All Films

Pudgy the Watchman

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

Betty Boop hires a feline professional "Mouse Eradicator" to take over from Pudgy the Pup who makes friends with mice.

Col. Stoopnagle's Cavalcade of Stuff #1

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

A parody of newsreels, presented by Colonel Stoopnagle.

You Leave Me Breathless

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

A "Screen Songs" short mixing live action with cartoons. The animated section deals with what will be seen on the television sets of the future, i.e., a fountain of youth operating in Turkey, a cow mowing the lawn and feeding at the same time, and other items and then the TV set brings on Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with Bob Eberle singing "You Leave Me Breathless."

Feed 'em and Weep

1938 • 10 min

It's Mr. Hood's birthday and he's looking forward to a quiet celebration with his family. But Darla's friends show up with living presents, eat his dinner, argue about Tarzan and Alfalfa croons a special song for the unhappy man.

Midnight Frolics

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

A mouse and a cuckoo bird, skeptical about the existence of ghosts, are startled by a midnight visit from a sextet of spirits, all men who once wooed a Florador show-girl. The specters do a song-and-dance routine from the gay-90's era of show-business. They all fade away at dawn, leaving the mouse and the cuckoo bird less-convinced skeptics than they were before the witching hour.

Conquest of the Hudson

1938 • 18 min

Film about the planning, construction, and operation of the Lincoln Tunnel between New York City and New Jersey.

Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

Mrs. O'Leary's cow is brought to the witness stand in court to explain how she started a great fire. Her testimony fades into a very routine fire brigade cartoon.It has little to do with the Chicago conflagration she's famous for.

Prairie Moon

1938 • 58 min • United States of America

Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.

Norjmaa's Destiny

1938 • 24 min • Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar, 1930s. Neighbors Norjmaa and Tserendulam are both pregnant. Having had two consecutive miscarriages, Norjmaa asks a lama to oversee her third pregnancy, while Tserendulam trusts modern medicine. She very often goes to hospital for proper follow-up.

My Little Buckeroo

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

In the border town of Boiled Beef, Texas, in 1872, a bandit who is wanted by authorities terrorizes the town - but a pig-headed deputy thinks he has a way to capture him.

The Auto Clinic

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

Self-service gas bars aren't a modern phenomenon, as evidenced by this visionary cartoon. The Auto Clinic is automated... everyone is treated alike by the three gas pumps until a pretty customer comes along, then they all turn on the charm... but when a cigar-smoking troublemaker comes along, they give him the "treatment." Krazy Kat protects his anthropomorphic service station from the gangster. Lots of bizarre visuals in this one!

Natural Wonders of the West

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk entry looks at some natural wonders of the western United States, including the Grand Canyon and the Devil's Tower. The last stop on the tour, an "unnatural wonder," is the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where sculptor Gutzon Borglum is hard at work. At the time of filming, only the head of George Washington was close to completion. Thomas Jefferson's face was almost finished; only the upper half of Abraham Lincoln's face is visible; and Theodore Roosevelt's head was not yet started.

Bear Facts

1938 • 11 min • United States of America

In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he know that Darla's father owns a circus - and a bear costume. It's time for everyone to uncover the "bear facts".

Thanks for the Memory

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

A Fleischer Studios Screen Song with a popular tune.

Mutiny Ain't Nice

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

Popeye is leaving on his sailing ship, much to Olive's chagrin. She ends up accidentally stowing away in a trunk. Popeye discovers her, but she can't stay, because the crew will think she's a jinx. She tries to hide, but this only scares the crew more, because they think the ship's haunted. When she is revealed, the crew comes after her to throw her off, and then turns on captain Popeye.

Wholly Smoke

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

A neighborhood bully convinces Porky to take a puff from his cigar, causing Porky to hallucinate a smoke-man named Nick O. Teen, along with a musical number done by cigars, cigarettes and pipes in the likeness of the 3 Stooges, etc.

Blue Monday

1938 • 9 min

The Captain, after much wrestling with his alarm clock, finally wakes up to discover there's no buttons (for suspenders) on his ding-busted pants. He chews out Mama; she tells him if he doesn't like the housekeeping, he can do it himself, and storms out. What follows is pretty much the usual bunch of man-keeping-house jokes: a voracious vacuum, an overflowing sink, crashing dishes, and a dozen crises at once. And still no buttons on the pants.

On the Great White Trail

1938 • 58 min • United States of America

Death stalked Garou's Landing, in the Canadian frozen north, but who was the killer who murdered two men and left them huddled in the snow. Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, accompanied by his dog, Silver King (Silver King the Dog), and Kay Larkin (Terry Walker) the daughter of the man, Andrew Larkin (Robert Frazer) accused of the crime, sets out to solve the crime and bring the real killer to justice.

Staden vid Göta älv

1938 • 16 min • Sweden

Images of Gothenburg

Starlight Over Texas

1938 • 58 min • United States of America

Tex has been sent to investigate the theft of government provisions along the border. Kildare is the leader of the outlaw gang and has his men posing as Indians. He has already killed the incoming Marshal and assumed his identity. When Tex asks too many questons, he plans to get rid of him also.

Buzzy Boop at the Concert

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

Buzzy Boop at the Concert is a 1938 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop's young Tomboy cousin Buzzy Boop.

A Voyage to Cebu

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

Travelogue by Andre de la Varre from 1938 that highlights key travel destinations throughout the island of Cebu in the Visayas, in the Philippines.

Puss in Boots

1938 • 12 min • Soviet Union

The youngest son in a family inherits only a cat when his parents die. It turns out that it is a quite peculiar cat...

Be Up to Date

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets.