Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
Footlights | Barbara Newberry, Russ Brown, the Giersdorf Sisters, the Buccaneers & the Albertina Rasch Girls | January 2 | - |
Hello, Good Times! | Roy Mack ; Al Wohlman, Johnny Boyle, Sharp & Minor, the Albertina Rasch Girls | January 17 | - |
Washington, the Man and the Capitol | Clarence Whitehill, A. J. Herbert & others | February 14 | "Novelty" |
The Imperfect Lover | Jack Haley | February 14 | - |
The Subway Symphony | Frances Langford, Charles Bennington, Joan Abbott & the Dave Gould Girls | March 6 | - |
Sea Legs | Alice Graham, Dorothea James, May Wynne, the David Gould Dancers & King, King & King | March 27 | - |
Artistic Temperament | Roy Mack ; Ruth Etting, Victor Kilian, Wilfred Lytell, Frank McNellis & Frances McHugh | April | - |
Absent Minded Abner | Alfred J. Goulding ; Jack Haley, Olive Shea & Hugh Cameron | May 15 | - |
A Mail Bride | Roy Mack ; Ruth Etting, Gregory Gaye, Elvira Trabert & Max Stamm | May 29 | - |
What an Idea | Roy Mack ; Armand Cortes, Harriet Hilliard, the Danny Dare Sisters & Three Harmony Misses | June 11 | - |
A Regular Trouper | Roy Mack ; Ruth Etting, Wanda Perry, Edward Leiter & Jack Wolfe | June 25 | - |
Passing the Buck | Roy Mack ; Alexander Gray, Nina Mae McKinney, Dorothy Dell, Victor Kilian, Ed Jerome, Will Vedery Girls & Four Blazers | September 24 | - |
Tip, Tap, Toe | Alfred J. Goulding ; Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair, Grace Bradley, Frank McNellis & Helen Goodhue | October 22 | - |
A Modern Cinderella | Roy Mack Ruth Etting, Brian Donlevy, Adrian Rosley and Barbara Child | November 5 | Love Me or Leave Me DVD |
The Red Shadow | Roy Mack ; Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Reg Carrington, Lester Cole Ensemble & Max Stamm | December 3 | - |
Poor Little Rich Boy | Joseph Henabery ; Mary Lange, Charles Eaton, Harry McNaughton & Gale Sisters | © December 24 | - |
Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
Bye-Gones | Alfred J. Goulding ; Ruth Etting, Frank McNellis, David Burns, Eddie Ryan, Ruth Pine's Tiny Tots & Embassy Boys | © January 14 | - |
Yours Sincerely | Roy Mack ; Lanny Ross, Nancy Welford, Richard Keene & others | January 28 | Billy Rose's Jumbo DVD |
Speaking of Operations | Roy Mack Richard Lane, Al Bernard, Gracie Barrie, Three X Sisters, Four Rollickers & Dave Gould Boys & Girls | © February 16 | - |
World's Champ | Joseph Henabery ; Jack Dempsey, June Gale, Oscar Polk & David Burns | © February 24 | - |
Fifi | Roy Mack ; Vivienne Segal, Albert Dekker, William Ingersoll, Flavia Arcaro & Charles Judels | March 24 | - |
The Way of All Freshmen | Joseph Henabery ; Hal Le Roy & Mitzi Mayfair, Cora Witherspoon, Ben Dova & the Admirals | © April 18 | - |
Along Came Ruth | Joseph Henabery ; Ruth Etting, Chester Chute, Charles Althoff & Sam Wren | May 3 | - |
Sky Symphony | Roy Mack ; Stoopnagle and Budd, Lanny Ross, the Loomis Twins & the Abbott Girls | May 19 | - |
Pie a la Mode | Roy Mack Herbert Warren, Russ Brown, With the Loomis Sisters, Bernard Gorcey, Polly Walters & the Doree Singers | May 29 | - |
Double Crossing of Columbus | Joseph Henabery ; Charles Judels, Leona Maricle, Frank McNellis. Jack North, the Rollickers & Mazellos | June 10 | - |
That Goes Double | Joseph Henabery ; Russ Columbo, Charlotte Wynters, David Burns, Bernice & Emily | June 24 | - |
Crashing the Gate | Joseph Henabery ; Ruth Etting; John Hamilton, Roy Atwell & the Tony Sarg Marionettes | © July 1 | - |
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang | Roy Mack ; Jerry Bergen, Harry Shannon, James Baskett, Novia & The Pickens Sisters | August 12 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang DVD |
The No Man | Roy Mack ; Hugh O’Connell, Johnny Downs, Gene Lockhart & Kathleen Lockhart | © August 14 | - |
Use Your Imagination | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair, the Eton Boys & others | © September 2 | The Little Giant DVD |
Rufus Jones for President | Roy Mack ; Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis, Jr. | © September 9 | Billed as a “Vitaphone Musical”; available on Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts DVD & The Green Pastures DVD |
Seasoned Greetings | Roy Mack ; Lita Grey Chaplin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Carleton Macy, the Village Barn Hill Billys and the Sizzlers | September 23 | The Gold Diggers of 1933 DVD |
Paul Revere, Jr. | Roy Mack ; Gus Shy, Janet Reade, Kathleen Lockhart, Gene Lockhart, Bobby Watson, Almira Sessions & Shemp Howard | © October 21 | Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 DVD |
The Operator's Opera | Roy Mack ; Donald Novis, The Eton Boys, Bobby Watson, Chester Chute, Grandon Rhodes & Dawn O’Day | © October 22 | - |
Yeast Is Yeast | Roy Mack ; Tom Patricola, Charlie Melson, Peggy Singleton & the Royal Samoans | © November 15 | - |
The Mild West | Joseph Henabery ; Janet Reade, Olive Borden, Paul Keast | November 18 | Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts DVD |
Let's Play Post Office | Roy Mack ; Jean Sargent, Eleanor Whitney, Josh Medders & 3 Roberts Brothers | December | - |
Kissing Time | Roy Mack ; Jane Froman, George Metaxa, Ralph Sanford, Novia & Philip Ryder | December 16 | Lady Killer DVD |
Plane Crazy | Roy Mack ; Dorothy Lee, Art & Morton Havel & others | © December 23 | Picture Snatcher DVD |
Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
A Little Girl with Big Ideas | Joseph Henabery ; Molly Picon, Jay Velie, Donald McBride, Joan Stevens & Toney Hughes | © January 20 | - |
Picture Palace | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Dawn O’Day, William Morrow & Toney Hughes | February 10 | - |
Around the Clock | Roy Mack ; Norma Terris, Walter Winchell, Lynne Overman, the Four Eton Boys & Jay Brennan | © February 14 | - |
Story Conference | Roy Mack ; Lillian Roth, Bert Matthews, William Halligan, Vicki Cummings, Grona & Bouvier, the Three Minutes & the Sizzlers | April 7 | I'll Cry Tomorrow DVD |
Look for the Silver Lining | Roy Mack ; Dorothy Stone, Stanley Smith, Gus Shy, Olin Howland & Gertrude Niesen | © April 23 | - |
Come to Dinner | Roy Mack ; Flavia Arcaro, Hershel Magall, Margot Stevenson & Clinton Sundberg | © April 24 | Dinner at Eight DVD |
Private Lessons | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Dawn O’Day, Dorothy Dare, Dollie Arden & Marie Fay | May 5 | - |
Masks and Memories | Roy Mack ; Lillian Roth, Queenie Smith, George Huston & Weldon Heyburn | May 12 | - |
Murder in Your Eyes | Roy Mack ; Ann English, Inez Courtney, Lilyan Gordon & others | © June 27 | - |
Darling Enemy | Roy Mack ; Gertrude Niesen, Weldon Heyburn, Earle Hampton, Ralph Sanford, Dudley Clements & Roscoe Ates | © June 28 | - |
King for a Day | Roy Mack ; Bill Robinson, Ernest Whitman, Dewey Brown, Hattie Noel, Muriel Rahn & Dusty Fletcher | June 30 | Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts DVD |
Who Is That Girl? | Joseph Henabery ; Bernice Claire, J. Harold Murray, the Morelli Singers, Pietro Gentili & Jack Good | © July 6 | - |
The Song of the Flame | Joseph Henabery ; Ruth Etting, the Canova Family, Eddie Bruce, Gerald Kent and Arthur Donaldson | July 7 | - |
The Winnah! | Roy Mack Arthur Lake, Florence Lake, Dorothy Dare | July 21 | - |
The Policy Girl | Roy Mack ; Mitzi Mayfair, Donald Novis & Roscoe Ates | August 11 | - |
No Contest! | Joseph Henabery ; Ruth Etting, George Lessey & Elmer Brown | August 22 | - |
Syncopated City | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Dorothy Dare, Philip Loeb & the O'Connor Sisters | September 1 | - |
Paree, Paree | Roy Mack ; Bob Hope & Dorothy Stone | September 8 | Silk Stockings DVD |
The Mysterious Kiss | Roy Mack ; Jeanne Aubert, Alfred Hesse, Ray Middleton, Weldon Heyburn & the Sizzlers | September 26 | - |
The Flame Song | Joseph Henabery ; Bernice Claire & J. Harold Murray | October 27 | - |
Soft Drinks and Sweet Music | Roy Mack ; Georgie Price, Sylvia Froos, Billie Leonard, George Watts & others | November 30 | - |
The Gem of the Ocean | Roy Mack ; Jeanne Aubert, Ralph Riggs, Sheldon Leonard & Four Eton Boys | © December 4 | Destination Tokyo DVD |
Off the Beat | Joseph Henabery ; Morton Downey, Donald MacBride, Niella Goodelle & the Tune Twisters | © December 15 | - |
What This Country Needs | Roy Mack ; Nick Lucas, Dorothy Nelson, June & Cherry Preisser, Janet Reade & David Burns | © December 24 | - |
Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
See See Senorita | Joseph Henabery ; Tito Guízar, Armida, Roscoe Ails, Virginia Sale & the Cansinos | © February 9 | - |
Mr. and Mrs. Melody | Roy Mack ; Ilomay Bailey, Lee Sims, Jerry Lester, June Martel & Rita Johnson | © March 12 | - |
In the Spotlight | Joseph Henabery ; Hal Le Roy, Dorothy Lee, Herb Warren and Bob Simmons | March 30 | - |
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! | Roy Mack The Yacht Club Boys, Vera Van & Marie Nordstrom | © April 1 | - |
Cherchez La Femme | Joseph Henabery ; Jeanne Aubert, Stanley Smith & DeEspeys Troupe | © April 1 | - |
Radio Silly | Roy Mack ; Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Lilyan Gordon, Billie Leonard & Dudley Clements | © April 8 | - |
Shoestring Follies | Roy Mack ; Val & Ernie Anderson, Eddie Peabody, Peggy Flynn & Sam Hearn | © April 8 | - |
In This Corner | Roy Mack ; Roscoe Ails, Budd Williamson, David Burns, Alice Dwan & Mark Plant | April 27 | - |
Main Street Follies | Joseph Henabery ; Hal Le Roy, Mary Joan Martin, Billy Vine & the Cavaliers | May 11 | - |
The Love Department | Roy Mack ; Bernice Claire, Billie Leonard & Donald Douglas | May 18 | - |
Better than Gold | Joseph Henabery ; Fifi D'Orsay, George Watts, Herb Warren & the Troubadors | June 8 | - |
The Film Follies | Roy Mack | June 29 | - |
Singing Silhouette | Joseph Henabery ; Olga Baclanova, Herb Warren, Charles Lawrence, the Mainstreamers, Lee Twins, Rio & Elliott | © July 6 | - |
Cure It with Music | Joseph Henabery ; Fifi D'Orsay, Eddie Ryan, the Chevaliers, Moore & Revel | © July 15 | - |
The Castle of Dreams | Roy Mack ; Morton Downey, Arlene Dinitz, Eddie Ryan & Toto | © July 15 | - |
Fifty Dollar Bill | Roy Mack ; George Watts, Eleanor Whitney & Jack Powell | © July 26 | - |
Surprise! | Roy Mack ; the Duncan Sisters, Jay Seiler & Wen Talbert Singers | July 27 | Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts DVD |
Vitaphone Music Hall | Roy Mack ; Seven Honey Boys, Four Mullen Sisters, the Radio Rubes, Ray Huling & his pet seal | August 7 | - |
The Lady in Black | Joseph Henabery ; Countess Olga Albani, Mortimer Welson, Albert Dekker & Margaret Irving | August 17 | - |
Dublin in Brass | Joseph Henabery ; Morton Downey, Andea Marsh & Hugh Cameron | September 7 | - |
Oh, Evaline! | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Eleanor Whitney, Allen Goode & Ralph Blane | September 14 | - |
The Doorman's Opera | Roy Mack ; Charlotte Arren, Johnny Broderick, Thelma Leeds & Ray Heatherton | September 28 | - |
Tickets, Please | Roy Mack ; Georgie Price, Evelyn Dall, Thee Sizzlers, Byrnes & Farney | October 12 | - |
Check Your Sombrero | Roy Mack, Armida, Tito Coral & others | November 2 | - |
Rooftops of Manhattan | Joseph Henabery ; Gil Lamb, Bob Burns, Deane Janis & Beverly Phalon | November 16 | Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts DVD |
Katz Pajamas | Joseph Henabery ; Fifi D'Orsay, the Meadowbrook Boys & Georgie Tapps | December 4 | - |
Broadway Ballyhoo | Roy Mack ; Owen, Hunt & Parco, the Eight Ambassadors, Art Frank | December 28 | - |
Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
Double or Nothing | Joseph Henabery ; Phil Harris, Leah Ray, Vickie Joyce & Harry Tyler | January 18 | Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
Trouble in Toyland | Joseph Henabery; Gus Edwards & Troop | © January 27 | - |
They're Off | Lloyd French ; Yacht Club Boys, Richard Lane & Gerald Oliver Smith | © February 3 | - |
Between the Lines | Roy Mack ; Bernice Claire, Rodney McLennan, Arline & Ed Kinlay, George Dobbs & the Commanders | February 8 | - |
Study and Understudy | Roy Mack ; Ruth & Jane Frazee, Virginia Verrill, Danzi Goodelle & June Carr | © February 17 | - |
Wash Your Step | Joseph Henabery ; Hal Le Roy, June and Cherry Preisser, the Eton Boys, Nanette Flack & Harry Lang | March 7 | - |
Paris in New York | Roy Mack ; Irène Bordoni, Pansy Sanborn, Ames & Arms, Will Aubrey & Frank Mazzone | March 21 | - |
The Black Network | Roy Mack ; Nina Mae McKinney & Nicholas Brothers | April 1 | Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Hallelujah! DVD |
College Dads | Roy Mack ; Leon Janney, Edith Mann, Bobby Lane, Dudley Clements & the Columbia Glee Club. | April 11 | - |
The Double Crossky | Joseph Henabery ; Olga Baclanova, Wilbur Hall, Gretchen Kimmel & Ray Lee | April 18 | - |
The Stars Can't Be Wrong | Roy Mack ; O'Connell & Blair, Emerson's Mountaineers, Dorothy Lamour & others | © April 20 | - |
I'm Much Obliged | Roy Mack ; George Dobbs, Irene MacLaren, Vera Van; the Heat Waves & others | May 2 | - |
Romance in the Air | Murray Roth ; music: Howard Jackson; Wini Shaw & Phil Regan | May 16 | - |
The City's Slicker | Rufe Davis, Radio Rubes, Dawn O’Day & Jay Seiler | May 20 | - |
Maid for a Day | Joseph Henabery ; Grace & Peter Hayes, the Ritz Quartette, Marvin Jensen, Don Lee & Louise | May 23 | - |
When You're Single | Roy Mack ; Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Melissa Mason, Rosalind Marquis & Bonnie Clare | May 27 | - |
Rhythmitis | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Toby Wing, Barry McKinley, Gail Reese, Frances Hunt, Rollo Pickets & Hugh Cameron | June 13 | The Petrified Forest DVD |
That's Pictures | Roy Mack ; Jay C. Flippen, Elizabeth Houston, Dan Harden, Adrienne Andre, Mildred Law, the Clark Sisters & Nick Sett | August 14 | - |
The Backyard Broadcast | Joseph Henabery; Major Edward Bowes | August 14 | - |
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare | Roy Mack ; Carolyn Hash, the Harris Twins | August 22 | A Midsummer Night's Dream DVD |
Rush Hour Rhapsody | Joseph Henabery ; Johnny Hale, Jean Sargent, Billy Reed & others | September 16 | - |
Here Comes the Circus | Roy Mack ; Carlo's Ponies, Randow Clowns, Poodles Hanneford & Co., Captain Proske's Lions & Tigers | October 3 | - |
Say It with Candy | Virginia Verrill, Muriel Martin, John Fogarty, the Buccaneers & the Robins | October 3 | - |
Sheik to Sheik | Roy Mack ; George Metaxa & Ann Barrie | October 10 | Shall We Dance DVD |
Can't Think of It | Lloyd French ; Ken Murray & Oswald, Elaine Arden, Ralph Sanford & Curtis Karpe | October 30 | - |
Sweethearts and Flowers | Roy Mack ; Cherry & June Preisser, Regis Toomey & others | © December 9 | - |
Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
A Horse's Tale | Lloyd French ; Joe & Asbestos, Harry Gribbon, Hamtree Harrington, Eddie White, Donald MacBride & June Nash | January 9 | - |
The Pretty Pretender | Joseph Henabery ; Bernice Claire, Adrina Otero, Nina Olivette, Stanley Smith & Byrne Sisters | January 23 | - |
Captain Blue Blood | Roy Mack ; Georgie Price, Nell O’Day, Ruth & Jane Frazee | February 13 | - |
It's All Over Now | Roy Mack ; Dan Healy, Brooks Benedict, Vera Niva & Evelyn Poe | © February 18 | - |
Swing for Sale | Joseph Henabery ; Hal Le Roy, June Allyson & Kay Hamilton | February 27 | - |
Hotel a la Swing | Roy Mack ; Eddie Foy, Jr. & The Mullen Sisters | March 13 | Swing Time DVD |
Play Street | Joseph Henabery ; Cherry & June Preisser, Duke McHale, Walter Cassel, Verdi & See | April 3 | - |
Cut Out for Love | Joseph Henabery ; Dorothy Dare, Donald Novis, June Taylor, Jack Seymour & Don Gautier | April 3 | - |
Mail and Female | Ken Murray & Oswald, Beverly Phaln, Elaine Arden & Florence Auer | © May 3 | - |
Movie-Mania | Joseph Henabery ; Dave Apollon, Yvonne Moray & the Savoy Dancers | May 8 | - |
Sound Defects | Roy Mack ; Rufe Davis, Irene Delroy, Rodney McLennan, Ruth & Jane Frazee | June 5 | - |
The Rhythm Roundup | Joseph Henabery ; Estelle Taylor | June 19 | - |
Newsboys Nocturne | Roy Mack ; Evelyn Poe, Tommy Rafferty, Billy & Beverly Bemis, Maurice & Cordoba | July 10 | - |
Flowers from The Sky | Roy Mack ; Josephine Houston, the Debonaires, Charles King, Harland Dixon & Morgan Conway | July 24 | - |
Du Barry Did All Right | Joseph Henabery ; Irène Bordoni, Eddie Noll, Marian Nolan & Charles Carrer | August 7 | - |
Ups and Downs | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, Phil Silvers & June Allyson | October 18 | “Broadway Headliners”; available on Stage Door DVD |
Starlets | Joseph Henabery; | October 23 | “Presentation Revue” |
Postal Union | Roy Mack ; Georgie Price, Eddie Bruce & others | December 4 | “Broadway Headliners”; available on Kid Galahad DVD |
Here's Your Hat | Roy Mack ; Phil Silvers, Cookie Bowers & Ted Adair | December 11 | “Presentation Revue” |
Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
Script Girl | Roy Mack ; Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Joan Abbott, Claire Carleton & the Gae Foster Girls | January 15 | “Broadway Headliners” |
The Candid Kid | Roy Mack ; Phil Silvers, Josephine Houston & The Gae Foster Girls | February 12 | “Presentation Revue”; available on Gold Diggers in Paris DVD |
Little Me | Roy Mack ; Wini Shaw & Janet Dempey | March 5 | “Broadway Headliners” |
Got a Match? | Joseph Henabery ; George Dobbs, Joan Abbott & others | April 2 | “Presentation Revue” |
Forget Me Knots | Roy Mack ; Bernice Claire & Eugene Sigaloff | May 7 | “Broadway Headliners” |
The Prisoner of Swing | Roy Mack, Eddie Forman & Cyrus Wood ; Hal Le Roy & June Allyson, Al Fields & Eddie Foy, Jr. | June 11 | “Broadway Headliners”; available on The Dawn Patrol DVD |
Rainbow's End | Roy Mack ; Gus Van, Eddie Leonard, Bert Swor, Lou Lubin | July 2 | “Presentation Revue” |
Up in Lights | Roy Mack ; Ruth & Jane Frazee, Pat Rooney, Gae Foster Sisters, George Griffen & Rose Moran | August 13 | “Presentation Revue” |
Zero Girl | Lloyd French ; Eric Wait, Bruce Mapres, Four Eton Boys, The Nu Yorkers, Evelyn Chandler, Francis Lemaire, Maude Rynolds & Bonnie Roberts | September 3 | - |
Murder with Reservations | Roy Mack ; George Campo, Nola Day, Florence & Alvarez and Garner, Wolfe & Hakins | September 24 | - |
Toyland Casino | Joseph Henabery; Francine Lassman, the Michael Bell Ensemble, Albert Adams, Barbara Dennison, Kathleen Sullivan & Richard Monahan | October 8 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse DVD |
Two Shadows | Lloyd French ; Ken & Roy Paige, Billy & Beverly Bemis, Irene Basley, Sharkey Bonano's Swing Band, Jean & Her Big Apple Dancers | October 22 | - |
The Knight Is Young | Roy Mack ; Hal Le Roy, June Allyson, Earlene Schools & Norman MacKay | October 29 | Best Foot Forward DVD |
Cleaning Up | Roy Mack ; Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Ray & Grace MacDonald, George Campo | November 12 | - |
Stardust | Roy Mack ; Benny Davis, Bobby Joyce, Jackie Strong, the Dorn Brothers with Mary, Frankie Lanno & Jolly Gillette | December 10 | - |
Boarder Trouble | Lloyd French ; Harry Gribbon, Eddie Green & others | December 17 | “Broadway Headliners” |
Hats and Dogs | Lloyd French ; Wini Shaw, Rags Ragland, Robert Shafer, Lois & Jean Sterner, Joey Faye | December 31 | - |
Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
Sophomore Swing | Roy Mack ; the Merry Macs, Harvest Moon Dancers, Florence Wyman, Ballin & McEvoy, Ted Gary & Mitzi Dahl | January 28 | - |
A Small Town Idol | Mack Sennett | February 11 | Edited down feature film from 1921. |
Sundae Serenade | Roy Mack ; Rosie Moran, Melton Moore, Lola King, Al Verdi & Miriam Graham | February 25 | - |
Projection Room | Roy Mack ; Gower Champion & Jeanne Tyler, Jack Arthur, Evelyn Case & Eddie Foy, Jr. | March 4 | - |
Home Cheap Home | Lloyd French ; Henry Armetta, Ann Brody, Roy Roberts & Anita Simpson | March 18 | - |
A Fat Chance | Lloyd French ; Johnny Perkins, the Sisters Virginia, Gae Foster Girls, Arren & Broderick | March 25 | - |
Public Jitterbug No. 1 | Joseph Henabery ; Hal Le Roy, Betty Hutton, Chaz Chase & Tom Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette | April 5 | Carefree DVD |
Rollin' in Rhythm | Roy Mack ; the Top Hatters, Ruth & Jane Frazee, Tito & His Swingtette, the Olympic Trio, the Six Marvels | April 15 | - |
Seeing Spots | Lloyd French ; Duke McHale; Jack Gray & His Debutantes, Jack Starnes & Ann Anavan, Herman Hyde & Sally Burrill, Irving Kaufman & Roy Roberts | April 29 | - |
You're Next - To Closing | Roy Mack ; Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Leota Lane, Jones & Rooney, Gloria Day | May 13 | - |
Wardrobe Girl | Roy Mack ; Ginna Manners, Gae Foster Girls, Lester Allen & others | June 17 | - |
The Broadway Buckaroo | Lloyd French ; Red Skelton, the Condos Brothers, Maidie & Ray, Edna Stillwell, Hank Lawson & his Texans | June 21 | - |
A Swing Opera | Roy Mack ; Smalle Singers, John Elliott & others | July 22 | - |
Seein' Red | Roy Mack ; Red Skelton, A. Robbins, the Merry Macs, Harris & Shore, Louis Da Pron | August 26 | - |
Remember When | Lloyd French ; Willie Solar, Joe Sodja, Wiles Brothers, Four Eton Boys, Iris Adrian & Rags Ragland | August 1939 | - |
Slapsie Maxie's | Gordon Hollingshead ; Noel M. Smith ; music: Howard Jackson; Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Johnnie Davis & others | October 13 | - |
Ice Frolics | Lloyd French ; Eleanor Gardner, Mabel Taliaferro, Alfrted Trenkler & others | © October 28 | - |
World's Fair Junior | Joseph Henabery ; the Vitaphone Kiddies | December 9 | - |
Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
One for the Book | Roy Mack ; Betty Hutton, the Beaus & the Belles, Miriam Graham, Gae Foster Sisters, Hal Sherman | January 6 | filmed May '39 |
Alex in Wonderland | Gordon Hollingshead ; Charles Reisner & Owen Crump ; music: Howard Jackson; Eddie Foy, Jr., Walter Catlett & Jane Gilbert | March 9 | - |
Double or Nothing | Roy Mack ; Lee Dixon, Hollywood Doubles | April 20 | filmed June '39 |
The Lady and the Lug | Gordon Hollingshead ; William C. McGann ; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; Elsa Maxwell & Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom | May 18 | “Blue Ribbon Comedy” |
Spills for Thrills | DeLeon Anthony ; music: Howard Jackson; Harvey Parry, Allen Pomeroy & Mary Wiggins | June 15 | documentary on stunt actors |
Young America Flies | B. Reeves Eason ; Jean Parker, Donald Woods, William Lundigan & Henry O’Neill | July 13 | The Fighting 69th DVD |
Riding Into Society Lug | Gordon Hollingshead ; William McCann ; music: Howard Jackson; Elsa Maxwell, Lionel Pope & Mary Forbes | September 7 | “Blue Ribbon Comedy” |
Just a Cute Kid | Gordon Hollingshead ; Noel Smith ; music: Howard Jackson; Cliff Edwards, Dana Dale & Olin Howland | © October 5 | Dance, Girl, Dance DVD |
Alice in Movieland | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ; Owen Crump ; Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick & Clarence Muse; | November 16 | The Sea Hawk DVD |
Sockeroo | Gordon Hollingshead ; William C. McGann ; music: Howard Jackson; Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Susan Peters, Frank Ferguson & Herbert Anderson | © December 24 | - |
Love's Intrigue | Mack Sennett; music: William Lava | December 26 | Vintage footage of Billy Bevan and other Sennett stars |
Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
The Dog In The Orchard | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ; story: Owen Crump ; music: Howard Jackson; Howard da Silva | January 18 | - |
Take the Air | Gordon Hollingshead ; B. Reeves Eason ; music: Howard Jackson; William T. Orr, Eddie Foy, Jr., Andrew Tombes, Frank Ferguson & Mary Brodel | February 22 | - |
The Seeing Eye | Jerome Hillman ; music: Rex Dunn | April 5 | Visits The Seeing Eye dog school in Morristown, NJ. Color remake made in 1951. |
Throwing a Party | Gordon Hollingshead ; Ray Enright ; story: Owen Crump; Elsa Maxwell, George Reeves & Marilyn Merrick | July 12 | “Blue Ribbon Comedy” |
Happy Faces | Mack Sennett ; music: William Lava | July 26 | compilation of vintage First National Sennett films of the 1920s |
Minstrel Days | Gordon Hollingshead ; Bobby Connolly ; story: Owen Crump; Bud Jamison & archial footage of Al Jolson & others | September 6 | - |
Perils of the Jungle | Gordon Hollingshead ; Attilio Gatti ; Herald Medford ; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning | October 3 | profiles the okapi in the Belgian Congo |
At the Stroke of Twelve | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ;; music: Howard Jackson; Elizabeth Risdon & Craig Stevens | November 25 | The Great Lie DVD; Adaptation of Damon Runyon's "The Old Doll House" |
West of the Rockies | Gordon Hollingshead ; Bobby Connolly ; music: William Lava; Richard Travis | November 25 | - |
Monsters of the Deep | Bob Edge ; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning | © December 27 | Fishing off the Chile coast |
Title | Director & performers | Release date | Notes |
Calling All Girls | Gordon Hollingshead ; Lloyd Bacon ; Owen Crump ; music: Howard Jackson | January 24 | The Big Street DVD. Some footage lifted Busby Berkeley musicals |
Wedding Yells | narrator: Jack Carson | March 7 | More vintage Mack Sennett footage. |
Maybe Darwin Was Right | Gordon Hollingshead ; B. Reeves Eason ; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning; Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom | March 21 | - |
California Junior Symphony Orchestra | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ; Jack Horner & Peter Meremblum | April 18 | - |
Winning Your Wings | First Motion Picture Unit; John Huston & Owen Crump ; music: Howard Jackson; James Stewart | May 28 | Larceny, Inc. DVD |
The Spirit of West Point | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco | August 22 | - |
The Spirit of Annapolis | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ; Naval Academy Band & Annapolis Glee Club | September 5 | - |
A Nation Dances | narrator: Erskine Caldwell | September 26 | filmed at a folk dance festival in Moscow, late '41 |
Beyond the Line of Duty | Gordon Hollingshead ; Lewis Seiler & Edwin Gilbert ; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Ronald Reagan; Hewitt T. Wheless | November 7 | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; Portrait of an air gunner is available Yankee Doodle Dandy DVD |
Vaudeville Days | Gordon Hollingshead ; LeRoy Prinz ; Eddie Garr, the Whirling Camerons, the Duffins & Reo Brothers | December 19 | - |
Little Isles of Freedom | producers/directors: Victor Stoloff & Edgar Loew; music: William Lava; narrator: Charles Boyer | December 26 | Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Documentary about wartime Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
Title | Director & performers | Release date | Notes |
Oklahoma Outlaws | Gordon Hollingshead ; B. Reeves Eason ; Erville Alderson, Robert Shayne & Warner Anderson | September 4, 1943 | “Santa Fe Trail” series; Montana DVD |
The Voice that Thrilled the World | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore | October 16, 1943 | Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; available on The Jazz Singer DVD; short history of movie soundtracks |
Wagon Wheels West | Gordon Hollingshead ; B. Reeves Eason ; music: Howard Jackson; Robert Shayne, Nina Foch, Charles Middleton & Addison Richards | October 30, 1943 | “Santa Fe Trail” series; Montana DVD |
Over the Wall | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco ;; music: Howard Jackson; Dane Clark & Tom Tully | December 25, 1943 | Northern Pursuit DVD |
Gun to Gun | Gordon Hollingshead ; D. Ross Lederman ; music: Howard Jackson; Robert Shayne, Pedro de Cordova, Lupita Tovar & Harry Woods | January 8, 1944 | “Santa Fe Trail” series; Montana DVD |
Grandfather's Follies | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jean Negulesco & Jack Scholl ; Lynn Daggett, Jan Clayton, Angela Greene, Virginia Patton & Charles Foy | February 26, 1944 | - |
Our Frontier in Italy | Gordon Hollingshead ; Saul Elkins ; music: William Lava | April 29, 1944 | clips of pre-war Italy |
U.S. Marines on Review | Gordon Hollingshead ; Dave Gould ; Dick Jurgens | July 8, 1944 | - |
Proudly We Serve | Gordon Hollingshead ; Crane Wilbur ; music: William Lava; Tex Gordon & Andrea King | September 23, 1944 | Hollywood Canteen DVD |
Once Over Lightly | James Bloodworth ; music: William Lava | October 14, 1944 | Clips of Charlie Murray and other Mack Sennett comics. |
I Won't Play | Gordon Hollingshead ; Crane Wilbur ; music: William Lava; Dane Clark & Janis Paige | November 11, 1944 | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; available on Passage to Marseilles DVD |
Nautical But Nice | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jack Scholl ; music: Howard Jackson | December 2, 1944 | recycled footage from “All Star Vaudeville”. |
I Am an American | Gordon Hollingshead ; Crane Wilbur ; music: William Lava; Dennis Morgan | December 23, 1944 | Hollywood Canteen DVD |
Congo | Gordon Hollingshead ; Andre Corwin ; music: Howard Jackson | February 25, 1945 | wartime importance of Belgian Africa is examined. |
Navy Nurse | Gordon Hollingshead ; D. Ross Lederman ; music: William Lava; Marjorie Riordan, Warren Douglas, Andrea King & Robert Shayne | March 3, 1945 | - |
Are Animals Actors? | Gordon Hollingshead ; James Bloodworth ; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning | March 31, 1945 | lifts footage from earlier shorts of the 1930s like “Here Comes the Circus” |
Law of the Badlands | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jack Scholl ; Robert Shayne, Warren Douglas & Angela Greene | April 14, 1945 | “Santa Fe Trail” series |
It Happened in Springfield | Gordon Hollingshead ; Crane Wilbur ; music: William Lava; Andrea King, Warren Douglas & others | April 28, 1945 | - |
Plantation Melodies | Gordon Hollingshead ; LeRoy Prinz ; Craig Stevens as Stephen Foster | May 12, 1945 | - |
Learn and Live | Gordon Hollingshead ; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning | July 7, 1945 | details US Army training films |
Barber Shop Ballads | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jack Scholl ; music: Howard Jackson; Cliff Edwards & others | September 8, 1945 | - |
Star in the Night | Gordon Hollingshead ; Don Siegel ; music: William Lava J. Carroll Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli & others | October 13, 1945 | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; available on Christmas in Connecticut DVD |
All Star Musical Revue | Gordon Hollingshead ; Jack Scholl ; music: William Lava | November 3, 1945 | features footage not used in Hollywood Canteen |
Good Old Corn | Everett Dodd & Saul Elkins ; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning | November 24, 1945 | Vintage Mack Sennett comedies. |
Hitler Lives? | Gordon Hollingshead ; Don Siegel & Saul Elkins ; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning | December 23, 1945 | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
Musical Shipmates | producer: Roland Reed; William Clemens | February 16, 1946 | - |
Okay for Sound | Gordon Hollingshead ; narrator Truman Bradley; music: William Lava | September 7, 1946 | The Jazz Singer DVD; documentary on the Vitaphone revolution |
Pie in the Eye | Gordon Hollingshead ; Charles Tedford ; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore | December 24, 1948 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation; features vintage Mack Sennett material of the 1920s |
The Grass Is Always Greener | Gordon Hollingshead ; Richard L. Bare ; music: William Lava; Chill Wills, Vince Barnett, John Kellogg & Ned Glass | December 26, 1949 | Adaptation of Robert Finch's 1939 one-act play Summer Comes To Diamond O; Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; available on My Dream Is Yours DVD |
Just for Fun | Gordon Hollingshead ; Charles Tedford ; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore | July 15, 1950 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation ; more Mack Sennett clips. |
Ace of Clubs | George Marshall ; music: William Lava | January 27, 1951 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation; composed of Bobby Jones reels from 1931 and '33. |
The Knife Thrower | Maxwell Weinberg ; David Kurlan | March 3, 1951 | Warner Special adapted from a Guy de Maupassant story |
A Laugh a Day | Charles Tedford ; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore | November 24, 1951 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation; more vintage Mack Sennett |