All Films

At Sea Ashore

1936 • 20 min • United States of America

Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr. Rumplemeyer's trousers in the donut machine as he's leaving to pick his niece who's arriving from the old country, so he gives Patsy cab fare and sends her. She forgets her purse, so when she arrives at the immigration office, she can't pay the cabbie, who tells her he'll wait while the meter runs. Inside, Patsy finally finds the high-spirited Lyda, but by then, Patsy has sneaked into the holding area and may need a passport to get out. She hides in Lyda's trunk, but with the cabbie, a suspicious immigration officer, and a traffic cop buzzing around will uncle and niece ever connect?

A Song a Day

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

At Betty Boop's Animal Hospital, various species have appropriate ailments. Morale becomes a problem; Professor Grampy to the rescue!

Ridin' On

1936 • 56 min • United States of America

Bolton has organized a feud between the Rork's and the O'Neil's. He has rustled cattle and killed a man putting the blame on Danny O'Neil. Tom Rork has found a bullet with markings on it that he hopes will clear Danny and bring in the real killer.

Drift Fence

1936 • 56 min • United States of America

Although Larry "Buster" Crabbe earns top billing, the hero of Drift Fence is former Western star Tom Keene as Jim Travis, who, at a rodeo, meets city dweller Jim Traft, who has come west to erect a fence that will prevent Clay Jackson from continuing his cattle rustling business. A tough Western type, Travis suggests that he impersonate Traft and the building of the fence soon begins. But Travis is opposed by Slinger Dunn and his family, whose small ranch will suffer from the division of the land. A romance between Travis and Slinger's sister, Paula, paves the way for a meeting of the minds, however, and Slinger switches sides completely upon learning that Travis is a Texas Ranger in disguise.

To Spring

1936 • 9 min • United States of America

Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.

Silver Spurs

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

Janet Allison witnesses Art Holden and his gang hold up the Station Agent. When she identifies Holden to the Sheriff, the Sheriff gives Holden an alibi. Janet and Jim Fentriss then find Holden's secret hideout. When Janet returns the next day to meet Jim, Holden makes her a prisoner and waits in ambush for Jim to arrive.

Arizona Mahoney

1936 • 58 min • United States of America

When Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled cattle.

Floral Symphony

1936 • 8 min

A documentary about flowers.

Back to Nature

1936 • 57 min • United States of America

The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.

Guns and Guitars

1936 • 57 min • United States of America

A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.

Not Now

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

A caterwauling cat annoys Betty Boop and Pudgy; the latter tries cat-chasing, but bites off more than he can chew.

The Brave Sailor

1936 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's story "How the Whale got his Throat".

Trailin' West

1936 • 56 min • United States of America

A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.

The Crime Patrol

1936 • 59 min • United States of America

Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup prior gambling losses. Taunted by his ring opponent, Bob wins the fight. Realizing that his profession and underworld characters connected to it are causing him problems, Bob decides to join the police force. After taking nurse Mary Prentiss (Geneva Mitchell) to a drive-in restaurant where the total bill is a depression-era cheap eighty-two cents, Bob and his fellow officers round-up a gang of fur thieves in a warehouse shoot-out.

Hollywood - The Second Step

1936 • 11 min • United States of America

This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutting room floor. She is even used as a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan on the set of a Tarzan movie when camera angles and lighting must be set up.

The Merry Mutineers

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

Two little boys "battle" their toy pirate ships in a pool. The crews of both sea vessels are made of caricatures of such 30's era stars as Charles Laughton (as Captain Bligh), the Three Stooges, Wallace Beery, Jimmy Durante, Laurel & Hardy, and the Marx Brothers.

We Did It

1936 • 6 min • United States of America

While Betty Boop is away, the kittens get into mischief. Will Pudgy the pup take the blame as usual?

Let It Be Me

1936 • 8 min • United States of America

A radio crooner spirits a girl away to the big city only to drop her like a hot potato.

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1936 • 60 min

The Adventures of Pinocchio (Italian: Le avventure di Pinocchio) was an Italian animated film directed by Raoul Verdini and Umberto Spano. Created and produced by Cartoni Animati Italiani Roma (CAIR) and distributed by De Vecchi, this cartoon was based on the famous children's book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The film was intended to be the first animated feature film from Italy, but was never completed; if the film was finished, it also would have been the first cel animated feature film ever, beating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the first animated film adaptation based on the novel of the same name, It is now considered lost: only the original script and a couple of still frames are all that survived of the film. Currently considered a lost film.

Blazing Justice

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

A cowboy captures two rustlers and collects a $5000 reward. Using the money to take a vacation, he winds up getting accused of a murder he didn't commit.

A Clean Shaven Man

1936 • 6 min • United States of America

That's what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy's barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you'd think Popeye would know better than to let Bluto at him with a razor.

Straszny dwór

1936 • 58 min • Poland

The brothers, Zbigniew and Stefan, return from a war expedition to their patrimony.

Important News

1936 • 10 min • United States of America

In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page.

Mysterious Crossing

1936 • 57 min • United States of America

While crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses it all in a crap game. Outside on deck, Murphy sees two men shaking hands, and after he looks away, hears a splash of water and discovers both men have disappeared...