Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
Himself (archive footage)
Documental que analiza la historia del personaje de Superman a través de sus múltiples adaptaciones en el cine y la televisión.
Self (archive footage)
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
Superman/Clark Kent (archival footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
James Stephen
The pioneering trail to Oregon was littered with constant danger. Yet, the hope of the "promised land" keeps American families westward bound despite overwhelming odds. A calm, clear-thinking pioneer attempts to lead a wagon train through territory occupied by Pawnees and Sioux. Along the way, the hardy settlers face horse thieves, kidnappers, and unpredictable Indian attacks in their push to establish a new life in the rugged West.
Superman / Clark Kent
Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped.
George Courtland
Él (William Holden) es un autor teatral de gran fama, y ella (Ginger Rogers) una veterana estrella de la interpretación, que se encuentra en el momento culminante de su carrera, pero que tiene que hacer frente a la competencia de las jovencitas. Una de ellas, Sally (Pat Crowley), trata por todos los medios de ganarse la simpatía del escritor.
Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
Al soldado Prewitt están a punto de concederle un traslado con el que abandonará Pearl Harbour. Pero el nuevo capitán Holmes le retiene con el pretexto de que es un gran boxeador. Los romances y los abusos están al orden del día en una base despreocupada por la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Sin embargo, el ataque japonés al enclave es inminente.
Sam Haynes
Una telefonista (Anne Baxter) se emborracha y se levanta a la mañana siguiente acusada de haber asesinado a un hombre. Un periodista (Richard Conte) que está enamorado de ella intentará descubrir al verdadero asesino.
Wilson
Un hombre en busca de venganza se infiltra en un rancho, oculto en una región inhóspita, donde su dueña, Altar Keane, da cobijo a los forajidos que huyen de la ley a cambio de un precio.
Lt. Smith
Guerra Civil americana (1861-1865). Después de una grave disputa entre el coronel Kern Shafter y el capitán Edward Garnett, el primero abandona la Caballería y se va al Oeste para alistarse en el Ejército. Diez años más tarde, Shafter es destinado a un cuartel de Dakota, bajo el mando de Garnett, el cual, abusando de su autoridad, le encomienda las misiones más peligrosas, con la esperanza de que no regrese. Cuando ambos se enamoran de la misma mujer, la situación se hará mucho más tensa.
Superman / Clark Kent
Los reporteros Clark Kent y Lois Lane llegan a la pequeña ciudad de Silsby para presenciar la perforación del pozo de petróleo más profundo del mundo. El taladro, sin embargo, ha penetrado en la casa subterránea de una raza de personas pequeñas y peludas que luego salen a la superficie por la noche para mirar a su alrededor. El hecho de que brillen en la oscuridad asusta a la gente de la ciudad, que forma una mafia, dirigida por el vicioso Luke Benson, decidido a matar a las personas extrañas. Solo Superman tiene la oportunidad de prevenir esta tragedia.
Stuart Nagle
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad, a knight of the Round Table, searches for the legendary sword of Excalibur.
Wounded Messenger
Adaptación del famoso relato bíblico del forzudo Sansón y la bella Dalila, ambientado en la Palestina del año 1000 A.C.
Williams
La Sureté Francesa y el detective privado Higgins, están detrás de un asesino que utiliza inocentes jóvenes estadounidenses en un negocio de juegos deshonestos, y que se embarca en un trasatlántico, que también lleva a un inepto monitor de boy-scouts, Freddie Hunter y su tropa de muchachos. Freddie, que ha sido un boy-scout demasiado tiempo, se enamora de la hermosa duquesa Alejandría. Los chicos, que están mejor organizados que Freddie, están determinados a salvarlo de sí mismo. Pero, ¿quién va a salvar a Freddie de ser la próxima víctima del asesino?
Paul Devereaux
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
Thomas Nagle
Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.
Bruce Edwards
Primera de una serie de 16 películas protagonizadas por Johnny Weissmuller, basadas en el cómic “Jungle Jim” (1934) de Alex Raymond y Don Moore. Hilary Parker es una médica científica que está en la búsqueda de una droga poco común para ayudar a combatir la polio. El oportunista Bruce Edwards se une a ella, pero en realidad su intención es encontrar un tesoro escondido en la selva.
Jeff Collins
Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting contest.
Mike Patton
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.
Sam Stoaks
Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with loot from their latest scam, hide out in a small Maine town, near the Canadian border. However - the residents of this small town aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are.
George Reeves (uncredited)
Catherine Brown y Amber La Vonne han ido a Hollywood para hacer carrera en el cine. Visitan el Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, el Brown Derby y otros lugares típicos de de Hollywood antes de estrellarse ante las puertas de los estudios Paramount, donde se ven implicadas en numerosas situaciones cómicas con varios actores y técnicos de los estudios.
Nightclub boss Malone puts off his wedding anniversary trip because an old woman claims to have overheard plans to rob the nightclub. But the old woman, Mrs. Cowdy, has a scheme of her own.
Frank
A group of sailors kid their shipmate Frank about his constant reading, when they would all rather play cards. But each of them has a dream for the future that they consider impossible. Harry wants a better world for his two kids, Shorty and Eddie want to start a trucking company, Joe wants to learn about engines, and another of the gang just wants to know how to write well. When Frank reveals that he's been studying to get his high school diploma and to have a career in the Navy, the others realize that the educational benefits offered by the Armed Forces Institute can help them achieve their dreams.
Lieutenant Thompson
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
Lin Bradley
La diligencia en la que viaja Marie Stevens con su madre y su padrino de boda, es asaltada, y a Marie le roban las joyas que le diera su prometido Richard Adams. Hopalong Cassidy y su par de colaboradores les rescatan de los bandidos, pero ciertos hechos harán que se conviertan en sospechosos de estar aliados con quien cometieron este robo.
Jesse James
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
Tom Smith
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA.
Lt. John Summers
Un grupo de enfermeras del Ejército de los Estados Unidos se dirige a Hawaii en diciembre de 1941. El ataque a Pearl Harbor cambiará su destino y sus vidas. Enviadas a Bataan, Filipinas, las enfermeras estarán bajo el mando de la teniente Janet Davidson, que tendrá que enfrentarse con enfermeras novatas que esperaban una agradable estancia en Hawaii, pero tendrán que convertirse rápidamente en veteranas si quieren salvar las vidas de numerosos heridos y con suministros cada vez más escasos.
Lin Whitlock
Cuando deciden comprar la mitad de un rancho, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) y sus compañeros, California y Johnny, se verán en líos cuando alguien quiere monopolizar el agua y además presiente que, en aquella tierra, hay petróleo de por medio.
Harrison Brooke
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.
Jeff Collins
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Don Enrique Perez
Tres guardianes de Texas, encabezados por Hopalong Cassidy, cabalgan a la vera de un río cuando descubren que un hombre mexicano acaba de ser abaleado. Una mujer les confunde entonces con los asesinos, y apuntándoles con un revólver, consigue llevarlos hasta la guarnición mexicana donde ellos rebelarán su verdadera identidad. Después, habrá alguien interesado en Silver Bullet en convencer a todo el mundo de que realmente son ellos los asesinos.
Steve Jordan
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.
Julio Rigo
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.
Pool player
Una presentación gráfica y franca de los tipos de tratamiento de las enfermedades venéreas.
Juan Arturo O'Hara
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blooper out-takes from Torrid Zone, Four Mothers, The Wagons Roll at Night, The Sea Wolf, No Time for Comedy, The Bride Came C.O.D., and Affectionately Yours, among other Warner Brother productions of 1940 and 1941.
Bob Grayson
FBI agent Bob Grayson works in collaboration with Max, a British agent posing as a fugitive German aviator. Meanwhile, fearless girl reporter Dallas Dayle is assigned by her editor to track down the enemy aviator and get an exclusive story. When she catches up with Grayson and Max, Dallas is under the impression that Grayson is a rival reporter and Max is the genuine fugitive.
Bob Willard
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.
Capt. Pierre Lauren
Después de muchas dificultades, Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) se convierte en la primera figura del toreo. A continuación se casa con Carmen (Darnell), su novia de toda la vida. Pero, cuando todo parecía ir bien, Juan conoce a Sol (Hayworth), una joven, bella y frivola aristócrata con la que mantiene una apasionada relación. A partir de entonces comenzará su declive
Bill Lydig
Un mapa del tesoro en cuatro partes, el fantasma de un pirata ahorcado, un loro parlante y un barco lleno de pistas falsas complican la búsqueda de Charlie de un asesino a bordo de un barco atracado.
Doug Abbott
In this comedic short, a reporter wins a boxer's contract and decides to stage an exhibition fight for a society ladies' Milk Fund benefit bazaar.
Harold
Biff Grimes está desesperadamente enamorada de Virginia, pero su mejor amigo, Hugo, se casa con ella y manipula a Biff para que participe en sus negocios, un tanto nefastos. Hugo parece haber robado los sueños de Biff y Biff tiene que lidiar con la idea de que tener lo que quiere y querer lo que otro tiene pueden ser cosas muy diferentes.
Benson
The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.
Gary Lee
Director Noel Smith's comic 1940 morality tale, about a carpet sweeper manufacturer who sacrifices his family's happiness for his business, stars Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, Jan Clayton, George Reeves, Lee Patrick, John Litel, Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Frank Ferguson, Vera Lewis, Pierre Watkin, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely and Frank Orth.
Michael Stevens
A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.
Distraught Player (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Dan Williams
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexpectedly turns up. Comedy.
Eduardo Estaban
An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs.
George Halliday
A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot.
Excited Reporter
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.
Sancho
El ejecutivo de una empresa frutera asentada en una República Bananera, Steve Case, harto de que los revolucionarios hostiguen sus plantaciones, decide contratar a Nick Butler para que restablezca el orden y las ganancias.
Joe McCabe
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Jimmy Coburn
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
El oficial de la Unión Kerry Bradford se escapa de una prisión confederada y corre a interceptar un cargamento de 5 millones de dólares en oro con destino a las arcas confederadas. Un simpatizante de la Confederación y un bandido mejicano, cada uno de ellos con sus propios intereses, se le cruzarán en el camino.
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.
Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
Un chico de Brooklyn se alista al ejército, en el regimiento "Fighting 69th", para luchar contra los alemanes en la I Guerra Mundial. Su actitud de prepotencia e insubordinación en los entrenamientos le pone en contra de todos excepto del padre Francis Duffy, también soldado -y personaje que existión en la vida real-, que intenta ayudarle en todo momento. Ya en la guerra, a la hora de luchar, el joven comprobará que ésta es más horrible de lo que pensaba... (FILMAFFINITY)
Laboratory Man (uncredited)
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
Brent Tarleton
Georgia, 1861. En la elegante mansión sureña de Tara, vive Scarlett O'Hara, la joven más bella, caprichosa y egoísta de la región. Ella suspira por el amor de Ashley, pero él está prometido con su prima, la dulce y bondadosa Melanie. Corren todavía tiempos felices en Tara, pero por poco tiempo, porque la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865) está a punto de estallar. En la última fiesta, celebrada antes del comienzo de las hostilidades entre el norte y el sur, Scarlett conoce al simpático, cínico y apuesto Rhett Butler, un vividor arrogante y aventurero, que sólo piensa en sí mismo y que no tiene ninguna intención de participar en el conflicto. Lo que él desea es hacerse rico y conquistar el corazón de la hermosa Scarlett.
Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
John Sturgis
The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
Warrington's Secretary
Cuando Barry Corvall descubre que su novia es una posible agente enemiga renuncia a la diplomacia secreta para desbaratar un anillo de espionaje que está planificando la destrucción de la capacidad industrial estadounidense. FY
Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner
Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to Laura, who isn't interested in him at all. The climax arises when Pancho's gang raids the town and robs the bank.