Less Enlightened Times
Hollywood once took a REALLY dim view of blacks and Asians, to say the least.
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- DirectorCharles LamontStarsAl AltJack SingletonGeorge BartonAl and his pal Jack lose all but their underwear in a poker game, and have to flee in their underwear when the cops raid the joint. The elude the police by joining a bunch of marathon runners, and easily win the race as they have more to win than the contestants. They are given a Silver Cup for winning the race, and take that and trade it at a pawn shop for two sets of clothes. The police are still in hot pursuit and chase them to a roof of a house where they dive down the chimney, and land in the arms of two black brides-to-be. Al and Jack are somewhat hesitant about getting married but the girls, mistaking that for shyness, drag them to the altar for a double-wedding ceremony. They escape to the street and hide in two packing boxes in which they are delivered to the jail by the watchful cops.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeBig Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh is looking for a squaw. Meanwhile, Popeye and Olive are wrestling with their recalcitrant mule and Olive accidentally lands in the Indian camp. Popeye catches up to her. There's an unfair fight, and Popeye is about to be burned at the stake. He drops his spinach, but it cooks and pops into his mouth.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. WalthallThe Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetBugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBack in prehistoric times, a thundering earthquake splits a mountain wide open, and out hops the minah bird, to alternately bedevil, mystify and rescue Inki as he hunts dinosaurs. Meanwhile, a pelt-bedecked caveman persists in his attempts to make a pot of stew, which keeps getting overturned each time Inki, dinosaur, sabre-toother tiger and minah bird zip past.
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsOlive BordenReed HowesMolly O'DayA black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisians swamps to take revenge on the white plantation owner she believes killed her husband.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsIvie AndersonMel BlancRuby DandridgeSo White flees from the wicked Queenie, wins over the thugs from Murder Inc. and meets her overrated Prince Chawmin'.
- DirectorMannie DavisStarsTom MorrisonA Native American carjacks a trailer and realizes that he loves modern technology.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix the Cat enters the Old West and battles cruel gunmen and savage Indians.
- DirectorFritz HipplerStarsCurt BoisCharles ChaplinAlbert EinsteinUnder the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film aims to be an "indispensable tool in the hands of the Aryan race", designed to depict the "true" Jew when the masks of western civilisation fall off.
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancAt the circus, two dogs compete for the bone in Inki's topknot, as a disinterested myna bird causes trouble for everyone.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPreceded by thunderous crashing from the jungle, a little black bird with a syncopated hop emerges from the brush to mystify big-game hunter Inki as he attempts to track down his prey: a ferocious daddy lion.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancIn an African jungle strange enough to have a roaring butterfly, Inki the boy hunter, a lion with false teeth and a magical minah bird match wits.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack Mercer"Jingle Jangle Jungle" is an animated short about life in Africa (non-PC.) Includes a sing-a-long of "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)."
- DirectorJack HaysStarsShirley TempleDanny Boone Jr.Missionary Cradlebait goes to the jungle to "civilize" the cannibals, but ends up in a cooking pot.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsTex AveryWalter LantzPooch the Pup, his camera, and his girlfriend go to Africa to make a movie of a giant gorilla. Things proceed roughly as in King Kong (1933), though with various comic twists.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterMammy gives Little Black Sambo a quick scrub on the washboard, then pats him down with baby powder, black baby powder, before sending him off to play. She warns him about the tiger. "That ol' tiger sure do like dark meat!" The family dog has brushed up against a freshly painted fence and now fancies himself to be a scary tiger. Sambo mistakes his dog for the tiger and is chased right up a tree. Then the pair meet a real tiger. Sambo is scared white. They run home and lock themselves in, but the feline sneaks in the back way. Sambo sets a molasses trap for the tiger, then burns him with a red hot frying pan. Mammy and Sambo dance in their delight at ridding themselves of the tiger.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancOut hunting in the jungle with his spear, African native boy Inki keeps narrowly missing his prey: a parrot, a giraffe, even a butterfly. Then there's that weird black bird with the syncopated hop who keeps popping up out of nowhere, only to disappear mysteriously once again. Back to big game hunting, Inki puts his ear to the ground, not noticing the ferocious lion sneaking up on him.
- DirectorCharles BrabinCharles VidorStarsBoris KarloffLewis StoneKaren MorleyEnglishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsBela LugosiWallace FordArline JudgeMr. Wong stops at nothing to gain the possession of 12 coins of Confucius, which will bring him great power.
- This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being depleted by thieves. Farmer Jones decides to adopt drastic measures and loads one of the sticks with dynamite. In the next scene a colored deacon, one of the shining lights in the African Church, is seen making away with the wood. The next scene shows the home of the deacon, where he is taking his comfort at the kitchen fire, while his wife is busy with the washing. The loaded stick is, of course, put into the fire, and there is a terrific explosion and the building is ruined. Farmer Jones and his man appear at the critical moment and the colored thieves are given a punishment they will not soon forget.
- DirectorPhilip RoscoeStarsAl JolsonDressed in overalls and wearing black-face makeup, Jolson sings three of his hit songs. For the complete list, follow the soundtrack link.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerPopeye, punished with tedious chores on an aircraft carrier, leaps into action when a Japanese bomber, hiding behind a fake cloud, attacks the ship.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsIvie AndersonMel BlancLeroy Hurte ChorusThe black residents of Lazy Town are bored one day until a sultry light-skinned woman shows up to teach them what rhythm is.
- DirectorHarve FosterWilfred JacksonStarsRuth WarrickBobby DriscollJames BaskettThe kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
- DirectorArthur Melbourne CooperNursery rhyme enacted by toys.
- DirectorNorm McCabeStarsMel BlancA newsreel from Japan with updates on the war effort.
- DirectorDan GordonDave FleischerJames TyerStarsJack MercerPopeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.
- DirectorAlec GeissFrank TashlinStarsFrank GrahamDanny WebbA cartoon satire---yes, it is now politically incorrect---on Indian life on and off the reservation. It is filled with black-out sight gags, word-play and caricatures involving pottery-making, rug-weaving and totem poles, and some well-known historical native-americans---Sitting Bull and others---are satirized.
- DirectorJames H. WhiteTwo men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
- DirectorJames H. WhiteFour men each hold a large slice of watermelon, and have a race to see who can finish eating first. All four move quickly, but one man seems to be pulling ahead of the others. Soon the contestants begin to hinder one another's efforts.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterSeveral men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.