All Films

Breakdowns of 1939

1939 • 16 min • United States of America

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.

The Movies March On

1939 • 22 min

A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage.

Western Caravans

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

A caravan of settlers is arriving and the ranchers intend to keep them out. It looks like a range war but Sheriff Jim gets the ranchers to accept the settlers. Kohler re-ignites the feud by making settler Winters appear to be a rustler and then by killing Winter's son. Once more the two sides appear headed for a war and Jim is caught in the middle.

The Sap Takes a Wrap

1939 • 20 min • United States of America

Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to great lengths to recover it.

I'll Tell the World

1939 • 40 min • United States of America

This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling power of ads placed in the pages of "Liberty Magazine," a MacFadden publication.

Chicken Jitters

1939 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky runs a poultry farm. All is well, if a bit unconventional, until the wolf attacks.

The Man Who Dared

1939 • 60 min • United States of America

An elderly grandfather proves to be heroic when he takes a stand against local city corruption.

Fagin's Freshman

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

Momma's singing "Three Little Kittens" with her brood, but Blackie thinks it's for sissies and he'd rather listen to crime dramas on the radio. Momma sends him to bed, where he dreams of venturing out. He sees a sign looking for boys, no experience needed. It's Fagin's school, where he trains boys to steal. The cops raid the place. In the shootout, the phone rings; Fagin answers and passes the message on to a cop: bring home a pound of butter. Blackie dives out a window, gets tangled up in a curtain, and wakes up, tangled in his blanket; he runs downstairs and joins in "Three Little Kittens."

A Dream of Love

1939 • 17 min • United States of America

Aging composer Franz Liszt lives in an abbey. On his birthday, a priest brings him a box that was just delivered; there is no return address. In the box he finds a single flower. The flower brings back memories of his lost love of long ago, who inspired him to compose his unforgettable melodies.

Cowboys from Texas

1939 • 55 min • United States of America

Cowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers. With each side suspecting the other of their problems, the Mesquiteers realize someone else is responsible. Stony suspects Plummer and fakes leaving the Mesquiteers to join Plummer's gang hoping to find out who it is.

In Old Caliente

1939 • 54 min • United States of America

Americans come west to California in the hope of peaceful settlement. Roy and Gabby sing a duet: "We're Not Coming Out Tonight." Other songs include "Sundown on the Rangeland" and "Ride on Vaquero."

Trouble in Sundown

1939 • 60 min • United States of America

The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the mob turns ugly but the deputy is shot when he and Clint go to get John at the shack. Things look bad for John, but Clint does not believe that John did the robbery and he will look for the real crooks.

Sons of Liberty

1939 • 20 min • United States of America

Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.

The Phantom Stage

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

Bob Carson and sidekick Grizzly take a job driving a stage for a line that is being repeatedly robbed. The culprits place a large box on the stage in which Runt can hide and steal the gold without the driver or guard knowing it. When Bob realizes what is happening, he replaces Runt in the box in hope of catching the outlaws.

The Night Riders

1939 • 56 min • United States of America

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.

Rollin' Westward

1939 • 55 min • United States of America

A cowboy helps a pretty young woman and her father in their fight against land-grabbers who are trying to swindle them out of their cattle ranch.

Sniffles and the Bookworm

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.

Picturesque Udaipur

1939 • 8 min

A visit to one of India's oldest cities.

Main Street Lawyer

1939 • 53 min • United States of America

A prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is blackmailed by a gangster.

The Man from Sundown

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

The hero, Texas Ranger Larry Whalen (Charles Starrett), is on the trail of a mysterious outlaw leader.

The Fighting Gringo

1939 • 59 min

A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

1939 • 10 min • United States of America

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper.

The Monroe Doctrine

1939 • 22 min • United States of America

The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.

Smoky Trails

1939 • 57 min • United States of America

Trailing the men that murdered his father, Bob Archer finds a man in a gunfight. He helps him to escape only to be knocked out by him and captured by the Sheriff.