(archive footage)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Mr. Gorman
После смерти родителей девочку Поллианну забрала к себе ее тетя, известная своим суровым нравом и безраздельно властвующая в маленьком американском городке. Попав в мир строгих правил и запретов, оказавшись одна в чужом городе, в чужом доме, среди чужих людей, Поллианна не отчаивается. Ей помогает «Игра в радость», когда-то придуманная ее отцом. Все просто: в любой ситуации, при любых обстоятельствах надо найти что-то хорошее, то, чему можно порадоваться… и поделиться этой радостью с другими. Поначалу Полианна раздражает своим оптимизмом не только свою тетю, но и других жителей унылого города. Но «Игра в радость», которую дарит окружающим Поллианна, оказывается необычайно заразительной… и переворачивает жизнь всего сообщества…
archive footage
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Писатель Джон и его подруга Эллен наслаждаются тихим вечером в пустыне, наблюдая в телескоп мерцающие на небе звёзды, когда тишину сумерек разрезает шумное падение огромного светящегося объекта. Будучи любопытным по природе, Джон следующим же утром отправляется на вылазку к месту падения, где обнаруживает нечто, похожее на корабль пришельцев. Прибывшие позднее к огромной воронке шериф и репортёры склонны видеть в словах Джона о первом контакте с инопланетным разумом заголовки для «жёлтой» прессы, однако вскоре в близлежащем городке происходят странные события: люди пропадают в пустыне, возвращаясь домой в прежнем обличье, но с пустыми глазами и неясными помыслами...
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
Man at Gym (uncredited)
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Henry Mahoney
Steve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...
Colonel Middler
At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Autry plays a cavalry scout who goes after guerilla leader McQuarrie (Jim Davis).
Pop Willard
Charles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the line, of course, Steve is obliged to don the mask of The Durango Kid, mysterious righter of wrongs. The "wrongs" in this instance include the theft of $20,000 in gold, and the "kidnapping" of a blacksmith's forge! Jim Bannon, who only a few months earlier had played the heroic Red Ryder, provides the villainy in this fast-paced "Durango Kid" entry
Deputy in Hall (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
Detective (uncredited)
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
Randolph Dike
Charles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays Steve Blake, a novice Indian agent, sent out to investigate a series of mysterious murders.
Mr. Jones
Третьесортного актера, который изображал дворецкого в Лондоне, наняла богачка с американского запада, чтобы тот обучил хорошим манерам её семейство: дочь и мужа. В Америке дворецкого принимают за английского графа, который добивается руки богатой наследницы. Сама она - "Джон Уэйн" в юбке, её грубоватый папаша и местные обычаи доводят "джентльмена", как умеют.
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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.
Police Lt. Ed Mitchell (uncredited)
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
Jailer (uncredited)
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
Hercules Jones
Sterling's physique doesn't impress his girlfriend's father, who is a bodybuilder. She decides to pump him up in order to get her father's approval.
Policeman
Канун рождества, магазины полны подарков, идет пушистый снег, горожане любуются огнями новогодних елок и блеском мишуры. Только Генри Брогхэм - епископ, мечтающий о новом кафедральном соборе и отдающий все свое время сбору пожертвований у богатых горожан на его строительство, не замечает предпраздничной суеты. Увлеченный своей мечтой, он практически не уделяет внимания своей красавице жене Джулии и дочери. Однажды вечером перед епископом появляется незнакомец по имени Дадли, который уверяет, что он Ангел, спустившийся с небес ему на помощь. Пришелец быстро становится лучшим другом Джулии и её дочери Дебби, также этот симпатичный господин рассказывает горожанам поучительные истории на тему жизни и веры, и вскоре становится своим человеком в городке. Епископ не может поверить в существование Ангела, но происходящие маленькие чудеса вынуждают Генри задуматься над суетностью своей жизни и пересмотреть отношения с близкими, друзьями, дочерью и любимой женой...
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
Questioning Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Специалист по проведению опросов общественного мнения находит город, который является идеальным зеркалом общественных мнений США.
Policeman with Injured Susan
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.
Motorcycle Cop (Uncredited)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Policeman (uncredited)
Крис Кросс, застенчивый, наивный господин, утомившийся от собственного благополучия, спасает красивую девушку Китти от неуравновешенного приятеля. Герой увлекается Китти и позволяет ей считать себя состоятельным и успешным художником, не подозревая, что у новой знакомой и ее жениха имеются свои планы относительно него.
Official Policeman (uncredited)
Два исполнителя музыкальных номеров решают отправиться на Аляску с целью, как вы понимаете, сделать состояние. Во время путешествия на корабле они находят карту указывающую путь к золоту, которую потеряли два головореза, МакГурк и Сперрай. Они, в свою очередь, украли карту у законной наследницы её составителя. Замаскировавшись под головорезов, артисты отправляются на поиски золота, а настоящие бандиты идут по их следу...
Chief of Police
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge.
Al - First Studio Cop
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
Motorcycle Cop
Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin' jazz trumpeter, Geoffrey takes a job at a "hot" Broadway nightclub. Here he meets and falls in love with café songstress Donna (Frances Raeburn), who has led her family to believe that she's studying for a classical-music career. Meanwhile, a comedy-relief romance develops between Geoffrey's snooty valet Chumley (Arthur Treacher) and Donna's best pal Pat (Jacqueline De Wit). For those not interested in the plot (what there is of it), Swing Out, Sister includes specialty numbers by organist Selika Pettiford and the Lou Diamond Quintet.
Casey
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
Bank Guard (uncredited)
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
Motorcycle Officer (Uncredited)
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
Policeman in Taxi Garage (uncredited)
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly
Claude Burns
An architect (Chick Chandler) studies the doors of six shops and an apartment house to solve a gem theft/double murder.
Sergeant
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.
Man (uncredited)
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.
Policeman at White House (uncredited)
Пилот влюбляется в европейскую принцессу, которая скрывает свой статус во время поездки в США.
Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Sullivan
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her new hubby is tired of hiding the truth and creates all kinds of problems when he decides to spill the beans.
C.P.O. Ben Cobb
Don Winslow (titular hero of the serial "Don Winslow of the Navy") is reassigned to the United States Coast Guard, to guard the coast against saboteurs and sneak attacks.
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Marshal (uncredited)
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the station with a valuable box of cargo, and the outlaw brother soon shows up, though denying that he's planning to take the cargo box. Soon, however, rampaging Apaches attack the station, and the station manager, his brother and a disparate group of passengers and employees must fight them off.
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
Police Sergeant in Bumped Car
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Policeman
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
Joe
A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband, still in prison, finds out that his ex-wife is now blackmailing their daughter. He vows to break out and put a stop to her once and for all.
Joe - Policeman
Ларри Хейнс - посредственный артист водевилей - садится в поезд, направляющийся в Лос-Анджелес. Голливуд ждёт его с распростертыми объятиями? Не совсем. Контракт подписан с партнёром Ларри, катающимся на роликовых коньках пингвином Перси! Но, как говорит пословица: «Тень славы лучше, чем отсутствие славы вообще!» И вот в поезде Ларри встречает женщину. И к тому же блондинку. И британского агента в придачу! И даже умудряется помочь ей перехитрить немецких шпионов и выполнить важное секретное задание...
Detective
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
State Trooper
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Irondome (uncredited)
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Recruiting Sergeant
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?
Policeman (uncredited)
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.
Motorcycle Policeman (Uncredited)
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Bill - Train Engineer (uncredited)
Старый золотоискатель владеет участком, который не приносит золота. Однако даже пустая земля может дать прибыль — если продать её для строительства железной дороги. Но когда документ на владение землей попадает в руки недотёп, всем участникам сделки приходится несладко.
Mike Fink (uncredited)
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
Cop with Black Eye (uncredited)
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
Doc - Knute's Friend at Kansas City Airport (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Sweeny (uncredited)
Director William Keighley's 1940 film adaptation of S. N. Behrman's stage hit, about an aspiring playwright who finds himself an overnight Broadway success, stars James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Charles Ruggles and Allyn Joslyn.
Capt. Evans
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
Policeman Giving Ticket
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
Sheriff
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
Desk Sergeant
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
1st Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Ed Sweeney
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Policeman
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.
Chief Master-of-Arms
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
Cop
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Police Officer
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Policeman
Биографическая лента, рассказывающая об изобретателе Томасе Эдисоне. В 1869 году, в возрасте 22 лет, устав от бедной жизни и работе на телеграфе, он поехал в Нью-Йорк по совету старого друга. Томас приходит в телеграфную контору «Вестерн Юнион», рассчитывая найти там место. Он пытается убедить финансиста господина Таггарта профинансировать его изобретения. Президент компании Пауэлл соглашается дать Эдисону денег. За свою разработку — усовершенствование системы телеграфирования биржевых бюллетеней о курсе золота и акций — Томас Эдисон получает 40 000 долларов. Это становится началом новой жизни.
Motorcycle Cop
Джун Кэмерон является автором бестселлера о женских проблемах. Тимоти Стерлинг – врач, чье отношение к женщинам можно мягко назвать покровительственным. В результате серии недоразумений эту странную пару все ошибочно принимают за молодоженов. Тимоти и Джун скоро обнаруживают, что им выгодно поддерживать эту видимость.
Higgins
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Элли Мэй Адамс живет в пользующемся дурной славой районе города вместе с матерью, подрабатывающей проституцией, отцом - пьяницей, младшей сестрой и бабушкой. Она влюбляется в трудолюбивого и амбициозного молодого человека Эда Уоллеса из благопристойного района. Элли скрывает от него своё происхождение. Молодые люди женятся, но когда Эд обнаруживает правду, их брак оказывается под угрозой.
Policeman
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
Policeman (uncredited)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Harbor Patrol Sgt. Denny
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Petty Officer (uncredited)
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Jim Simmons
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
Молодой частный детектив Гай Джонсон поставлен на работу, которая заключается в том, чтобы следить за сумасбродным миллионером Уилли Хейвардом, который вечно попадает или впросак или в беду. Но однажды действительно грянула беда. Его очередной поход в питейное заведение закончился тем, что его подставляют и таким образом, что полиция подозревает его в совершении убийства.
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.
Second Bartender (uncredited)
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Mounted Policeman
Красивая Джейн и Джон Мэйсон — симпатичная молодая пара, которая проходит через все тернии совместной жизни — от безумной влюбленности первых встреч до будней семейной жизни и рождению первого ребенка. В то время как все окружающие уверенны в том, что именно эти двое предназначены друг для друга, судьба решает все иначе и пара должна встретиться с неодобрительными взглядами родственников со стороны супруга, напряженной обстановкой на работе, финансовыми трудностями и смертельно опасной болезнью малыша…
Jailer
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.
Motorcycle Cop Going to Accident
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
First Policeman (uncredited)
Доктор Найлз Нельсон вполне мог считать свою жизнь счастливой. Успешная практика, красавица-жена Кэрол, тоже врач. Всё резко меняет случай: оказание помощи одному из людей гангстера Герни. Но дружба с гангстером, помимо защиты и денег, чревата огромной опасностью. Доктор Найлз недолго наслаждался появившимися деньгами — случайная полицейская пуля во время оказания помощи очередному бандиту сделала Кэрол вдовой и навлекла на неё подозрение полиции и врачебного сообщества в связях с гангстерами. У Кэрол есть только три месяца, чтобы очистить своё имя и отомстить за мужа.
Police Detective (uncredited)
Доктор Найлз Нельсон вполне мог считать свою жизнь счастливой. Успешная практика, красавица-жена Кэрол, тоже врач. Всё резко меняет случай: оказание помощи одному из людей гангстера Герни. Но дружба с гангстером, помимо защиты и денег, чревата огромной опасностью. Доктор Найлз недолго наслаждался появившимися деньгами — случайная полицейская пуля во время оказания помощи очередному бандиту сделала Кэрол вдовой и навлекла на неё подозрение полиции и врачебного сообщества в связях с гангстерами. У Кэрол есть только три месяца, чтобы очистить своё имя и отомстить за мужа.
Policeman at Hotel (uncredited)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.
Policeman
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher (Lew Ayres) and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott" (Burgess Meredith), plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Eddie (uncredited)
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.
Bus Conductor (uncredited)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Тони — сын одного из самых богатых воротил бизнеса в Нью-Йорке влюблен в Алису — простую девушку секретаря и молодые хотят обвенчаться. Однако эксцентричное поведение родственников и друзей будущей невесты наводит родителей жениха на мысль, что у них с головами не все в порядке. Их дом — это клуб по интересам «городских сумасшедших».
Мать Алисы — Пенни пишет пьесы, потому что пишущую машинку когда-то доставили в их дом по ошибке. Ее бездарная сестра Эсси грезит балетом и берет уроки танца у сумасшедшего русского по имени Потап Коленков, который не прочь отобедать за чужой счет. Папа с друзьями Алисы тратит все свое время, создавая фейерверки и запуская их прямо в доме.
Но больше всех отличается эксцентричным поведением дедушка, который отказывается платить налоги по убеждениям. Весь этот балаган шумит, поёт, танцует и прыгает одновременно, под аккомпанемент губной гармоники дедушки и ксилофона мужа Эсси, мешая делать большой бизнес корпорации Энтони П. Кирби — отца Тони.
Policeman at End
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Smoky Joslin
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border.
Policeman
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Policeman giving ticket (uncredited)
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
Detective 'Pinch' Reardon (uncredited)
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge.
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Необоснованные подозрения заставляют супружескую пару начать бракоразводный процесс, после чего они начинают разрушать попытки друг друга завести новый роман.
Joe Stevens
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Tom Reilley
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
Police Sergeant
A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.
Sgt. Meadowlark
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Officer Murray
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Motorcycle Officer
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Эдди Тэйлор осужденный в третий раз за тяжкие преступления выходит из тюрьмы. Но общество не благосклонно к бывшему преступнику и отвергает его, парень не может найти работу и снять нормальное жилье. Жестоким ударом судьбы становится, сообщение об обнаружении шляпы с его инициалами на месте ограбления банка, где погибли шесть человек охраны. Полиция арестовывает невиновного Эдди, парню грозит пожизненное заключение, все улики против него. Герой решает бежать.
Policeman
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Motorcycle Officer
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
Policeman (uncredited)
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Smugglers' Pilot
Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Farmer) in a concerning the Coast Guard and smugglers. The chief points of interest are the truly exceptional aerial sequences and Farmer's early performance.
Leon Errol trying to report a stolen car.
House Detective
Another hotel-room mix-up with the suspicious wife, Grace King (Josephine Whittell), checking up on her husband, Ford King (Ford Sterling),who is trying to sell his jewelry line to a lady buyer, Frances Brown (Kitty McHugh). The house detective (Edgar Dearing) gets involved and the room-service waiter, (Billy Dooley), constantly gets himself and his tray knocked over.
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
У автомобильного магната Джеймса Бьюкенена есть невеста, которая совершенно его не любит, и совет директоров, который никогда к нему не прислушивается. Как-то раз, сидя в раздумье на скамейке в парке, он знакомится с безработной Джоан Хоуторн, прекрасной поварихой, которая как раз ищет себе партнера, чтобы устроиться на работу «парой» (дворецкий / повар) к изысканному гурману — бывшему бутлегеру Майку Россини. Ошеломленный таким предложением, Бьюкенен без лишних слов соглашается на роль дворецкого. Но ведь когда-нибудь обязательно настанет день расплаты…
Kelly
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought
Precint 5 Policeman
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
An RKO comedy short featuring Betty Grable who gets secretly married while her family is trying to fix her up with someone wealthy.
Police Officer Barney Riley
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.
Convict (as Ed Deering)
48 год до н.э. Клеопатра приветствует прибытие Юлия Цезаря, стараясь укрепить свою власть в Египте под протекторатом Рима. Но Цезаря убивают, и она передает свою привязанность Марку Антонию, ослепляя его роскошью своего двора…
Constable Balk (uncredited)
Счастливая и беззаботная жизнь эскимоса меняется, как только в его жизнь вторгается недобросовестный белый торговец.
Policeman (uncredited)
Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.
Policeman at Streetcar (uncredited)
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)
Профессора Квинси Эдамса Уэгстаффа назначают президентом Колледжа Хаксли, который не выиграл ни одного футбольного матча со времени его основания в 1888 году. Следуя совету своего сына, Уэгстафф пытается завербовать парочку профессиональных игроков, но из-за путаницы в панибратском разговоре, по ошибке приглашает в команду собачьего живодера и бутлегера. Как бы то ни было, Уэгстафф поручает им похитить лучших игроков из команды своих старых противников из Колледжа Дарвина, но, к сожалению, у них ничего не выходит.
Train Official (uncredited)
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Mulligan - a Policeman (uncredited)
Спортивный обозреватель, брошенный своей девушкой, путешествующей по миру, женится на женщине, брошенной ее парнем.
Henchman Jim Sockett (uncredited)
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
Cop
Song composer Howard Green is frustrated by disturbances his wife, in-laws, and landlord while writing his latest song.
Buck's Partner
Пересекая Аризонскую равнину с востока на запад, два давних друга Бил Кэш и Джеф Кэмерон находят оставленный фургон переселенцев, а в нем брошенного грудного ребенка. Друзья решают усыновить мальчика и назвать Биллом Бойдом, но кто станет приемным отцом? Из-за этого вопроса друзья в одночасье становятся заклятыми врагами и только спустя двадцать лет, когда мальчик вырастет и станет настоящим мужчиной, конфликт будет исчерпан. Билл Бойд заставит прежних друзей примириться, и забытьразногласия, которые становились все более и более ожесточенными за эти годы.
Motor Cop
A drive in a new car with the family turns into a fiasco.
Marine (uncredited)
A sex worker yearns to leave the grimy underground community she was born into, and sees her way out through a sympathetic sailor.
Armstrong
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Sergeant
Человек из Вайоминга - американский романтический фильм 1930 года, режиссер Роуленд В. Ли, в главной роли - Гэри Купер, Джун Коллиер и Регис Туми. Автор: Альберт С. Ле Вино и Джон В.А. Уивер, фильм о человеке из Вайоминга, который зачисляется в армию и отправляется на фронт во время Первой мировой войны. Там он спасает жизнь американской девушки, работающей в Корпусе скорой помощи. Затем в лагере отдыха они снова встречаются, влюбляются и тайно женятся
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Mr. Smith
A jealous husband endeavors to reach his wife who is quarantined in an apartment with her former spouse.
When the rich uncle finds the bride in the company of one of her former suitors, he mistakes him for the bridegroom.
Officer
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
Doughboy
In this melodrama set during WW I, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.
Football Coach
Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. This early talkie from director Frank Capra, released in 1929, stars Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Lila Lee.
Policeman
Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, cops and a brat make it nearly impossible to get the ice cream even close to the car where the rest are waiting.
Cop
Johnny Burke stumbles into a beautiful crook, played by Carmelita Geraghty, who used him to steal a pearl necklace.
Motorcycle cop
On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car
Big Moving Man (uncredited)
Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that took place in the house. They say his ghost still roams the house. Night comes and every noise and creak in the house scares the papa, mama and son (the daughter is out on a date). The Mover gives the daughter a parrot saying "It's a religious parrot – I bought it from a sailor". At any rate, the parrot gets into the act by yelling scaring Papa and Son who have come down looking for the source of the noise. Later Daughter and Remover return from a costume party and sneak into the house. The young man is dressed in a skeleton outfit and the fun continues. There has been film reconstruction in a number of places, particularly the last third of the film. In many cases there is a photograph depicting the scene being described.
Henchman
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowhand Stan bumble their way into a successful defense of her and the ranch.
Guest
Кукушки, как известно бывают двух видов. Одни живут в часах, другие целыми днями кукуют от безделья. Именно такие кукушки – студенты школы дикторов радио – соседи наших героев, представительного отца семейста, его почтенной жены и их веснушчатого отпрыска. Желая бежать от такого почетного соседства, папаша меняет свой дом на другой, не глядя, по одной лишь фотографии. И попадает из огня да в полымя. Новый дом оказался не таким прочным, как выглядел на фотографии. И если бы только это...
Amorous Sailor
В этой "морской" комедии герой Харди – первый помощник капитана. А герой Лорела Вилли Брислинг – простой рыбак, влюбленный в девушку по имени Нелли. И Нелли отвечает ему взаимностью. Но в прошлом Нелли знал капитан, он приходит к ней и утаскивает ее на корабль. Вилли пробирается на корабль. Чтобы спасти свою возлюбленную, ему приходится применить недюжинную смекалку (вовсе не свойственную герою Лорела в большинстве более поздних фильмов). Чуть было все карты не мешает жена капитана, которая догнала корабль своего мужа, несмотря на то, что он бросил ее в последнем порту.
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a plan: the butler will be seen in a comprimising situation with the countess, and then photographed. The countess, who is sick of reporters, has other ideas... Written by Paul L
