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- Lewis Stone urges movie-goers to appreciate those in the US armed forces who will be spending the holidays overseas, away from their families. On behalf of everyone in motion pictures, he wishes them "a very happy, and a free, holiday."
- Judy Garland sings "Silent Night, Holy Night", accompanied by the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers of Long Beach, California.
- Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers.
- A three-minute short made in conjunction with the National Recovery Administration that urges employers to hire the unemployed.
- A short made by MGM to promote its release of A Christmas Carol (1938). Actor Lionel Barrymore traditionally read the 'Charles Dickens (I)' novel in a radio broadcast every Christmas; he didn't do it in 1938 so as not to conflict with the release of MGM's film. Instead, he made this short to discuss the novel--and the upcoming film--with the audience that would normally listen to his broadcast.
- Edward G. Robinson talks to the audience about the history of gangster films and intro dues his latest vehicle.
- This MGM short is a behind the scenes look at the making of Raintree County (1957). Filmed in Danville, Kentucky and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, the film used many of the locals as extras. The film includes scenes of Sherman's march to Atlanta and shows several crews preparing sites for shooting.
- The title performers (four singers and a pianist) perform two popular songs.
- This is a promotional short for the feature film Penelope (1966). Costume designer Edith Head reads from a book on psychology and explains that it all boils down to one thing: a woman simply has to have the right outfit to wear at all times. Star Natalie Wood poses for test shots with several of the ensembles that Miss Head has designed for the film. We then see a clip from the bank-robbing scene in the movie.
- This short film looks at the extensive wardrobe department that clothed the casts of MGM films into the 1960s.
- This promotional film for the feature Quick, Before It Melts (1964) focuses on its smallest performer. In the movie, Milton Fox is a penguin that delivers mail at the Little America base on Antarctica. The penguin that will play Milton Fox was found at an animal farm in Southern California owned by John Moore, who has supplied many wild animals to movie studios over the years. After some training for the role he will play, Milton meets several of his human costars, including Robert Morse and Yvonne Craig.
- A narrator takes us on a tour of the dream house of the future, and its many innovative appliances.
- Jerry removes a tack from Spike's paw. In gratitude, Spike gives Jerry a bell to ring when he's in trouble. Soon, Tom is acting as Jerry's servant. But then the city passes a leash law, and Spike can no longer help. Soon, Tom is taunting Spike (much like Foghorn Leghorn taunts the barnyard dog) and harassing Jerry, who becomes his servant until the leash law is repealed.
- A promotional short for The Cincinnati Kid (1965) showcasing the card handling skills of magician and one-time gambler Jay Ose who was hired as technical adviser to instruct the actors on the techniques used by professional poker players.
- Future top film director Don Siegel duels reigning champion Coleman Clark in a ping-pong match.
- Describes how Elizabeth Hartman was auditioned and chosen for the part of Selina in "A Patch of Blue".
- Writer Neil Simon's movie The Sunshine Boys (1975) has at its core the subject of a comedy team, most specifically a vaudeville comedy team. As such, the Friar's Club is holding a soirée honoring the movie and its creative team of Simon, and stars Walter Matthau, 'George Burns' and Richard Benjamin, with a plethora of comedy veterans providing commentary on the movie, the history of comedy in American entertainment and their favorite comedians of all time. Burns provides his own assessment of who is the best. Although the characters of the Sunshine Boys in the movie are an amalgam of many comedians, Simon acknowledges that it is primarily about and an homage to the vaudeville comedy team of Smith & Dale (Joe Smith & Charles Dale).
- When a look-alike patient visits a psychoanalyst, it soon becomes difficult to determine who is analyzing whom.
- A man tells his harrowing story of one evening at midnight being alerted by a telephone call from his Aunt Tilly in distress at the old deserted Smith mansion. The man drove the two hours to the isolated mansion to find that it was haunted by various creatures after him. As the movie viewers are wearing metroscopic glasses watching it in 3D, the man, as he relives the story, and thus the viewers by association, are bombarded by weapons coming right at them wielded by these various creatures. The question becomes how the man escapes and saves his aunt... if he does indeed.
- After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects move towards the camera, including a ladder being shoved out a window, the slide on a trombone, a woman on a swing, and a thrown baseball.
- A series of short vignettes illustrate the ways that a mother-in-law may irritate her son-in-law.
- Judy Garland sings the title song, a tribute to Will Rogers.
- A series of mishaps happening to a homeowner, while he take a relaxing day off from the office. The trouble is about to begin when he starts to rest at home.
- A zoology professor gives a lecture on the title subject. He tells the audience that there is a newt in a tank of water seen on a table. The tank is filled with what looks like seaweed, and the professor can't seem to get his hands on the animal during the lecture.
- This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father?; How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year?; Why do radiators make that pounding noise?; Why do animals yawn?
- A comedic view of an obstacle-ridden house.
- The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas is parodied as being the Harvard/Yale regatta). The second part parodies silent movies with a film called "Minnie the Pretzel Twister" starring 'Cynthia Goosefeather'.
- We spend the day with Bess, considered by many to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her trainer.
- A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man has when he seeks treatment at the doctor's office.
- Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.
- Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes incorrectly is being rationed as a war measure. Mrs. Doakes knows that tomatoes aren't rationed, but she doesn't correct him, especially after he announces that he will grow enough tomatoes to feed the entire block. As he proceeds with his tomato garden, he, unaware of what it actually takes to grow tomato plants successfully, accepts advice from the many people who are willing to give it. The problem ends up being that much of the advice is conflicting. But at the end of the process, Joe is pleased with the fact of having grown a fruit to maturity - regardless of the actual yield of the garden - until something happens to that fruit.
- This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while riding them.
- Leo Beers, a renowned whistling songster, is sitting at a piano accompanying himself whistling a number of tunes. The tunes range from ballads to novelties to upbeats tunes. He also does recitations and sings as part of some of those numbers, with one figuratively small sound effect coming from offstage.
- Covers various oddities involving baseball, drinks and a humorous sketch involving a husband trying to fix a window.
- The history of feminine makeup.
- The contest winners in question are children who participated in a baby pageant and tournament. They are accompanied by their mothers, the collective group who are staying at the world famous Ambassador Hotel. The main purpose of their trip is to tour the MGM Studio. Beyond eating at the studio commissary, the group visit many movie sets, most specifically that for The Wizard of Oz (1939), where they meet the movie's three male leads Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen and Bert Lahr.
- A short compilation of newsreel clips featuring people performing strange stunts with humorous narration added by Pete Smith.
- Benchley, in this MGM short (production number B-723), in his usual befuddlement state, demonstrates the proper(?) method of sub-letting an apartment; he manages to show all the worst features.
- Jackie wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team, but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM decide to help him out.
- While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.
- This is a Traveltalk visit to Los Angeles in the 1930s. At the time of filming, the population of Los Angeles County was about 2.25 million. In one of the highlights of the film, narrator FitzPatrick visits the Disney cartoon studio and shakes hands with Walt Disney.
- A group of singing porters, waiters, and chefs on a private railcar are rewarded when the billionaire owner gives the railcar he no longer wants to them. They convert the railcar into a diner in Los Angeles and sing to bring in customers.
- Two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure. Along the way, they have run-ins with several other animals, and they make a mess of someone's house.
- Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
- A humorous look round various studios on a film lot. One of the " Pete Smith Specialties", produced and narrated " by a Smith named Pete."