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1. Heavenly Music (1943)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A bandleader must prove he is worthy of entry into the the Hall of Music in heaven.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Frederick Brady, Mary Elliott, Eric Blore, Steven Geray
Votes: 327
2. The Great American Pie Company (1935)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Two pie vendors discuss merging their businesses, but one of them may have an ulterior motive.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Charles 'Chic' Sale, Spencer Charters, Mary Foy
Votes: 85
3. Tale of a Dog (1944)
10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they ... See full summary »
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Our Gang, Gene Collins, Margaret Bert, Robert Blake
Votes: 97
4. How to Sleep (1935)
Passed | 11 min | Comedy, Short
A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
Director: Nick Grinde | Star: Robert Benchley
Votes: 737
5. The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Short
Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Donald Haines, Ernie Alexander, Granville Bates
Votes: 209
6. Inca Gold (1943)
10 min | Short, Drama, History
Legends associated with the lost treasures of Incan gold, thought to be located at the bottom of one of the many shafts of what is called the Hawk's Nest above the city of Cusco, Peru are ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Carey Wilson, Eumenio Blanco, Chief Thundercloud, Marie Windsor
Votes: 6
7. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Documentary
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle ... See full summary »
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Don Wilson, Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Una Merkel
Votes: 126
8. The Great Heart (1938)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography
Carey Wilson tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on Molokai Island.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Carey Wilson, Tom Neal
Votes: 180
9. What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)
Approved | 11 min | Short
This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Roger Converse, Mary Forbes, Mahlon Hamilton
Votes: 93
10. The Greenie (1942)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Sport
Told on the premise that the United States has always been a refuge from those seeking a reprieve from poverty and bigotry, this Miniature short from M-G-M is the story of a young Polish ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Star: Carey Wilson
11. More About Nostradamus (1941)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, War
This short starts with a short biography of Nostradamus and highlights some of his prophecies that came true in his own day (e.g., telling a young priest that many years later he would ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: John Burton, Hans Conried, Jimmy Dime, John George
Votes: 183
12. Nostradamus IV (1944)
Approved | 11 min | Short
This short begins with a newspaper headline, "Mussolini Kicked Out". Narrator Carey Wilson emphasizes that this prediction by Nostradamus was featured in one of his previous short films ... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Burnford, Cy Endfield | Stars: Carey Wilson, William Bailey, Kai-Shek Chiang, Heinrich Himmler
Votes: 82
13. Let's Dance (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Pete Smith, Dave Gould
Votes: 96
14. The Old South (1940)
11 min | Short, History
Chronicle of the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of the American South.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: George Lynn, Frank Whitbeck
Votes: 162
15. The Rainbow Pass (1937)
Passed | 11 min | Short
In Chinese culture, live theater performances are attended by all classes of society. This short shows a performance of "The Rainbow Pass," a tale of a wife who challenges her husband's murderer to combat.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Ching Wah Lee, Bessie Loo, Walter Soo Hoo
Votes: 118
16. A Door Will Open (1940)
11 min | Short
At the concert of renowned pianist and composer Arthur Campbell where he performs his famous tribute piece "A New American Rhapsody", many in the audience notice that he has a book with him... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Carey Wilson, Dalies Frantz, Lynne Carver, John Dilson
Votes: 17
17. The Greatest Gift (1942)
Passed | 11 min | Short, Drama
Medieval French legend tells of monks who devote the cold nights of winter to making gifts they offer to Our Lady when spring comes. On the night snowfall blocks the pass to Italy, the ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Hans Conried, Lumsden Hare, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Votes: 121
18. Hollywood Extra! (1936)
Approved | 11 min | Documentary, Short
The life of female Hollywood extras, typified by Jane Barnes, who's 21, a three-year veteran living in an apartment house with roommates who constantly borrow and return money and stockings... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Carey Wilson, Jane Barnes, Francis X. Bushman Jr., Edna Callahan
Votes: 34
19. A Failure at Fifty (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Short
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Edmund Glover, Mary Anderson, Truman Bradley, Carey Wilson
Votes: 89
20. Changed Identity (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Crime
American twin brothers, living and working in India have an extreme hatred for each other. Philip has embezzled a bank in India and is running away with intent to escape to America. He runs... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Carey Wilson, Patrick O'Moore
Votes: 17
21. Northward, Ho! (1940)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure filmed on location in Idaho.
Director: Harry Loud | Stars: Clem Bevans, Truman Bradley, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy
Votes: 74