All Films

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

Hot Breath Harry is a hot trumpeter at a jazz club. He finds himself drafted into the Army, where he's assigned to be the bugler of an African-American company. But everyone hates the bugler, because he blows reveille at the ungodly hour of 5 AM sharp.

Sulle orme di Giacomo Leopardi

1941 • 12 min

Documentary short of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi.

A Helping Paw

1941 • 6 min

A man visits the doctor and gets a new pair of glasses. The doctor's dog guides him throughout the city.

Desert Bandit

1941 • 56 min • United States of America

Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy Cagney" in Republic's Desert Bandit. Barry is cast as two-fisted Texas Ranger Bob Crandall, who after being dishonorably discharged heads to the Mexican border to start life anew. He falls in with a gang of gun runners, headed by corrupt lawman Largo (William Haade). It turns out, of course, that Crandall's "disgrace" was merely a ruse to allow him to work undercover in bringing Largo and his minions to justice.

The Crackpot Quail

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

A dog chasing a quail keeps getting outsmarted.

Jitterbug Senorita

1941 • 3 min

Vincent Lopez And his Orchestra, with Anne Barrett on vocals, performing "Jitterbug Senorita".

Snow Time for Comedy

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

The Two Curious Puppies chase after a bone in the snow-bound wilderness, contending with dam-building beavers and treacherous thin ice.

Your Feet's Too Big

1941 • 3 min

Fats and the gang are cutting it up on this 1941 music video of his 1939 hit “Your Feet’s Too Big”. Fats was one of the giants of jazz piano and one of the more popular performers in his day who played in a Harlem stride style.

Copy Cat

1941 • 6 min • United States of America

A small cat annoys his elder by imitating everything he does. Eventually, the bigger cat catches a mouse, knowing the copy cat won't be able to perform the same feat.

The Little Mole

1941 • 9 min • United States of America

A mole lad with sensitive vision is allowed outside to play in the daylight on the condition that he stay close to home. Outdoors, he meets a traveling sales-skunk.

Kings of the Turf

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

Kings of the Turf is a 1941 American short documentary film about horse racing, directed by Del Frazier. This entry in The Sports Parade series shows us how Mortimer, a Standardbred horse, is trained for harness racing. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject.

Twinkletoes - Where He Goes Nobody Knows

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

Twinkletoes, the incompetent carrier pigeon, is charged with the task of delivering a package, little guessing that it contains a time bomb.

Tins for India

1941 • 7 min • United Kingdom, India

The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.

Hoch der Lambeth Valk

1941 • 2 min • United Kingdom

A 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film set to the tune of The Lambeth Walk, a popular song from the musical Me and My Girl.

Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals

1941 • 59 min • United States of America

Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff are on the run from the law again. This time they travel to a new town where Fuzzy is made Marshal. But Hardy and his outlaw gang control the town and none of the previous Marshals survived for very long.

All's Well

1941 • 6 min • United States of America

When Gabby tries to make everything well, he comes to fussy baby and attempts to change the baby's diaper. Can Gabby change the baby's diaper? Find out on Gabby's "All's Well"

Crime Control

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders that have recently been brought in. Shoelaces, for example, have an objectionable habit of breaking at crucial moments. The officer proceeds to call attention to window shades, bedroom slippers, and other menaces. He also answers his critics who advocate reasoning with these objects rather than punishing them.

How to Hold Your Husband - BACK

1941 • 9 min • United States of America

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

Boxers

1941 • 60 min • Soviet Union

The young boxer Kirill Kochevanov in the training battle of the qualifying rounds with the champion Peter Dorokhov loses the decisive meeting and, it would seem, now he should not get into the team for a trip to Europe. However, according to the decision of the commission, which saw great makings in the athlete, Kochevanov, together with the best Lightning boxers, goes abroad. After several meetings won, our athletes receive the challenge of European champion Henri Lance. Having well studied the tactics and strategy of the battle of Dorokhov, Lance promises all journalists to knock out the opponent no later than the fourth round. However, the opponent of Lance is declared Kirill Kochevanov. In the fourth round, Cyril goes on the offensive, attacks Lance and wins the battle.

Olive's Boithday Presink

1941 • 6 min • United States of America

Popeye wants to get Olive a fur coat, but after a run-in with dishonest furrier Geezil decides the best way is to go hunting for a bear himself.

The Forgotten Man

1941 • 10 min

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

Penthouse Serenade

1941 • 3 min

A Soundie with Johnny Downs and Gale Storm.

Cyclone on Horseback

1941 • 60 min • United States of America

Whopper, Stan Bradford, and Smokey are delivering a herd of pack horses to telegraph lineman Jeff Corbin when intercepted by smooth-talking Cobb Wayne, who is in a deadly competition with Corbin.

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941 • 9 min • United States of America

This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken Murray, assisted by the Brewer Twins, is the MC, while the Andrews Sisters sing "In Apple Blossom Time" and the pre-"Uncle Miltie" Milton Berle plays his clarinet. The rest of the players, with contract-player faces belonging to 20th-Century Fox, RKO Radio, Universal and Columbia, just pass through. Production Number 3851.