All Films

Santa Fe Scouts

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

This late entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" series stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmy Dodd as, respectively, Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Johnson. This time out, the Mesquiteers try to help young Tim Clay (John James), who's been framed for murder by villains who want to gain possession of Clay's ranch property.

In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself

1943 • 13 min • United Kingdom

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.

Pluto and the Armadillo

1943 • 7 min • United States of America

Mickey and Pluto make a short stopover on a South American flight. Mickey throws Pluto's ball into the jungle, and he chases it but it looks exactly the same as an armadillo that's rolled up into a ball. This, of course, greatly confuses Pluto for a while. But he eventually makes friends with the armadillo. He chases the critter into a cave right behind his ball, and rips the ball apart thinking it's the armadillo, which makes him very sad until the armadillo shows up again.

Fall Out - Fall In

1943 • 7 min • United States of America

Private Donald Duck is on a long, long training march, growing steadily more exhausted. Finally, they reach their camp location, and despite Donald's desire for dinner, he follows orders to pitch his tent first. He finally gives up on the tent as night falls. But as he tries to get to sleep, the loud shoring of the other soldiers forces him to bury his head. Finally, he gets to sleep, just as reveille sounds and the march continues.

Oklahoma Outlaws

1943 • 20 min • United States of America

In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Black Market Rustlers

1943 • 58 min • United States of America

In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are called on to fight cattle rustlers. This time they're up against a gang that strikes fast by hauling the beef away in trucks.

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere

1943 • 11 min • United States of America

This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943 • 11 min • United States of America

Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA.

Devil Riders

1943 • 56 min • United States of America

A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them.

His Wedding Scare

1943 • 17 min • United States of America

El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands.

Down with Cats

1943 • 6 min • United States of America

This early Mighty Mouse cartoon -- actually, he was still called 'Super Mouse' at this point -- is one of the better ones, due to the large number of good comedy gags inserted -- cats hiding behind skinny trees, mice running down cats' gullets and into their tails, and so forth.

Calaboose

1943 • 45 min • United States of America

A love-smitten cowpoke acciidentally causes a horse stampede.

The Avenging Rider

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.

Carson City Cyclone

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

When the night watchman at the bank is gunned down during a robbery, he fingers Barton as the trigger man. When the trial comes up in neighboring Carson City, Gil finds a witness named Shepherd who says that Barton was with him on the night of the murder. Gil gets Barton off, but Shepherd soon cashes a check from Gil at the bank and that raises questions. His father, Judge Phalen, starts an action against Gil, and when his father is shot dead, Gil is blamed for his murder.

Boss of Rawhide

1943 • 58 min • United States of America

Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins are sent to the district of Rawhide to investigate the killings of several ranchers. Tex enters the town posing as a tramp while the other two Rangers join a troupe of itinerant minstrels.

Jungle Drums

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.

Mardi Gras

1943 • 19 min • United States of America

The first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the Paramount 1943-44 production season. The series would continue into 1948, and then were reissued in the early 50's. Songs included "All the Way" and "At the Mardi Gras."

Riders of the Rio Grande

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

A banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken. The Three Mesquiteers ride into town and set out to help.

The Old Army Game

1943 • 6 min • United States of America

The old shell game gets a new face as Donald stays off-base past "Taps" and has to try to sneak back in with out alerting Pete.

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943 • 18 min • United States of America

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.

Fugitive of the Plains

1943 • 56 min • United States of America

Billy joins an outlaw band led by woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.

Canyon City

1943 • 57 min • United States of America

A mystery man, identifying himself as the outlaw Nevada Kid, and his comical sidekick, help the townspeople of Canyon City solve a series of murders, robberies, and threats to destroy their new power dam in the first days of electrification of the wild west.

My Tomato

1943 • 8 min

Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes incorrectly is being rationed as a war measure. Mrs. Doakes knows that tomatoes aren't rationed, but she doesn't correct him, especially after he announces that he will grow enough tomatoes to feed the entire block. As he proceeds with his tomato garden, he, unaware of what it actually takes to grow tomato plants successfully, accepts advice from the many people who are willing to give it. The problem ends up being that much of the advice is conflicting. But at the end of the process, Joe is pleased with the fact of having grown a fruit to maturity - regardless of the actual yield of the garden - until someone else, or something else, has a say in what happens to that fruit.

Occult Forces

1943 • 51 min • France

The film recounts the life of a young member of parliament who joins the Freemasons in order to relaunch his career. He thus learns of how the Freemasons are conspiring with the Jews and the Anglo-American nations to encourage France into a war against Germany.