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437,533 | 306,861 | 25,966 | 10 | Misses Oliver & Burke Spark Forgotten Screwball Comedy | A once affluent Santa Barbara family , hounded by persistent creditors , hope to rejoice ' WE'RE RICH AGAIN ' if they can marry their oldest daughter off to a very wealthy twit . Then a pretty little country cousin shows up to complicate everything . . . This sadly neglected screwball comedy from the 1930's offers mani... |
437,663 | 306,861 | 35,404 | 10 | Mangled Melody | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . Mickey and his pals are all set to make their orchestral debut on the Macaroni SYMPHONY HOUR - not knowing that Goofy has virtually destroyed their instruments . Many younger viewers may not realize that this very funny little film is set during the broadcast of an old-time live rad... |
437,186 | 306,861 | 18,179 | 10 | Chaney's Double Triumph | The terrible trial of MR WU begins with his daughter's first love . Lon Chaney once again gives scope to his prodigious talent , this time portraying a wealthy Mandarin who is compelled to commit the ultimate crime to avenge his family honor . Chaney inhabits the role , making every glance & gesture perfect for his por... |
437,371 | 306,861 | 31,945 | 10 | Blue Ribbon Winner | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . A proud Mickey takes Pluto to the SOCIETY DOG SHOW , where romance , ridicule & high adventure all await . . . This is an excellent little film , made during Disney's Golden Age - the animation , gags , and exciting climax are all first rate . Fifi only appeared in a mere handful of... |
438,205 | 306,861 | 37,868 | 10 | A Pup Tale With Coyote | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . The tremendous battle between sheep dog Pluto & old Bent-Tail the varmint is part of THE LEGEND OF COYOTE ROCK . The animation & story are both fairly routine in this little film . This was the first of four cartoons to feature Bent-Tail as Pluto's desertland nemesis . Walt Disney ( 1901-1... |
437,187 | 306,861 | 24,238 | 10 | Sinning Stanwyck Sizzles | The hard-boiled dames locked up at San Quentin State Penitentiary are some of the LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT . Barbara Stanwyck stars in this very enjoyable pre-Code crime drama which takes a Hollywood look at women's lives behind bars . The acting is strictly of the ham variety , with a few histrionics , some heart-string... |
437,057 | 306,861 | 18,183 | 10 | The End Of An Era For America's Sweetheart | A spunky stock girl in a large department store falls in love with the handsome son of the owner , who is working there incognito . Their ripening romance is threatened , however , by the antics of their two families . Wonderfully warm & witty , MY BEST GIRL was Mary Pickford's last silent film . In it she bids farewel... |
438,007 | 306,861 | 18,451 | 10 | A Silent Classic | Freed from the strictures of the Karlsburg royal palace to attend University , THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG experiences true love for the first time . This wonderful , exuberant , heartbreaking film - one of the last major movies of the Silent Era - is a scintillating example of the artistry of director Ernst L... |
437,278 | 306,861 | 29,659 | 10 | Smooth Skating With Sonja Henie | The skating instructor at a luxury Swiss hotel finds herself on THIN ICE when she is linked romantically with a handsome foreign prince . Sonja Henie was Norway's ice queen when she won Olympic gold medals in 1928 , 1932 & 1936 . Quickly going professional , she began a celebrated movie career at 20th Century Fox in 19... |
437,038 | 306,861 | 29,658 | 10 | Masterly Crime Drama | A hideous crime rocks a Deep South community and those who exploited it know THEY WON'T FORGET the part they played in the shame & violence that ensued . Of all the hard-hitting dramas produced by Warner Brothers Studio in the 1930's , this was one of the most powerful . Absolutely no holds are barred in showing the af... |
437,474 | 306,861 | 29,652 | 10 | Hugh Herbert Sparks Comedy / Drama | An eccentric gentleman helps a pair of young lovers get started in life . The gentle , whimsical humor of Hugh Herbert highlights THAT MAN'S HERE AGAIN , a little tale of romantic difficulties . Always enjoyable to watch , particularly in a big film with seasoned costars with which to interact , here Herbert is not giv... |
438,109 | 306,861 | 40,181 | 10 | Pluto & Dem Dry Bones | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . Pluto discovers that the BONE BANDIT who's been stealing his snacks is a feisty garden gopher . This is another in a lengthy series of rather routine - but enjoyable - cartoons in which Pluto is confronted by a critter much smaller than himself , the difference here being that the gopher i... |
437,351 | 306,861 | 20,919 | 10 | William Haines & Marie Dressler Hilarious in Early Talkie Comedy | 1930 . Silents were dead , talkies were king & it was William Haines golden Hollywood year . His pictures - he starred in 3 - made enough money at the box-office to make him the top male movie star of that year . THE GIRL SAID NO is one of those films . It is very much a typical Haines comedy , with lots of silliness b... |
436,990 | 306,861 | 22,827 | 10 | Beware The Full Moon & What It Brings ! | A creepy laboratory where eccentric doctors engage in bizarre experiments . An intrepid reporter & a beautiful young woman involving themselves in terrible danger . And a fiendish strangler who only strikes during the full moon . . . DOCTOR X does have an absurd plot , but it is undeniably entertaining to watch . Much ... |
438,132 | 306,861 | 38,006 | 10 | Tracking The Culprit | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . Rookie police dog Pluto is on the trail of poor Ronnie , THE PURLOINED PUP , dognapped by the evil Butch . This funny little film features plenty of action as Pluto & Butch chase each other throughout a deserted mansion and an industrial pipe yard . This was only one of a tiny handful of c... |
437,077 | 306,861 | 25,340 | 10 | Miss Blondell & Miss Farrell Are At It Again | Two smart dames must take it on the lam when a jealous hoodlum goes out of control . KANSAS CITY PRINCESS was the sort of ephemeral comic frippery which Warner Brothers Studio produced almost effortlessly during the 1930's . Well made & highly enjoyable , Depression audiences couldn't seem to get enough of these popula... |
437,796 | 306,861 | 22,834 | 10 | A Fine John Gilbert Talkie | Karl , the new chauffeur , is dissatisfied with his situation as a DOWNSTAIRS servant in the Baron's Austrian castle . Completely immoral , he uses sexual blackmail to get what he wants - which is mostly money & power . But when he forces his attentions on Anna the maid , the butler's bride , he sets the stage for a co... |
437,989 | 306,861 | 22,844 | 10 | Hunting Up Trouble | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . Mickey finds THE DUCK HUNT he's taken Pluto on will become a most surprising experience . With a sparse plot and action driven almost completely by the soundtrack , this is an amusing black & white cartoon . Once again , the Disney animators indulge themselves with numerous underwea... |
437,896 | 306,861 | 31,580 | 10 | One More Triumph For Our Shirley | A small child , affectionately known as THE LITTLE PRINCESS , must endure great hardship after her father is killed in the Boer War . Shirley Temple had her last great box-office triumph in this splendid Technicolor adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett childhood classic . No longer a tiny tot - she turned eleven t... |
437,693 | 306,861 | 20,902 | 10 | Buster Keaton's Talkie Debut | A FREE AND EASY , hapless young man escorts Miss Gopher City , Kansas & her unspeakable mother out west to Hollywood , where they hope to make her a big time movie star . Fate , however , in the shape of a handsome movie actor , intervenes . . . With the end of the Silent Era , and Keaton no longer in control of his ow... |
436,995 | 306,861 | 25,335 | 10 | Will Rogers ' Dixie Drama | Will Rogers stars in this backward glance at life in a small town of the deep South at the end of the 19th century , with its pleasures & joys , bigotries & suspicions . Will is the local judge & champion of the social pariahs , not hesitant to stick his neck out to make a point or puncture a pompous ego . His unique b... |
437,886 | 306,861 | 243,928 | 10 | Through The Land Of The Bluegrass | An MGM TRAVELTALK Short Subject . In this film we are treated to a few GLIMPSES OF KENTUCKY . Starting at the Cumberland River , we visit reconstructed Fort Harris , a reminder of the days of the Indian Wars . We are then taken to see the Henry Clay Monument and the grave of Daniel Boone . We also view the log cabin wh... |
438,106 | 306,861 | 40,163 | 10 | Soap & Suds | A Walt Disney GOOFY Cartoon . Dolores the elephant tries every means possible to get away from THE BIG WASH which circus handler Goofy has promised her . This enjoyable little film was the second of three in which the hefty Dolores appeared for Disney . Although eager to please , the pulchritudinous pachyderm would hav... |
437,820 | 306,861 | 38,008 | 10 | Sinister Voyage | Holmes & Watson endure a PURSUIT TO ALGIERS whilst assisting a young king to evade assassins . Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce appeared as Sherlock Holmes & Dr . Watson on screen for the twelfth time in this enjoyable fast moving film . Not the best of the series by any means , it still offers the two wonderful actors add... |
438,230 | 306,861 | 14,142 | 10 | Medieval Menace | Deaf and half-blind , THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME , feared & rejected by the people of Paris , becomes the unlikely protector of a poor gypsy girl . Lon Chaney , master of disguise , solidified his celebrity with his portrayal of Quasimodo , the deformed bell-ringer , who is forever cut off from any semblance of a norm... |
438,108 | 306,861 | 37,958 | 10 | A Duck Tale With Tree Nibblers | A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon . The protection of OLD SEQUOIA , a huge & venerable tree , becomes the primary concern of Forest Ranger Duck . In this humorous little film Donald is confronted by a pair of rapacious beavers , whose completely unintelligible dialogue makes them adequate temporary replacements for Chi... |
438,227 | 306,861 | 20,891 | 10 | From Another Era | A rich young man woos THE FLORODORA GIRL of his dreams - - but is he sincere ? For nearly 20 years , no other actress in America was the recipient of so much effort to make her a big movie star than Marion Davies . As mistress of the powerful media mogul , William Randolph Hearst , Davies appeared in one lavish film pr... |
438,130 | 306,861 | 11,922 | 10 | Puttin ' On The Ritz | A Hal Roach HAROLD LLOYD 3-Reeler . AMONG THOSE PRESENT at a lavish country house weekend is a penniless young hat check attendant impersonating a British aristocrat . Harold has some very funny moments in this highly enjoyable film . Whether regaling the snobs with imaginary fox hunting exploits , attempting to ride t... |
437,736 | 306,861 | 25,290 | 10 | Miss Blondell & Miss Farrell Request The Pleasure Of Your Company | A harried switchboard operator & a ditzy medium get involved with a couple of brash telephone repairmen & a dangerous gang of thieves . . . I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER was the sort of ephemeral comic frippery which the Hollywood studios produced almost without effort during the 1930's . Well made & highly enjoyable , Depressi... |
437,255 | 306,861 | 20,888 | 10 | Quick Glimpse At Depression Era Domestic Life | A VITAPHONE VARIETIES Short Subject . Living only FIVE MINUTES FROM THE STATION , a lowly clerk takes the Big Boss home for dinner . His determined wife sees this as an opportunity to campaign for her husband's promotion . Realistic & sensible , this little 3-character drama deals forthrightly with some of the pressure... |
437,152 | 306,861 | 20,885 | 10 | Mickey Enters The Hot Spot | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . Chief Mickey & Horace Horsecollar are two of THE FIRE FIGHTERS who respond to save Miss Minnie from a blazing conflagration . A fun , rather frantic , little black & white film . Music mavens will recognize " There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight " as the engine speeds to t... |
437,227 | 306,861 | 29,682 | 10 | Ghostly Encounters - - Act One | Cosmo TOPPER has his stuffy , henpecked life turned upside down by the interference of two recently deceased friends . The folks at Hal Roach Studios fashioned this popular supernatural comedy . Intended to be at the opposite extreme from the typical ghost thriller , there are no sudden chills or eerie ectoplasms here ... |
437,313 | 306,861 | 36,348 | 10 | Into The Shadows | SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH while stalking an egomaniacal murderer in an ancient English manor house . Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce return again as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved creations , Sherlock Holmes and Dr . Watson . This time they become involved in an Old Dark House murder mystery , investigating crimes at ... |
437,730 | 306,861 | 18,471 | 10 | Lon Chaney - Semper Fidelis | A tough-as-shoe-leather sergeant patiently molds a rambunctious , rowdy youth into a sturdy Marine . Available again after decades of obscurity , TELL IT TO THE MARINES is a wonderful , rousing paean to America's famous fighting force . Produced with the full cooperation of the Corps , it surges with heartfelt emotion ... |
437,759 | 306,861 | 36,349 | 10 | Holmes ' American Adventure | Searching for an invaluable microfilm , SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON encounters as much danger as ever he did in old London . Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce return as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr . Watson in this unpretentious but enjoyable film . Although not based on any particula... |
438,327 | 306,861 | 175,090 | 10 | Hillbilly Humor | A VITAPHONE Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Short Subject . It's a PURE FEUD carried out between the McCarthys and the Jenkins into which city boy Edgar Appleby inadvertently stumbles . This was one of a series of short films highlighting the remarkable talent of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen . His wisecracking dummy , Ch... |
438,015 | 306,861 | 27,204 | 10 | Aline MacMahon Shines In Murder Mystery Movie | WHILE THE PATIENT SLEPT in the creepy old house , his alert nurse looks for clues that will help catch a killer . . . Fast-moving & fun , this is another example of the comedy crime picture that Warner Brothers was so expert at producing . Casts & plots could be shuffled endlessly , with very predictable results . Whil... |
437,205 | 306,861 | 11,909 | 10 | Tragic Wallace Reid In DeMille Comedy | THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL , which are really only his attempts to help unhappy or wayward women , has left his own marriage in a very precarious predicament . During the 1920's , director Cecil B . DeMille became famous for two types of film - the lavish historical spectacle & the elaborate , somewhat salacious , social co... |
437,473 | 306,861 | 20,876 | 10 | One More Climb Up The Building With Mr . Lloyd | A stock clerk falls FEET FIRST in love with a shoe tycoon's pretty secretary . Silent comedian Harold Lloyd made his second foray into talking films in this very enjoyable slapstick movie . Consisting in large part of a series of often hilarious sight gags , it proves Lloyd's mastery of the new medium . Quickly learnin... |
438,233 | 306,861 | 351,075 | 10 | A Real Howler | An MGM ALL BARKIE Short Subject . The romance that starts at Dogville's Bow-Wow-Inn between a HOT DOG and a lonely wife , ends in the courtroom with a case of murder . This very unusual little film is literally the sort that they just don't make anymore , with its rather solemn canines being dressed-up and jerked about... |
437,389 | 306,861 | 27,215 | 10 | A Little Larceny Goes A Long Way | A proper Englishman & an American crook help THE WIDOW FROM MONTE CARLO retrieve her stolen love letter . Fast-moving & fun , this is another example of the comedy crime picture that Warner Brothers was so expert at producing in the 1930's . Casts & plots could be shuffled endlessly , with very predictable results , an... |
437,672 | 306,861 | 27,212 | 10 | Delightful Disney Whodunit | A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short . A dapper young redbreast trilling his song to his lady love is shot with an arrow . WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ? The judge at the murder trial gets a rather surprising answer . . . A very colorful and amusing cartoon , highlighted by caricatures of a few Hollywood stars : Bing Cr... |
438,036 | 306,861 | 25,301 | 10 | A Film Ahead Of Its Time - For All Time | A black mother worries that her light skinned daughter will have only an IMITATION OF LIFE if she continually tries to pass for white . Let it be stated unequivocally that this is one of the most remarkable films of the 1930's - unique in that it deals squarely with aspects of the racial question decades before it beca... |
438,139 | 306,861 | 36,336 | 10 | Fighting A Never Ending Battle For Truth & Justice | A SUPERMAN Cartoon . A pretty , blonde SECRET AGENT has the paperwork to prove the guilt of an evil group of Nazi saboteurs . On the run , with her life in terrible danger , only Superman can help her now . . . This was another in the series of excellent cartoons initially created by Max Fleischer for Paramount Studio ... |
437,643 | 306,861 | 29,667 | 10 | Foolin ' The Doctor With The Little Rascals | An OUR GANG Comedy Short . Spanky , Buckwheat & Alfalfa are THREE SMART BOYS . If they can get a doctor to agree they've caught an epidemic , the school will have to be closed . So , with bloated bellies & speckled faces they head for the nearest medical man - who happens to be a veterinarian with a wacky sense of humo... |
437,267 | 306,861 | 29,664 | 10 | Mickey & Judy Start Their Long Date | Left insolvent in America by the death of his grandfather , a young English lad learns that THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY . Now it's time for his new buddies , an irrepressible girl & an excitable jockey , to help him make his race horse a winner . This little film , with a horse race plot both contrived & convoluted , is me... |
437,452 | 306,861 | 18,515 | 10 | A Return To The Thrills Of Yesteryear | Like TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS , a couple of American soldiers attempt the daring rescue of a Middle Eastern princess from a loveless betrothal . Producer Howard Hughes became a Hollywood power with the very successful release of this , his third motion picture . Thought lost for decades , this wonderful silent comedy has re... |
437,676 | 306,861 | 42,864 | 10 | No Catnap For Pluto | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . Two mangy alley cats , Milton & Richard , decide to turn the estate Pluto is guarding into a PUSS CAFE . The animation is routine , but the story is humorous & lively in this little film . This was one of only two cartoons Milton the cat would appear in ; Richard disappeared immediately . ... |
438,312 | 306,861 | 194,282 | 10 | On The Green With Mr . Jones | A Warner Bros . Vitaphone Short SubjectBobby Jones , the world's greatest amateur golfer , gives valuable advice on how to improve one's putting skills . This was the first in a series of short films in which Warner Bros . lured this all-American athletic hero in front of the cameras to reveal his playing secrets in an... |
437,382 | 306,861 | 247,692 | 10 | Spanish Rambles | An MGM TRAVELTALK Short Subject . With the assistance of this little film , the viewer will be SEEING SPAIN as it was in the 1950's . The brisk tour takes us to the cities of Granada , Seville , Toledo & Madrid , showing us parks , palaces & cathedrals . Some colorful Spanish dancing is also featured . This is one of a... |
437,742 | 306,861 | 27,188 | 10 | Blondell & Farrell Are At It Again | Two lady process servers will stop at nothing to do their job - but then one falls in love with the man they are stalking . . . WE'RE IN THE MONEY was the sort of ephemeral comic frippery which the studios produced almost effortlessly during the 1930's . Well made & highly enjoyable , Depression audiences couldn't seem... |
438,221 | 306,861 | 45,037 | 10 | A Christmas Caper With Chipmunks | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . PLUTO'S CHRISTMAS TREE arrives in Mickey's living room with Chip ' n ' Dale still living in it . . . This enjoyable little Holiday film matches the frustrated Pup against the cunning Chipmunks , with all the props & paraphernalia of Christmas Eve adding extra interest . Mickey has o... |
437,423 | 306,861 | 25,249 | 10 | Showin ' Up The New Kid With The Little Rascals | An OUR GANG Comedy Short . Although the Gang tries to be friendly with a snooty new rich kid - ' HI-NEIGHBOR ! ' - it's obvious he disdains them all . And when his spiffy fire engine impresses Jane , it's time for the Rascals to build their own competition vehicle . Some good laughs here . The building of the contrapti... |
438,049 | 306,861 | 20,979 | 10 | Aerial Antics With Mr . Laurel & Mr . Hardy | A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy ShortNo matter how Ollie pretends to be the master of his own home , ferocious Mrs . Hardy will put up with no more procrastination from him . She demands he attach the radio antenna to the roof - now ! Things turn HOG WILD when Ollie asks Stan to help him . . . Lots of slapstick in this funny l... |
438,086 | 306,861 | 25,250 | 10 | Rapid-Fire Newsroom Comedy | Forced to write the Heartthrobs column , the former managing editor of a big city paper finds himself exposing a story of murder & political corruption . Fast-moving & fun , HI , NELLIE ! is another example of the comedy crime picture that Warner Brothers was so expert at producing . Casts & plots could be shuffled end... |
437,964 | 306,861 | 27,194 | 10 | Suspense Movie Milestone | A famed British botanist , fearful he is becoming the WEREWOLF OF London , struggles to retain control of a rare Tibetan flower , reputed to be an antidote for lycanthropy . This succinct film , supposedly Hollywood's first to deal with werewolfery , is a tidy little thriller which deserves a wider reputation among tho... |
437,555 | 306,861 | 22,890 | 10 | More Than A Mouthful | A small-town fireman and inventor with a whiz of a pitching arm suddenly finds himself signed to play for the St . Louis Cardinals . Rubber-faced comic Joe E . Brown dominates FIREMAN , SAVE MY CHILD , a very pleasant little film which examines the adventures of a small-town rube as he deals with the machinations of bi... |
437,552 | 306,861 | 36,231 | 10 | AWOL With Private Duck | A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon . It becomes THE OLD ARMY GAME when Donald tries to sneak back onto base without Sergeant Pete catching him . . . Here is another of Donald's wartime cartoons , with lots of laughs and physical comedy . Pete has finally found his perfect niche as a military noncommissioned officer . Th... |
437,729 | 306,861 | 25,254 | 10 | Mr . Wheeler & Mr . Woolsey Invite You To Join Them In A Little Light Entertainment | Two zany scam artists find it's all HIPS , HIPS , HOORAY ! when they meet the curvaceous owner of Maiden America Beauty Products and her lovely female employees . Wheeler & Woolsey ( Bert Wheeler is the short guy with curly hair ; Robert Woolsey is the bespectacled fellow with the cigar ) star in this often hilarious f... |
437,288 | 306,861 | 25,272 | 10 | George Arliss in Another Bio Epic | Five brothers , born & raised in a Jewish ghetto at the end of the 18th Century . Taught by their parents in the ways of international finance & commerce , but above all in living a life of dignity as Jews . Five brothers who grew to establish banks wielding enormous power from the five great European capitals - Frankf... |
437,963 | 306,861 | 29,577 | 10 | Beery & Rooney Propel Shipboard Drama | In 1860 , a mutinous crew forces the captain of a former SLAVE SHIP to return to Africa for another highly profitable human cargo . Sadly neglected , this is a film with some very good elements indeed . Stirring action , a little romance , a dose of humor and a social conscious are among its strengths . Although the op... |
437,001 | 306,861 | 42,849 | 10 | Romantic Rival For The Pup | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . Dinah , PLUTO'S HEART THROB , enjoys flirting with both the Pup & Butch the bully bulldog . While amusing , this little film is scarcely different from several other cartoons also depicting Pluto's romantic difficulties . Perhaps Disney was thinking this as well - this cartoon was nearly t... |
437,024 | 306,861 | 22,899 | 10 | Disney's Very Colorful Tale | A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short . One beautiful Spring morning , the FLOWERS AND TREES awake to rise & shine . Two young trees , swept away by leafy bliss , carry on an arboreal romance which is threatened by the arrival of an evil-hearted old stump . . . This cartoon has a cute little story , but its signif... |
438,197 | 306,861 | 55,393 | 10 | A Tuneful Tale From The Old West | A Walt Disney Cartoon . The fanciful plans of a Yankee sea captain to sail the Kansas prairie in a highly modified Conestoga wagon are related in THE SAGA OF WINDWAGON SMITH . This is an enjoyable little film , which makes good use of the limited animation format . Rex Allen is a fine choice as both narrator and the vo... |
437,138 | 306,861 | 37,945 | 10 | Two Saps At Sea | A Walt Disney DONALD & GOOFY Cartoon . Donald Duck finds himself stranded in a tiny boat with NO SAIL , in shark-infested waters - and doltish Goofy as his companion . This humorous little film garners its laughs from the dichotomy between the two characters ' personalities - the blustery , temperamental Duck and the e... |
437,863 | 306,861 | 25,268 | 10 | Playin ' Rough With The Little Rascals | An OUR GANG Comedy Short . Pampered rich kid Wally is delighted to find Stymie , Spanky & the Gang playing in an alley with their donkey Algebra . Bringing them all back to his home , they engage in rambunctious play . But when Algebra gets into the mansion , everyone is soon involved in playing HONKY-DONKEY to get rid... |
437,902 | 306,861 | 25,270 | 10 | Boisterous Brothers Behave Badly | A Ritz Bros . Short Subject . Hired as the new manager , house detective and bellhop , the Ritz Brothers pull out all the stops in an effort to ensure that no customer ever checks out of the HOTEL ANCHOVY . Fans of Al , David & Jimmy Ritz will particularly enjoy this little film , which abounds in slapstick humor . See... |
437,582 | 306,861 | 42,860 | 10 | On The Prowl With Pluto | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . Primo , Pluto's ' primitive instinct , ' comes alive and instructs the clumsy Pup in the ways of tracking food - including a ferocious bear . . . PRIMITIVE PLUTO is a humorous , but routine , Pup film . Voice Master Paul Frees does the honors for Primo . Walt Disney ( 1901-1966 ) was alway... |
437,873 | 306,861 | 40,101 | 10 | Affectionate Film Debut For Kathleen Freeman | An MGM JOHN NESBITT'S PASSING PARADE Short SubjectOur Swedish hired girl ANNIE WAS A WONDER in those long ago days before the First World War . This Oscar-nominated gem is a tribute to the European women who came to America looking for work - $15 a month , 84 hours a week , 14 hours a day - in the years preceding World... |
437,019 | 306,861 | 27,183 | 10 | Disney Visits The Water Babies | A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short . The WATER BABIES emerge from their flowery beds to spend another day frolicking with the pond creatures or romping in the forest . There's virtually no plot in this little cartoon , but its action / reaction animation is pleasant enough . Aside from the title , there's no co... |
437,752 | 306,861 | 25,226 | 10 | Serious Entertainment From Cagney & Blondell | A young San Francisco woman , who's lived rough , is torn between the Portuguese fisherman she admires & the petty criminal she adores . HE WAS HER MAN is a particularly good example of the sort of crime drama which Warner Bros . did so well in the early 1930's . Intelligent romantic dialogue and gentle humor , in addi... |
437,155 | 306,861 | 11,984 | 10 | Mr . Keaton Sees The Sea | A BUSTER KEATON Silent Short . THE BOAT which Buster's family builds and launches immediately tries to kill them . This funny little film is an unusual one for Buster , in that he's already quite domesticated - with wife & children - when the story commences . The viewer is supposed to read Buster's lips to get the fil... |
437,932 | 306,861 | 22,854 | 10 | Another Sterling Performance From Marie Dressler | Watching after her rich employer's motherless brood , elderly housekeeper EMMA finds love in a very unexpected place . But an accusation of murder is only one of the burdens she'll have to bear on her weary old shoulders before she finds a way to be useful again . At the time she made this film , Marie Dressler was Hol... |
437,207 | 306,861 | 36,268 | 10 | Helping Americans Understand The Nazi Mind Set | A MGM Short Subject . At the end of World War One , a Munich general turned professor begins to develop Germany's PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION for the next global conflict . This fascinating little film will serve as a primer to the Nazi theory of geopolitics , by which they hoped to control all the lands around them & bring a... |
437,322 | 306,861 | 204,824 | 10 | Excellent adaptation of classic . . . | In this , the first live-action version of Orwell's classic , all the elements come together to make a first-rate TV film . The special effects are terrific & it's often hard to tell the real animals apart from the Jim Henson robotic creations . A few liberties with the novel have been taken , but more than enough of t... |
437,769 | 306,861 | 20,945 | 10 | Wheeler & Woolsey Go AWOL For Laughs | Paris - 1918 . Two zany American doughboys are AWOL and on the run from the Army MP's . When one of them falls in love with the youngest daughter of a philandering colonel , lunacy really erupts . If they're not careful , the Boys may find themselves HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE . This was Wheeler & Woolsey's fourth film teami... |
437,276 | 306,861 | 226,795 | 10 | More Safety Sense From Disney | A Walt Disney I'M NO FOOL Cartoon . I'M NO FOOL IN WATER when I follow the rules of only swimming when & where it is safe . This is one of a short series of little films in which Disney helped to inform viewers about basic safety concerns and the foolish ways in which lackadaisical folks can hurt themselves . The inter... |
437,685 | 306,861 | 42,843 | 10 | A Pup Tale With Coyotes | A Walt Disney PLUTO Cartoon . A couple of PESTS OF THE WEST - father & son coyote - attempt to raid the hen-house guarded by the ever vigilant Pluto . The plot has been reworked many times , but the results are enjoyable . This was one of a handful of little films to feature Bent-Tail the coyote and his dimwitted offsp... |
438,198 | 306,861 | 226,794 | 10 | More Safety Tips From Disney | A Walt Disney I'M NO FOOL Cartoon . It's easy to prove that I'M NO FOOL AS A PEDESTRIAN if I pay close attention to Jiminy Cricket's admonitions . This is one of a short series of little television films in which Disney helped to inform viewers about basic safety concerns and the foolish ways in which lackadaisical fol... |
437,447 | 306,861 | 25,223 | 10 | Slow Waltz For Two | A crippled dancer and a brash ice cream man show they HAVE A HEART when they become the answer to the other's romantic dreams . This unfortunately obscure little film starts off as a lively comedy , but quickly takes a turn into very serious drama before finally settling into its final shape as a gentle love story - - ... |
438,250 | 306,861 | 226,796 | 10 | A Safety Lesson From Disney | A Walt Disney I'M NO FOOL Cartoon . I'M NO FOOL WITH A BICYCLE shows in how I maintain my bike and follow the safety rules of the road . This is one of a short series of little films in which Disney helped to inform viewers about basic safety concerns and the foolish ways in which lackadaisical folks can hurt themselve... |
437,756 | 306,861 | 20,950 | 10 | A Sneak Peek At Spencer Tracy | A Warner Brothers VITAPHONE Short Subject . Hit by the Depression , THE HARD GUY has to find any means to get food for his wife and tiny daughter . This very brief film is notable only for its look at a young Spencer Tracy , who manages to make something of even this almost evanescent role . Katherine Alexander plays h... |
436,991 | 306,861 | 20,938 | 10 | A Very Fine George Arliss Performance | A small plane is forced down somewhere near the Himalayas . On board are an English major , his young wife and their doctor friend . The plane lands in the tiny Princedom of Rukh , ostensibly under the British Viceroy , but actually ruled by a curiously deranged old Raja . The three visitors find themselves at the merc... |
437,808 | 306,861 | 18,528 | 10 | Chaney Masterpiece | A circus performer ventures into THE UNKNOWN regions of fate when he allows love to be twisted by hatred . Master actor Lon Chaney and his friend , acclaimed director Tod Browning , took their love of the macabre and fashioned this weirdly entertaining & suspenseful little silent film , made wonderful by Chaney's power... |
437,211 | 306,861 | 42,820 | 10 | One Trick Too Many | A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon . While pruning a large tree , Donald finds himself OUT ON A LIMB after his foolishness finally exasperates Chip ' n ' Dale . This is an amusing cartoon , but there's nothing new in the plot . Clarence Nash provides the Duck with his unique voice ; the Chipmunks are largely unintelligi... |
437,646 | 306,861 | 1,072 | 10 | Early Griffith Holiday Film | A Biograph film . On Christmas Eve , two children set A TRAP FOR SANTA , with somewhat surprising results . . . Film legend D . W . Griffith directed this little film . If it is rather heavy-handed with the pathos - drunken father , desperate mother , hungry children - it is simply an indication that Griffith was learn... |
438,129 | 306,861 | 36,278 | 10 | Pluto Meets His Match | A Walt Disney PLUTO CartoonPRIVATE PLUTO must guard a pillbox against saboteurs - but what he discovers instead are a couple of crafty chipmunks using it to hoard their nuts . This humorous little wartime cartoon is notable chiefly as the film debut of those mischievous wee rodents , Chip ' n ' Dale . ( Their appearanc... |
437,914 | 306,861 | 29,604 | 10 | You're Invited To Eat Lamb Stew With The Girls At The Footlights Club Tonight | New York City . The Footlights Club is a theatrical boarding house where young women wait for the chance to make it big on Broadway . To deal with the disappointment & bitterness that can set in , they engage in wisecracks & gossip . Fiercely loyal to their friends , they can be wickedly spiteful to those that cross th... |
437,247 | 306,861 | 20,932 | 10 | Mr . Mouse Meets Kong's Little Brother | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . It's Mickey to the rescue when an escaped ape causes mayhem in poor Minnie's house . THE GORILLA MYSTERY is a very fine little black & white film , with plenty of chills and suspense . The frightful simian gives new emphasis to the intransitive verb ' slavering . ' Notice the partic... |
437,949 | 306,861 | 22,958 | 10 | Check Into This Establishment | A world-weary prima ballerina , desperate for love . A noble cat thief , desperate for money . A dying clerk , out on a last fling . His industrialist boss , passionate & brutal . A pretty young stenographer , willing to do almost anything to get ahead . A hotel bell captain , anxious to hear about his pregnant wife . ... |
438,071 | 306,861 | 25,184 | 10 | Disney Dallies With Greek Mythology | A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short . Persephone , THE GODDESS OF SPRING , is kidnapped by Hades , the devilish god of the Underworld , leaving the earth in perpetual winter . Will the warmth & joy of Spring ever return ? A vivid , and somewhat bizarre , little film which retells the story from Greek Mythology ,... |
438,220 | 306,861 | 168,071 | 10 | Some Magic Beans For Mr . Mouse | A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon . Three zany farmers - Mickey , Donald & Goofy - attempt to rescue the stolen Singing Harp from a temperamental giant . While it technically does not match the quality of their classic cartoons from the 1930's , MICKEY AND THE BEANSTALK is a most enjoyable two-reeler and provides the ... |
437,909 | 306,861 | 25,185 | 10 | Heading Out Of Town With Mr . Laurel & Mr . Hardy | A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Short . Stan & Ollie are GOING BYE-BYE ! Butch , a notoriously violent criminal has threatened them with great bodily harm for squealing on him . Wanting to get out of town fast , and not aware that Butch has escaped the police , the Boys arrange to travel with a shady lady to share expenses . N... |
437,602 | 306,861 | 44,835 | 10 | Memories Of A Little Stinger | A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon . An elderly bee reminisces about the life he once lead partnered with a certain Duck . . . LET'S STICK TOGETHER marked the seventh & final film appearance by Buzz-Buzz the Bee ( here called Spike ) in a Disney cartoon since 1948 - always as an antagonist to Donald . Like the Bootle Be... |
437,058 | 306,861 | 221,180 | 10 | Satisfying Little Film | An MGM Short Subject . General George Washington asks Betsy Ross in 1776 to design & create THE FLAG to be used by the American forces . MGM does a most commendable job with this little silent film , combining patriotism & romance . Matinee idol Francis X . Bushman has a properly noble bearing as Washington ( his caree... |
437,150 | 306,861 | 27,376 | 10 | A Gypsy Adventure With Mr . Laurel & Mr . Hardy | Two gentle eccentrics raise THE BOHEMIAN GIRL kidnapped by gypsies , unaware of her noble birth . In evaluating this film it is important to understand that it is very different from the result first planned by Hal Roach . The mysterious and scandalous death ( murder ? suicide ? accident ? ) of the leading lady late in... |
438,161 | 306,861 | 44,841 | 10 | Disney Version Of Classic Children's Book | THE LITTLE HOUSE sits on a little hill , way out in the country . Even though filled with a loving family , she can't help but notice the relentless approach of the big city coming ever closer to her . . . This cartoon is a charming adaptation of Virginia Lee Burton's 1942 Caldecott Medal winner . For the few minutes o... |
437,135 | 306,861 | 36,179 | 10 | Mightier Than A Roaring Hurricane | A SUPERMAN Cartoon . ' He who disturbs the eternal peace of King Tush shall perish ! ' This ancient Egyptian curse comes true when THE MUMMY STRIKES , trapping Lois Lane & Clark Kent in a museum with Tush's reanimated giant guards . . . This was another in the series of excellent cartoons initially created by Max Fleis... |
437,022 | 306,861 | 25,200 | 10 | Disney Borrows From Aesop | A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short . Winter is coming , but the GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS have very different ways of preparing for it . While the ants are diligently storing food , the Grasshopper is only dancing around & playing his fiddle . When the snows come , perhaps he'll play a different tune . . . Aesop... |
437,100 | 306,861 | 22,971 | 10 | Mister Tracy & Miss Velez Paint The Town Red | A carnival barker crashes onto Broadway , hoping to keep THE HALF NAKED TRUTH secret that both he and his ? Turkish princess ' are as phony as a three dollar bill . . . RKO Studios produced this highly amusing , but rarely seen , comedy with flair , exuberance , and first-rate performances . Broadway is given a few lig... |
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