The Little Broadcast, 1933
Short film with Roy Atwell announcing popular radio stars Arthur Tracy, The Mills Brothers, Donald Novis, and Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra.
The Exile, 1931 first African-American sound film
The Exile is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed by Oscar Micheaux with choreography by Leonard Harper. A drama-romance of the race film genre, The Exile was Micheaux’s first feature-length… Read more →
Cartoon: Booby Traps, 1944 – Private Snafu
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World… Read more →
Beau Bandit, 1930
Beau Bandit is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film, directed by Lambert Hillyer, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on his short story, “Strictly Business” which appeared in the… Read more →
The Playhouse, 1921 starring Buster Keaton
The Playhouse is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. The movie runs for 22 minutes, and is most famous for an opening… Read more →
A Soldier’s Plaything, 1930
A Soldier’s Plaything is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film with songs directed by Michael Curtiz. Warner Bros. Pictures filmed it simultaneously in 35mm and in a widescreen process called… Read more →
3 Bad Men, 1926 – directed by John Ford
3 Bad Men is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John Ford. Bob Mastrangelo has called it “One of John Ford’s greatest silent epics.” The film possibly inspired… Read more →
Cartoon: Hop and Go, 1943
Hop and Go is a 1943 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon directed by Norman McCabe and animated by Cal Dalton. The short was released on March 27, 1943. It… Read more →
The Sorrows of Satan, 1926
The Sorrows of Satan is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and based on the 1895 allegorical horror novel The Sorrows of Satan by Marie… Read more →
Boogie-Woogie Dream, 1944 musical
Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944) is an independently made short film musical, directed by Hanus Burger, starring Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Teddy Wilson and his orchestra. It is a… Read more →
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Cartoon: The Gallopin’ Gaucho, 1928 starring Mickey Mouse
The Extra Girl, 1923
A Lady’s Morals, 1930
The Electric House, 1922 starring Buster Keaton
Renegades, 1930
The Bells, 1926 starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff
Captain Thunder, 1930
Reet, Petite and Gone, 1947
Owl and Fred Jones, 1959
Never Weaken, 1921 starring Harold Lloyd
The Boat, 1921 starring Buster Keaton
Cartoon: Private Eye Popeye, 1954
The Plastic Age, 1925
Big Boy, 1930
My Wife’s Relations, 1922 starring Buster Keaton
The Last Command, 1928 starring Emil Jannings, first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Beverly Hillbillies, 1962 (serial) Episode 8
Back Pay, 1930
Shoulder Arms, 1918 starring Charlie Chaplin
