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- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyJune AllysonToni LaneJune Daily, daughter of stockbroker J. C. Daily, is engaged to father's assistant Richard Burton, but is enamored of tap-dancing elevator operator Hal Smith. J.C. has a hot tip on stock for the Upsadaisy Elevator Company. When Richard goes out of town, June invites Hal to dinner with J.C. J.C. is no snob, and seizes the opportunity to ask an "expert" about Upsadaisy Elevators. Hal gives them a ringing endorsement, and J.C. buys all the stock he can get. When Richard learns this, he breaks his engagement to June, thinking J.C. has gone broke. But the stock flourishes, and J.C. introduces Hal as his new partner and future son-in-law. Lots of songs and dance in 21 minutes.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonArt GilmoreKit GuardJoe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
- DirectorPaul LeniAn "extra" shown in two parts at the movie theater, before and after a feature: part one gives the clues to six words in a crossword puzzle, part two gives the answers. In addition to the visual clues, which are clips of a party, an Asian country, a European city, table games, winter, and bullfighting, there are montages of street scenes and spinning objects. A simple cartoon character, Mr. Rebus, walks the audience through the clues, and title cards encourage the participation of the theatergoers.
- DirectorBobby ConnollyStarsSybil JasonLumsden HareCharles AustinYoung Sybil visits her grandfather, a British Colonel stationed at a garrison in India, and she helps negotiate a diplomatic truce between him and the local natives.on The Life of Emile Zola DVD
- DirectorBobby ConnollyStarsWalter CasselAnne NagelCraig ReynoldsA RCMP sergeant must mediate a land rights dispute between an advancing railroad construction gang and French Canadian trappers in the rugged Northwest Territory of Canada.on The Life of Emile Zola DVD
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsPete SmithMargaret BertAndré CheronThis Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsReginald DennyGeorge HamiltonLouis & CelesteThe Brian Sisters are also featured in this short.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsRobert BenchleyA humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
- StarsAddison RichardsRoss AlexanderBinnie BarnesThe making and premiere of Max Reinhardt's stage production adaptation of William Shakespeare's William Shakespeare.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsCarolyn MarshLorettaHarris TwinsA director falls asleep and dreams Shakespearean characters come to life and want Hollywood careers
- StarsWill H. HaysThis was the first in a program of shorts that accompanied the premiere of Don Juan (1926) in which Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, introduces the audience to the Vitaphone sound system.on Don Juan DVD
- DirectorEdwin B. DuParStarsNew York PhilharmonicHenry HadleyThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra performs the Prelude to Tannhaeuser by Richard Wagner.on Don Juan DVD
- StarsMischa ElmanJosef BonimeViolinist Mischa Elman performs a set of two of the most recognizable popular classic violin pieces: "Humoresque" composed by Antonín Dvorák, and "Gavotte" by François-Joseph Gossec. He is accompanied off screen by pianist Josef Bonime, although Bonime's instrument can be seen in the background behind Elman on screen. In one continuous single shot, the stationary camera focuses in squarely on Elman as he performs the two pieces.on Don Juan DVD
- StarsRoy SmeckRoy Smeck, "The Wizard of the String," plays guitar, ukulele, harmonica, and banjo to demonstrate the new Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.on Don Juan DVD
- DirectorEdwin B. DuParStarsMarion TalleyMetropolitan Opera star Marion Talley sings "Caro Nome" from Verdi's opera Rigoletto in a short film made in the Vitaphone process and shown before the feature Don Juan on 6 August 1926 at Warner's Theater in New York City.on Don Juan DVD
- StarsEfrem Zimbalist Sr.Harold BauerEminent musicians Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (violin) and Harold Bauer (piano) perform the title work.on Don Juan DVD
- DirectorEdwin B. DuParStarsGiovanni MartinelliMetropolitan Opera star Giovanni Martinelli sings the aria "Vesti la giubba" from the opera "I Pagliacci".on Don Juan DVD
- StarsAnna CaseThe CansinosMetropolitan Opera ChorusAnna Case sings a song while the Cansino family dances in the background.on Don Juan DVD
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsElissa LandiJoe MorrisonLeon ErrolElissa Landi and Charley Chase host a Chinese-themed tea party near the Southern California seashore complete with musical entertainment, a fashion show, and attended by Hollywood celebrities.on The Good Earth DVD
- DirectorCharles GiblynStarsMurdock MacQuarrieLon ChaneySeymour HastingsA company detective goes undercover to expose a gang that uses inside information to rob gold shipments.on The Penalty (1920) DVD
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsJohn NesbittHarry CordingLotte Palfi AndorThe story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.on The Picture of Dorian Gray DVD
- 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!on Random Harvest DVD
- DirectorHerbert PolesieStarsPete SmithR.E. 'Dick' HanleyCharles HorvathA look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.on Random Harvest DVD
- DirectorDouglas ShearerStarsClark GableHedy LamarrSpencer TracyMGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer takes us for a behind the scenes look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created. Uses Bitter Sweet (1940) (a Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy picture) and Comrade X (1940) to illustrate the techniques. Parts of this short are in Technicolor, including a stunning screen test of Greer Garson for Blossoms in the Dust (1941). The conclusion is a montage of trailers for coming MGM pictures featuring almost the entire MGM constellation of stars.on The Shop Around the Corner DVD