All Films

Temples of India

1938 • 10 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

Women in Prison

1938 • 59 min • United States of America

The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.

A Doggone Mixup

1938 • 20 min • United States of America

Harry, who can't resist a bargain, buys a St. Bernard dog.

Turkey Mourns Kemal Ataturk

1938 • 1 min

Various shots of Kemal Ataturk sat around a table with other politicians, he speaks, M/S profile of him. C/U of his successor General Ismet Inonu. L/S of Istanbul, various shots of the city, a truck drives down the street. M/S of Turkish women sat around threading leaves onto spikes. M/S of ladies being fitted for clothes. M/S of two oxen pulling a plough, M/S of a tractor pulling a plough. L/S of workers in a factory. A substance is poured into a big vat.

Jaipur: 'The Pink City'

1938 • 8 min • India

A FitzPatrick Traveltalk where we visit 'The Pink City' of Jaipur.

The Dummy Owner

1938 • 18 min

Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.

Ruslan and Ludmila

1938 • 50 min • Soviet Union

The evil wizard Chernomor abducts Princess Lyudmila during the wedding. Her husband Ruslan goes in search of his beloved.

Ivashko and Baba-Yaga

1938 • 12 min • Soviet Union

Ivashko was a small fisherman. Once, Baba Yaga noticed him and decided to kidnap him. She forged a thin voice at the smith's and called Ivashko like his grandmother usually called him...

They're Always Caught

1938 • 22 min • United States of America

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.

Porky's Phoney Express

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

A pony express office. Porky's only allowed to clean up and lick envelopes. When a rider comes back...

Glimpses of New Brunswick

1938 • 9 min

James A. FitzPatrick's TravelTalks series takes a look at the lives and customs in New Brunswick.

The Prisoner of Swing

1938 • 22 min • United States of America

Musical satire based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king.

Paris on Parade

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalks short showcases the Paris International Exposition of 1937. It features a tour of the pavillions of several nations, as well as the spectacular water and light displays.

Mental Poise

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

Pioneer Trail

1938 • 59 min • United States of America

Heading up the Chisholm Trail with a small herd and just a few men, Breezy has his cattle rustled by Curley and his gang. Returning to Texas, Breezy convinces the ranchers to send their cattle north in one big herd guarded by a lot of men. Outnumbered, Curley has a plan to get the cattle.

Wee Wee Monsieur

1938 • 18 min • United States of America

The Stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys must disguise themselves as harem girls to infiltrate the chieftains hideout and rescue him.

Let's Celebrake

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye and Bluto pick up Olive to celebrate New Year's Eve with them. Popeye brings along her granny out of sympathy.

The Singing Cowgirl

1938 • 59 min • United States of America

Tolen is after the Harkins ranch where his men have found gold. After they kill Harkins, Dorothy and Dick step in and discover that the gold actually washes down from Tolen's own ranch. When Harkins' brother arrives to take over they test Tolen by having the brother offer to swap ranches.

Making Fashion

1938 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

What a Lion!

1938 • 9 min

The Captain and Inspector are hunting lions in Africa, though their attempts to sneak up are hampered by alarm clocks and squeaky shoes. Fortunately, there's a lion ready for them: it's the boys, dressed in a lion costume, with an "ah-ooga" horn for the roar. They're soon chasing the Captain, when their costume gets stuck and pulled off. The captain comes in to the costume after them, but the boys manage to tie him up. Before long they've run into a real (sleeping) lion. They provoke it (in costume), and get its head stuck in a hollow log. Then they go taunt the Captain again and bring him over to the log, where the lion is still stuck; he whacks it with a board and pulls it out, then tries to remove the costume when the boys walk up behind him. The inevitable chase starts slowly, then speeds into a cave.

Cops Is Always Right

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye is heading over to see Olive when he hits a traffic island where a cop is directing traffic; when he gets there, he manages to get more tickets for blowing his horn and parking illegally. The cop rings the bell, and Popeye manages to wreck Olive's apartment by dropping what he's doing, each time he writes a ticket.

A Road in India

1938 • 10 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

A-Lad-In Bagdad

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

Hayseed Egghead arrives in the big city of Bagdad and quickly wins a magic lamp in a carnival coin-operated crane game. The shady character who was playing the game before him covets the lamp, and tries to steal it. Egghead sees a poster: The sultan is having a contest for his daughter's hand in marriage. With his lamp, Egghead thinks he's a sure bet; he conjures up a magic carpet, and he's off. After a couple bad vaudeville acts, it's Egghead's turn, but in the meantime, the bad guy swapped the lamp for a coffeepot. Egghead is thrown out, then sees the bad guy using the lamp; Egghead breaks in, steals the lamp and the girl, and flies off. But she uses the lamp herself to conjure up a real hunk to replace the nerdy Egghead.

Come Across

1938 • 21 min • United States of America

A bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide him from the police, and who now turn their backs on him when his money runs out.