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- A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
- A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.
- A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
- The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
- The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
- In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.
- A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
- When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
- A farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).
- A man is murdered in an isolated mansion, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's 'round the next corner.
- American filibuster William Walker, with the help of Brighams, appointed himself dictator of Nicaragua, then attempted the same of Costa Rica, but was defeated and shot, for which the US paid Costa Rica an indemnity of $26,704. Costa Rica is now dedicated to improve the lives of its working citizens. This travelogue of Costa Rica, the second smallest of the American republics and which was settled by Spanish farmers, starts at San Jose Airport, a major stopover point for travelers heading north-south within the Americas. Transportation is key within the country, boasting among the best roads in the world. San Jose itself is the capital, a small city of about 70,000, with many recreational areas in its suburbs. Heading out of the city, we come to an orchid farm, there being said to be more varieties of the plant in Costa Rica than anywhere else in the world. Next, we move to the volcanic mountains, the range within Costa Rica which contains the largest crater in the world. We then move to the farmland, with coffee and bananas being the primary agricultural export crops.
- Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when they hear everyone singing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war.
- Vane hires Candel to haul his locomotive by freight wagon to Omaha. Ross knows that the railroad will mean the end of his freighting business and plans to make sure the locomotive does not get through. When his attempts are foiled, he and his men take all the guns and leave. With the Indians about to attack, Candel and his crew find themselves defenseless.
- A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.
- A series of identical accidents kills racing drivers, but a dim-witted mechanic suspects they were not accidents.
- While the county bar association discusses ambulance chasing by unscrupulous attorneys, one of its members, Thomas Z. Brandon, leaves when he learns the location of an accident. After Thomas signs up the sole victim, who is only slightly injured, the city's representative, Simon Kelly, warns him to stop, as does his friend, alcoholic doctor Prescott, but Thomas hopes to get rich with this and other unethical cases. When ambulance chasing soon becomes illegal, Thomas remains a thorn in the side of Mr. Beaumont, head of the local street car company, because he uses trickery to win cases of dubious merit. One night, after Thomas has rushed with two of his shills to the scene of a major accident, he goes over to pretty Dorothy Mason and offers to be her attorney, even though she is not injured and his appearance there could mean disbarment. Thomas doesn't know it, but Dorothy is actually fronting for Calhoun, the street car company's lawyer, who is trying to entrap Thomas. After promising to win Dorothy's case, Thomas arranges for an examination by Prescott, but before that, she secretly is examined by three respected physicians hired by Calhoun. Prescott tells Dorothy she is fine, then gives her a list of things to memorize to fake her injuries. She then tells Calhoun where Prescott will be and he sends Kelly to pretend that he has been fired and wants to work Thomas' racket, then offers him $250- to help. Meanwhile, Dorothy goes to dinner with Thomas and, after consulting with Calhoun, takes him to a roller skating rink where detectives have followed "Floppy" Phil, Thomas's shill, and Mrs. Olson, the widow of a client who actually did die of his injuries. A melee erupts when a photographer takes pictures of the "grieving" widow, after which Thomas and Dorothy return to his office to find Prescott showing files to Kelly. Prescott is remorseful when he realizes his mistake, but Thomas tells him to get out, then has a change of heart and tries to call him back. It is too late, though, because Prescott has been killed by a car. After this, Thomas takes Dorothy to his apartment and reveals that he became an ambulance chaser because Calhoun had used phony witnesses in their first case as adversaries. She then realizes that she loves Thomas, but can't tell him what she has done. When she goes to Calhoun to quit, he threatens her, so she decides to quickly leave town. Thomas stops her, but Phil has found out who she is and tells him. Because he thinks she has been lying about her feelings, though, he says nothing to her. During their lawsuit, Dorothy first perjures herself about the accident, then, under cross examination, reveals that she has just married Thomas and will therefore be unable to testify against him in any misconduct case. After her testimony, Thomas refuses to have anything to do with her until she is arrested for perjury and Phil tells him that she was trying to save him all along. Thomas then goes to Calhoun and Beaumont offering to leave town if they let her go, but they won't until Thomas's persistence in stopping all public transportation through the use of archaic laws, and a trumped up drunk driving charge for Calhoun forces them to relent. Dorothy at first refuses to go with Thomas, but changes her mind when he promises to change and proves it by accepting a parking ticket from a policeman without trying to weasel out of it.
- A bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.
- In the days leading up to World War II, the Radio Intelligence Division of the Federal Communications Commission enlists the help of amateur radio operators to determine the location of broadcasts by enemy agents in the United States.
- Droopy guards his flock of sheep from the southern wolf, whose unsuccessful schemes to capture his prey work against him.
- Actor Lionel Barrymore and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Dore Schary present clips from the studio's 1951 releases, including "Quo Vadis".
- After Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar trods on his toe, Abdul the Bulbul Ameer challenges him to a fight.
- George and Junior get a job as dog catchers, but are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to catch one measly little dog.
- The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths to which some will go to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper. McCormick, a news publisher, makes it his aim to expose Hanley for the loan shark he really is. But getting Hanley's disgruntled clients to cooperate is more difficult than expected, as Hanley's men not only use threats, but carry out those threats in scaring those who are going to talk and eventually sign affidavits against Hanley. Something unexpected and sad has to happen for the authorities to be able to haul in Hanley and his entire outfit.
- An energetic dog needs a night's rest if he's going to be ready for rabbit hunting at dawn. A crafty rabbit does everything he can to keep him awake.
- The drive from Riverside, California to Phoenix, Arizona is affectionately known as the Cactus Trail. The prickly pear cactus is the most common cactus variety in this area, with other cactus varieties being the saguaro - the flower from which is Arizona's state flower - and the organ pipe. Other noted plants species in the area include the slow growing Joshua tree (which many mistake for a cactus and which is one of the oldest known plant species), the ocotillo (its scarlet flowers which are known as the firecracker of the desert), the misnamed century plant (which lives only up to seventy-five years) and the yucca. Starting in Riverside, other sights of note include: the Mission Inn in Riverside whose unique style was the brainchild of Frank Miller; the Chapel of St. Francis in Riverside, which, because of its dedication to aviation, is the site of many weddings associated with aviators; the Camelback Mountain outside of Phoenix, so named for its shape; and the Camelback Inn, a resort in which to rest and relax and after the journey from Riverside.
- The story of a single young swallow who, taking a rest from southward flight at a mission in California, ultimately brings about the famed migration of swallows to the mission at San Juan Capistrano.
- This travelogue emphasizes Copenhagen's harmonious residents and tone. It's a city where many bicycle to work. We see well-known landmarks and get a quick history of some of them, then visit the fish market and note the women's traditional dress. We learn of the city's name (merchants' harbor) and the importance of Bishop Absalon and King Christian IV, and we celebrate the bravery of the palace guard during the Nazi invasion, and finally conclude with a day and night visit to Tivoli Gardens, where the reputedly dour Danes actually have fun.
- Officer Pooch is called out to rescue a kitten that is repeatedly chased up telephone poles and trees by an aggressive little dog.
- The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but the Our Gang kids are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough to be members. Undeterred, the boys head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.
- Barney sets out to trap a possum for his dinner, but that proves difficult until he uses a puppet of a girl possum, and even then...
- Mrs. Bear persuades her reluctant husband to fix the leaky roof. But the job proves larger than it first appeared, and the thunderstorm hits while he's on the roof, making it highly perilous as well, between the attacking lighting, the slippery roof, and the high winds.
- The third of three different travelogues James A. FitzPatrick mined from Hone Glendinning's photography in late 1953 and early 1954. Lots of shots of the Hagenbeck Zoo, churches and streets comparing old and new sections.
- When Spike tries to bury a bone, he finds a belligerent gopher, setting off an escalating battle.
- A quack doctor convinces people that this "Volta Ray" cures cancer, and the local medical examiners must figure out a way to put his fraudulent practice to an end.
- In order to plan a surprise party for Froggy, who's depressed because his birthday only comes every leap year, the gang has to throw him out of the clubhouse.
- Although not officially an entry in the Traveltalks series, the same production crew was used for this two-reeler, and the opening credits have the same appearance. The film visits many of the neighborhoods and landmarks on Manhattan Island and occasionally includes a history lesson. The neighborhoods include the Bowery, Chinatown, Herald Square, and Times Square. Some of the architectural highlights are the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, Temple Emanuel, the Central Park Zoo, and the Rockefeller Center complex. The film ends in with a visit to a dining room in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where the Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra entertains.
- Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.
- Both Mickey and Froggy are running for club president by bribing their fellow voters with lemonade from Mickey and jelly beans from Froggy.
- A series of short vignettes illustrate the ways that a mother-in-law may irritate her son-in-law.
- This entry in MGM's series of shorts, "Crime Doesn't Pay", features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his political "machine" to fraudulently win re-election for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
- A look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.
- This Traveltalks visit to Cape Town, South Africa includes grand vistas from atop Table Mountain, varied architecture in the city center, trips to suburbs to see a winery and the former estate of Cecil Rhodes, and a seaside resort.
- A Traveltalks look at California focusing on the greater L.A. area. After wildflower-covered hills and valleys, there are some famous buildings in Hollywood, the Farmers Market, and churches and art at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
- Spanky and Alfalfa do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.
- A mother hen is taking her brood for a walk near their farm. They encounter obstacles along the way, such as traffic. There's a runt of the litter, who has more trouble with these than the rest. Momma stalks an inchworm; she shushes the chicks; of course, the runt keeps bumping into things and making noise. And the biggest hazard of all is the hawk. But just when it looks like the hawk is going to get the runt, a run-in with a skunk saves him.
- The gang goes to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Their plans go quickly awry after Alfalfa switches clothes with a boy avoiding his own surgery, and the gang find themselves patients in the hospital.
- A trio of belfry-dwelling bats explain to us musically (and demonstrate) why they are associated with nuttiness. Especially the smallest.
- This Traveltalks entry looks at the sights, sounds, people, and art masterpieces in the capital of the Netherlands.
- Late one night in a large mansion, the hear/see/speak no evil monkeys come to life from a small statue on a mantelpiece. They find a pipe and smoke it, and enter a world where all manner of smoking paraphernalia comes to life.
- Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.