1938 Movies

Andy is duped into thinking his bride-to-be has a wooden leg.

Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition.

Short documentary made from archive images from the Spanish Civil War: Social problems, the making of weapons, the syndicates CNT and UGT, the history of Spain... and even a bullfight by Rafael 'El Gallo'.

Scoutmaster Oswald (the Rabbit) takes his troop of Duck Scouts on a camping trip. The youngest member, a black duckling, gets into trouble with a mischievous beaver, who keeps putting out the camp fire the little black duckling is trying to light. The little b...

Harry and Joey are reluctantly out to capture "Black Pedro" the bandit.

Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to work everyday. He answers a want-ad for a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. He makes no sales, especia...

An orphan young girl falls in love with a young man from a rich family. The young man leaves for England for higher studies and the girl undergoes many hardships.

The romance of a couple set in the time of Juan Manuel de Rosas with a federal corporal serving as a link.

Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.

On a hacienda on the northern coast of Peru, cotton is harvested and celebrated with lively pachamancas. Miguel, the foreman, is in love with Isabel, a young peasant woman. The hacienda is run by Don Francisco, a kind and understanding landowner who supports M...

Life during a season on a pre-war British farm.

The efforts of two spendthrift men to prove to their rich uncle they are part of the family.

In this 'Vitaphone Melody Master,' orchestra leader Ray Kinney sings Hawaiian songs while The Aloha Maids perform native dances.

It is purely coincidental that an assassination attempt against the Minister of Defense is thwarted. The attempt on his life was made by a group of anarchists. There's an investigation of the clues, which will doubtless lead to the perpetrators; but the inve...

A seasoned con-man devises an elaborate plan to relieve a rich socialite of a hefty chunk of her fortune but her falling in love with him complicates matters.

Modi's first psychodramatic role as a liberal man becoming a tyrannical jailer. He loses his wife to a lover who then goes blind. The jailer locks up his wife, Kanwal, in their own home, forbidding any contact with their child, Bali. Later the jailer himself f...

In part two of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master has kidnapped the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge plot by one of his lackeys. The conclusion of the story from Edo ni arawareta Kingu Kongu: Henge no maki (1938).