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West of Tombstone

West of Tombstone

1942 • 59 min • United States of America
In this western, a community revives the legend of Billy the Kid after robbers attack a stage coach. The deputy marshal believes the Kid is dead and even goes to the cemetery to exhume his body. Unfortunately, the grave is empty and as the marshal ponders the mystery, a masked rider shoots at him. The eagle-eyed lawman recognizes the man's horse and realizes that he is a prominent businessman in town.
The McGuerins from Brooklyn

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

1942 • 45 min • United States of America
Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett operates a big taxi-fleet company together and because of a misunderstanding Tim's wife Sadie thinks he is having an affair with his secretary, Ms. Lucy Gibbs. To annoy Tim, Sadie starts taking classes with a fitness instructor, Samson, and later going with him to his out-of-town health club. To sort out all the misunderstandings both Tim and Eddie go to the health club as well.
The Price of Victory

The Price of Victory

1942 • 14 min • United States of America
U.S. Vice-President Henry Wallace narrates a patriotic, propaganda short designed to boost morale in the the early days of World War II.
The Devil with Hitler

The Devil with Hitler

1942 • 44 min • United States of America
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
Nutty News

Nutty News

1942 • 7 min • United States of America
Elmer Fudd narrates a newsreel (but is never seen on screen). A hunter uses a moose call; the moose answers back using a hunter call. A barber uses an invention to startle a boy. A man uses a rear-view mirror to guard his hat while eating, but that's not all he should have guarded. In a laboratory, we see how rabbits multiply: 2x2=4, etc. Fireflies are having a blackout. An artist uses his thumb to get the proportions correct as a model is posing. A baby chick follows along as ducks take their first swim. In the South, the traffic signs read "No U-All Turns." A baseball pitcher throws a dollar across the Potomac, but it gets only halfway; his Scotty dog explains that a dollar doesn't go as far. A fox hunt: the dogs run in circles, because the lead dog is romancing the fox. A new department store is about to be built, and it's already attracted a protestor. Finally, we see a series of battleships, all in the rain except the U.S.S. California, in bright sunshine.
Havin' a Time in Havana

Havin' a Time in Havana

1942 • 3 min
A Soundie with Marvel Maxwell.
The Five-Inch Bather

The Five-Inch Bather

1942 • 2 min • United Kingdom
A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance of five inches of hot water.
Me Musical Nephews

Me Musical Nephews

1942 • 7 min • United States of America
Popeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be used to make music. And they are also blessed with an uncanny ability to appear to sleep every time Popeye comes to check on them.
Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy

Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy

1942 • 3 min • United States of America
Spike Jones and His City Slickers perform "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy".
Behind the Eight Ball

Behind the Eight Ball

1942 • 60 min • United States of America
The story takes place at a summer theater in the Berkshire Mountains, where heroine Joan Barry (Carol Bruce) is staging a Broadway-bound musical comedy. Only one problem: two guest stars are shot and killed on two successive evenings, right in front of the audience. Hoping to solve the mystery, detective William Demarest demands that everyone -- actors and theatergoers alike -- return the following weekend to restage the show. But with no major performer willing to assume the fatal guest-star slot, Joan is forced to hire the Three Jolly Jesters (Al, Harry and Jimmy Ritz), Manhattan washroom attendants with showbiz aspirations.
The Sleepwalker

The Sleepwalker

1942 • 7 min • United States of America
Pluto has a tussle over a bone with a female dachsaund named Dinah unaware that he is actually giving her the bone whenever he walks in his sleep and presents it to her. However, each time he awakens, he angrily demands it back until he discovers Dinah's puppies at which point he feels bad and offers up his entire collection of bones to Dinah's family as well as his doghouse.
A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942 • 53 min • United States of America
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1942 • 7 min • United States of America
Woody Woodpecker is a stable boy. The stables are located right in an airfield, and the sound of airplanes droning around only fuels his lust to fly. "I want to fly like the birds!" declares the woodpecker. But the only thing the bulldog sergeant on the airfield feels Woody is competent for is clipping the horses with an electric clipper. And considering that Woody accidentally allows the clipper to clip off the sarge's shirt buttons and a long strip of hair off his chin, he may be giving Woody too much credit. Nevertheless, Woody spends his time reading "How to Fly a Plane from the Ground Up." And eventually, he sneaks onto a PU-2.
Code of the Outlaw

Code of the Outlaw

1942 • 57 min • United States of America
After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leaders young son who is quickly sent to a work farm. They adopt the boy hoping to learn where the money is. Just as their kindness is about to pay off a gang member takes the boy away forcing him to retrieve the money. - Written by Maurice VanAuken
Go to Blazes

Go to Blazes

1942 • 9 min • United Kingdom
Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.
X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

1942 • 55 min • United States of America
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.
The Mouse of Tomorrow

The Mouse of Tomorrow

1942 • 6 min • United States of America
The origin story of Super Mouse (later changed to "Mighty Mouse").
Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa

Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa

1942 • 54 min • Japan
Cinderella Goes To A Party

Cinderella Goes To A Party

1942 • 7 min • United States of America
An irreverent, animated modernization of the Cinderella story.
Come on Danger

Come on Danger

1942 • 59 min • United States of America
When a woman turns outlaw, she is suspected of murder.
The Silver Bullet

The Silver Bullet

1942 • 58 min • United States of America
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.
Danger in the Pacific

Danger in the Pacific

1942 • 60 min • United States of America
Scientist-explorer David Lynd leaves wealthy bride-to-be June Claymore at the altar to join photographer Andy Parker and British secret service agent Leo Marzeli in search of rare minerals. They soon run afoul of crooked trader Tagani, who's been busily stockpiling weapons in the hills on behalf of his Nazi partners.
The Village Smithy

The Village Smithy

1942 • 7 min • United States of America
A duck may not look the muscled part, Donald takes his job as village blacksmith serious. First he fashions a new iron ring for an oxcart-wheel, and expertly makes it dance onto the wood, but then painfully experiences the laws of physics mercilessly punish any size error, worsened each time he insists. Then Donald services a shy-looking client: vain 'Jacqueline-ass' Jenny, who refuses to approve any of the shoe-models he presents, and therefore stubbornly resists his equally driven attempts to fit it on her back-hoof.
We Refuse to Die

We Refuse to Die

1942 • 14 min
1942 Oscar nominated documentary