All Films

Le métro

1934 • 11 min • France

This silent film on the Paris Metro was the first foray into film by Georges Franju and only foray into the realization of the future creator of the Cinémathèque Française, Henri Langlois.

The Trail Beyond

1934 • 55 min • United States of America

Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well.

The Man on the Flying Trapeze

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to the circus (ringmaster Wimpy) looking for her, to find she's part of the act; an aerial battle ensues.

Gonzague

1934 • 54 min • France

Superstitious new rich find that they will be thirteen at the table. To reassure themselves, they invite a piano tuner, named Gonzague, whom they pretend to be Prince Gonzague to their guests. One of them imagines that Gonzague is his wife's lover.

A Man's Game

1934 • 56 min • United States of America

During one blaze, Firefighters Tim and his partner Dave (Ward Bond) rescue pretty stenographer Judy (Evelyn Knapp). Falling in love with the girl, the boys try to save her from getting mixed up in an embezzlement scheme.

Pettin' in the Park

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

While at the park, a group of birds engage in a swimming contest. Another cartoon by Warner Brothers promoting a song from its movie "Gold Diggers of 1933".

Shanghaied

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

Pirate Pete has kidnapped Mickey and Minnie and has them tied up. As Pete prepares to have his way with Minnie, Mickey escapes and gets a swordfish off the wall; a swordfight with Pete ensues. Mickey gets out of the cabin and on deck; he hoists Minnie up onto the mast. Pete summons his crew, and Mickey fights them off with a cannon, shooting pots and pans, a stove, and ultimately a harpoon before winning Minnie and the ship back for good.

The Undie-World

1934 • 21 min • United States of America

A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934 • 10 min

Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and Frankenstein met face to face--for a game of chess. The scene is from an early 1934 episode of Columbia Pictures' Screen Snapshots, a series of short films featuring the off-screen lives of Hollywood stars.

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

1934 • 58 min

A sponge diver hopes to make enough money to buy his own boat and marry his girlfriend. A rival diver, however, has other plans for him.

Maid in Hollywood

1934 • 20 min • United States of America

Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Patsy's deviousness, Thelma gets a call to come to the studio immediately to audition for a costume drama.

Pastry Town Wedding

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

A young couple meet in a land made of pastries. The two seem to fall in love at first sight, and arrange a "Pastry Town Wedding," conducted by small pastry-making people.

Honeymoon Hotel

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

After introducing the small town Bugtown, inhabitated by bugs, this short shows what happens to two honeymooning lovebugs at the Honeymoon Hotel in town, due to the fact, that their love is a little bit to hot.

Rodeo Rocketeers

1934 • 22 min • United States of America

Edited version of The Man from Utah. In a horse-riding rodeo contest bad guys want John Weston to lose. When he doesn't go along they add some insurance: a poisoned needle just under his saddle.

Along Came a Duck

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

A little boy chasing after a duck encounters a cartoon frog, who tells him the story of how he saved that duck's life.

Post-Haste

1934 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.

Buddy's Garage

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

While having lunch at the garage, Cookie is kidnapped by a man and Buddy gets in a car chase to rescue her.

The Way of the West

1934 • 55 min • United States of America

Government agent Gordon, working undercover, is investigating a cattleman sheepman war. The Culprit is Horton and when Horton kills Parker he frames Gordon. His identity revealed, the Sheriff lets Gordon escape to go after the real killer.

Bedlam of Beards

1934 • 18 min

A pair of barbers attempt to solve a kidnapping.

Hail Columbia

1934 • 10 min • United States of America

This short film provides highlights from American history, focusing on George Washington's farewell to the troops to the War of 1812.

Scrappy's Relay Race

1934 • 6 min • United States of America

Scrappy and the Champ compete on horseback, in cars and airplanes to win the race.

Mickey's Medicine Man

1934 • 18 min • United States of America

The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.

The Two-Alarm Fire

1934 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each other than the fire. When Bluto goes to the roof to rescue Olive, the fire strands him there. Popeye eats his spinach and rescues them, but it's too late for the house.

Girl in Danger

1934 • 57 min • United States of America

Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.