1934 Movies

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they like. Next, the "Wotaphony Newsreel" shows clips of early experimental aircraft failing to fly. The "Added Att...

In a nightclub setting, Don Redman and His Orchestra perform three songs, and one number is performed by singers/tap dancers 'Red' and Struggie. (For the list of songs, check the soundtrack listing).

A meek professor is swept over his feet by a very vivacious girl.

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.

In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities during Mardi Gras.

At the Carlssons hotel in Stockholm we find unemployed actor Gunnar Berg, whose father owns Sundsvalls Steel mill and wants the son to enter the company. But the son prefers to sit and wait for roles together with his friend Jan Jansson.

The Little King creates havoc when he goes on a tour of an art gallery.

'Santa Barbara. British battleship quells rebellion promoted by big business.' (British Film Catalogue)

NSB National Day in the RAI building in Amsterdam. Arrival at Central Station of many NSB members marching in procession to the RAI, carrying flags. Anti-fascist elements among the crowd along the route attempt to disrupt the procession. In the RAI, Mussert de...

Lenochka dreams about cowboys and indians while her brother plays tricks on her while she sleeps. The story of a little schoolgirl who was always late for lessons, and her friends who came up with an original way to re-educate a truant.

Fleischer Studios giving "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)" the 'Screen Song' bouncing ball treatment.

In this one, Buddy and girlfriend Cookie are in a hot air balloon but they get forced to come down by some angry clouds with one of them being a rattlesnake.

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband", takes place in 1911 and is a voiced-over silent.

A love triangle set in Lisbon between German singer Nina, bullfighter Garrido and local girl Branca.

The funeral of Sergei Mironovich Kirov, Bolshevik revolutionary, whose assassination was used by Stalin as a reason for starting the Moscow trials and the Great Purge. Scenes of the Red Army, mourning banners and portraits, and streets filled with the bereave...

Peaceful citizens (one of whom resembles Felix the Cat) are dancing to music before their island is being invaded by a gigantic rodent that resembles Mickey Mouse. The islanders contact legendary folk-hero Momotaro from a giant book to battle Mickey.

A musical comedy laugh riot about the adventures of a New York ferry boat supporting a concert party.

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

Three men, each on their individual quest, meet at a deserted cabin and take the assumed names of Ace, King, and Jack.