All Films

Alibi Bye Bye

1935 • 20 min • United States of America

The story, if you want to call it that is about a husband who tells his wife he's going hunting but actually sneaks off to fool around in Atlantic City. While the wife, says she's going to Washington D.C. but is also sneaking off the Atlantic City. once there the husband goes to a scenic photographer who fakes pictures to cover for straying spouses. Later the pictures are delivered to the hotel where all parties literally run into each other!

Galathea

1935 • 11 min • Germany

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a statue to life.

Cowboy G-Man

1935 • 22 min • United States of America

Edited version of Paradise Canyon. An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.

Captured in Chinatown

1935 • 54 min • United States of America

A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.

Rural Mexico

1935 • 8 min • United States of America

A Traveltalks visit to some small towns in Mexico. In Mazatlán, away from the tourist spots, we see a small village where fishing, growing coconuts, and gathering large sea turtles are the main pursuits. We then visit Toluca on market day, where people sell produce and pottery. The last stop is Taxco, where the Castilian influence of the Spanish conquerors is still prevalent.

Simple Simon

1935 • 7 min • United States of America

As in the nursery rhyme, Simple Simon meets a pieman on his way to the fair and samples his wares. However, when he makes no purchase, the pieman becomes angry, follows Simon to the fair, and makes his stay there miserable.

Toll of the Desert

1935 • 60 min • United States of America

When his family is killed by Indians, a bitter cowboy turns into a ruthless hired gunman. Unbeknownst to him, his son had survived the attack, and is now a lawman. The son, not knowing that the killer is his father, is assigned to bring him to justice.

Schlitz on Mount Washington

1935 • 22 min • United States of America

Schlitz is a tourist in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Ignoring posted warnings which say that you shouldn't climb Mount Washington (the tallest mountain in New England) in bad weather, Schlitz pushes onward up the mountain, briefcase in hand. He gets lost in the snow, becomes entangled in mischief spun by a quirky hermit, and finally ends up skiing down Tuckerman's Ravine at perilous speeds, losing his briefcase several times.

Wandering Tigers in North India

1935 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific

1935 • 8 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk short visits Hawaii's capital city.

Hong Kong Nights

1935 • 58 min • United States of America

Customs agents track a ring of arms smugglers into Hong Kong.

Delhi - Jubilee

1935 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

The Bon Bon Parade

1935 • 8 min • United States of America

A little poor boy, attracted one evening by a confectionery shop's window display, unexpectedly finds himself inside, where a cupid offers him a wish. The boy asks to live in Candytown full time.

Smokey Smith

1935 • 58 min • United States of America

The parents (Horace B. Carpenter)(Vane Calvert) of Smokey Smith (Bob Steele) are murdered while traveling with a wagon train that is attacked by outlaws. Smokey swears revenge but his only possible chance lies in finding the member of the border-gang who took a ring from his father's finger. The sheriff (Earl Dwire) of a nearby border town makes Smokey a deputy after the latter saves his life when outlaws attack a stagecoach the sheriff is escorting. This enables Smokey to find the hideout of the gang that killed his parents, and he, posing as a wanted man, is able to join the gang. He soon incurs the wrath of gang-member Kent(Warner Richmond), who is jealous over the attention that Bess Bart (Mary Kornman, step-daughter of the gang-leader, "Blaze" Bart (George 'Gabby' Hayes), is showing Smokey.

Sing Sister Sing

1935 • 20 min • United States of America

At a residence hotel, Patsy is moving in with Thelma. Thelma has prepared some rules, including singing whenever one feels quarrelsome or angry. Although Thelma tells Patsy that they'll share everything, there's precious little closet or drawer space for Patsy's clothes, little room to maneuver around Thelma in the bathroom, and then a sleepless night for Patsy when Thelma goes sleepwalking. Can they share and share alike, or will Patsy keep on singing?

The Quetta Earthquake

1935 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

Housing Problems

1935 • 16 min • United Kingdom

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

1935 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short visits Los Angeles, California. In one of the highlights of the film, narrator James FitzPatrick visits the Disney cartoon studio and shakes hands with Walt Disney.

Horses' Collars

1935 • 18 min • United States of America

The Stooges are private detectives in the Old West trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a bad guy. Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villain's wallet and then from a safe meet with problems until Curly, who goes berserk whenever he sees a mouse, knocks out all the bad guys.

Buddy's Theatre

1935 • 7 min • United States of America

Buddy is a projectionist in a movie theatre where the 'coming attractions' trailer promises '15 features for 15 cents.'

A Language All My Own

1935 • 6 min • United States of America

Betty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim.

Stop That Noise

1935 • 8 min • United States of America

A sleepless Betty can't take the noise of the city any more, and heads out into the country for some peace and quiet. She soon discovers that the country has its own problems.

Pleased to Meet Cha!

1935 • 6 min • United States of America

The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting. She catches them, and tells them one will have to leave. Bluto tells Popey that whoever does the best trick can stay. As a result, they find ever more creative ways to abuse each other, much to Olive's merriment. Eventually, though, they start destroying her house, and Olive throws them both out, for a little while, anyhow.

Puss in Boots

1935 • 14 min • Germany

Silhouette film based on Perrault's fairy tale.