Sam Lee
Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smarmy announcer. He is at odds with western bad guy Butcher Baer.
Variety Act
Entertainment trade-paper headlines report the resurgence of vaudeville as the new medium of television searches for new talent. At the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, master of ceremonies Robert Alda introduces vaudeville performers while being frequently interrupted by several comedians
Barton Brother Act (as Shaw and Lee)
An Arizona teacher (Noah Beery Jr.) saves a vaudeville star (Martha O'Driscoll) and her troupe from a bandit (Leo Carrillo).
Benito Mussolini
Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
Thug
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Мэри, осиротев, приезжает на побережье Корнуолла к своим дяде и тётке, содержащим таверну «Ямайку». Вскоре Мэри понимает, что таверна является базой для банды, грабящей суда, разбившиеся о скалистый берег. Жизни сироты угрожает опасность, однако среди головорезов есть человек, готовый помочь девушке.
Moving Man
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Gus Keefe
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
Second Comedian
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to a hospital. Their other boy makes some money peddling kindling and takes the family to a show. Mrs. Wiggs is called to the hopsital just in time to see her boy die. Her neighbor Miss Mazy wants to marry Mr. Stubbins who insists on tasting her cooking. Mrs. Wiggs sneaks her dishes past Stubbins who agrees to marriage. Mr. Wiggs appears suddenly, in tatters, with just the amount of money (twenty dollars) needed to save the family from foreclosure. Miss Lucy and Bob get married.
This "Colortone Musical" follows two gypsy children who steal toys from the camp puppeteer's wagon, then have a horrific nightmare
Dog Seller
A wife tries to hide a surprise birthday present from her husband but the butler causes trouble.
The Crook
A British film directed by Gustav A. Mindzenti
A henpecked husband takes his wife and her children to Blackpool, where confusion reigns.
Two bums manage to get into a restaurant. They admit that they are a couple of self made men. A couple of comics they are.
Director
Vaudeville team Shaw & Lee sing songs and tell jokes in hilarious deadpan.
Lee
Vaudeville team Shaw & Lee sing songs and tell jokes in hilarious deadpan.
