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1. Fool's Mate (1956)
28 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
When an unfaithful wife receives a fur coat from her lover as a gift, they must figure out a way to keep the husband from discovering the coat's true origins.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Virginie Vitry, Anne Doat, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 1,029
2. July Days (1923)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
Mickey tries to impress Mary, the new girl in town.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis
Votes: 113
3. No Noise (1923)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
The gang pays Mickey a visit at the hospital. They switch vaccination orders with another group of kids, but the staff catches on and gives them false diseases to worry about.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis
Votes: 114
4. The Buccaneers (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
While playing pirates, the gang find themselves drifting out to sea on a sea captain's boat. They are then 'captured' by a ship of Navy sailors.
Directors: Mark Goldaine, Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 108
5. Every Man for Himself (1924)
14 min | Family, Comedy, Short
The gang rents a boxing club and owns a shoeshine business, and are short on cash. So they, purposely, spray paints customers' shoes and then cleans them for a price, until they got nabbed by a policeman
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 113
6. High Society (1924)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
Mickey is taken away from his Uncle Pat to live with his wealthy Aunt Kate. Mickey's new life as a rich kid proves to be an unhappy one until Uncle Pat and the gang pay a visit one afternoon.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 124
7. It's a Bear (I) (1924)
20 min | Family, Short, Comedy
Mickey invites the gang to hunt for 'wild animals' on his farm. The fun is interrupted when the kids come across a real bear.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 101
8. The Daredevil (1918)
Drama
When Roberta Carruthers' father, Capt. Carruthers, is killed in France during the war, she comes to live in the US with her uncle. When she finds out that her uncle is under the impression ... See full summary »
Director: Francis J. Grandon | Stars: Gail Kane, Norman Trevor, W.W. Crimans, Roy Applegate
9. Black Oxfords (1924)
Passed | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A misguided youth escapes jail with his pal and discovers that his mother and sister are being threatened with eviction.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Sidney Smith, Vernon Dent, Marceline Day, Anna Dodge
Votes: 124
10. Lizzies of the Field (1924)
Not Rated | 16 min | Comedy, Short
Two rival auto repair shops compete in a no-holds-barred 250-mile road race.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Billy Bevan, Sidney Smith, Jack Lloyd, Barbara Pierce
Votes: 196
11. Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A store clerk is wrongfully arrested for theft and killing the night watchman, who is very much alive. After dangling from a building, he stumbles onto the real burglar.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon, Irene, John J. Richardson
Votes: 111
12. Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Lillian Knight, John J. Richardson
Votes: 214
13. The Red Balloon (1956)
Not Rated | 34 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov
Votes: 20,134
14. The Dare-Devil (1923)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A bumbling, cross-eyed buffoon falls into the role of movie stunt man.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon, John J. Richardson, Kewpie Morgan
Votes: 174
15. Colorful Islands: Madagascar and Seychelles (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Documentary
A Technicolor travelogue of the islands in the Indian Ocean east of Africa.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 85
16. Gang Boy (1954)
27 min | Drama, Short
Two street gangs, one white and one Chicano, are on a course for a major clash until a friendly police officer suggests that they have a sit-down dinner together.
Director: Arthur Swerdloff | Star: Curly Riviera
Votes: 182
17. A Day in the Country (1946)
Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, André Gabriello
Votes: 7,103
18. Black Girl (1966)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene
Votes: 6,024
19. Borom sarret (1963)
20 min | Short, Drama
Boron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working man.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Ly Abdoulay, Albourah
Votes: 1,521
20. Floral Japan (1937)
9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks visit to Japan starts with a look at the country's cherry blossom trees, tulips, and ubiquitous gardens. We then see the proper manner for preparing a woman's hair and wearing a kimono.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 83
21. Dirt Track Racing (1957)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
An RKO Sportscope entry that is about the sport of speedway, a type of motorcycle racing, in post-World War II Vienna.
Director: Heinz Scheiderbauer | Star: Peter Roberts
Votes: 76
22. Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific (1935)
8 min | Documentary, Short, History
A Traveltalk visit to Hawaii's capital city in the 1930s.
Director: Ruth FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 138
23. Rocky Mountain Grandeur (1937)
Passed | 8 min | Documentary, Short
A visit to Rocky Mountain and Grand Teton National Parks and a nearby dude ranch in Colorado.
Director: James H. Smith | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 84
24. Film (1965)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based ... See full summary »
Directors: Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider | Stars: Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
Votes: 2,291
25. Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short, Comedy
In this musical short, a director named Nitvitch, unhappy with the lead actress in his Western, makes an unexpected discovery in the studio cafe where some big stars are being served by a bevy of beautiful singing, dancing waitresses.
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Fritz Feld, Kathryn Kane, John Carroll, Charley Foy
Votes: 387
26. Madeira: 'Isle of Romance' (1938)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
In this Traveltalk series entry, we visit Madeira Island, the largest of the Madeira Islands group in the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the filming takes place in Funchal, the capital of the ... See full summary »
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 73
27. The Capital City: Washington, D.C. (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short, History
A Traveltalk look at the exteriors of Washington, D.C.'s famous buildings and monuments.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 153
28. The Wedding in Monaco (1956)
Approved | 31 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A tribute to the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier of Monaco, with lots of music, ballet, and fireworks.
Director: Jean Masson | Stars: Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Tamara Toumanova, José Ferrer
Votes: 200
29. The Ship That Died (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In this entry from the John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series, the "Mary Celeste" sails from New York on November 7, 1872, with a full crew, including the captain's wife, which was cause ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: John Nesbitt, Leonard Penn, Rhea Mitchell, Harry Allen
Votes: 227
30. The Ocean Waif (1916)
Unrated | 40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An abused woman finds love in the arms of a famous novelist.
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Carlyle Blackwell, Doris Kenyon, Edgar Norton, Fraunie Fraunholz
Votes: 481
31. Cherry Blossom Time in Japan (1936)
Not Rated | 8 min | Documentary, Short
In this Traveltalks entry, the symbolic role of cherry blossoms in Japanese culture is explored as well as the traditional Japanese religions of Shintoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 156
32. Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
This Oscar-winning short documentary follows the exploits of Donald Campbell on Lake Mead, Nevada in his boat Bluebird as he attempts to be the first to successfully set a water speed record in excess of 200 mph.
Director: Konstantin Kalser | Stars: Jay Jackson, Donald Campbell, Leo Villa
Votes: 172
33. Over the Counter (1932)
Passed | 18 min | Musical, Short
The staff at Drake's Department Store is exasperated because Mr. Drake, the store owner and president, has let his adult son Freddy run rampant at the store despite knowing that he is a ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Cummings | Stars: Sidney Toler, Franklin Pangborn, Emerson Treacy, Eleanor Thatcher
Votes: 171
34. The Rounders (1914)
Unrated | 16 min | Comedy, Short
Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together. They try to sleep in a restaurant using tables as beds and are thrown ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Minta Durfee
Votes: 1,800
35. The Knockout (1914)
TV-G | 27 min | Short, Comedy
To show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Chaplin, Dan Albert
Votes: 1,476
36. The Pilgrim (1923)
TV-G | 47 min | Comedy, Western
Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Mai Wells
Votes: 5,686 | Gross: $0.28M
37. A Dog's Life (1918)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling
Votes: 9,673
38. Pay Day (I) (1922)
TV-G | 21 min | Comedy, Short
After a difficult day at work, a bricklayer tries to enjoy his pay day without his wife knowing.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance
Votes: 4,863 | Gross: $0.13M
39. Sunnyside (1919)
34 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Olive Ann Alcorn, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,329
40. The Idle Class (1921)
TV-G | 32 min | Short, Comedy
A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Aber, Joe Anderson
Votes: 4,164
41. Shoulder Arms (1918)
36 min | Short, Comedy, War
Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood
Votes: 7,427
42. A Day's Pleasure (1919)
TV-G | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, C. Allen, Naomi Bailey
Votes: 3,643
43. Mabel's Married Life (1914)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy
Accosted by a masher in the park and unable to motivate husband Charlie into taking action, Mabel gets him a boxing mannequin to sharpen his fighting skills.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Eva Nelson
Votes: 1,408
44. Motoring in Mexico (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalk entry takes viewers along the Pacific International Highway, which starts in Mexico City (not seen) and proceeds west to Acapulco. We see the Spanish colonial architecture ... See full summary »
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 90
45. The King Without a Crown (1937)
10 min | Short, History, Mystery
Explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and were raised by Indians in America.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Scotty Beckett, John Burton, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 149
46. The Live Ghost (1934)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
A 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... See full summary »
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Walter Long
Votes: 1,570
47. A Day in the Death of Donny B. (1969)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama
A heroin junkie goes looking for money for his next fix in Harlem, New York City.
Director: Carl Fick | Star: Donny B.
Votes: 214
48. Men in Fright (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Family, Short, Comedy
The gang goes to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Their plans go quickly awry after Alfalfa switches clothes with a boy avoiding his own surgery, and the gang find themselves patients in the hospital.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 129
49. The Story of Dr. Jenner (1939)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story of the man who invented vaccination.
Director: Henry K. Dunn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Matthew Boulton, Helen Brown, Naomi Childers
Votes: 81
50. A Well-Spent Life (1971)
Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A deeply moving tribute to the Texas songster, Mance Lipscomb, considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time.
Directors: Les Blank, Skip Gerson | Stars: Mance Lipscomb, Elnora Lipscomb, Hattie Franklin, Alfred Franklin
Votes: 542
51. Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Documentary
This Traveltalks entry tells how Seattle grew from a remote village to a metropolis thanks to a convenient port, ship building, airplane manufacturing and lumber, and ends with a look at University of Washington's world-famous rowing crew.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 100
52. Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987)
19 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Documentary on Otis Redding's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Directors: David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn
Votes: 884
53. Jammin' the Blues (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Created under the guidance of jazz impresario and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, this short captures the spontaneity of a jam session and is one of few film records of black jazzers of the day including tenor sax legend Lester Young.
Director: Gjon Mili | Stars: Lester Young, George 'Red' Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris
Votes: 1,005
54. Angel of Mercy (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Story of Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Oscar Apfel, William Bailey, Barbara Bedford
Votes: 111
55. High Dive Kids (1956)
8 min | Short, Sport
In this Sportscope short, children from preschool age through age 14 are shown diving from various heights into a swimming pool. Lissa Bengston, of the Royal Academy of Physical Education ... See full summary »
Stars: Harry Wismer, Lissa Bengston
Votes: 64
56. Sitka and Juneau: 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1940)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Sitka, established just over a century ago, was the capital of what was then called New Russia, but what is now better known as Alaska. Many remnants of Russian culture and rule remain, ... See full summary »
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 50
57. Alluring Alaska (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This entry in the Traveltalks series looks at Alaska. Fairbanks and Skagway are seen, as well as Mount McKinley (now known as Denali).
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 69
58. Holland Sailing (1956)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Sport
This 'Sportscope' entry highlights sailboat races in Holland.
Star: Harry Wismer
Votes: 51
59. Land of Alaska Nellie (1939)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Most not familiar with Alaska see it as being perpetually cold and snow covered, which is not the case the summertime. The Inside Passage to Alaska is the longest protected waterway in the ... See full summary »
Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Nellie Lawing
Votes: 64
60. Wasp (2003)
26 min | Short, Drama
A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Natalie Press, Danny Dyer, Jodie Mitchell, Molly Griffiths
Votes: 5,567
61. Night Life in Chicago (1948)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry offers a sampling of the nighttime entertainment available in Chicago's many restaurants, theaters, nightclubs, and hotel showrooms.
Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Julian & Marjorie, Martin H. Kennelly, Robert R. McCormick
Votes: 137
62. The Railrodder (1965)
Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Short
After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).
Directors: Gerald Potterton, Buster Keaton, John Spotton | Star: Buster Keaton
Votes: 1,732
63. The 'High Sign' (1921)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett
Votes: 3,569
64. The Goat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short
A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair
Votes: 4,951
65. The Boat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Sybil Seely
Votes: 3,641
66. Cops (1922)
Unrated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 6,949
67. My Wife's Relations (1922)
25 min | Short, Comedy
By accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Monte Collins, Wheezer Dell
Votes: 2,427
68. The Electric House (1922)
TV-G | 23 min | Short, Comedy
After being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Louise Keaton
Votes: 3,137
69. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 15,215
70. Beautiful Budapest (1938)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This entry in James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks series looks at Budapest, the capital of Hungary, before World War II.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 150
71. Rural Hungary (1939)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A visit to the rural agricultural areas of Hungary where the people lead very traditional lifestyles.
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 69
72. Alice in Movieland (1940)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick, Clarence Muse
Votes: 418
73. Hitler Lives (1945)
Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short
This 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.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Knox Manning, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 399
74. Java Journey (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
Another installment of James "The Voice of the Globe" Fitzpatrick's "Traveltalks", shot in beautiful Technicolor. The journey starts in Jakarta (Batavia then) and finishes with the residence of the Governor General and its gardens.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 58
75. Historic Maryland (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A travelogue highlighting such Maryland destinations as Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, Annapolis, and Fort McHenry.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 53
76. Cavalcade of San Francisco (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A Technicolor travelogue celebrating San Francisco - past and present
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 277
77. Fortune Seekers (1956)
Approved | 8 min | Short
Celebrating the ingenuity of inventors and some seemingly small inventions now part of daily life including bobby pins, paper clips, bottle caps, zippers and cellophane tape. The patent process and some unsuccessful efforts are also shown.
Director: Larry O'Reilly | Star: Bob Hite
Votes: 79
78. The House Is Black (1963)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
Director: Forugh Farrokhzad | Stars: Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri
Votes: 5,569
79. Cave Explorers (1957)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
In this Screenliner entry, a group of Austrian speleologists explore a newly-discovered cave.
Director: Heinz Scheiderbauer | Star: Peter Roberts
Votes: 88
80. Return to Glennascaul (1952)
23 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
Orson Welles, on break from filming Othello, relates a tale he heard one spooky Irish midnight not so long ago when, driving through the countryside, he picked up a man with car trouble who told of a strange encounter with two hitchhikers.
Director: Hilton Edwards | Stars: Michael Laurence, Shelah Richards, Helena Hughes, John Dunne
Votes: 923
81. The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The life of Jesus Christ in 25 scenes.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 590
82. Mendelssohn's Wedding March (1939)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Drama, Music
Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Stars: Mary Anderson, Vernon Dent, Lou Rademan, Cosmo Sardo
Votes: 113
83. Wandering Here and There (1944)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalk series entry visits various places around the United States. At the first stop, we admire the natural beauty of Crater Lake in Oregon. The next stop is the open pit copper ... See full summary »
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 70
84. Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy
In a hotel lobby, an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog's leash, and falls down. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room. ... See full summary »
Director: Mabel Normand | Stars: Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Alice Davenport
Votes: 2,001
85. Life on the Thames (1950)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry travels along the River Thames in England beginning in London with a look at some of the historic landmarks flanking the river and then heading upstream to the towns of Eton, Henley-on-Thames, and Oxford.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 52
86. Czechoslovakia on Parade (1938)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This entry in James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks series looks at Czechoslovakia, before World War II, including images of bridges, churches, and castles in Prague, with a non-military parade through the city.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 112
87. Monumental Utah (1944)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Travelogue in the MGM TravelTalks series, filmed at Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
Votes: 76
88. Yellowstone Park: 'Nature's Playground' (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry showcases Yellowstone National Park with its waterfalls, grizzly bears, bubbling hot water springs, and geysers.
Director: James H. Smith | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 116
89. Grand Canyon, Pride of Creation (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A Traveltalks entry with briefs looks at the Painted Desert and San Francisco Peaks en route to the Grand Canyon. Once there, views are majestic from the rim-hugging road and up close from muleback while descending to the Colorado River.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 112
90. Natural Wonders of the West (1938)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalk entry looks at some natural wonders of the western United States, including the Grand Canyon and the Devil's Tower. The last stop on the tour, an "unnatural wonder," is the ... See full summary »
Director: James H. Smith | Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Gutzon Borglum
Votes: 109
91. Roaming Through Arizona (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry first stops at some architectural landmarks in Tucson, Phoenix, and Prescott. It then looks at the mining town of Jerome and some natural wonders, before ending in Wickenburg for a visit to a dude ranch and a rodeo.
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 84
92. Yosemite the Magnificent (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry takes the viewer to California's Yosemite National Park and offers glimpses of many of its well-known natural wonders.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 87
93. Zion: Canyon of Colour (1934)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks entry takes a look at the beauty and grandeur of Zion Canyon and other scenic sights, both natural and man-made, in Zion National Park in Utah.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 109
94. Switzerland the Beautiful (1934)
Passed | 8 min | Documentary, Short
Four million ethnic French, German and Italian people live in the European country of Switzerland - the oldest existing republic in the world - which is known for its friendly nature, ... See full summary »
Director: Ruth FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 80
95. Beer and Pretzels (1933)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Ted Healy and the 3 Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted annoys women working there. They then get jobs as waiters at a nightclub. Chaos leads to destruction of the business. At the end, Ted pursues another woman.
Director: Jack Cummings | Stars: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Ted Healy
Votes: 410
96. A Wee Bit of Scotland (1949)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
Traveltalks entry highlighting the history, culture and scenic beauty of Scotland with stops at Perth, Inverness, Loch Ness, Culloden Moor, Glen Coe, and in St Andrews at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club and cemetery at the cathedral ruins.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 117
97. The Wonderful World of Tupperware (1965)
29 min | Short
Short industrial film telling the story of Tupperware food containers, including refining petroleum into plastic raw materials; product design, manufacturing, quality control and packaging; and sales by independent dealers at home parties.
Director: George Yarbrough | Stars: Russ Blair, Anita Bryant, Johnny Desmond, Hamer Wilson
Votes: 203
98. The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
A film comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday who is told that she can ... See full summary »
Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh, Ameneh Passand
Votes: 1,992 | Gross: $0.34M
99. Land of Tradition (1950)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
The "land of tradition" referred to in the title of this Traveltalks series entry is England. The first place we visit is Runnymede, the water meadow in southeast England where King John is... See full summary »
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 58
100. Falling Leaves (1912)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Drama
Trixie believe the only way she can save her older sister from dying of tuberculosis is by preventing the autumn leaves from falling, so one night she steals into the garden in her nightie and fastens fallen leaves to branches with twine.
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Mace Greenleaf, Blanche Cornwall, Marian Swayne, Magda Foy
Votes: 1,653
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