All Films

Fair and Worm-er

1946 • 7 min • United States of America

One long chase: worm chases apple; bird chases worm; cat chases bird; dog chases cat; dogcatcher chases dog; dogcatcher's wife chases dogcatcher; mouse chases dogcatcher's wife. With occasional interruptions by a skunk.

Two Friends

1946 • 28 min • France

The story closes in Paris in January 1871, at the height of the siege, and introduces the main character, Monsieur Morissot, a watchmaker who has enrolled in the National Guard. Morissot, who is bored, hungry, and depressed, is walking along the boulevard when by chance he bumps into an old friend, Monsieur Sauvage, with whom he used to go fishing before the war. The two old friends reminisce over several glasses of absinthe in a café;, talking wistfully of the pleasant Sunday afternoons they used to spend fishing on the banks of the Seine before the war. Tipsy from the absinthe, the friends, for want of anything else to do, decide to go fishing in their old spot, and having obtained a laissez-passer from their officer, walk along the river to Argenteuil, a few miles west of the city, in the no man's land between the French and Prussian lines.

Aubervilliers

1946 • 24 min

An empathetic description of the misery in an inner Parisian suburb, by a photographer who was also the camerman for Joris Ivens, Pierre Prévert and Luis Buñuel. - Nicole Brenez

Chi Chi Castenango

1946 • 3 min • United States of America

The Paragons with Marilyn Hare perform "Chi Chi Castenango."

Baby Don't Go Away from Me

1946 • 3 min • United States of America

Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Stephin Fetchit.

Shipwrecks

1946 • 21 min • France

The first film created using the “Cousteau-Gagnan” – an autonomous diving suit – enabling the first underwater sequences in the Mediterranean at nearly 62m depth.

Along the Rainbow Trail

1946 • 8 min • United States of America

This 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip from Medicine Hat in southern Utah down the rapids of the San Juan River ending with a view of the Rainbow Bridge, hence the title and the use of Tehnicolor. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Injun Talk

1946 • 31 min • United States of America

Interpreted by Col. Tim McCoy. Talks about Indian Sign Language. A chief signs a story and a white soldier interprets.

Come to Baby, Do

1946 • 3 min • United States of America

Nat 'King' Cole perform "Come to Baby Do."

Problem Drinkers

1946 • 19 min • United States of America

This edition of the March of Time series (Volume 12, Number 11) deals with the growing problem of alcoholism ins the USA. It emphasizes that alcoholics are not bad people but have an addiction which is beyond their control. It shows the work going on at Yale University on alcoholism and addiction and tries to dispel many of the myths that surround the subject. It then turn to a relatively new organization that seems to be having great success in helping alcoholics beat their habit: Alcoholics Anonymous. Using their 12-step programs and having reformed alcoholics act as counselors for those in need of help has worked well.

Glens Falls Sequence

1946 • 8 min • United States of America

Starting in the late 1930s, illustrator and experimental animator Douglass Crockwell created a series of short abstract animated films at his home in Glen Falls, New York. The films offered Crockwell a chance to experiment with various unorthodox animation techniques such as adding and removing non-drying paint on glass frame-by-frame, squeezing paint between two sheets of glass, and finger painting. The individual films created over a nine-year period were then stitched together for presentation, forming a nonsensical relationship that only highlights the abstract qualities of the images. —Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance

Motorized Land Clearing

1946 • 20 min

The stump has long been the greatest obstacle faced by pioneers. The mechanization of clearing processes brought about a real revolution in the field of colonization. This film shows us how motorization has made grubbing and stoning easier and faster, while allowing the recovery of vast expanses hitherto uncultivated.

Stars on Parade

1946 • 42 min • United States of America

Small radio station, about to lose its last sponsor, gets reprieve when its manager unknowingly helps a performer who is friends with all the major pop radio stars, who come to put on a show of shows.

Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro Fest

1946 • 8 min • Brazil

Fest organized by Irmandade do Outeiro Nossa Senhora da Glória with the attendance of president Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

Maid Trouble

1946 • 18 min • United States of America

Leon Errol wants to retain his maid; complications ensue.

Two Silhouettes

1946 • 5 min • United States of America

A rotoscoped silhouetted ballet fantasy set to the music of Dinah Shore.

A Girl At Dojo Temple

1946 • 20 min • Japan

Chiquita Banana

1946 • 3 min • United States of America

The Terry Twins with Jerry Browne & His Orchestra perform "Chiquita Banana."

Dial Comes to Town

1946 • 21 min • United States of America

A grandfather is reluctant to use the new dial telephones coming to his town. Gives background of the change to dial service, and also illustrates proper dial usage.

The Uninvited Pests

1946 • 7 min • United States of America

Farmer Al Falfa and his dog try to have a private picnic, but Heckle & Jeckle decide to freeload. The usual hijinks ensue as the farmer and his dog try to get rid of the magpies. Eventually, the farmer gives them a stick of dynamite disguised as a hot dog. As they try to roast it, the farmer drives away in his car to avoid the explosion, but Heckle & Jeckle throw the dynamite into their car.

Unusual Occupations

1946 • 11 min

"Unusual Occupations exploited a booming contemporary interest in the offbeat and eccentric. Turning its eye specifically toward the surprising professions and hobbies of otherwise ordinary people, the series—produced by Fairbanks’ Scientific Films Inc., and with able narration by sportscaster Ken Carpenter—featured everything from artillery testers to underwear collectors. While the series’ two 1936 pilots were shot in Cinecolor, the production soon switched to Magnacolor, a similar two-color subtractive system that had likewise found a place in the film production market as a cheaper alternative to Technicolor. Using bipack camera film to obtain two color records, prints were struck on double emulsion-coated (“duplitized”) film with one side toned blue and the other red-orange. The resulting color image is pleasing, if not entirely natural." — Kirk McDowell

The Gentleman from Texas

1946 • 55 min • United States of America

In one of his better Monogram Westerns, Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a crooked saloon owner with more than one murder on his conscience. Steve Corbin (Tristram Coffin) and his gang of cutthroats are terrorizing the townspeople of Rimrock, who in self-defense hire Johnny Macklin (Mack Brown) as new town marshal.

Cotton Come Back

1946 • 25 min • United Kingdom

A short film trying to stop people in the North of England from worrying about losing their cotton industry jobs.

Mr. Prokouk: A Horseshoe for Luck

1946 • 4 min • Czechoslovakia

Mr. Prokouk finds a horseshoe and thinks it's a good luck charm. So, he decides to take it with him home and find a suitable place for it. He soon discovers that the horseshoe brings him nothing but bad luck.