All Films

Honor of the West

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

Sheriff Bob Bartlett is called away from the rodeo to apprehend cattle rustlers.

The Cowboy Quarterback

1939 • 56 min • United States of America

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up with gamblers and Rusty's girl Evelyn Corey makes a play for him.

Hare-um Scare-um

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

Facing high meat prices, a man decides to take his dog and go hunt for his own. Unfortunately, the crazy rabbit they are after is cleverer than they are.

Riders of the Frontier

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

The Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane, who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah Burton, a prisoner. Tex Lowery, an undercover Texas Ranger, rescues Martha Williams, a nurse sent for by the ailing Sarah, from a stagecoach holdup by Lane's henchmen. He later convinces Laner that he is a wanted outlaw named Ed Carter, and gains entry to Rancho Grande. But the real Ed Carter shows up.

Leave Well Enough Alone

1939 • 6 min • United States of America

Popeye, feeling sorry for the puppies in the window of Olive Oyl's pet shop, buys all the animals (mostly dogs) and sets them free. A parrot declines to go, singing the title song to explain why it likes it just fine in the shop. Meanwhile, the freed dogs are not faring well.

The Millionaire Hobo

1939 • 7 min • United States of America

A bum is sleeping by the road when Scrappy roars up on his motorcycle -- he's a messenger in this cartoon -- to give him a telegram. His uncle has died and left him a million. While he goes into conniptions over his newfound wealth, Scrappy points out the word he missed. His uncle has left him a million cats. The bum doesn't listen, but begins to spend his wealth, telling everyone to send him the bill.

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.

Two Gun Troubador

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

Twenty-two years earlier Kirk Dean murdered his brother Fred Dean Sr. Now Fred Dean Jr. is looking for his father's killer. Unknown to Fred, Bill Barton who now works for Kirk, witnessed the murder.

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939 • 60 min • United States of America

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.

Feud of the Range

1939 • 55 min • United States of America

In an attempt to drive out settlers of the Los Trancos valley, through which the railroad proposes to run a line, railroad representative Clyde Barton conspires with Dirk to cause a range war between the two largest ranchers, Tom Gray and Harvey Allen.

Robin Hood Makes Good

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

A fox captures two young squirrels while they're playing "Robin Hood". Their small younger friend uses his ingenuity to try to rescue them.

Marine Circus

1939 • 9 min • United States of America

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

Barnyard Baseball

1939 • 6 min • United States of America

Gandy's Baseball team, composed mainly of fowl, takes on another made up of pigs.

Drifting Westward

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

Manuel and Carga are after the hidden map of a gold mine which is somewhere in the hacienda willed to Manuel's brother, Don Careta. Following the third midnight raid on his home, Don Careta is fearful for the safety of his daughter Wanda, and sends for Jack Martin to help him.

Television Spy

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.

El Diablo Rides

1939 • 57 min

Bob rides into a border town where he runs into trouble with Lambert and his gang. Herb arrests him claiming he is the outlaw El Diablo. But it was just to save him from Lambert's gang and the two now plan to trap the outlaws.

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

1939 • 9 min • United States of America

This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".

Petunia Natural Park

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

As a narrator describes the scene, we watch the whole Katzenjammer clan camping in the park of the title, a composite of several national parks in the western USA. There are several spot gags, including Mama taking a picture of a bear and ending up being photographed by several bears. Mama has a run-in with the law for picking a flower; The Captain has his own for feeding a bear, which turns out to be a ranger/cop in disguise.

One Against the World

1939 • 11 min • United States of America

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.

Code of the Fearless

1939 • 56 min • United States of America

When it appears that Fred Jamison is a member of Red's gang, he is kicked out of the Rangers. But it's just a plot between Fred and the Ranger Captain. Fred then gets into Red's gang and makes plans that will enable the Rangers to bring them all in. But his message to the Captain is intercepted and the hoax revealed.

Lincoln in the White House

1939 • 21 min • United States of America

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.

Donald's Lucky Day

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

Donald Duck, delivery boy, is hired to deliver a mysterious package on Friday the Thirteenth. He is hindered by a bothersome black cat -- and by the fact that the package contains a live bomb.

Riders of the Sage

1939 • 57 min • United States of America

In an effort to get Jim Martin to sell his ranch, the Halsey brothers have kidnapped his son Tom. When Bob Burke goes after him alone, he gets help from the gang known as the Riders of the Sage.

Clock Wise

1939 • 16 min • United States of America

Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.