All Films

The HPO

1938 • 4 min

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

Why Does a Rhino Have Skin Folds?

1938 • 11 min • Soviet Union

Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.

'Round & 'Round

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

An educational one-reeler for elementary aged children demonstrating the concept of American free-enterprise. The film utilizes wooden toys designed and animated by Goldman, all set to a music box-ish xylophone score by Jam Handy musical director Samuel Benavie and narration by notable commentator Lowell Thomas.

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

1938 • 60 min • United States of America

In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up helping her to combat an epidemic that rages through the mountain communities. The doctor she works for prefers traditional herbs to modern medicine.

Billy The Kid Returns

1938 • 53 min • United States of America

After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.

On with the New

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

Overworked as cook and dishwasher at a busy diner, Betty Boop calls it quits and accepts a job as nursery attendant at Bundle From Heaven Nursery.

Bed and Breakfast

1938 • 55 min

Struggling theatricals in a boarding house.

Script Girl

1938 • 20 min

A movie director needs a script girl . A strip girl, misunderstanding the job title, shows up.

Pie a la Maid

1938 • 20 min • United States of America

Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster.

The New Audioscopiks

1938 • 8 min

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

Panamint's Bad Man

1938 • 60 min • United States of America

A hero goes undercover to uncover outlaws while singing to a heroine and being sneered at by a bad guy.

The Penguin Parade

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

An evening at a night club for penguins, (and a walrus or two). The stage show includes an appearance by a penguin incarnation of Bing Crosby, who sings a jazzy version of, "When my dreamboat comes home". The band's three singers do a scat version as well. This is followed by a full swing band instrumental of the song which works the band into a "Hot Jazz" frenzy, literaly melting some of the instruments.

Songs and Saddles

1938 • 59 min

An old rancher's property sites smack-dab on the site where a new highway is to be built, although he doesn't know it. Someone else does, however, and is determined to force the old man off his property in order to get the ranch for himself. The rancher's foster son returns home to help the old man keep his property and find out who is behind the scheme to take it from him.

The Captain's Pup

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

The mangiest pup at Pete's Pooch Palace catches the Captain's eye. He takes it home, but Mama is less than thrilled; she forbids it to stay in the house. The Captain pretends to put it out, but hides it under his coat. At the dinner table, though, it is soon exposed. Confined to the back yard, the dog howls the night away. The Captain is sent outside to quiet it, but is too tired to make it out the door. He finally gets there and sneaks the dog back inside to his own bed.

The Three Musketeers

1938 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Soviet animated story of The Three Musketeers by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.

Happy Birthday

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

Scrappy is very happy when he discovers his friends are giving him a birthday party. An uninvited little girl crashes the party and proceeds to dominate and disorganize it completely. Scrappy's friends finally give up and leave, but Scrappy and the girl solve their differences and end up eating the whole birthday cake themselves.

The Ship That Died

1938 • 10 min • United States of America

This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no discernible reason - of crew, passengers and captain. At "the famed nautical court of Gibraltar", investigators propose three hypotheses.

Hold It!

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

When the lights of the city go dim, all of the kitties are let outdoors to prowl. Holding a meeting, they come up with a plan to rid themselves of a neighboring dog. The cats proceed to torment him, chase him with a water hose, and try feeding him.

La Vie des artistes

1938 • 50 min • France

Everything you wanted to know about your favorite circus, radio and movie stars. They tell you about their lives and likes and dislikes.

Giuochi nella schiuma

1938 • 2 min • Switzerland

Henkel ad by Pinschewer.

Sons of the Legion

1938 • 60 min • United States of America

Sons of The Legion is a film about a group of young men looking to start a squadron in their Legion Post. However, because the boy's father wrongfully received a dishonorable discharge after World War I, his father cannot join the Legion and in turn his son cannot join the squadron [wikipedia]

Porky's Party

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky's birthday. His uncle sends him a silkworm that churns out articles of clothing when it hears the word "sew." After a sock and a bra, Porky stuffs it in a pocket to prepare for his party. He uses some hair tonic, then his dog Black Fury has some for himself it's 99% alcohol. The guests arrive: a penguin and a goose. The penguin, shoveling in the food, accidentally swallows the worm, which starts churning out top hats, which pop open inside the penguin's head. The goose tries increasingly violent ways of remedying this. Meanwhile, Porky's dog, lathered with shaving cream, runs in and is branded a mad dog.

Happy Scouts

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

Scoutmaster Oswald (the Rabbit) takes his troop of Duck Scouts on a camping trip. The youngest member, a black duckling, gets into trouble with a mischievous beaver, who keeps putting out the camp fire the little black duckling is trying to light. The little black duckling chases the beaver into the water and encounters an alligator, who is pleased to see that his dinner has arrived. The little black ducking finally gets safely to shore as Oswald comes to his rescue by feeding the alligator a mechanical duck---standard issue in all scout packs back-packs---that ruins the alligators digestion as it starts to unwind inside him.

Daffy Duck in Hollywood

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

Daffy causes trouble on a Hollywood set.