Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
This short shows the important role played by members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve in the USA's defense against enemy attack.
Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway.
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.
King Bool returns to Bulvania to claim his throne and his girl.
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent era.
Superstitions are examined in the context of mid-20th century America. Walking under ladders, spilt salt, stepping on cracks, haunted houses, voodoo dolls, and such are used to illustrate the widespread belief in the supernatural.
Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself.
A Wild West spoof by The Masquers Comedy Club of Hollywood.
This Sportscope short documentary takes a look at a group of Austrian speleologists who explore a newly-discovered cave.
This Sportscope short focuses on sailboat racing in Bermuda.
A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.
Familiar radio voice Ben Grauer leads the viewer on a behind the scenes tour of the National Broadcasting Company studios -- both radio and television -- in Rockefeller Center and Hollywood. The original 25-minute film previewed by network execs and affiliates in the fall of 1948 was cut down to 20 minutes before its first broadcast, reportedly to excise high-profile stars and programs such as Amos 'n' Andy, Jack Benny, and Edgar Bergen that had since left NBC for other networks.
This short film looks at the history of gold, and how the less expensive gold filled process is used to bring glitter to the masses.
