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1. The Song of Fame (1934)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Cigarette girl Ruth Eaton is an aspiring singer who hopes her cocksure theatrical agent Dave can get her an audition with an impresario who can give her a break.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Ruth Etting, Eddie Bruce, Arthur Donaldson, Minor & Root
Votes: 95
2. Paree, Paree (1934)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
In this musical short, a condensed version of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), a wealthy young American meets the girl of his dreams and makes a bet that they will be engaged without her knowing of his riches.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Bob Hope, Billie Leonard, Rod McLennan
Votes: 267
3. That Goes Double (1933)
20 min | Musical, Short
At the announcement of the winner of a newspaper's contest, singer Russ Columbo finds he has a double. He hires the double to take his place at personal appearances where he would not be ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Russ Columbo, Charlotte Wynters, David Burns, Roy Smeck
Votes: 69
4. 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: 422
5. King for a Day (1934)
TV-G | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Bill Robinson, Ernest Whitman, Dusty Fletcher, Babe Matthews
Votes: 198
6. I'm Much Obliged (1936)
Approved | 22 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
The Morning Daily newspaper's Mr. Inquisitive column - which has the tagline "I'm Much Obliged" - is holding a contest: tell Mr. Inquisitive what you would like to do, and those stories ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: George Dobbs, Ian Maclaren, Vera Van, Lester Cole & His Texas Rangers
Votes: 156
7. At the Stroke of Twelve (1941)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Drama
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Risdon, Knox Manning, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 68
8. Good Morning, Eve! (1934)
Approved | 19 min | Musical, Comedy, Short
In this short musical comedy, Adam and Eve go on an adventure through time that leads them from the Garden of Eden, to the Roman Empire, King Arthur's court, and a beach resort in modern-day Florida.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Leon Errol, June MacCloy, Vernon Dent, Maxine Doyle
Votes: 286
9. Show Kids (1935)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Musical
It's the Depression, and the vaudeville Palace Theater is unable to stay afloat. The proprietor, Mr. Jenkins, begrudgingly lets his 12-year-old son stage a kiddie show that draws in the crowds.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Tad Alexander, Arthur Aylesworth, Florence Fair, The Meglin Kiddies
Votes: 114
10. Movie-Mania (1937)
TV-G | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Dave Apollon is a one-man production staff, who puts on a stage show as writer, director, producer, bandleader, art director, and other jobs.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Dave Apollon, Tommy Rafferty, Clark & Halliday, Yvonne Moray
Votes: 109
11. What, No Men? (1935)
Approved | 21 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
A bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: El Brendel, Wini Shaw, Phil Regan, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 75
12. Double or Nothing (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
An actor's double looses a tooth when he is punched during filming. While under anesthesia at the dentist's office, he dreams that he is in movies with several contemporary stars.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Lee Dixon, The Hollywood Doubles, Ed Smalle's Octet, John Elliott
Votes: 142
13. Artistic Temper (1932)
18 min | Short, Musical
Ruth Etting shows how she make a perfect three minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Ruth Etting, Wilfred Lytell, Lucille Sears, Johnny Dale
Votes: 125
14. Service with a Smile (1934)
Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Leon Errol, Maxine Doyle, Herbert Evans, Marie Wells
Votes: 135
15. The Rear Gunner (1943)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Drama, War
A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark
Votes: 303
16. The Black Network (1936)
20 min | Musical, Short
Brutus Johnson, owner of the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Company, sponsors the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Variety Program on the Black Network Broadcasting Co. Mezzanine Johnson, Brutus' ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Nina Mae McKinney, The Nicholas Brothers, The Washboard Serenaders, Emmett 'Babe' Wallace
Votes: 179
17. Tip Tap Toe (1932)
19 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
Hal and Mitzi have known each other since they were babies. Tap dancer Hal now works as a window dresser in Blake's Department Store, owned by Mitzi's dad. Mr. Blake hates jazz music and ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair, Helen Goodhue, Frank McNellis
Votes: 26
18. The Film Follies (1935)
22 min | Short, Musical
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Ray Perkins, Benay Venuta, Martha Mears, Jerry Cooper
19. Give Me Liberty (1936)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: John Litel, Nedda Harrigan, Carlyle Moore Jr., Robert Warwick
Votes: 263
20. Seasoned Greetings (1933)
20 min | Musical, Short
The owner of an unsuccessful greeting-card store attempts to sell 'talking' greeting cards in the form of records.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Lita Grey, Sammy Davis Jr., Carleton Macy, George Haggerty
Votes: 272
21. Masks and Memories (1934)
32 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Julie and Bob take a break from their Mardi Gras revels to visit Bob's home, where he lives with his sister and their reclusive Uncle Andy. Andy mistakes Julie for his sweetheart of years ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Lillian Roth, Weldon Heyburn, Queenie Smith, George Houston
Votes: 171
22. The Song of a Nation (1936)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Biography, Drama
This historical featurette dramatizes the events that led to Francis Scott Key writing the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Donald Woods, Claire Dodd, Joseph Crehan, Addison Richards
Votes: 115
23. Nothing Ever Happens (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Despite a dying man's efforts to enjoy his final days, a jewel thief trying to comfort a great dancer, and a big business deal in progress, there are still those who say that 'nothing ever happens here.'
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Jack Lionel Bohn, Clarence Rock, Jane Gale, Curtis Karpe
Votes: 224
24. Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935)
22 min | Musical, Short
Musical performances set in a rooftop nightclub in Manhattan.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Gil Lamb, Deane Janis, Bob Burns, Beverly Phalon
Votes: 125
25. A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Drama, Family
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
Director: Bobby Connolly | Stars: Sybil Jason, Marcia Ralston, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Joseph Crehan
Votes: 411
26. Soft Drinks and Sweet Music (1934)
Approved | 22 min | Musical, Short
In this "Broadway Brevity," a soda jerk/songwriter dreams (literally) of performing his songs on Broadway.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Georgie Price, Sylvia Froos, Billie Leonard, George Watts
Votes: 138
27. Paul Revere, Jr. (1933)
21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
After a birthday drink, Paul Revere Watson steals a policeman's horse and dreams of himself in Colonial times as the original Revere.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Gus Shy, Janet Reade, Bert Frohman, Bobby Watson
Votes: 30
28. Calling All Girls (1942)
Approved | 19 min | Musical, Short
This Warner Bros. short film shows the process that studios use to select women for the chorus line in movie musicals. It then presents a few clips of chorus lines in Busby Berkeley production numbers from 1930s Warner Bros. musicals.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Owen Crump, James Cagney, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 134
29. A Modern Cinderella (1932)
17 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at the last minute. The snobbish customer doesn't like the design at first, but agrees to let ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Ruth Etting, Adrian Rosley, Barbara Child, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 182
30. Come to Dinner (1934)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy
MGM's all-star feature Dinner at Eight (1933) is parodied in this comic short, in which a cast of unidentified look-alike actors impersonate Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow et al.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Ninon Bunyea, Flavia Arcaro, Herschel Mayall, Margot Stevenson
Votes: 181
31. A Small Town Idol (1921)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villain to keep him away from pretty young ... See full summary »
Directors: Erle C. Kenton, Mack Sennett | Stars: Ben Turpin, James Finlayson, Phyllis Haver, Bert Roach
Votes: 80
32. A Regular Trouper (1932)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Musical
A singer in a traveling troupe must cope with her fiancé, the show's owner/manager, transferring his affections to her pretty, younger sister who recently ran away from home to join the troupe.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Ruth Etting, Eddie Lang, Edward Leiter, Wanda Perry
Votes: 86
33. No Contest! (1934)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Ruth Etting is the star attraction on the Albertson Travel Agency radio show. When her producers learn that her recordings are on another program at the same time, they devise a contest, ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Ruth Etting, Charles Lawrence, Elmer Brown, Bert Matthews
Votes: 100
34. Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939)
21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
The government has set up a special agency to stamp out what it considers the number one public menace: the jitterbug. They aren't after the many followers, but the primary perpetrator of ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Hal Le Roy, Betty Hutton, Chaz Chase, Tom Emerson
Votes: 108
35. Main Street Follies (1935)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A New york producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Hal Le Roy, Mary Joan Martin, Arthur Petley Troupe, Burley & Recco
Votes: 118
36. The Knight Is Young (1938)
Approved | 18 min | Musical, Romance, Short
Hal and June meet through her apartment window, she stuck inside since she can't leave because she fears being locked out if she does by the landlord due to back rent owed, and he a sign ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Hal Le Roy, June Allyson, Earlyne Schools, Norman McKay
Votes: 134
37. One for the Book (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
On a desktop with many books, familiar characters in literature (such as Captain Kidd, Huckleberry Finn, Robinson Crusoe, and Rip Van Winkle) come out of their books after dark. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Betty Hutton, Hal Sherman, Miriam Grahame, Beaus & Belles
Votes: 143
38. The Love Department (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Columnist Beatrice Blair dispenses love advice to her readers, but can't seem to find her own Mr. Right. Reporter Jimmy Jackson has pursued her but with no results. Blair takes her ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Bernice Claire, Milt Douglas, Billie Leonard, Lou Duthers
Votes: 87
39. Minstrel Days (1941)
19 min | Musical, Short
This Vitaphone musical featurette features a minstrel show, with traditional interlocutor and Mr. Bones, doing many old time songs (mostly Stephen Foster) with Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor in... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Connolly | Stars: Bud Jamison, Al Herman, Billy Elliott, Willie Best
Votes: 15
40. King of the Islands (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Romance, Musical
A shipwrecked sailor, originally from New York, is washed up on the shores of the tropical island of Wally-Wally. The natives of island welcome him with open arms. He immediately falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Wini Shaw, Warren Hymer, Edward McWade, George Beranger
Votes: 102
41. A Small Town Idol (1939)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a publicity still that Sam sent away for against ... See full summary »
Stars: Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Ramon Novarro, Marie Prevost
Votes: 68
42. Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A "Broadway Brevity" short from Vitaphone shot in Technicolor that spoofs the Hollywood studio set-up. When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Connolly | Stars: Evelyn Thawl, Jeffrey Lynn, Armida, Fritz Feld
Votes: 283
43. The Flame Song (1934)
22 min | Musical, Short, Romance
In the kingdom of Florestan, a weak Prince Henry is ousted from power by his calculating cousin, Prince Basil. While exiled in Paris, Henry learns that the people are suffering under the ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Bernice Claire, J. Harold Murray, Greek Evans, Detmar Poppen
Votes: 95
44. The Lady in Black (1935)
22 min | Short
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Olga Albani, Oliver Wakefield, Morton Bowe, Albert Dekker
45. Three Cheers for the Girls (1943)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Music
This film showcases six production numbers from various Warner Brothers musicals.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Lynn Baggett, Lois January, Dolores Moran, Flower Parry
Votes: 157
46. The Romance of Robert Burns (1937)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Musical, Drama
Scottish Poet Robert Burns tries to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man.
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Owen King, Linda Perry, Marcia Ralston, May Beatty
Votes: 113
47. Changing of the Guard (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Musical
On New Year's Eve, a girl is told a story by her grandfather about his days in a military regiment; then, the girl dreams she's at the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Director: Bobby Connolly | Stars: Sybil Jason, Halliwell Hobbes, Sidney Bracey, Kirby Grant
Votes: 67
48. The Gem of the Ocean (1934)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
In this musical short, the leading lady is a French woman who finds mystery and romance on a luxury liner. There is much music with a chorus of beautiful girls dancing in lush art deco settings.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Jeanne Aubert, Eton Boys, Richard Barstow, Edith Barstow
Votes: 114
49. Maid for a Day (1936)
21 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
A fading Broadway entertainer takes a job as a domestic to get background for a part in a new musical.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes, Don Lee & Louise, Marvin Jensen
Votes: 96
50. Seeing Red (1939)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short
When he is fired from his job, Red puts a hex on his boss. That evening, the boss goes to a nightclub and discovers that the hex worked.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Red Skelton, A. Robins, The Merry Macs, Harris & Shore
Votes: 147