All Films

Half Shot Shooters

1936 • 19 min • United States of America

The Stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their mean sergeant. Years later they wind up in the army again, and of course the same sergeant is their superior. The sergeant plays various tricks on them, and when the Stooges go crazy with a cannon, blowing up a house, a bridge, and a smoke stack, he blows them up.

The Sailor's Home

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

A sailor's whimsical remembrance of his mermaid wife. Told with charm. Includes an incongruous riff from Disney's MUSIC LAND. Some animators: Milton Stein, Eddie Donnelly, John Foster, "Connie" Rasinski, Jerry Shields.

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye is running a women's gymnasium next door to Bluto's cabaret. Seeing Popeye's greater success with women, Bluto dresses in drag and challenges Popeye to various feats of strength.

Music Hath Charms

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

The other rabbits down at Hillbilly Hollow don't like Oswald playing hot jazz on his saxophone, so they kick him out and continue with their hillbilly music. When the grasshoppers come down on their crops like locusts and their shacks like locusts, they discover that the only remedy is Oswald's type of rhythm.

Little Beau Porky

1936 • 8 min • United States of America

Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldiers ride off to find the evil Ali Mode, leaving Porky behind. Ali Mode notices, and tries to gain entrance to the fort, first by tricking Porky, then by tunnelling, then by military assaults, but Porky rebuffs all attempts, ultimately landing Ali Mode in a big vat of "Cairo Syrup" and collecting a chestful of medals.

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.

All at Sea

1936 • 60 min • United Kingdom

When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attracts various attractive women to him on the voyage, but his deceptions start to land him in trouble.

The Plow That Broke the Plains

1936 • 25 min • United States of America

A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.

Yellowstone Park: 'Nature's Playground'

1936 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short showcases the natural wonders in one of the USA's most famous national parks. Waterfalls, grizzly bears, and the Old Faithful geyser are featured.

King of the Islands

1936 • 20 min • United States of America

In this musical short, a shipwrecked sailor is washed up on the shores of a tropical island and falls in love with a beautiful princess.

The Blonde Bomber

1936 • 21 min • United States of America

The Palooka gang is out of money again, and Knobby and Johnny try to raise some quick cash by selling phony watches. Their first sale is their last, when a burly customer realizes he's been had. Next stop, Joe, Knobby and Punchy load up at a local diner, and Knobby has a scheme to skip out on the bill. Of course, the diner owner turns out to be their watch customer, and the boys make a hasty exit with the manager's waitress girlfriend in tow. Knobby books Palooka into a local vaudeville house to put on some exhibition bouts. Of course, their friend from the diner is in the audience, with a bag of rotten tomatoes, and he's more than willing to come on stage when Knobby asks for a volunteer to box with Joe.

Comin' 'Round the Mountain

1936 • 57 min

His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.

Frontier Justice

1936 • 58 min • United States of America

When Brent Halston returns he finds his father in an insane asylum and Wilton about to foreclose on their ranch and bring sheep onto the cattle range. When Wilton kills a rancher, Brent is blamed and jailed. Escaping jail he gets Ware to confess that he payed to have Halston committed. He then gets unexpected help from Ethel Gordon when Wilton tries to foreclose.

Greedy Humpty Dumpty

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

Greedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.

The Pinch Singer

1936 • 20 min • United States of America

Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.

The Lawless Nineties

1936 • 55 min • United States of America

Federal Agents Tipton and Bridger have been sent to Wyoming where the vote on statehood is imminent. Plummer and his gang are out to make sure the vote fails. When Plummer's men kill Bridger, Tipton fights on. He sends fake telegrams that trap some of Plummer's men. Then he organizes the ranchers and on election day they descend on the town barricaded by Plummer's gang.

Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

1936 • 2 min

Ten year old boy pilot called Gore Vidal. A young boy learns how to fly new kind of aeroplane with simple controls. M/S of boy, Gene, standing in front of aeroplane with man. They have a stilted conversation about how easy new aeroplane is to fly. They then climb into cockpit and man takes boy through joystick movements. Various shots of aeroplane taking off and landing on an airfield. C/U of Gene and man. When asked, Gene says controlling the plane was easier that learning how to ride a bike!

Conflict

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

Pat's ability as a logging/mining camp fighter sets him up to box prizefighter Corrigan. Unknown to his supporters, he's actually in collusion with Corrigan to throw the fight - until he runs into reporter Maude.

Little Swee'pea

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye takes Swee'pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals.

The Pups' Christmas

1936 • 8 min • United States of America

On Christmas morning two pups and the household's children are up early. The pups are frightened by a large stuffed dog, a train set, a crying doll, a toy tank, and other toys.

Music in the Morgan Manner

1936 • 10 min • United States of America

This is the full ten minute film from which the Russ Morgan "Meet The Bandleaders" segment was created on video in the 1980s. It features Russ in his first year, singer Linda Lee, and Lewis Julian, a former NBC page boy. Also featured is 22-year-old Billy Fisher on saxophone and clarinet (in front of the bass drum), who later played with Al Donahue and the CBS Orchestra. He was later the arranger for the Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason shows and the Tony Awards.

Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

1936 • 5 min • France

Max Ophuls directs this short film of Chopin's Valse Brillante.

The Choke's on You

1936 • 21 min • United States of America

Joe Palooka and Strangler Chokeovitch have set up training camps on adjacent beachfront sites. When Joe knocks out the Strangler after a misunderstanding, Chokeovitch's manager challenges the champ to a professional wrestling bout, with the winner taking all the gate receipts.

The Champ's a Chump

1936 • 19 min • United States of America

As a ploy to sign a championship college boxer to a contract, Big Boy enrolls in the college the youth is attending.