink the romance, making noise while the lovers talk and offering Limburger-cheese sandwiches. In desperation, Archie calls his sailor brother Benny, and asks him to keep Patsy company. After a series of mishaps, they end up at a saloon where Patsy orders everything on the menu. Who will need to pay?
- StarsPeter RobertsFritzi SchwinglThis Sportscope short features the sport of kayaking. Participants ride river rapids and show their skill as they maneuver through special 'water slalom' courses.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsPaul BonifasPaul ClarusJean DattasWhile preparing backstage, an actor tells his castmates about an adventure he had during World War II in the Axis-controlled French colony of Madagascar working for the Resistance and clashing with the collaborationist local police chief.
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyDon BarclayThe girls win a car in a raffle.
- StarsJohn NesbittThe saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that nearly destroyed her, and her resuscitation to join in the war effort
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
- DirectorDenis SandersTerry SandersStarsRichard ElliotWes RobinsonJohn YoungThis film, which was actually made for narcotics officers and was not meant to be seen by the general public, shows the destructive effects of marijuana, which produces "unpredictable emotional results", and shows a (phony) round-up of drug addicts in downtown L.A.--the implication being, of course, that they all started out using marijuana.
- StarsWilliam B. McKessonA Juvenile Court judge is at a loss to understand why so many of America's youths are marijuana addicts, so he decides to investigate on his own. He visits Phyllis, a high school senior and former heroin junkie, who tells him about the horrible effects heroin has had on her. She managed to overcome her addiction to marijuana and heroin, but in the process ruined her hair. This leads the judge to the logical conclusion that the drug problem in the U.S. was introduced by the godless Soviet Communists in an effort to "undermine morale" and that the way to stop the drug epidemic was to "use common sense" (an earlier version, apparently, of the Reagan-era "Just Say No!" campaign, and which had pretty much the same effect--i.e., none).
- DirectorWilliam TempletonStarsPaul NewmanVernon HannJack HurstThis short films traces the history of opium and examines contemporary heroin trade and addiction in the United States.
- DirectorOskar FischingerMental imagery of music is visualized with two-dimensional shapes dancing to the rhythm of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsSean BiggerstaffEmilia FoxStuart GoodwinBen is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?
- Two children have their Christmas wish fulfilled when they are transported to the North Pole for a visit with Santa.
- StarsArnold MorrisIn this theatrical short, a man dressed as a chef demonstrates a 12-piece kitchen cutlery set that is to be given to each lady patron of the theater, one piece each week. The set includes several innovative slicers and kitchen gadgets.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsGeorge TobiasRichard TravisGig YoungEducational short about the status of battle tanks and tanker training in the U.S. Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical army trainee from the Bronx.
- DirectorLarry O'ReillyStarsPeter RobertsThis short film examines the role in mid-20th century America of superstitions, personal rituals, taboos, talismans, and the black arts.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisSally LindsaySarah LabordeWallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithMaxine GatesDave O'BrienShows the difficulties an overweight woman goes through trying to lose weight.
- DirectorWill JasonStarsPete SmithBuster BrodieDorothy FordA boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner Jean Phelps-Veloz, and then later various other couples. We start with steps imported from other dances, like the waltz, then sped up. Next Walsh and Jean show some basic steps, but the movements are too swift for the narrator to describe them or the viewer to learn how to do them. By the end, various couples (all but a pair of briefly-seen children are white), including some comic ones, give a high-speed demonstration as the music rocks and swings. These are hep cats. Pete Smith's narration is full of slang.
- DirectorJacob LeventhalJohn NorlingStarsPete SmithAfter the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects move towards the camera, including a ladder being shoved out a window, the slide on a trombone, a woman on a swing, and a thrown baseball.
- DirectorJohnny HinesStarsPete SmithWilliam BaileyVince BarnettIn reenactments using actors to portray her husband, Marie Crawford demonstrates the many emotional states wives display to hold their husbands - unintentionally back - under different circumstances. They include: being emotionally upset every morning when the husband leaves for work (a ploy used by many newlywed wives) which may not help her husband's chances for the wanted promotion to office manager; being overzealously female in helping her husband set up and host a poker game in their home; and taking extreme measures to ensure that her husband won't pass his physical for the draft. But since she knows these ploys hold a husband back, Marie's real husband is probably happy and successful... or is he?
- StarsPete SmithFrank RichardsA short compilation of newsreel clips featuring people performing strange stunts with humorous narration added by Pete Smith.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsEl BrendelWini ShawPhil ReganA bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsEdgar BergenCharlie McCarthyFlorence AuerThe wealthy Mrs. Virginia Delaware is at the Bergen Orphanage to choose a child to adopt. Dr. Bergen wants Mrs. Delaware to choose the troublesome Charlie McCarthy if only to get rid of him. Charlie on the other hand, doesn't want Mrs. Delaware to adopt him. The more Charlie tries to make a bad impression, the more the hard of hearing Mrs. Delaware, who mishears everything Charlies says, likes Charlie. But Charlie doesn't know what he may be missing if Mrs. Delaware doesn't adopt him.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- 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.
- StarsPete SmithJeff YorkA man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that include clips of the effects of heavy rain, of early attempts to fly, of an auto race with a spectacular series of crashes, and, last, of the destruction of a suspension bridge newly-built near Tacoma, buffeted and then ruptured by wind. None of these events were staged, and the camera caught them.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsDonald MeekJohn HamiltonLeonard Mudie
- 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.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsAlice GuyGermaine SerandYvonne SerandThe first film directed by a female director, "The Cabbage Fairy" presents a brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. Gently moving through the cabbages and using of lovely gestures, she takes one baby out of there, then makes more magic and delivers two more.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDick NelsonA humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerWhen Snafu gets his wish to have his personal mail uncensored by the military, he inadvertently reveals military secrets that lead to disaster.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamPvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of him blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancPvt. Snafu suffers the consequences of not keeping his equipment and weapons properly maintained.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancA fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.
- DirectorDavid LynchA short continuously looping animation of six grotesque human figures vomiting.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsDorothy McGinnisRichard WhiteVirginia MaitlandA young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsCatherine E. CoulsonDavid LynchA double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps.
- StarsDavid LynchA series of 5-minute line animations (drawn in the rough style and with the minimalist plots of David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World comic strip) featuring an angry and violent Neanderthal, and his family and neighbors.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.
- DirectorRostoStarsJoe EshuisTerry GilliamTom WaitsLife is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonPinto ColvigWhen a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsPinto ColvigJames MacDonaldThe snow covered mountains; but not to worry, rescue dog Pluto is on duty. Actually, given that he barely keeps himself safe, maybe you should worry. A playful seal keeps stealing his cask of grog.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDessie FlynnClarence NashNorma SwankAfter Donald tricks the chipmunks to shovel snow, they get things a-poppin' in the duck's house.
- DirectorRussel StepanGregg ValentineStarsPatrick BrodieDevin BurnamCarlyne FournierChristmas 1944 - Belgian Ardennes - The line between friend and foe is blurred as 3 American soldiers try to find their way 'home' through the harsh winter landscape in this alternative WWII character-drama.
- DirectorLeslie PearceStarsW.C. FieldsMarjorie KaneArnold GrayAn unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsPete SmithDave GouldChoreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.
- DirectorArthur SwerdloffStarsCurly RivieraTwo street gangs, one white and one Chicano, are on a course for a major clash until a friendly police officer suggests that they have a sit-down dinner together.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsCarl EmmyThe Three QueensJack Pepper
- DirectorEric FawcettStarsAlfie BassDavid KossoffAlan TilvernThe ghost of a poor warehouse clerk who died from the cold persuades a tailor to steal a coat.
- DirectorIrving LernerJoseph KrumgoldStarsDesi ArnazClaire ChennaultKing George VIThe invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsDave KingPatricia RoutledgeSteven WoodcockA park keeper arrives to open up his park. Waiting at the gate is the bane of his life: a bag lady with three dogs. His Rastafarian assistant Errol arrives for work. As the day progresses, the lady and the keeper discover a common interest.
- DirectorMischa RozemaPostPanic director Mischa Rozema's new short film, Stardust, is a story about Voyager 1 (the unmanned spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system). The probe is the furthest man-made object from the sun and witnesses unimaginable beauty and destruction. The film was triggered by the death of Dutch graphic designer Arjan Groot, who died aged 39 on 16th July 2011 from cancer.
- DirectorJerónimo RochaStarsSofia HelenaFrederico AmaralCesário MonteiroTrapped inside the Space Freighter/Refinery DÉDALO, SIENA tries to survive an infestation of diabolic creatures.
- DirectorMarc GreyStarsYahel GritzmanUliana Zu StaviGili is DREAMCO's youngest employee. Tomorrow he and his mom will complete their seven-year contracts with the company and Gili will be faced with a terrible decision.
- DirectorMatthew BaileyGuy DaviesStarsKristina LaoReina TokuraDuring her last days, a warrior pulls her prisoner through a deserted wasteland towards salvation.
- DirectorEli SasichStarsKeir DulleaZoë GuessMargot KidderA derelict spaceship becomes self-aware and builds itself a mechanical body in order to feel alive.
- DirectorGeorgina HigginsLee JonesStarsKenneth JayDaisy RidleySarah wakes up to find herself hanging upside down. As she screams for help a phone rings and the person on the other hand helps her escape. Is all as it seems to be?
- DirectorBruno SimõesStarsJacob WoodsLenka HorakavaAfter our planet has been invaded and most living beings abducted, one last survivor puts his last hope in a scientist who has found an antidote against the abductions, but he loses her before she can take him to her lab...
- DirectorJordi MontornésStarsValeriy BykPau SastreKonstantin is about to discover the deepest secret of his past.
- DirectorAitor UribarriStarsAna FernándezClaudia VegaManuel MorónThe world as we know ended, only its ashes are left. In a desperate attempt to bring the family together, Ana and her mother begin a dangeorus journey where they'll face the monsters that now rule the Earth and an even more dangerous one: the one we all carry inside...
- DirectorFranck VictorStarsCybèle VillemagneFranck VictorCaroline BourgA vampire couple, recently awakened from a long sleep, try to blend in to modern society.
- DirectorAlex HatzStarsMichael CramMelanie ScrofanoJames GanglA hard-boiled US Sergeant and a chatterbox Nazi are forced to team up to destroy a sexy, French, damsel Vampire in war torn France. The film stars Michael Cram (Flashpoint) and Melanie Scrofano (Saw VI, Manson) with special FX work by Steven Dawley (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Silent Hill).
- DirectorPhil BorgStarsDana SolomonPhil BorgMichael Esposito IIAfter a unhelpful visit to the doctor, a girl is forced to prepare on her own for the horrible event that will arrive that night: her transformation into a werewolf.
- DirectorKat ThrelkeldStarsSayla de GoedeArnaldo LavresKat ThrelkeldAbigail, a beautiful and well-adjusted model, is bitten by an unknown creature during a seaside photo shoot. In the days that follow, her very being unravels as she undergoes an unwanted metamorphosis.
- DirectorChristobal de OliveiraA body experiences extreme inner tension. Its slowly mutating silhouette gradually invades an empty space to a point of complete saturation.
- DirectorDanny MaddenStarsMario MaddenWill MaddenA nineteen year old finds himself alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.
- DirectorOerd Van Cuijlenborg
- DirectorShahab ZargariStarsEvan CassidyAlex DemkinBob GatesThe last refugee plane to leave Mars before an intergalactic war may be hiding earthling terrorists, along with other things much more terrifying and precious.
- DirectorEvan MatthewsStarsJames Arnold TaylorJohn RubyJohn BobekWhen discovering a deep space distress call from his estranged brother, Marshall must choose to save himself or venture into the unknown for a chance at redemption.
- DirectorArnold LeibovitStarsPaul FreesDal McKennonArt ClokeySalute to the revolutionary Oscar winning stop motion animated Puppetoons created by sci-fi fantasy film legend George Pal. Gumby, Pokey and Arnie the Dinosaur host 12 of Pal's milestone shorts from 1934-1947 that have inspired animation and special effects filmmakers ever since.
- DirectorBen RamseyStarsMichelle LeeRon YuanJames LewWith time winding down towards world-ending devastation, the fate of mankind rests in the hands of Interpol agent Samuel Tharpe.
- 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.
- 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."
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsBilly BletcherMelvin J. GibbyLeone Le DouxA playful hound befriends a rabbit, joins him and his fellow bunnies for some football, and protects them from a cunning fox.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsMel BlancSt. Luke's Episcopal Church ChoristersFrank ElmquistIn the dead of winter, a wolf is torn between hunger and his affection for an adorable young rabbit.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithDave O'BrienEllinor VanderveerIn this "Pete Smith Specialty Short," advice is given on how to deal with certain common pests.
- DirectorCharles T. TregoStarsPete SmithFishing adventures are presented. Marlin fishing, one of the world's most exciting sports fishing activities, can be had in among other places in the waters between the California mainland and Catalina Island. It may take up to 10 hours to reel in a marlin. The result of the battle may be heartbreaking to the fisherman if lost after an extended battle. In the next segment, two young men in a small rowboat in open Mexican waters are jigging for a hammerhead shark. Once they hook the shark, they try the dangerous maneuver of bringing the still live shark on board. Back to southern California, others are trolling for more sharks. The 721 pound shark they hook causes some logistical problems, but none that are insurmountable to bringing it back to shore. Moving to inland Oregon waters, commercial native fishermen are catching chinook as they migrate upstream. Catching the fish is as much a challenge as the fish getting past the rapids and falls is. And moving off the coast of Baja, other commercial fisherman are chumming for tuna. Although the fish are plentiful, catching them is hard and dangerous work.
- DirectorLes BlankStarsWerner HerzogTom LuddyMichael GoodwinA short documentary in which directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog being forced to eat his own shoe.