All Films

Forty Thieves

1944 • 60 min • United States of America

When he runs for sheriff, Hoppy is beaten by Jerry Doyle, the gutless wonder voted for by every crook in town. When Hoppy moves to have the new sheriff impeached, outlaw leader Tad Hammond hires forty gunslingers to stop him. Stop Hoppy? Hah!

Skirmish on the Home Front

1944 • 13 min • United States of America

Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.

For Years to Come

1944 • 11 min • United States of America

This short film describes how Chris Musser of Spring Run Farm in York County, Pennsylvania has adopted soil conservation practices--contour farming in particular--to preserve and improve soil fertility and increase crop yields on his family's farm. The increased crop production also benefits a nation at war.

Say Ah, Jasper

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

Jasper goes to the dentist.

Brand of the Devil

1944 • 58 min • United States of America

Jolley is the leader of the Devil's Brand gang of rustlers. When Molly Dawson sends for the Texas Rangers, Tex, Jim, and Panhandle arrive pretending not to know each other. But eventually their identities become known and they are captured by the gang.

The Last Ride

1944 • 57 min • United States of America

A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.

At Land

1944 • 15 min • United States of America

A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.

The Song of Chapayev

1944 • 5 min • Soviet Union

Gangsters of the Frontier

1944 • 58 min • United States of America

Tex put the Kern gang away once but they have returned with reinforcements and have take over the town of Red Rock capturing the townsmen and forcing them to work for them in the gold mines. Dave and Tex then organize the ranchers into the Territorial Rangers. After blowing up the mines to keep the gang from getting the gold, they are ready for the showdown between the two sides. Written by Maurice VanAuken

Side by Side

1944 • 3 min

A Soundie with Nick Lucas.

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

1944 • 58 min • France

Sitting at his desk, Guitry gives us a lecture on French history from Joan of Arc to the Occupation, with some focus on a number of its great writers and musicians.

New Builders

1944 • 22 min • United Kingdom

Documentary on the young builders who'll rebuild Britain after the war.

Groovie Movie

1944 • 10 min • United States of America

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various other couples. We start with steps imported from other dances, like the waltz, then sped up. Next Walsh and his partner show some basic steps, but the movements are too swift for the narrator to describe them or the viewer to learn how to do them. By the end, various couples (all but a pair of briefly-seen children are white), including some comic ones, give a high-speed demonstration as the music rocks and swings. These are hep cats. Pete Smith's narration is full of slang.

The Weakly Reporter

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

A newsreel spoof with WWII homefront gags, including rationing, air raid drills and women filling in men's jobs.

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

1944 • 10 min • United States of America

1944 animated short film by George Pal, based on the book by Dr. Seuss.

It's Your War Too

1944 • 9 min • United States of America

Documentary short film detailing the history of the American Women's Army Corps, the WACS. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Collection, in 2009.

Inside France

1944 • 21 min • Canada

This short film focuses on the period between World War I and World War II when France was struck by riots, strikes and economic stress. During the war that followed there was again internal dissension, between those supporting the Fighting French and those supporting the Vichy government. With the end of the war, however, France put itself on the road to recovery, rebuilding its strength on more solid foundations.

Tick Tock Tuckered

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky and Daffy are workers at an aircraft company and are chronically late. Why? Because they have a great deal of trouble getting to sleep, between the noisy cats, the full moon shining insistently, and the sudden rain shower (and leak in the roof).

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

The bears tempt Goldilocks with carrot soup, the scent of which brings Bugs on the scene. Bugs romances Mama bear and she becomes infatuated with him.

Hare Ribbin'

1944 • 8 min • United States of America

Bugs is chased into a lake by a Russian Poodle who speaks with a thick Russian accent; the rest of the story unfolds under water.

Angel Puss

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

A little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer". One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

Hare Force

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

Granny lets Bugs Bunny come in from the cold, but her dog Sylvester will have none of it.

Target Snafu

1944 • 5 min • United States of America

An armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu, who fails to protect himself adequately against their onslaught.

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

1944 • 5 min • United States of America

Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.