All Films

Down Among the Sugar Cane

1932 • 8 min • United States of America

Lillian Roth sings the title song; also animated sequences.

Sissi

1932 • 10 min • Germany, Austria

Silhouette animation prepared to be shown during a scene change of the Fritz Kreisler operetta "Sissi".

The Dancing Fool

1932 • 7 min • United States of America

Daredevil sign painters Bimbo and Koko like what they see through the window of Betty Boop's Dancing School, and stay for a lesson.

Study No. 12

1932 • 4 min • Germany

Music by Rubinstein, “Dance of Torches.”

Sound Ornaments

1932 • 3 min

Curious and intrigued by technological advances, Fischinger here also experiments with "synthetic sound" (he would not be the only one: later Norman McLaren played a lot with it). Thus he contructed the optical sound track directly onto the film. But beyond identifying harmonics and noises, he sought to understand to what sound emissions corresponded the geometrical and regular designs which, visibly, appear in their turn synchronously on the screen as true and proper "ornaments" of the sound which is being produced.

The Children of the Sun

1932 • 47 min • Soviet Union

Arno is a painter having an idyllic summer romance with dancer Helja on the picturesque coast of North Estonia when an unexpected visitor appears – a well-off young woman Margot. She tempts Arno to join her to have a good time at a resort town. Helja stays where she is and starts missing Arno. Northern summer is short – but long enough in order to realize one's feelings.

El espectador impertinente

1932 • 45 min • Mexico

From a dark shot of the movie theater, a drunk (Boytler in person, flesh and blood) yelled "Dude, I do better than you!" While the audience of the cinema protested, of course, the image of Ruanova responded: "well, why don't you do it?" Boytler himself came out of the box and appeared in a photo, in the film; he fought with Ruanova, dominated her and ended up dancing with her, because, according to the song they both played, they wanted to “go to the Regis hotel to cocktail party”.

Battle of the Barn

1932 • 6 min • United States of America

A Columbia Scrappy cartoon released May 31, 1932.

Nurse Maid

1932 • 6 min • United States of America

A Flip The Frog cartoon....

Bluebeard's Brother

1932 • 6 min • United States of America

An evil spider who previously killed his wife summons his bats to attack a flea circus. When the populace flees, it’s up to the performers to save the day.

La cartomancienne

1932 • 12 min • United States of America

In a European seaside village, a maiden takes clean sheets down from the clothesline. Carrying her basket of linens home, she stops to consult a fortune teller. The cartomancienne sees love in the cards. The young woman pauses to reflect. We then see water, swirling, and into view swims a man, as if just appearing on earth. He arrives on shore - is he just in her mind's eye, or is he real? She weaves a garland for her hair. Will they meet?

Sweet Jennie Lee

1932 • 7 min • United States of America

Fleischer Studios giving "Sweet Jennie Lee" the 'Screen Song' bouncing ball treatment.

The Komsomol - Chief of Electrification

1932 • 56 min • Soviet Union

In this pioneering documentary, one of the earliest Soviet sound films, Shub shot a contemporary chronicle of the progress of establishing electricity across the Soviet nation, a struggle spearheaded by the Komsomol.

Ugly Duckling

1932 • 15 min • Japan

An adaptation of the The Ugly Duckling.

Study No. 11

1932 • 4 min • Denmark

An abstract to music from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart.

Above Rubies

1932 • 43 min • United Kingdom

In Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.

Tangled Fortunes

1932 • 60 min • United States of America

A gang of crooks kills a gold miner while trying to find out the location of the mine. They then terrorize the miner's son to get him to reveal the mine's location.

The National Hunger March 1931

1932 • 11 min • United States of America

The film shows the National Unemployment Council Hunger March of Nov. and Dec. 1931, which set out from disparate parts of the U.S. to represent twelve million unemployed.

Hide and Seek

1932 • 6 min • United States of America

A Fleischer Studios cartoon....

Show Me the Way to Go Home

1932 • 7 min • United States of America

The cartoon characters only want one thing: a drink. Very funny situations, followed by a singalong to three drinking songs. In a live-action sequence in the middle of the cartoon, a drunk staggers around while the audience sings to him.

When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along

1932 • 7 min • United States of America

Fleischer Studios giving "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along" the 'Screen Song' bouncing ball treatment.

Just One More Chance

1932 • 9 min • United States of America

Betty Boop entertains at a gambling den with Bimbo in attendance; Arthur Jarrett (film debut) sings the title song with a Bouncing Ball.

Momotaro's Underwater Adventure

1932 • 9 min • Japan

A early Japanese animation short.

Coloratura

1932 • 2 min • Germany

Fischinger's abstract designs accompanied by Gitta Alpar singing. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.