All Films

Gandy's Dream Girl

1944 • 6 min • United States of America

Gandy (who sleeps with Sourpuss for some unknown reason) dreams about Sourpuss's girlfriend, so Sourpuss keeps waking him up and beating the heck out of him. Later, Sourpuss figures out how he can get into the dreams, too.

The Fighting Generation

1944 • 4 min • United States of America

A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bond sales, directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jennifer Jones as a nurse's aide. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Academy War Film Collection, in 2008.

You Belong to My Heart/Donald's Surreal Reverie

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

The skies of Mexico City result in Donald falling in love with singer Dora Luz.

Monumental Utah

1944 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short visits Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

The Mummy's Curse

1944 • 60 min • United States of America

After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.

Land of the Outlaws

1944 • 56 min • United States of America

The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a return appearance in Monogram's Land of the Outlaws. Since the crooks include such reliable disreputables as Charles King and John Merton, the good guys really have their work cut out for them. But not to worry! The heroes are Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton, whose B-western track record is unbeatable. Land of the Outlaws was directed by Lambert Hillyer, whose sense of rhythm and pace had saved many another inexpensive oater.

What's Cookin' Doc?

1944 • 8 min • United States of America

At the Academy Awards ceremony, Bugs Bunny tries to convince the audience that he deserves the Oscar. Opens with live action scenes of Hollywood.

I Won't Play

1944 • 18 min • United States of America

In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business.

Majdanek - Cemetery of Europe

1944 • 24 min • Poland, Soviet Union

Filmed immediately after the Red Army liberated the Majdanek concentration camp, this documentary is regarded as the first cinematic record of Nazi genocide. Shot on July 24–25, 1944, it presents stark evidence of atrocities alongside testimony from surviving prisoners representing many European nations, making it one of the earliest films to confront the scale of the Holocaust.

Outpost

1944 • 5 min • United States of America

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers and reports evidence of the enemy's presence at his assigned area.

Starlight Serenade

1944 • 40 min

Brian Michie introduces various musical and comedy acts in the form of a dress rehearsal for a stage review, interspersed with comedy routines featuring Bonar Colleano.

Innertube Antics

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

A donkey, putting a small pile of rubber out for wartime recycling, is dismayed by the much larger piles his neighbors have put out. He goes into the backyard and finds, in his lawn, a huge buried inner tube - but it has a mind of its own.

A Propos of the Truce with Finland

1944 • 49 min • Soviet Union

A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War.

Gas

1944 • 3 min • United States of America

Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.

Visiting St. Louis

1944 • 9 min • United States of America

This FitzPatrick Traveltalk series short visit to St. Louis, Missouri starts with a brief history lesson. We then see several of the city's architectural landmarks and the many types of vessels that travel on the Mississippi River. Time is also spent at the zoological garden in Forest Park, where we see rhinoceros, giraffes, polar bears, giant pandas, and a group of trained elephants.

The Bodyguard

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.

As the Fly Flies

1944 • 6 min • United States of America

The plummy-voiced narrator of this late Columbia black and white cartoon interviews Professor Igor Puzzlewitz and quizzes him on his newest Rube-Goldbergesque invention to swat flies. Chaos ensues.

The Amazon Awakens

1944 • 38 min

A short film made for the U.S. Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs about the history of the Amazon basin.

Call of the Jungle

1944 • 60 min • United States of America

A beautiful white girl resident of Ta'Pu, Tana, is determined to clear Harley, who is suspected of stealing sacred jewels.

Range Law

1944 • 57 min • United States of America

Range Law stars Johnny Mack Brown as "Nevada" and Raymond Hatton as "Sandy", the same characters they played in most of their mid-1940s Monogram westerns. This time, Nevada and Sandy, US marshals both, set out to collar some renegades who've been driving out the local ranchers. It's just possible that one of said ranchers is behind this land-grabbing scheme.

Outlaw Roundup

1944 • 57 min • United States of America

Ranger Tex Wyatt introduces himself as the notorious bandit Spade Norton. Crooked saloon owner Red Hayden believes him until the real Spade turns up and all hell breaks loose.

Dead or Alive

1944 • 54 min • United States of America

The Rangers are after Yackey and his gang. Posing as an outlaw, Dave arrives as Panhandle's prisoner and works his way into the gang. Tex arrives and joins Wright's committee. Tex plans a trap for the gang but things go awry when the gang catches Tex and the Committee catches Dave and both are about to be hung.

A Profession for Men

1944 • 17 min • Sweden

A propaganda film for the Swedish professional military made during the Second World War.

Before the Raid

1944 • 34 min • United Kingdom

A dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Jiří Weiss and written by acclaimed author Laurie Lee.