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Harvests for Tomorrow (1941)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Documents farming practices in the New England states, showing the prosperity that fertile soils brought to hardworking farmers who cleared the hilly land. That fertile soil, rich in minerals, accumulated over the course of centuries covered in forests. Shows that generations of farmers have enriched themselves from these fertile soils without adequately caring for them. Failing farms, dilapidation and abandonment are shown to follow farming these depleted soils. "But it doesn't have to be this way," states a narrator in the character of an old Yankee. Application of lime and phosphorous fertilizers recommended by soil scientists are shown to restore and maintain soil fertility. Abundant harvests of hay are shown resulting from well-fertilized fields. Depicts pre-mechanized farming and logging practices, hand harvesting, and use of working animals.
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The Harvester (1936)
Character: Mr. Biddle
In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
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That's Gratitude (1934)
Character: Bob Grant
Fly-by-night stage producer Bob Grant inadvertently saves the life of small-towner Thomas Maxwell. The grateful Maxwell invites Grant to move in with his family, which he does, rapidly wearing out his welcome. Finally booted out of the Maxwell household, Grant takes Tom's homely but sweet-voiced daughter Dora with him, giving her a cosmetic makeover and turning her into a big star -- and thereby repaying his host's kindness in a most roundabout fashion.
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Lest We Forget (1937)
Character: Archive Footage
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and Harry Carey, a look at Rogers' fatal trip with Wiley Post, clips from Rogers' movies, a proclamation from Oklahoma's governor, and a cowboy ballad sung at sunset. Robert Taylor asks the studio audience to contribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in Saranac Lake, NY, where those in the entertainment industry could go for treatment. This Sanatorium already exists as the National Vaudeville Artist Lodge and then was renamed after Will Rogers timely death. The screen goes black while ushers collect donations.
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Eyes Aloft (1943)
Character: Ed Randall
In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on civilians watching the skies to warn of possible attacking or spying enemy aircraft. An army major explains to a group of civic leaders how volunteers are to be recruited and organized. Then the volunteers man posts day and night, always watching for unidentified aircraft that might be enemy forces.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Character: Doctor Harry Brewster (archive footage)
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
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The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
Character: Doctor Harry Brewster (archive footage
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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Hollywood Hobbies (1935)
Character: Himself
This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big names such as Boris Karloff, Buster Crabbe, and Clark Gable make appearances, enjoying games of golf, field hockey, swimming, and many other fun hobbies.
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The Richest Man in Town (1941)
Character: Abb Crothers
The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town. He is reformed by the daughter of one.
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Car 99 (1935)
Character: Sheriff Peter Arnot
A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie, Ross Martin, who has joined the force at the urging of his sweetheart, Mary Adams. Martin soon distinguishes himself by his bravery in the apprehension of criminals. But when the leader of a gang of bank robbers falls into his hands and then escapes, because of carelessness on Martin's part, he is suspended from the force.
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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Character: Dewey
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
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Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
Character: Dr. Walter Barnes
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
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Destiny (1944)
Character: Clem Broderick
Framed for two crimes he didn't commit, and betrayed by his girl, Cliff Banks finds himself on the run from the police. Now distrustful of everyone, he finds a safe haven hiding out at a quaint country cottage under the care of a kindly old farmer and his daughter, a Cinderella-like blind woman who seems to be able to communicate with nature. There he is forced by their love to question his misanthropy.
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The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
Character: Hank Foreman
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
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Thru Different Eyes (1942)
Character: Steve Pettijohn
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.
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Harrigan's Kid (1943)
Character: Walter Garnet
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
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Dangerous Blondes (1943)
Character: Inspector Joseph Clinton
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance when killings plague the fashion photography studio of Ralph McCormick (Edmund Lowe). After his secretary, Julie Taylor(Anita Louise) reports an attempt to murder her there, Erika McCormick's (Ann Savage) Aunt Isabel Fleming (Mary Forbes) is stabbed and the evidence points to Madge Lawrence (Bess Flowers) an older model and an apparent suicide. Police Inspector Joseph Clinton (Frank Craven) declares the case closed...but then Erika is murdered.
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Keeper of the Flame (1943)
Character: Docteur Fielding
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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Our Town (1940)
Character: Mr. Morgan
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
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Miracles for Sale (1939)
Character: Dad Morgan
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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Vagabond Lady (1935)
Character: "Spiggs" Spiggins
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
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Son of Dracula (1943)
Character: Dr. Harry Brewster
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
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City Limits (1934)
Character: John B. Matthews
The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure of business, personal and physical problems, meets up with a pair of hoboes from whom he starts to learn how to really enjoy life in ways he never knew were possible.
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The Very Idea (1929)
Character: Alan Camp
Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.
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Pittsburgh (1942)
Character: J.M. 'Doc' Powers
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash comes, he finds that fate has dealt him a second chance.
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Forever Yours (1945)
Character: Uncle Charles
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will herself" to die. A doctor who has been conducting experiments with patients with paralyzed nerves is convinced he can cure her.
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Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Character: Mr. Rockland
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.
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Penrod and Sam (1937)
Character: Mr. Schofield
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
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In This Our Life (1942)
Character: Asa Timberlake
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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My Best Gal (1944)
Character: Danny O'Hara
A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.
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Barbary Coast (1935)
Character: Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.
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He Was Her Man (1934)
Character: Pop Sims, aka Jim Parker
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
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City for Conquest (1940)
Character: 'Old Timer'
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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State Fair (1933)
Character: Storekeeper
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
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Girl Trouble (1942)
Character: Ambrose Murdock Flint
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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Jack London (1943)
Character: Old Tom
The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).
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Small Town Girl (1936)
Character: Will "Pa" Brannan
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
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Handle with Care (1932)
Character: Radio Announcer
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications.
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