All Films

Land of the Open Range

1942 • 60 min • United States of America

A land owner's will leaves his ranch to anyone who has served at least two years in prison.

The Gay Parisian

1942 • 20 min • United States of America

The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco. The film is a screen adaptation, in Technicolor, of the 1938 ballet Gaîté Parisienne, choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

1942 • 55 min • United States of America

Director William Witney puts his distinctive stamp on the Don "Red" Barry western Outlaws of Pine Ridge by opening the picture with a body sailing through the plate-glass window of a frontier saloon. Barry stars as gun-slingin' Chips Barrett, who makes it his mission in life to prevent the inaccurately nicknamed Honest John Hollister (Noah Beery Sr.) from becoming territorial governor. Complicating things is the fact that Chips is in love with Honest John's daughter Ann.

The Fall of the House of Usher

1942 • 10 min • United States of America

Curtis Harrington's student film based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story.

Dr. Renault's Secret

1942 • 58 min • United States of America

A remake of the 1927 horror film "The Wizard". Dr. Larry Forbes arrives in a remote French village to visit his fiancée who lives with her scientist father Dr. Renault and his Ape-like manservant Noel. Several Murders coincide with Dr. Forbes arrival, with clues pointing in multiple directions.

Foney Fables

1942 • 8 min • United States of America

A series of fractured fairy tales vignettes.

Victory Quiz

1942 • 9 min

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

Madero of Mexico

1942 • 11 min • United States of America

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

Il paradiso terrestre

1942 • 11 min • Italy

A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.

Boogie Woogie Sioux

1942 • 7 min • United States of America

A group of indians are dancing in boogie-woogie style. Immeadiatly comes the rain but the indians are still singing.

Further Prophecies of Nostradamus

1942 • 11 min • United States of America

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.

Don't Lie

1942 • 11 min

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.

Glimpses of Ontario

1942 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short visits Ontario, the second largest province of Canada. Toronto is the province's largest city, sitting on the shores of Lake Ontario. After the War of 1812, the Rideau Canal was built connecting the Ottawa River to Lake Ontario. The canal figures prominently in the geography and history of the City of Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

Kill or be Killed

1942 • 18 min

A fictional enactment of the deadly contest between a British soldier and a German sniper hiding in a tree. Kill or Be Killed differs from most army instructional films because of its powerful dramatization.

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5

1942 • 9 min

Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.

El Gaucho Goofy

1942 • 8 min • United States of America

American cowboy Goofy gets taken mysteriously to the Argentine pampas to learn the ways of the native gaucho.

Mother Goose on the Loose

1942 • 7 min • United States of America

Mother Goose rhymes are given the 40's era toon treatment.

The Impatient Patient

1942 • 8 min • United States of America

Daffy has the hiccups and goes to Dr. Jerkyl to see if he can help stop them

Raiders of the West

1942 • 60 min • United States of America

In this western, a frontier detective disguised as an entertainer performs for the leader of an outlaw gang. At the same time, he learns the whereabouts of the outlaws' hideout. Unfortunately, his true identity is revealed and he must escape if he is to bring the gang to justice.

Winning Your Wings

1942 • 18 min • United States of America

Winning Your Wings is a 1942 short American World War II recruitment film produced by Warner Bros. Studios for the US Army Air Forces, starring Jimmy Stewart. It was aimed at young men who were thinking about joining the Air Force.

Mr. Gardenia Jones

1942 • 13 min • United States of America

Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops.

Hay Foot

1942 • 48 min • United States of America

Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gun shy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb.

Frankenstein's Cat

1942 • 6 min • United States of America

In this one, a community of mice and birds are living and playing peacefully until the arrival of the title character: a mechanical cat who wants to eat so he picks a bird to take to his castle.

Vitamin 'U' for Me

1942 • 4 min • United States of America

Dr. Whoozis' vitamin and exercise routine turn young girls into super-charged pin-up models