(archive footage)
Released as part of a series of WB shorts under the collective title of "Technicolor Specials" (WB production number 2003) this short most likely holds the WB house record for a 20-minute film containing footage from the most different titles in their inventory. It's theme of a singing guided tour of the lot (and some of the footage) is from 1944's "Musical Movieland", the former title holder, and it contains clips from 1939's "Quiet, Please" and "Royal Rodeo"; "Sunday Roundup" from 1936 and 1940's "The Singing Dude." Pieces from "Out Where the Stars Begin" and "Swingtime in the Movies" may also be used, but it's hard to tell since they all tend to run together and show up in a lot of places during the 1940's Warner shorts. Its title of "Movieland Magic" is most apt considering the sleight-of-hand performed by the WB Shorts and Sales departments in once again selling the same film clips for the 3rd, 4th or more times.
Peg Campbell
In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation. Unfortunately, he crashes during a storm and finds himself cared for by a lovely woman. He gets a chance to reclaim his self-esteem when her son suddenly needs the same operation the surgeon botched.
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
Marcia Calhoun
In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder.
Harold's Girl Friend
Когда-то Бифф Граймс работал в строительной фирме, но из-за недобросовестности своего делового партнера Хьюго Барнстеда, Граймс угодил в тюрьму, где провел пять лет. За эти годы Хьюго увел подружку Биффа, и Граймс, когда вышел на свободу, нашел себе и другую девушку, и другую работу: Бифф стал дантистом. И вот, однажды, в его кабинете раздался телефонный звонок: высокопоставленный чиновник нуждался в срочном вмешательстве зубного врача. Звали чиновника Хьюго Барнстед. Бифф Граймс понял, что судьба посылает ему замечательный случай расквитаться за все обиды…
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Bette Trippe
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexpectedly turns up. Comedy.
Miss Carlson (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Janet Leslie
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.
Thelma
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
1st Nurse - Greenwich Clinic (uncredited)
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
(uncredited)
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
Marianne
A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.
