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- DirectorAlbert RayStarsGeorge K. ArthurKarl DaneMarjorie BeebeKarl's so lethargic and sleepy, he dozes off at his club, and nobody notices him for days. To give him some pep, George takes him and their wives camping in the Adirondacks, but Karl still finds places to snooze away while all have a bad time.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleEdgar KennedyLucille WardFatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the house while Edgar's shooting at him.
- DirectorAlbert RayStarsGeorge K. ArthurKarl DaneMarjorie BeebeKarl's so lethargic and sleepy, he dozes off at his club, and nobody notices him for days. To give him some pep, George takes him and their wives camping in the Adirondacks, but Karl still finds places to snooze away while all have a bad time.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleEdgar KennedyLucille WardFatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the house while Edgar's shooting at him.
- DirectorMarcel PerezStarsMarcel PerezNilde BaracchiTom MurrayTweedledum is the victim of a nightmare. The plot deals with the adventures of a club man who has fallen in love with his neighbor's wife, which ends by Tweedledum waking up to find that it was only a dream.
- DirectorArvid E. GillstromStarsOliver HardyBilly WestEthel Marie BurtonWest modifies the story from Chaplin's "Dough and Dynamite", with the emphasis on throwing and covering everyone with bread dough.
- DirectorLouis MyllStarsHarry WatsonDan CrimminsDella ConnorMusty works in an automat where the customers steal food using slugs and reaching through the vending doors. Musty smashes them over the head with a mallet, and dumps the bodies down a chute to what appears to be a sausage processor.
- DirectorRichard SmithStarsNeely EdwardsBert RoachAlice HowellWhen Neely is hypnotized to think he's a monkey, he goes on a freewheeling chase where he climbs things he wouldn't ordinarily and throws lots of things.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsWalter CatlettAl St. JohnDorothy GrangerAs Al and Dorothy start their honeymoon, Al finds to his horror that Catlett is coming along, and takes the wheel of their car, putting Al in the rumble seat. He pushes Al around,until he can't stand it and resorts to violence.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRita FlynnVirginia BrooksJeanne FarrinThree girls apply for maid jobs at a resort but are taken for royalty when a telegram about their dog Queenie is intercepted.Film producers vie to put them under contract but selling a script idea finally saves them when the bill comes due.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter MillerMary PickfordL.M. WellsA very pretty girl is always surrounded by many male admirers, much to the dismay of one very shy fellow, who gets his chance to impress her when two burglars break in.
- DirectorAl BoasbergStarsWalter CatlettVivien OaklandZeffie TilburyWalter goes to his girlfriend's parents to ask their permission to marry her; but the family puts on an act and pretends to be totally loony.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsHall Johnson ChoirMatthew 'Stymie' BeardClinton RosemondMembers of the Hall Johnson Choir play members of a church congregation in the deep South in 1936. THey hold an open-air tent-and-camp meeting in order to raise the funds needed to send the church pastor, played by Clinton Rosemond, to a church conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
- DirectorGilbert P. HamiltonStarsSammy BurnsDot FarleyDorothea ClarkeSammy can't get any attention from his girlfriend Dot because all she can think of is Charlie Chaplin. She sends Chaplin an enticing letter and Sammy a rejection, but the two get mixed up, so Sammy dresses up like Chaplin. unfortunately the decomposing film crashes at that point.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsLloyd HamiltonBud DuncanNorma NicholsHam and Bud fall victims to Norma, but they run afoul of hubby, six foot two and big and broad. Hubby seeks revenge but Ham and Bud are fleet of foot. So a plan is concocted by which Ham is induced to put on the gloves in a finish bout with the Masked Marvel. Ham and Bud believe in preparedness, so they examine the stage beforehand and find a trap door under one of the corners, through which, it is arranged, Bud will slip Ham a glove loaded with a brick. Ham almost quits when the Marvel removes his mask and is disclosed to be the wrathful hubby. But he manages to live through the first round and is all set for the big plan when the Marvel forces him to exchange corners. Bud, unsuspecting, slips the loaded glove on the Marvel's hand. What happens to Ham is too sad to tell, but it makes a funny finish for this one-reel comedy.
- DirectorMichael SchlesingerStarsNick Santa MariaWill RyanAndrew ParksThose merry madcaps of mayhem, Biffle & Shooster, in the movie that sets comedy back 75 years--to when it was, y'know, actually funny. The less-than-legendary vaudeville team made 20 comedy shorts between 1933 and 1938; this was their final one. The boys get jobs in an art gallery on the very day that a priceless painting is delivered. You can pretty much imagine how this will play out. Shot in glorious B&W and 1.33:1, IT'S A FRAME-UP! is an authentic-as-possible recreation of the glory days of Hollywood comedy teams, replete with snappy dialogue, grievous puns, plenty of slapstick and even impressions--plus a plot twist or two. Yes, boys and girls, they CAN make 'em like they used to...and we're just the idiots to do it!
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonAllen 'Farina' HoskinsFarina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes. Joe takes pity and devises a scheme to make money: the gang builds their own oil well.
- DirectorDel LordStarsEugene PalletteWalter CatlettDorothy GrangerA pair of sailors are on shore leave - skirt chasing and raising hell. They're targeted and pursued by a gang looking for a sailor with a winning lottery ticket. Mayhem ensues.
- DirectorJustin HermanStarsEdwin Cooper
- DirectorJustin HermanStarsWard WilsonAn overview of how approaching hurricanes are analyzed by the weather bureau, by sending Navy and Air Force flyers into the heart of the impending storm (in the years before satellites.)
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsSally BlaneRussell HoptonPaul NicholsonThe sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsJames DurkinWilfred LucasLeyland HodgsonTwo hunters discover a dead young woman in a cabin in the woods.One of them being the sheriff, he proceeds to press the wealthy owner for an explanation. At first it looks like his son has killed his unfaithful wife, but the wife's lover and the family butler are acting suspiciously enough to be followed.
- DirectorGeorge CochraneStarsThurston HallCharlotte WyntersFrank ShannonThe story is about a bank president who has been stealing from the bank. One night, as he is working on the books to cover his crimes,a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues it is revealed the visitor is an escaped convict that was a formed employee of the bank who was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series,there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyZasu PittsThe girls, tired of being taken to Coney Island by all the local boys, meet up with two Englishmen who offer to take them on a date--to Coney Island.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLeslie FentonLeon AmesTed BillingsEntry number 11 in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsJ. Carrol NaishKing BaggotWilliam BaileyFrom MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" Series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJanet BeecherClay ClementHoward HickmanThis entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdward EmersonWalter KingsfordAnna Q. NilssonA police detective goes undercover as a criminal to get the goods on a shady lawyer who uses phony witnesses and perjury to get guilty clients acquitted.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLionel RoyceGeorge HoustonJohn WrayRacketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJanet BeecherClay ClementHoward HickmanThis entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdward EmersonWalter KingsfordAnna Q. NilssonA police detective goes undercover as a criminal to get the goods on a shady lawyer who uses phony witnesses and perjury to get guilty clients acquitted.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLionel RoyceGeorge HoustonJohn WrayRacketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsMax FleischerMax tries to scare a fortune teller while she gives Ko-Ko a card reading. Ko-Ko is haunted by evil spirits in the cartoon world and escapes to cause some mischief in Max's house, but faces the fortune teller's curse.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsJohn MiljanBoyd CrawfordRobert MiddlemassA quack doctor convinces people that this "Volta Ray" cures cancer, and the local medical examiners must figure out a way to put his fraudulent practice to an end.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianGeorge J. LewisWhen Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnCustomers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnRoscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. John, then a cop.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnIn a drugstore Al and Roscoe are rivals for Alice. Roscoe slings melons and operates the gas pump. Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice, begins modeling it, is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnRoscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonMyra KeatonJoe KeatonA hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonWarren HymerDorothy DixDumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonLona AndreDewey RobinsonElmer owns a gas station out in the California desert. Soon he has a business rival in Jim, who opens up another station, and is also trying to steal Elmer's girlfriend. She plays both rivals against the other and, because she is a baseball fan, both Elmer and Jim try to show each other up in the big local baseball game.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonJoe BordeauxRoscoe tries to dump his wife so he can enjoy the beach attractions. Buster arrives with Alice, who is taken away from him by Al, who loses her to Roscoe. Bathing beauties and Keystone Kops abound.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnAfter escaping from a marauding group of Indians, a wandering bartender teams up with a saloon owner, only to find themselves up against a ruthless outlaw who is after an unprotected Salvation Army girl. Can they beat him at his own game?
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnAt the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
- DirectorRaymond KaneStarsBuster KeatonEddie LambertMarlyn StuartA professional magician, "The Great Spumoni", fires his male assistant and his female assistant insists that he hire another one. The young man he hires turns out to have no aptitude whatsoever for a magic act. Complications ensue.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonJane JonesDorothea KentElmer Doolittle, a hired hand on a farm, encounters some complications in his romancing and believes he will have to marry the farm-owner aunt of Molly, the pretty girl he loves. Further complications arise when a heavy rainstorm keeps the household up all night as the water breaks through and drenches them in their beds. Comes the day of the "shotgun" wedding and Buster is surprised and delighted when he finds the old aunt is marrying him off to her niece and not to herself.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonVernon DentDorothea KentElmer Doolittle (Buster Keaton), an apprentice seaman doing training at the U. S. Navy's San Diego Training Station, can't seem to keep out of trouble or the brig. Most of his problems derive from the fact that the girlfriend, Dorothy (Dorothea Kent), of Gunners Mate Richard Mack (Vernon Dent)take a liking to Elmer.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothea KentBroderick O'FarrellElmer and his girlfriend run away to elope and spend their trip trying to dodge the police who are on their trail after they mistakenly make their getaway in a police car.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStars'Snub' PollardMarie MosquiniErnest MorrisonSnub is a strolling actor who rescues the kidnapped heroine from the gypsies.
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsDeWolf Hopper Sr.Famous actor DeWolf Hopper (Sr.) recites the poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in an early sound film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsEddie CantorThis experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsDaphne PollardJohnny BurkeSally EilersLove triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems to not consider the "other" girl as an obstacle. Who will make it? And actually who cares when parties, sport games and lots of fun are available?
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsCalvin CoolidgeThe subject of this short film is taxation and tax reform
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsBen BernieOscar LevantThe Ben Bernie and All the Lads band, featuring pianist Oscar Levant, perform songs by Vincent Youmans and George Gershwin in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsLew FieldsJoe WeberVaudeville stars Weber and Fields perform their famous pool hall routine in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
- DirectorJoseph De GrasseStarsCleo MadisonLon ChaneyArthur ShirleyOld Ben Morrison and his daughter, Jen, an unsophisticated girl, live on an island not far from the mainland. Jasper Crane, middle-aged sensualist of the rougher type, bargains with Jen's father, in hopes of marrying and gaining possession of the girl. Morrison is willing, and explains that she is like her mother, who deserted her home and baby for a city man. Jen, hearing of her father's plan, makes her escape by swimming to the mainland, where she seeks protection from Mrs. Hilton and her daughter, Dorothy, members of a camping party. James Hilton, Dorothy's brother, falls in love with Jen. Kent, a refined sensualist of the party, covets the girl, but finds his plans checked at each turn by James. Knowledge of James' affection for Jen reaches his mother's ears, and she informs her daughter that things are going too far and the strange girl must go. Jen overhears the conversation between Mrs. Hilton and her daughter, and realizes that she is not wanted. Kent, noticing the girl's discomfiture, gives her a sum of money for expense and advises her to call at his office in the city, should she ever want for anything. Alice, Jen's mother, served for a time as the plaything of John Newton, the man with whom she ran away, but when he tired of her she drifted into a vulgar blasé set. Jen unable to secure work in the city, writes to Kent for aid. Kent is engaged to marry Dorothy Hilton and plans to celebrate the closing days of bachelorhood on board his palatial yacht. John Newton, who is just returning from an extended European trip, is also to be in the party. Kent and his cronies plan a surprise for Newton. Knowing his former relations with Alice Morison, they plan to have her as one of the party. At the party Alice is discovered by Newton and strange emotions surge in the breasts of the pair. At the height of the party Kent receives Jen's letter asking for aid and he plans to add to the zest of the party by showing them an unsophisticated girl. He accordingly sends for Jen. She arrives, and Alice recognizes her daughter, although she cannot reveal her true identity her child. Back in the offices of Kent and Hilton, who are partners, news comes of a financial crisis, and James Hilton leaves hurriedly to communicate with his partner aboard the yacht. When he finally arrives he is shocked to see Jen, plainly embarrassed, in the midst of the mad riot aboard the yacht. He takes her from the place, and Newton, seeing what Alice is undergoing, suffers a change of heart. He asks her for a chance to atone for the past, and begs her to lead a life worthy her of daughter, he to supply the means. Kent drops out of the party suddenly and hurries to the mainland. On the deck of the yacht alone, James and Jen plight their love anew. Alice, the result of her past sin apparent, sinks down overcome, while Newton endeavors to quiet her tumultuous emotions, realizing his own part in the tragedy so narrowly averted.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyLee De ForestStarsNoble SissleEubie BlakeIn a rare filmed record, the famed songwriters and vaudevillians perform. One of De Forest's earliest experimental sound films.
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsAbbey MitchellFamous African-American singer Abbie Mitchell sings in an early experimental film made in the DeForest Phonofilm process.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsBilly BevanVernon DentDot Farley
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsCharley ChaseEdna MarionAnita GarvinA misunderstanding means that Charley's boss Palette visits with the woman from the flapjack stand being taken for Charley's wife.
- DirectorMack SennettStarsBuster KeatonLona AndreTiny SandfordA man who has sworn off women and a woman who has sworn off men must find their budding relationship threatened by aggressive romantic rivals.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonLona AndreHarold GoodwinA Scoutmaster falls for a beautiful young carhop, but finds that a beefy traffic cop is also courting her--and he doesn't want any competition.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDiana LewisHarold GoodwinElmer Butts is a contestant in a radio amateur hour show hoping to win the first price... by dancing and juggling!
- DirectorRaymond KaneStarsBuster KeatonArthur L. JarrettMarlyn StuartBuster becomes a fireman, but unfortunately not a particularly good one. He has a chance to prove himself, however, when three women are trapped in a burning building.
- DirectorAl ChristieStarsBuster KeatonMarlyn StuartEarle GilbertA chemist's brilliant new concoction makes him a target for gangsters.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnRoscoe's wife wants him committed to the No Hope Sanitarium for a cure from drink. He is greeted by blood spattered, cleaver-wielding Buster and a barely clad female patient. He eats a thermometer and must be rushed into surgery.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnWorking their fingers to the bone to prepare the set for an upcoming performance, the enthusiastic stagehands, Roscoe and Buster, find themselves on stage when the cast quits. However, is will alone enough to earn a big round of applause?
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonMolly MaloneBuster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonMolly MaloneRoscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix chases a mouse onto a ship, gets seasick, and eventually finds himself in Holland. He flirts with a local Dutch girl and angers a local man who hits him in the head with a wooden shoe. He makes a deal with another man for a dish of milk in exchange for watering the man's plants, but Felix accidentally puts gin into the watering can and gets the plants drunk.
- DirectorDel LordStarsCharley ChaseMary RussellJohn T. MurrayTo test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend.Charley must stay overnight, and unexpected complications put him in the wife's bedroom.
- DirectorDel LordStarsCharley ChaseAnn DoranBess FlowersCharley's memory is so poor he forgets who some people are, and must be told things repeatedly. He mistakes the home next door for his, and takes a bath there.The jealous neighbor thinks he's having an affair with his wife.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsThe gang invites rich man J. William McAllister to take a ride in their homemade taxi cab. Later, McAllister takes them all to the local amusement park.
- DirectorLou CarterStarsJohn SinclairDorothy DorrBilly 'Red' JonesA farmer boy, infatuated with a movie queen whose pictures he has thrilled to, arrives in Hollywood to meet her. He is fortunate enough to get a job as extra at the studio where she makes her productions. The experience furnishes him thrills and excitement he had not banked upon and after a rough session with the villain he is glad to get back to his flivver and head her for home.
- StarsGrady Sutton
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
- DirectorHampton Del RuthVictor HeermanStarsLouise FazendaBen TurpinSlim SummervilleChaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her next job in a restaurant kitchen, Louise scrambles up her powder puff and her biscuits. The cook orders her to lighten them up. She blows them up like balloons, but they come out like rubber balls and so she is bounced out of that job. In her next position as housekeeper to a rich family, she throws a party for her friends when the family goes on vacation and they turn the house topsy-turvy.
- DirectorJess RobbinsStarsWanda WileyEarl McCarthyJoe BonnerAn aspiring writer chases after a pair of crooks when her handbag is taken.
- DirectorBradley BarkerStarsReginald MervilleHarry WatsonOlga WoodsA dancer on Broadway and her boyfriend take a trip back home only to find that their fathers are in the middle of an angry feud.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetMiss Prissy, the slow-witted hen, sets out to land a husband - Foghorn Leghorn, and Barnyard Dog is willing to help her by dressing as a rooster to "rival" Foghorn Leghorn's non-existent affections and make him jealous so that he'll marry Prissy without thinking. Foghorn Leghorn falls for the scheme - hook, line, and sinker.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsC. Henry GordonByron ShoresPaul EvertonThis entry in MGM's series of shorts, "Crime Doesn't Pay", features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his political "machine" to fraudulently win re-election for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsMoroni OlsenRichard LaneFrank OrthShows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
- DirectorMan RayStarsKiki of MontparnasseExperimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, a light-striped torso, a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.
- DirectorMan RayStarsKiki of MontparnasseJacques RigautA long series of unrelated images, revolving, often distorted: lights, flowers, nails. A lightboard appears from time to time carrying the news of the day. Then, an eye. A woman in a car drives along country roads. Farm animals. She descends from the car, again and again. Images: dancing legs, seashore, swimming fish, geometric shapes, cut glass. A man removes his starched collar. It rotates. A girl has garishly painted eyes. No, she's only fooling. Those were her eyelids.
- DirectorMan RayStarsKiki of MontparnasseAndré de la RivièreRobert DesnosTwo people stand on a road, out of focus. Seen distorted through a glass, they retire upstairs to a bedroom where she undresses. He says, "Adieu." Images: the beautiful girl, a starfish in a jar, city scenes, newspapers, tugboats. More images: starfish, the girl. "How beautiful she is." Repeatedly. He advances up the stair, knife in hand, starfish on the step. Three people stand on a road, out of focus. "How beautiful she was." "How beautiful she is." "Beautiful."
- DirectorMan RayStarsMan RayJacques-André BoiffardGeorges AuricTwo masked men playing dice in a bar leave, get in a car, and drive to the ruins of a castle on a hill. There. they find a modern chateau filled with contemporary furniture and abstract art. Time to roll the dice.
- DirectorRobert FloreySlavko VorkapichStarsJules RaucourtVoya GeorgeRobert FloreyA wannabe movie star experiences the surreal horrors of dehumanization at the bottom of Hollywood's social ladder as his hopes for success vanish and his identity is reduced to a number.
- DirectorDimitri KirsanoffStarsNadia SibirskaïaYolande BeaulieuGuy BelmontA couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways.
- DirectorMike KucharStarsFloraine ConnorsBob CowanGeorge KucharA desperate, married women meets a mysterious man whom she blatantly desires. Through some twists and turns, things do not go over as well as she seems to wish.
- DirectorDimitri KirsanoffStarsNadia SibirskaïaA woman--a pained expression on her face--burns letters in a stove.
- DirectorJames Sibley WatsonMelville WebberStarsFriedrich HaakHildegarde WatsonDorthea HouseLot in Sodom is a sensual depiction of the Sodom and Gomorrah story filled with sinewy and semi-clad bodies, delirious bacchanales devoted to physical pleasure, and a searing, cataclysmic finale depicting the fall of a city devoted to sins of the flesh. Digitally mastered from excellent 35mm elements. Lot In Sodom has its original experimental soundtrack by Alec Wilder.
- DirectorHans RichterBlack and white rectangular images fade in and out of the screen. Their movement make them sometimes look like they're panning from side to side. Their movement also make the black and white individually change from foreground to background and visa versa.
- DirectorHans RichterStarsWerner GraeffWalter GronostayPaul HindemithHans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDarryl HickmanTommy BakerAllan LaneUnscrupulous car dealers foist faulty and dangerous cars on an unsuspecting public.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsLynne CarverNoel MadisonJohn ArcherMr. Brown and his racketeer buddies, calling their company "Best Selections", come up with a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have. The scheme has two main components: they print and circulate a list of horse racing winners making it look like they've predicted the winners, and they, with a list of bank loan applicants in hand, telephone these people telling them of a sure bet. Seeing after the fact in the racing forms that the sure bet did in fact win the races, these loan applicants, desperate for money, will then go to the Best Selections office to make a subsequent bet through their bookies, who in reality are fakes. Mr. Brown's associates give them a name of a horse certain to lose, and the bet is made with the fake bookie. One of those targeted is Bill Allen, who can't afford the medical bills racking up for his pregnant wife, Mary Allen. Another victim is Charles Adams, a mechanic who just wants to make a little money. Charles' unfortunate situation may be what the police need to capture Brown and his gang.
- 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!