Dan's Housekeeper (uncredited)
A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill. Doc Carter, his lovely daughter Dolores, and preacher Dan Young have their hands full caring for the infirm. When one of the patients dies unexpectedly, Dan notices two puncture wounds on her neck. His investigation leads him to the strange gunslinger Drake Robey, who always seems to be slower on the draw than his opponents, but who—despite being outdrawn, and even shot—always manages to survive these deadly encounters. Dan soon discovers that Drake also has an aversion to crucifixes, sleeps in coffins, and cannot tolerate sunlight...
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
El abogado Thomas Farrell presta sus servicios a Rico Angelo, el gángster más poderoso de Chicago. Un día, se enamora de Vicki Gaye, una bailarina que acude a todas las fiestas de la mafia. Aunque Farrell intenta dejar de trabajar para Rico Angelo, éste se lo impide amenazando a Vicki.
Wardrobe Mistress (Uncredited)
A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Antes de conocer a la aspirante a actriz Cathy Seldon, el ídolo del cine mudo Don Lockwood pensaba que lo tenía todo; fama, fortuna y éxito. Pero, tras conocerla, se da cuenta de que ella es lo que realmente faltaba en su vida. Con el nacimiento del cine sonoro, Don quiere filmar los musicales con Kathy, pero entre ambos se interpone la reina del cine mudo Lina Lamont.
Ellen's Maid (Uncredited)
Fred Astaire y Jane Powell son dos hermanos bailarines que acuden a Londres para actuar en la ceremonia que unirá en matrimonio a la princesa inglesa Elizabeth con Philip. Intentarán, además, encontrar el amor de sus vidas mientras la realeza celebra los fastos de la boda.
Maid (uncredited)
Un niño de cinco años sobrevive a un accidente de avión en el que mueren sus padres adoptivos. Durante su búsqueda llegan tres mujeres, Susan, Phyllis y Ann, cada una de las cuales cree que el niño es suyo, pues dieron a un hijo en adopción cinco años atrás.
Mary
Josh Barkley (Astaire) es un bailarín de claqué que actúa con su mujer Dinah (Rogers) en el club Bouncin' the Blues, pero ella está decidida a abandonar los números musicales para ser actriz de teatro, su verdadera pasión. Esta situación provoca en la pareja tensiones tales que deciden separarse; sin embargo, Josh luchará por recuperar a su mujer. Fred Astaire y Ginger Rogers vuelven a reunirse, después de diez años, por casualidad: en principio la actriz elegida para este papel había sido Judy Garland, pero tuvo que ser sustituida por problemas de salud.
Sorter (uncredited)
Joe Morse trabaja como abogado para Ben Tucker, un hombre que se ha enriquecido gracias a un negocio ilegal de apuestas. Para asegurar y ampliar sus maniobras necesitan dar un golpe que implique la desaparición de todos los pequeños bancos de apuestas clandestinos. Uno de ellos esta dirigido por el hermano de Joe Morse.
Bystander (uncredited)
Por su participación en la construcción de viviendas para las personas de bajos recursos, Frank Enley (Van Heflin) acaba de ser homenajeado por la gente de Santa Lisa, que ve en él a un hombre bueno y comprometido. Pero, de repente, a la vida de Enley llega Joe Parkson, un hombre discapacitado que le busca con un único objetivo: matarle. Un penoso incidente ocurrido durante la II Guerra Mundial, será removido entonces y la vida para Enley y para su esposa Edith (Janet Leigh), entrará en un agudo conflicto.
Mrs. Rogers
A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it is being whisked from one point to another on the campus by a night watchman, who is an ex-convict.
Mrs. Rogers
A Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends to the Captain and Colonel that "Sarge" be given a few weeks rest before hospitalization. Through the Dean of San Juan Junior College, Sarge enters the school on a temporary basis.
Maid (uncredited)
Dos muchachas de Boston deciden trasladarse a Nueva York. Una de ellas trabaja como cantante en el local de un viejo amigo de la familia, mientras que la otra se enamora del hijo de un importante mecenas de la ópera.
Woman on Subway Platform (Uncredited)
La hermosa Joan Kenwood no puede superar la muerte de su marido en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Periodista de profesión, Joan tiene obsesivamente presente la imagen de su difunto esposo en todos los aspectos de su vida. El simpático ex soldado Jim Cameron la persigue con la esperanza, contra toda lógica, de que finalmente olvide a su marido y le preste su atención a él.
Woman Boarder (uncredited)
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
Gossiper (voice)
When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.
Arachnophobic Woman (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.
Diner Who Throws Salt
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of superstitions in the Flying Dutchman tale.
Housekeeper (uncredited)
This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.
Mrs. Geversar (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Miss Huser - Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Un químico de la policía (Van Heflin) utiliza técnicas forenses para resolver asesinatos en una ciudad plagada de corrupción política y bandas criminales.
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Margaret
Kathleen es una niña de 12 años que vive en una casa grande con una niñera, un mayordomo, sirvientas, ninguna madre y un padre que trabaja la mayor parte del tiempo. Ella sueña con una familia con una madre, un padre y ella, y le dice a todos que ella tiene esa familia. Debido a esta historia, ella no puede invitar a ningún amigo, ya que verán que no es cierto.
Delia (uncredited)
The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.
Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.
Mickey's Mom
Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.
Froggy's Mother (uncredited)
Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.
Gossip (uncredited)
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.
Boy's Mother at Carnival (Uncredited)
Maisie es contratada como criada de una familia de ricos excéntricos.
Reception Nurse Miss Deane (uncredited)
La joven irlandesa Nellie se enamora de Jerry, un guapo muchacho, pero sus padres se oponen a la relación. Ambos deciden casarse y mudarse a Nueva York.
Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
Para evitar un matrimonio arreglado con un hombre al que no quiere, Sara Millick huye a Viena con su profesor de música, Carl Linden, a quien ella ama. Carl escribe una opereta y trata de conseguir un productor pero en su camino aparece el Barón Von Tranisch.
Mrs. Carter (Uncredited)
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Nurse Bringing Letter (uncredited)
Cuando se casa, un hombre contraviene la política de su empresa.
Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Nurse (uncredited)
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.
Teacher
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Gertrude's Mother (uncredited)
This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?
Gossiper
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Mary W. Hotchkinson
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Sara - Susan's Nursemaid (uncredited)
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Chalet Guest
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Mrs. Benson - Tommy's Mother (uncredited)
Un médico cura a un gangster y se enamora de su hermana.
Maid
A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.
Nurse #2
En los Alpes, en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), dos estafadores profesionales se conocen durante un espectáculo burlesco. Tras el estallido de la guerra, vuelven a encontrarse en Francia, pero ella va acompañada por un odioso barón, que se dedica al tráfico de armas y que cree que ella es una exiliada rusa.
Miss Waring - a Nurse
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
Nurse at Front Desk (uncredited)
The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.
Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
Mother (uncredited)
American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.
Telephone Operator at Schultz Disturbance (uncredited)
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
Ladies Underwear Customer (uncredited)
A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones) perform two numbers.
Mrs. Sampson (uncredited)
A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.
Nurse (uncredited)
Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine. In 1937, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 10th Academy Awards
Waitress in Crowd at Wedding (uncredited)
Un escritor acepta realizar una obra para una actriz con el objetivo de enamorar a la hermana de ésta.
Rabbit Boy's Mother (uncredited)
A la muerte del propietario de un periódico de Nueva York, hereda el negocio su pariente más próximo, Martha Aldrich, una profesora de Nebraska. Aunque desconoce el negocio, decide intentar tomar las riendas.
Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check was written on Friday afternoon, but cannot be cashed before the following Tuesday. The check is used to pay several debts until...
Woman on street (uncredited)
La labor del periodista Steven Leyton es husmear en las vidas privadas, y a su modo de ver, frívolas y ociosas, de los ricos. Un día, Tony Gateson, una rica heredera hija del financiero Gateson y uno de sus personajes favoritos, decide pagarle con la misma moneda al anunciar su próximo compromiso con el joven. A partir de ese momento, cada detalle de la vida de Leyton será también de interés público.
Nurse (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.
Salvation Army Nurse (uncredited)
La cantante de ópera Mary Blake huye de la miseria y busca cobijo en Blackie Norton, un empresario de San Francisco que le proporciona trabajo. Inevitablemente, surge una estrecha relación entre ambos que es desaprobada por el sacerdote Mullin. Mientras tanto, nos aproximamos a la fatídica fecha del 18 de abril de 1906, cuando un terremoto arrasó la ciudad y provocó más de 3.000 muertos.
Nanny on Street
When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
Nurse at Lottery Drawing
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Nurse
Una estrella del vodevil anima a su hija a convertirse en una estrella del baile. Egoísmo, engaños y chantaje separan a madre e hija, pero al final se reconcilian.
