All Films

And What Do You Do?

1937 • 30 min • Spain

A pro-Republican drama/propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War.It tells the story of Manolo, a young worker who, after the military coup, joins the militias to fight for freedom.

Double Talk

1937 • 10 min • United States of America

Orphanage manager Dr. Bergen tries to get a rich woman to adopt Charlie McCarthy.

The Silver Trail

1937 • 58 min • United States of America

Western, featuring Rin Tin Tin Jr., about a man trying to find an old friend in a town that is trying to deceive him.

He Done His Duty

1937 • 18 min • United States of America

A female con artist tries to fleece Andy and his rival.

Service with a Smile

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Betty Boop is desk clerk at the Hi-De-Ho-Tel ("Food Served with Every Meal") where the guests have many legitimate complaints. Fortunately, Grampy's inventions fix everything.

Never Should Have Told You

1937 • 8 min • United States of America

A Screen Song from the Fleischer Studios with the song "Never Should Have Told You".

Twilight on the Trail

1937 • 8 min • United States of America

The Westerners sing the title song with Bouncing Ball. In animated sequences, a singing cowboy tells tall tales about his exploits.

River Folk

1937 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Reginald Foort introduces and performs four numbers on the Compton organ at the Ambassador Cinema, Hounslow.

Darjeeling

1937 • 10 min • United Kingdom

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

Pension Elise Nottebohm

1937 • 16 min • Germany

Short by Phil Jutzi.

Ding Dong Doggie

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Against Betty Boop's orders (and to his own discomfiture), Pudgy the Pup accompanies a dalmatian fire dog to a fire.

Damaged Goods

1937 • 56 min • United States of America

A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.

The Foxy Hunter

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Junior and Pudgy slip away from Betty Boop's care to go hunting with a pop-gun.

A Fight to the Finish

1937 • 58 min • United States of America

A feud between taxicab companies forms the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when the hero is double-crossed and framed for a murder by his rival with whom he was competing for the position of fleet superintendent in the city's biggest cab company.

The New Deal Show

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Betty Boop emcees a show of pet-aid gadgets. Object: a "new deal for pets." Some ideas copied from Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933).

The Fighting Texan

1937 • 58 min • United States of America

A rancher finds that his stock of horses is mysteriously being depleted, and discovers that a ranch near him has had a sudden upsurge in its horse population.

Life in Hunza

1937 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Le Cuir

1937 • 12 min

Short documentary about the Belgian leather industry.

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

1937 • 10 min • United States of America

A sightseeing portrait of New York, with lively narration taking the viewer aboard the New York elevated and subway trains. Then the view from the windows becomes slightly abstracted, the voice of the commentator becomes uncertain. Featuring Joseph Cotten (credited 'Cotton') Virginia Nicholson Welles, John Becker and Edwin Denby.

Framing Youth

1937 • 10 min • United States of America

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.

Lampião, o Rei do Cangaço

1937 • 14 min • Brazil

Scenes from the daily life of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva—the cangaceiro leader Lampião—and his group, captured by cinematographer Benjamin Abrahão. Their survival strategies in the sertão landscape, their gestures, habits, clothing, and diet are illustrated. Proud of their status, the group's main members are shown displaying their weapons and combat skills in the caatinga. Maria Bonita and Lampião appear in moments of tension and relaxation, highlighting the harmony of the band and, above all, the rigors of life as a cangaceiro. (Cinemateca Brasileira)

You Came to My Rescue

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Shep Fields and his Orchestra perform "You Came To My Rescue."

The Tocher

1937 • 5 min

Silhouette fairy tale film about a man who wins his true love with the help of the "wee folk".

Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Betty Boop's stage show takes a new turn when Pudgy the pup and his feline enemy get into the act.