Felix E. Feist

A pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.

Un millonario muere en un accidente de aviación cerca de la casa del profesor Patrick Cory, un científico que realiza experimentos sobre el cerebro. Cory decide extraer el cerebro del cadáver y mantenerlo vivo de manera artificial. Sin embargo, el cerebro se va adueñando progresivamente de la voluntad del científico cuando intenta comunicarse con él telepáticamente.

Un millonario muere en un accidente de aviación cerca de la casa del profesor Patrick Cory, un científico que realiza experimentos sobre el cerebro. Cory decide extraer el cerebro del cadáver y mantenerlo vivo de manera artificial. Sin embargo, el cerebro se va adueñando progresivamente de la voluntad del científico cuando intenta comunicarse con él telepáticamente.

Inicialmente bajo la identidad de un profesor, un oficial del ejército investiga un brote secesionsita detectado en la California de 1850, a cuyos miembros combatirá para preservar la unión y evitar que el sur de California se convierta en un estado esclavista. (FILMAFFINITY)

In pre-Revolutionary America, the efforts of a Colonial officer trying to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac and British and American settlers are threatened by the commander of a Hessian mercenary unit who embarks on a campaign of extermination against the Indians.

Hassan, el Kadi de Bagdad, tiene en su harem doce bellas mujeres, pero concentra su atención en Zohara. La recién llegada Kyra les induce a la rebelión mediante el inaudito hecho de quejarse al Califa por el gran número de mujeres existentes en el harem. Hassan sufre un fuerte impacto cuando su nieto, Ezar, afirma que las mujeres son iguales a los hombres. Hacen una apuesta en la que Hassan deberá sentar la cabeza en un harem convencional, a menos que Zohara pueda superar a Hassan en los próximos diez días.

Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) es la jefa de una banda de atracadores que, tras dar un golpe en un casino, se interna en una clínica para recibir tratamiento: sus ojos están dañados gravemente. Las cosas se complican con esta operación pues ella va enamorándose paulatinamente del doctor que la atiende; su amante, el tipo duro de la banda se pone cada vez más violento y celoso mientras el FBI estrecha su cerco sobre la mujer peligrosa.

California, año 1900. Jim Fallon, un hombre sin escrúpulos que trabaja en una explotación forestal, y su amigo Yukon Baurns llegan a la tierra de las grandes secuoyas. El propósito de Fallon es estafar a los empobrecidos granjeros que acaban de enterarse de que las reclamaciones que han hecho de sus tierras carecen de validez.

Después de purgar 18 años en prisión por asesinar a su padre, Bill Clark (Steve Cochran) sale en libertad para toparse con un mundo externo aún más desorbitado que su habitual entorno carcelario. Primero es defraudado por un reportero, que se le acerca no para ayudarlo sino para escribir un artículo por haber sido, a los 13 años, el asesino más joven del Estado. Más tarde se relaciona con una bailarina (Ruth Roman) que lo lleva a su apartamento, pero al ser sorprendidos por el novio policía de la chica (Hugh Sanders), es golpeado y noqueado por éste. Al despertar, el panorama ha cambiado: la bailarina ha disparado a su novio en defensa propia e intenta hacer creer al protagonista que fue él quien mató al policía. Juntos escapan en un automóvil para cruzar la frontera del Estado. Esta huída será el comienzo de una relación que se irá profundizando entre ambos, legalizándose con un matrimonio y una futura maternidad.

A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.

Ed es un policía de San Francisco que vive un idilio secreto con una mujer casada llamada Lois. Cuando Lois mata a su marido, Ed se ve forzado a ocultar el crimen, de modo que decide hacer creer que el muerto recibió un disparo durante un robo. Pero las cosas no serán tan sencillas.

Joe Riley is a boxing referee whose life-code is the same as the sporting rules of the prizefight ring. Two Golden Glove (a tournament for amateur prizefighters) contestants Nick Martel, a tough, pugnacious kid from Chicago who has had to fight for everything he has in life, and Bob Gilmore, from the other side of life's tracks, are also competing for the affections of Riley's daughter, Patty.

Joe Riley is a boxing referee whose life-code is the same as the sporting rules of the prizefight ring. Two Golden Glove (a tournament for amateur prizefighters) contestants Nick Martel, a tough, pugnacious kid from Chicago who has had to fight for everything he has in life, and Bob Gilmore, from the other side of life's tracks, are also competing for the affections of Riley's daughter, Patty.

Basada en las crónicas escritas por los corresponsales extranjeros destinados en Hungría, a finales de los años 40, y por los propios escritos del cardenal József Mindszenty sobre este período tan trágico de su vida.

A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.

A Thoroughbred makes the long journey from initial training and workout to ultimate triumph as a champion horse.

Un viajante de comercio que regresa de una fiesta, habiendo bebido unas copas, recoge a un autoestopista en la carretera. El joven no sabe que en realidad su pasajero es un delincuente muy peligroso que acaba de cometer un crimen.

Un viajante de comercio que regresa de una fiesta, habiendo bebido unas copas, recoge a un autoestopista en la carretera. El joven no sabe que en realidad su pasajero es un delincuente muy peligroso que acaba de cometer un crimen.

Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.

Angela, una chica de pueblo, recibe una herencia y aprovecha para ir a Nueva York, en teoría para tomar clases de canto, pero en realidad porque está enamorada de un médico de la Marina que vive allí. Jimmy, su amigo de infancia, la seguirá hasta la gran ciudad...

A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.

A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to keep him.

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.

An expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her scowling family, and Abner has no idea how to proceed. The film's narrator has us cut away to the kitchen of chef M.O. Cullen who demonstrates the proper way to carve the bird, spoon out the stuffing, and lay out the platter. Back to Abner, who's missed Cullen's lesson, so he makes a fine mess. Can this marriage survive?

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick shots in the earlier movie and Ned Day, who demonstrates proper form and technique.

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson, who teaches them in the fine art of playing billiards.

This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents.

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

For some unexplained reason, sales of waffle irons have plummeted. Evelyn Foster, president of the Magic Circle Waffle Iron Company, and Richard Wright, president of the Four Square Waffle Iron Company, decide to merge their companies and get married as well. When Richard insists that the new company make square waffle irons rather than round ones, Evelyn calls off the marriage and the company merger. Richard meets a Hindu yogi, who helps him win Evelyn back.

For some unexplained reason, sales of waffle irons have plummeted. Evelyn Foster, president of the Magic Circle Waffle Iron Company, and Richard Wright, president of the Four Square Waffle Iron Company, decide to merge their companies and get married as well. When Richard insists that the new company make square waffle irons rather than round ones, Evelyn calls off the marriage and the company merger. Richard meets a Hindu yogi, who helps him win Evelyn back.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

A magician's daughter falls in love with a reporter for a magazine. When the magazine publishes a story that exposes her father's methods, she dumps the reporter. He now must convince her that he had nothing to do with the magazine's exposé.

A magician's daughter falls in love with a reporter for a magazine. When the magazine publishes a story that exposes her father's methods, she dumps the reporter. He now must convince her that he had nothing to do with the magazine's exposé.

A man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.

This short presents the possibility that a dead person's spirit can intervene in the lives of the living.

This Pete Smith Specialty tells how Glenn Morris trained for and won the 1936 Olympic decathlon event.

This 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.

A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and digesting food. The on-screen narrator begins with teeth, "little sentinels" as he calls them, and the tongue. Then it's on to the stomach: he describes the stomach's workings as if it were an office or a factory. He uses an illustration of the side view of a human torso, with mouth, esophagus, and stomach visible, saying it's a photograph of a man with a visible digestive tract.

A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and digesting food. The on-screen narrator begins with teeth, "little sentinels" as he calls them, and the tongue. Then it's on to the stomach: he describes the stomach's workings as if it were an office or a factory. He uses an illustration of the side view of a human torso, with mouth, esophagus, and stomach visible, saying it's a photograph of a man with a visible digestive tract.

Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials want to cancel these concerts. To stop this from happening, Judy and Edna gather a crowd the following Sunday; and to keep its attention, they themselves perform with the orchestra. Edna sings an aria and Judy sings 'Americana'.

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

A candidate has laryngitis, so his assistant must make a speech in his place. Both the speaker and his audience are soon befuddled.

This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutting room floor. She is even used as a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan on the set of a Tarzan movie when camera angles and lighting must be set up.

At Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to investigate it. Seems as if there is a second will and changes have been made in who will receive what. Philo is the ace detective, and he brings everyone from the nightclub to see him solve the case.

At Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to investigate it. Seems as if there is a second will and changes have been made in who will receive what. Philo is the ace detective, and he brings everyone from the nightclub to see him solve the case.

At Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to investigate it. Seems as if there is a second will and changes have been made in who will receive what. Philo is the ace detective, and he brings everyone from the nightclub to see him solve the case.

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.

The "Inquiring Cameraman" conducts "man-on-the-street" interviews with Californians prior to the gubernatorial election of November 6, 1934. Voters state their opinions on candidates Upton Sinclair, Frank Merriam, and Raymond L. Haight.

Un eclipse solar provoca una ola gigante que arrasa con Nueva York y con las principales ciudades del mundo.