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- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschA gruff sea captain, who absolutely detests the word "ghost," is having trouble manning his ship because of the rumor it's...well...haunted. He inveigles Stanley and Oliver into helping him shanghai a crew from the sailors at a dockside bar. The comic duo accomplish this by using one of the funniest devices ever put into a movie, and of course it all goes wrong. Once aboard, the captain warns them that whoever says the word "ghost" will get his head twisted from north to south. After much time at sea and many port stops later, one of the drunken sailors falls into a trough of whitewash, terrorizing Stanley and Oliver into blurting out "ghost" in front of the enraged captain, which brings about the story's Laurel and Hardy trademark "another fine mess" ending.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsLeon ErrolJune MacCloyVernon DentIn this short musical comedy, Adam and Eve go on an adventure through time that leads them from the Garden of Eden, to the Roman Empire, King Arthur's court, and a beach resort in modern-day Florida.
- StarsTal Henry and His North CaroliniansThe title orchestra play three popular tunes of the day.
- DirectorD.W. YoungStarsLeslie HendrixKhan BaykalZachary FletcherA spaced out knife salesman makes the house call of a lifetime.
- DirectorDave RockStarsJohn Michael HigginsJacob BertrandMargaret WelshA boy trying to cope with his terminally ill father's impending death discovers religion and becomes convinced that his father must repent and get baptized to save his soul before he dies. His father, a scientist and avowed atheist, doesn't quite see it that way.
- DirectorDaniel ClementsStarsSiobhan MurphyJenny RavenRandy ThomasA man and a woman meet at a coffee shop for the first time. As if on an awkward date, they exchange timid pleasantries, however as their conversation unfolds the horrifying truth behind their meeting is revealed.
- DirectorWalter WrightStarsChester ConklinClaire AndersonNick CogleyMickael GoUpSkey, a foreign agent, is aboard a train en route to purchase planes for his country's military. A.C. Walrus, an agent for a rival country, is also aboard that same train and is ordered by his government to stop GoUpSkey from making that purchase at whatever cost. National security takes a back seat for Walrus when he meets and pursues a beautiful young woman on the train, she to who the foreign agent is also attracted. Walrus eventually learns that she is the daughter of the plane manufacturer and an aviatrix in her own right. Mayhem ensues when Walrus is able to test fly the demonstration plane, with GoUpSkey in hot pursuit. But also in pursuit are the young woman her aviator boyfriend and the police, the latter who are dealing with the destruction caused by the Walrus/GoUpSkey battle.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMabel NormandAl St. JohnThe beach front house, where Fatty and Mabel live, has been "launched" out to sea by the villains. When Fatty and Mabel arise, they find the beds floating in a sea of water.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsLee TracyCalifornia CollegiansMarcus Show GirlsVarious entertainment celebrities take part in a circus performance, along with authentic acrobats and other performers of the big top.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsTad AlexanderArthur AylesworthFlorence FairIt's the Depression, and the vaudeville Palace Theater is unable to stay afloat. The proprietor, Mr. Jenkins, begrudgingly lets his 12-year-old son stage a kiddie show that draws in the crowds.
- DirectorAl ChristieStarsBob HopeLeah RayFrances HallidayBob, his girlfriend and her mother are driving through South America. Bob wants to get married at the next town, Los Poach-os Egg-os, where they are currently holding a festival called Dontdoit Day. The road to wedded bliss for Bob and his girl hits a slight bump as his girl catches the eye of a dashing gaucho, and the Mayor, who is the only official in town who can perform the wedding, refuses to do so on Dontdoit Day. In addition, Bob has been the bane of the Mayor's existence since arriving in town, in part since Bob has also cast his eyes on a pretty señorita, who happens to be courted by the Mayor.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsBaby PeggyLillian HackettInez McDonnellA spoof of Bizet's Carmen. Somewhere in Spain, a young girl gets the better of the neighborhood boys, then, dressed as a fashionable senorita, visits a club where a boy is demonstrating a tango. She joins him to the enjoyment of the spectators. In act 2, she's dressed as a matador and presents herself at the arena to General della Bambinodi Carradavadoves, a man who knows bulls. She fights one and finds that her sword isn't strong enough to stab him. In the excitement, the General falls from the stands, and he and the child must face the brute. Is there an escape?
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsBaby PeggyJoe BonnerTommy WonderA street urchin is trying to survive on her own, getting into mischief along the way.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsBaby PeggyBert SterlingJack EarleA child plays in the woods next to an isolated cabin. An exhausted Mountie faints by the cabin, and the child helps him inside to the bed. She gives him a spoonful of liniment and rubs Castor oil on his face. He awakes and tells her he's been chasing moonshiners. She vows to capture them, dons her Mountie mascot uniform, and sets out in pursuit. She gets the draw on three of them, but a fourth grabs her. She continues to follow them past Moonshine River to the moonshiners' hideout. She loses her uniform and is lassoed by the ringleader. A Mountie should always get her man, but is she resourceful enough to turn this into an opportunity?
- DirectorBryan FoyStarsRose MarieRose Marie, aged five or six, sings three numbers in the Vitaphone sound stage decorated as an elegant drawing room. "Heigh Ho, Everybody, Heigh Ho," "Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You," and "Don't Be Like That." She sings the first in a polka-dot sailor suit and the other two numbers in a frilly white dress. She's animated throughout, acting as well as singing. She scats in both "Heigh Ho" and "Don't Be Like That." At the end, she curtsies twice.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsRobert BenchleyMargaret BertRicardo Lord CezonA humorous look at the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsBob HopeNell O'DayArline DinitzA practical joker takes a cruise with his fiancée and her family.
- DirectorKonrad JayStarsPeter HanlyJames NesbittGeorge ShaneIt's Christmas, and in a Belfast toyshop, three despairing people are forced to contemplate suicide on a dangerous window ledge; a recently fired dad who has only enough money to buy his daughter a giant teddy bear, an alcoholic Santa who's fed up with kids, and the bankrupted store owner. When two security guards attempt to talk them down, they end up on the ledge as well...
- DirectorJason Grant SmithStarsAnita BaroneDavid KelseyTaylor NicholsDesperate love seeking Cindy's day seems ruined when her blind date turns out to be a lunatic dressed as one of Santa's little helpers.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsFrank SinatraFreddie ChapmanVincent GraeffFrank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.
- 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.
- StarsKnox ManningWe watch the life of a Coast Guard dog, from the dog's point of view, from induction to graduation and then into a jungle to hunt for an enemy sniper. To pass muster, dogs must be of a certain size, then they go through basic training, canine calisthenics, carrying and leaping, attacking and assisting escapes, self-possession under gunfire, and working with various handlers. The handlers, too, learn skills. After graduation, the dog is ready for duty in a jungle across the Pacific. The dog's keen eyesight, hearing, and sense of smell make it an ideal warrior.
- 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.
- DirectorRichard L. CassellStarsPete SmithThis Pete Smith Specialty demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny wristwatch, the surface of a cat's tongue, and several insects.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonPhyllis CoatesGeorge FordJoe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen as participants.
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsJohn NesbittHarry CordingLotte Palfi AndorThe story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsKnox ManningJoseph GoebbelsAdolf HitlerThis short propaganda film, produced at the end of World War II, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas of racial hatred, violence and conquest live on in the German people, and in like-minded people in the United States.
- DirectorArthur HurleyStarsDonald MeekJohn HamiltonJane WintonDuring a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At nine o'clock sharp, he excuses himself from the card table to take his medicine, promising to return soon. When he doesn't, Claire goes in search of him, and finds his door locked from the inside. The men break down the door and find a body. The guests include Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree, a criminologist. Crabtree sets to work investigating. Will he find the culprit?
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsJohn NesbittMargaret BertWilliam LallyThree specific and separate stories of life's passing parade are presented. In "Unclaimed Millions", millions of dollars sit in banks unclaimed, often because those accounts are forgotten. Banks do whatever they can to locate the rightful owners. Several hundred of those dollars are in the account of William Lawton, who opened it in 1917 just before heading off to war. He opened it as a joint account, listing the other person's name as Jerry. William died in the war. The issue then became how to identify the Jerry Lawton who was entitled to the money in William's account. In "Autobiography of an Automobile", we visit a scrap heap where several cars are scheduled for demolition. The history of one of those cars is told in terms of time, place, owner and age. Despite its imminent demise, that car does have a future. And in "The Marriage Industry", the mail-order bride business is described. One person who advertised in a lonely-hearts catalog was Helga Anderson, who had no opportunity to meet eligible men through regular means as she lived and worked on a remote farm. Most who thumbed through the catalog would not choose her, and most who would contact her as a potential husband would not interest her. She just hoped that the one she did choose of those who contacted her would ultimately be a good match, which was problematic not only because of circumstance but also because of the fraud that became rampant within the otherwise legitimate business.
- StarsFelix E. FeistNorman PyleWilliam BishopIn 1934, MGM held a convention in Chicago, inviting its company distributors from all over the United States to preview the films scheduled for the 1934-1935 exhibition season. After a welcome from studio executive Felix E. Feist, the people in each geographic division are introduced, and the chief of each division says a few words.
- DirectorLen JansonChuck MenvilleStarsLen JansonChuck MenvilleDon AlleynA man wearing suit, tie, black-framed glasses, and a hat leaves his house in LA's San Fernando Valley and heads off in his car. Except his car is him, seated on the ground - he moves via stop motion. He's careful and methodical, but when a cigar-chomping hotshot cuts him off, he engages in a bit of passive aggressive driving. One of the drivers get gas, receives a citation from a cop, and deals with a flat tire. The two rival drivers are eventually in quite a race, which ends when one hurls off the road. At the end, a woman in gold slippers pulls alongside and the suit-wearing driver tips his hat to her; she has a surprise for him.
- 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 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.
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsJohn NesbittErnie AlexanderBarbara BedfordThis short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of superstitions in the Flying Dutchman tale.
- 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'HanlonKnox ManningBarbara BillingsleyAverage Joes have struggled throughout the centuries to deal with allergies like hay fever, and Joe McDoakes is no exception.
- DirectorPaul BurnfordStarsSharon McManusMarta LindenDonald CurtisIt's February; Elizabeth is keeping a diary. She and her husband Paul are adopting Tommy, a child of one, and she asks Amber, Tommy's precocious older sister - who's five or six - to come home with them to help Elizabeth with Tommy and to teach her about babies. Five or six months later, Amber insists on going back to the orphanage. What's going on; why won't she stay?
- DirectorCharley ChaseStarsCharley ChaseBetty MackGale HenryCharley unwittingly becomes a house painter.
- 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
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsAlbert AdamsKingsley ColtonBernard DalyA score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue.
- 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.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsCarey WilsonJane BarnesMaureen O'SullivanThis short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutting-room floor. She is even used as a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan on the set of a Tarzan movie when camera angles and lighting must be set up.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDwight WeistWard WilsonBarney OldfieldAssembled from dozens of film clips, with voice-over narration, this short film is a humorous "little history of a very big event, the coming of the automobile." It highlights the first few decades of autos and their impact in the U.S.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyFrank AustinIn order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsJack NorworthDorothy AdelphiAs a husband and wife eat breakfast, they argue about anything and everything.
- DirectorMurray RothStarsEdgar BergenChristina GraverCharlie McCarthyOne evening, a lovely young woman stops to see what's wrong with a news boy who's stretched out on a park bench. A dapper gentleman stops as well. The boy, aged 11, is Charlie McCarthy, and the man proves to be a doctor. The woman, fortuitously, is a nurse who keeps a thermometer in the top of her stocking. Charlie's running a fever, so the pair take him to the doctor's office. After giving the lad an exam and a dose of silver nitrate, Dr. Langdon decides a tonsillectomy may be needed; Charlie dictates his last will and Nurse Morris prepares the anesthesia. While Charlie is under, the doctor and the nurse get better acquainted. Does everything come out okay?
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn NesbittMorris AnkrumBarbara BillingsleyThe cautionary story of a WWII war souvenir pistol, and how it made its way from a battlefield in France to deadly uses in an American home and the underworld.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames W. HorneJilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsJohn NesbittErville AldersonClark GableThis short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7 affects a student accused of theft charges. The second segment shows that a person's doodles can reveal personality traits. The final segment shows why certain items are on men's suits, such as lapels.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsJack LescoulieArthur Q. BryanNancy EvansA man desiring to join the Grouch Club describes the terrible experience of trying to check out a book from a public library.
- DirectorWinsor McCayStarsWinsor McCayAn animated dramatization of the notorious World War I German torpedoing of the ocean liner, Lusitania.
- DirectorWinsor McCayStarsWinsor McCayGeorge McManusRoy L. McCardellThe cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
- DirectorWinsor McCayAfter eating a cheese cake, a hobo falls asleep and dreams of a vaudeville show performed by bugs.
- DirectorWinsor McCayAfter eating rarebit, a woman has a strange dream in which her husband converts their home into a flying machine to escape having to pay the exorbitant interest on the mortgage. It takes them around the world and to the moon.
- DirectorWinsor McCayFragment from an unreleased film that was presumably produced between 1918 and 1921. In it, Gertie the dinosaur encounters the modern era. She has an encounter with a cable car and tells her dinosaur friends about it.
- DirectorWinsor McCayCircus owner Flip entertains with balancing tricks and then tames an exotic beast.
- DirectorWinsor McCayA female centaur (a creature half-human and half-horse) enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union.
- DirectorWinsor McCayStarsPatricia ClarksonMatthew ModineJohn HolderriedWinsor McCay's last animated film, the 1921 classic "The Flying House - Dream of the Rarebit Fiend" follows a woman's dream about escaping foreclosure, taking to the skies with her husband - using their own house as a vehicle.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsPete SmithDixie DanThis Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness race horse, from birth through age three.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsFloyd GibbonsHelen CarewEdith KetchumA middle-aged woman with friends and a sleeping mother upstairs uses her head to protect everyone when she finds out that there is a burglar in her house.
- DirectorHerbert MoultonStarsCecil B. DeMilleRalph JesterAnne BauchensThe making of Cleopatra (1934), showing pre-production, DeMille directing a scene, and the addition of music to the soundtrack.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsJ. Carrol NaishDonald WoodsRosina GalliThree cowboys riding across the desert with gifts for no particular recipient see a distant bright light, and find it comes from the Star Auto Court sign where the owners and guests work together to help a young expectant couple.
- DirectorAndré de la VarreStarsArt GilmoreThe annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena is highlighted in all its color, pomp, and pageantry.
- DirectorMurray RothStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenAfter briefly struggling to find the audience behind the camera, George and Gracie bring their vaudeville act to the big screen. Throughout their exchange, Gracie's goal is to convince George that she's smart, not dizzy.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsAl TrahanRay and SunshineChaz ChaseA vaudeville revue is presented. Ray and Sunshine perform a high spirited acrobatic routine, demonstrating both their strength and flexibility. Chaz Chase then performs a comic routine, demonstrating what one can consume besides traditional foods. Next, The Holman Sisters, sitting back-to-back, perform a fast paced two-piano duet, each often playing both pianos at the same time. Finally, the headline act, Al Trahan, tries to raise the sophistication of the show in his piano-vocal duet with a coloratura. It is questionable if he achieves his goal.
- StarsJohn B. KennedyThis short, chapter 3 in the "See America First" series, covers the years 1807-1819. It is the age of territorial expansion. The Louisiana Purchase from France means that America now reaches the Pacific. Commerce on the Mississippi River plays an important part in expanding the population into the newly acquired land. The War of 1812 challenges American resolve, and the Florida Purchase of 1819 expands America to the south. As the narrator tells the story, the audience visits various cities, battlefields, buildings, and monuments associated with the featured personalities and events.
- StarsRoy SmeckRoy Smeck, "The Wizard of the String," plays guitar, ukulele, harmonica, and banjo to demonstrate the new Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
- StarsElsie JanisWilliam KernellElsie Janis entertains the troops from the back of a truck. She calls a French soldier up to sing with her, then dances to an American song while everyone sings, and finally shares the stage with an English soldier.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsBorrah MinevitchBorrah Minevitch and His Harmonica RascalsLeo DiamondBorrah Minnevitch and His Rascals play popular songs on their harmonicas.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsLouis PrimaShirley LloydTed Gary"Swing cat" Louis Prima and his jazz quintet play songs and accompany featured singers and dancers.
- StarsPete SmithA comedic short using old silent film footage with added humorous commentary by Pete Smith.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDonald DouglasGloria HoldenBarry NelsonThis MGM short, part of the Crime does not Pay series, focuses on industrial sabotage during wartime. After a valuable shipment of manganese is blown up at a plant, the FBI try to find out how information on the manganese shipment was found out. They get a lead on one of the plotters, Beulah Anderson, who as a waitress in a café gets to pick up all kinds of scuttlebutt from the innocent but loose talking clients. Once they figure out how she is sending the information she gathers, the FBI sets a trap. The moral of the story is: Don't Talk!
- DirectorHerman HoffmanStarsJo Ann SayersRay BolgerJudy GarlandA promo short looks at how electricity generated at Boulder (Hoover) Dam is sent to Hollywood to make films. A brief tour of the M-G-M power plants is followed by behind-the-scenes footage and previews of several upcoming releases.
- 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.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsWilliam T. OrrJan ClaytonJanet ChapmanYoung Gloria's father and mother go out for the evening to see a television broadcast. (Yes, there was television in 1941!) Gloria's grandfather entertains her with stories about his days in vaudeville, and viewers see some of the musical numbers he performed with Gloria's grandmother those many years ago.
- DirectorWalter HartStarsMel BryantSam LeveneWalter CatlettA Young shoeshine boy must earn $6 by the end of the day so he can buy a second-hand bugle, because the next day he is going into the U.S. Army.
- DirectorZion MyersJules WhiteStarsZion MyersJules WhiteThis Dogville short takes place at an outpost in the Dogville Foreign Legion. As the story opens, the soldiers watch a newsreel, which includes the opera singer Galli Cur (a spoof of Amelita Galli-Curci) sing an aria. After the show, they go to the local bar and tell each other the stories behind the reason they joined the legion. All the stories are about how women did them wrong in one way or another. They all agree that they are fed up with women, until a certain visitor shows up.
- DirectorWill WilliamsStarsLori LyonsTony WinhallWalter KrayA young lady drives her red Chevy convertible into Southern California where she has a stopover to enjoy many of the famous landmarks and attractions in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the surrounding area.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonArt GilmoreBrandon BeachWhite-collar worker Joe McDoakes is full of fears and phobias, but his most deeply-rooted psychic disturbance is fear of his boss. He has a dream and sees himself as besting his boss and establishing himself as the boss of his own super-deluxe office.
- StarsJohn NesbittJackie 'Butch' JenkinsAnne O'NealNarrator 'John Nesbitt' visits his old hometown and reminisces about how much simpler things were there when he was growing up. He also says that he wouldn't want to visit that time again, because people tend to remember the good things but not the hardships. There is, however, one thing that the old and new versions of his hometown have in common: faith in the future.
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsDane ClarkJanis PaigeWarren DouglasIn this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business. He claims to be a piano player and his stories are brought to life in the minds of the boys, especially those that involve a pretty girl. When a piano arrives on the island in a shipment, he refuses to play, convincing the doubters that he's been telling them lies all along. They change their tune however when a Hollywood movie star stops on the island.
- Westinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by selecting the ideal design for their refrigerators.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsRobert BenchleyWilliam BaileyMay BeattyJoe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).
- DirectorJack SchollStarsLes Brown and His Band of RenownLes BrownVirginia O'BrienVirginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as Block gives a brief history of how they started. O'Brien also recalls her first movie song.
- DirectorHeinz ScheiderbauerStarsPeter RobertsIn this Screenliner entry, a group of Austrian speleologists explore a newly-discovered cave.
- DirectorGeorge C. StoneyStarsJames DalyA training film showing police officers how to deal with persons who are mentally ill.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJohn NesbittSam AshWalter BaconIn 1893, an odd stranger arrives in a small town and keeps a promise he made to his wife.
- Short social guidance film teaches children that anger is a natural emotion and shows some of the negative reactions to it. It then teaches how to work out anger in positive, active ways without hurting others or making them angry.
- DirectorMurray RothStarsWilliam IrvingColin KennyMary Jo MathewsA young man follows a pretty girl into her office, which turns out to be a musical dentist office. Cute chorus girls attend to the many male customers, and the girl the young man was following is revealed to be the dentist. She gives the young man anesthetic gas, and he dreams the dentist and her troupe of nurses are dancing on the ceiling.
- DirectorDon Roy KingStarsTom HanksMikey DayPeter DinklageSet in a small suburban town on All Hallows' Eve and centers on Pumpkins and his dancing skeleton sidekicks, who show a young boy and his sister the true meaning of Halloween.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsMarjorie BeebeDon CostelloJames C. MortonMargie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any truth to the rumor that college football star Babe Booth is secretly married. To get her story, she goes to the stadium where Booth is playing and gets involved in the game, with unexpected results.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsFranklin PangbornCharles JudelsWilliam TannenAt Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to investigate it. Seems as if there is a second will and changes have been made in who will receive what. Philo is the ace detective, and he brings everyone from the nightclub to see him solve the case.
- 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.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsCharles 'Chic' SaleA candidate for Congress visits Mr. Bowman at his farm to ask for his vote. In reply, Mr. Bowman recites the title poem. It tells the story of his son, Bill, who answered his country's call to war. When Bill went to fight, he was a whole person, but he returned wounded in body, mind, and spirit.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJames CagneyAnn SothernMargaret O'BrienJohn Jones' (James Cagney) 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" (Margaret O'Brien) 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.
- DirectorJack CummingsStarsBenny RubinVernon DentPolly MoranBenny Rubin takes a tour of the "Lame Brain Sanitarium" and meets some of its strange patients.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsRuth EttingDonald CookKitty AlexanderA pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn NesbittNana BryantFred FisherOscar-winning short film has an adult looking back fondly at his childhood when he was taught in a one-room schoolhouse by Miss Turlock, a stern, but caring and respected teacher.
- DirectorTed PeshakStarsJackie GleasonJohn LindsayA teen boy is given advice on what to do, and what not to do, on a date.
- 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.