Other titles used for these black and white two-reel films included “Vitaphone Musicals”, “Broadway Headliners”, “Presentation Revue” (for a couple 1938 releases[1]) and “Blue Ribbon Comedy” for a trio featuring Elsa Maxwell.[2] Usually the trade periodicals grouped them as “Broadway Brevities” for easier marketing purposes.
Many of these glossy productions, a few winning Academy Awards, featured dance spectaculars and mini-dramas with top Broadway theatre or Warner studio stars; famous names included Russ Columbo, Ruth Etting, Hal Le Roy, Bob Hope and Red Skelton. They were filmed at the Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York until 1939, with Samuel Sax as a key producer. Production then moved to Burbank, California.
A full list is provided below by year of release (but not necessarily the same year filmed). Title is listed first, followed by the major credits and a release date. Sometimes a date reviewed by Film Daily or a copyright date [5] is listed instead.
| Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
|---|
| Footlights | Barbara Newberry, Russ Brown, the Giersdorf Sisters, the Buccaneers & the Albertina Rasch Girls | January 2 (Film Daily review) |
| Hello, Good Times! (Cheer Up) | Roy Mack (director)
- Al Wohlman, Johnny Boyle, Sharp & Minor, the Albertina Rasch Girls
| January 17 |
| Washington, the Man and the Capitol | Clarence Whitehill, A. J. Herbert & others | February 14 (Film Daily review) | "Novelty" (part documentary) |
| The Imperfect Lover | | February 14 (Film Daily review) |
| The Subway Symphony | Frances Langford, Charles Bennington, Joan Abbott & the Dave Gould Girls | March 6 (Film Daily review) |
| Sea Legs | Alice Graham, Dorothea James, May Wynne, the David Gould Dancers & King, King & King | March 27 (Film Daily review) |
| Artistic Temperament (Artistic Temper) | Roy Mack (director)
- Ruth Etting, Victor Kilian, Wilfred Lytell, Frank McNellis & Frances McHugh
| April |
| Absent Minded Abner | Alfred J. Goulding (director); Jack Haley, Olive Shea & Hugh Cameron | May 15 (Film Daily review) |
| A Mail Bride | Roy Mack (director)
- Ruth Etting, Gregory Gaye, Elvira Trabert & Max Stamm
| May 29 (Film Daily review) |
| What an Idea | Roy Mack (director)
- Armand Cortes, Harriet Hilliard, the Danny Dare Sisters & Three Harmony Misses
| June 11 (Film Daily review) |
| A Regular Trouper | Roy Mack (director)
- Ruth Etting, Wanda Perry, Edward Leiter & Jack Wolfe
| June 25 (Film Daily review) |
| Passing the Buck | Roy Mack (director)
- Alexander Gray, Nina Mae McKinney, Dorothy Dell, Victor Kilian, Ed Jerome, Will Vedery Girls & Four Blazers
| September 24 |
| Tip, Tap, Toe | Alfred J. Goulding (director); Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair, Grace Bradley, Frank McNellis & Helen Goodhue | October 22 |
| A Modern Cinderella | Roy Mack (director) Ruth Etting, Brian Donlevy, Adrian Rosley and Barbara Child | November 5 | Love Me or Leave Me (film) (Greatest Classic Legends Doris Day) DVD |
| The Red Shadow | Roy Mack (director)
- Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Reg Carrington, Lester Cole Ensemble & Max Stamm
| December 3 |
| Poor Little Rich Boy | | © December 24 | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
|---|
| Bye-Gones | Alfred J. Goulding (director); Ruth Etting, Frank McNellis, David Burns, Eddie Ryan, Ruth Pine's Tiny Tots & Embassy Boys | © January 14 |
| Yours Sincerely | Roy Mack (director)
- Lanny Ross, Nancy Welford, Richard Keene & others
| January 28 (Film Daily review) | Billy Rose's Jumbo (film) DVD |
| Speaking of Operations | Roy Mack (director) Richard Lane, Al Bernard, Gracie Barrie, Three X Sisters, Four Rollickers & Dave Gould Boys & Girls | © February 16 |
| World's Champ | Joseph Henabery (director); Jack Dempsey, June Gale, Oscar Polk & David Burns, Eddie Roberts | © February 24 |
| Fifi | Roy Mack (director) | March 24 (Film Daily review) |
| The Way of All Freshmen | Joseph Henabery (director); Hal Le Roy & Mitzi Mayfair, Cora Witherspoon, Ben Dova & the Admirals | © April 18 |
| Along Came Ruth | Joseph Henabery (director); Ruth Etting, Chester Chute, Charles Althoff & Sam Wren | May 3 |
| Sky Symphony | Roy Mack (director)
- Stoopnagle and Budd, Lanny Ross, the Loomis Twins & the Abbott Girls
| May 19 (Film Daily review) |
| Pie a la Mode | Roy Mack (director) Herbert Warren, Russ Brown, With the Loomis Sisters, Bernard Gorcey, Polly Walters & the Doree Singers | May 29 (Film Daily review) |
| Double Crossing of Columbus | Joseph Henabery (director); Charles Judels, Leona Maricle, Frank McNellis. Jack North, the Rollickers & Mazellos | June 10 (Film Daily review) |
| That Goes Double | Joseph Henabery (director); Russ Columbo, Charlotte Wynters, David Burns, Bernice & Emily | June 24 (Film Daily review) |
| Crashing the Gate | Joseph Henabery (director); Ruth Etting; John Hamilton, Roy Atwell & the Tony Sarg Marionettes | © July 1 |
| 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang | Roy Mack (director)
- Jerry Bergen, Harry Shannon, James Baskett, Novia & The Pickens Sisters
| August 12 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang DVD |
| The No Man | Roy Mack (director) | © August 14 |
| Use Your Imagination | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair, The Eton Boys & others
| © September 2 | The Little Giant (Greatest Gangster Films Edward G. Robinson) DVD |
| Rufus Jones for President | Roy Mack (director) | © September 9 | Billed as a “Vitaphone Musical”; available on Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD & The Green Pastures (film) DVD |
| Seasoned Greetings | Roy Mack (director)
- Lita Grey Chaplin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Carleton Macy, the Village Barn Hill Billys and the Sizzlers
| September 23 | The Gold Diggers of 1933 DVD |
| Paul Revere, Jr. | Roy Mack (director) | © October 21 | Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) DVD |
| The Operator's Opera | Roy Mack (director)
- Donald Novis, The Eton Boys, Bobby Watson, Chester Chute, Grandon Rhodes & Dawn O’Day
| © October 22 |
| Yeast Is Yeast | Roy Mack (director)
- Tom Patricola, Charlie Melson, Peggy Singleton (billed as Dorothy McNully) & the Royal Samoans
| © November 15 |
| The Mild West | Joseph Henabery (director); Janet Reade, Olive Borden, Paul Keast | November 18 | Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD |
| Let's Play Post Office | Roy Mack (director)
- Jean Sargent, Eleanor Whitney, Josh Medders & 3 Roberts Brothers
| December |
| Kissing Time | Roy Mack (director)
- Jane Froman, George Metaxa, Ralph Sanford, Novia & Philip Ryder
| December 16 | Lady Killer (1933 film) DVD |
| Plane Crazy | Roy Mack (director)
- Dorothy Lee, Art & Morton Havel & others
| © December 23 | Picture Snatcher DVD | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
|---|
| A Little Girl with Big Ideas | Joseph Henabery (director); Molly Picon, Jay Velie, Donald McBride, Joan Stevens & Toney Hughes | © January 20 |
| Picture Palace | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, Dawn O’Day, William Morrow & Toney Hughes
| February 10 |
| Around the Clock | Roy Mack (director)
- Norma Terris, Walter Winchell, Lynne Overman, the Four Eton Boys & Jay Brennan
| © February 14 |
| Story Conference | Roy Mack (director)
- Lillian Roth, Bert Matthews, William Halligan, Vicki Cummings, Grona & Bouvier, the Three Minutes & the Sizzlers
| April 7 | I'll Cry Tomorrow DVD |
| Look for the Silver Lining | Roy Mack (director) | © April 23 |
| Come to Dinner | Roy Mack (director)
- Flavia Arcaro, Hershel Magall, Margot Stevenson & Clinton Sundberg
| © April 24 | Dinner at Eight (film) (Greatest Classic Legends Jean Harlow) DVD |
| Private Lessons | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, Dawn O’Day, Dorothy Dare, Dollie Arden & Marie Fay
| May 5 |
| Masks and Memories | Roy Mack (director) | May 12 |
| Murder in Your Eyes | Roy Mack (director)
- Ann English, Inez Courtney, Lilyan Gordon & others
| © June 27 |
| Darling Enemy | Roy Mack (director) | © June 28 |
| King for a Day | Roy Mack (director) | June 30 | Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD |
| Who Is That Girl? | Joseph Henabery (director); Bernice Claire, J. Harold Murray, the Morelli Singers, Pietro Gentili & Jack Good | © July 6 |
| The Song of the Flame | Joseph Henabery (director); Ruth Etting, the Canova Family, Eddie Bruce, Gerald Kent and Arthur Donaldson | July 7 |
| The Winnah! | | July 21 |
| The Policy Girl | Roy Mack (director) | August 11 |
| No Contest! | Joseph Henabery (director); Ruth Etting, George Lessey & Elmer Brown | August 22 (preview) |
| Syncopated City | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, Dorothy Dare, Philip Loeb & the O'Connor Sisters
| September 1 |
| Paree, Paree | Roy Mack (director)
- Bob Hope & Dorothy Stone
| September 8 | Silk Stockings (film) DVD |
| The Mysterious Kiss | Roy Mack (director)
- Jeanne Aubert, Alfred Hesse, Ray Middleton, Weldon Heyburn & the Sizzlers
| September 26 (Film Daily review) |
| The Flame Song | | October 27 |
| Soft Drinks and Sweet Music | Roy Mack (director)
- Georgie Price, Sylvia Froos, Billie Leonard, George Watts & others
| November 30 (Film Daily review) |
| The Gem of the Ocean | Roy Mack (director)
- Jeanne Aubert, Ralph Riggs, Sheldon Leonard & Four Eton Boys
| © December 4 | Destination Tokyo DVD |
| Off the Beat | | © December 15 |
| What This Country Needs | Roy Mack (director) | © December 24 | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
|---|
| See See Senorita (Spain in the Neck) | Joseph Henabery (director); Tito Guízar, Armida, Roscoe Ails, Virginia Sale & the Cansinos | © February 9 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Melody | Roy Mack (director)
- Ilomay Bailey, Lee Sims, Jerry Lester, June Martel & Rita Johnson
| © March 12 |
| In the Spotlight | Joseph Henabery (director); Hal Le Roy, Dorothy Lee, Herb Warren and Bob Simmons | March 30 |
| Hear Ye! Hear Ye | | | © April 1 |
|---|
| Cherchez La Femme | Joseph Henabery (director); Jeanne Aubert, Stanley Smith & DeEspeys Troupe | © April 1 |
| Radio Silly | Roy Mack (director) | © April 8 |
| Shoestring Follies | Roy Mack (director)
- Val & Ernie Anderson, Eddie Peabody, Peggy Flynn & Sam Hearn
| © April 8 |
| In This Corner | Roy Mack (director)
- Roscoe Ails, Budd Williamson, David Burns, Alice Dwan & Mark Plant
| April 27 |
| Main Street Follies | Joseph Henabery (director); Hal Le Roy, Mary Joan Martin, Billy Vine & the Cavaliers | May 11 |
| The Love Department | Roy Mack (director)
- Bernice Claire, Billie Leonard & Donald Douglas
| May 18 |
| Better than Gold | Joseph Henabery (director); Fifi D'Orsay, George Watts, Herb Warren & the Troubadors | June 8 |
| The Film Follies | | June 29 |
| Singing Silhouette | Joseph Henabery (director); Olga Baclanova, Herb Warren, Charles Lawrence, the Mainstreamers, Lee Twins, Rio & Elliott | © July 6 |
| Cure It with Music | Joseph Henabery (director); Fifi D'Orsay, Eddie Ryan, the Chevaliers, Moore & Revel | © July 15 |
| The Castle of Dreams | Roy Mack (director)
- Morton Downey, Arlene Dinitz, Eddie Ryan & Toto
| © July 15 |
| Fifty Dollar Bill | Roy Mack (director)
- George Watts, Eleanor Whitney & Jack Powell
| © July 26 |
| Surprise! | Roy Mack (director)
- the Duncan Sisters, Jay Seiler & Wen Talbert Singers
| July 27 | Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD |
| Vitaphone Music Hall | Roy Mack (director)
- Seven Honey Boys, Four Mullen Sisters, the Radio Rubes, Ray Huling & his pet seal
| August 7 (preview) |
| The Lady in Black | Joseph Henabery (director); Countess Olga Albani, Mortimer Welson, Albert Dekker & Margaret Irving | August 17 |
| Dublin in Brass | Joseph Henabery (director); Morton Downey, Andea Marsh & Hugh Cameron | September 7 |
| Oh, Evaline! | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, Eleanor Whitney, Allen Goode & Ralph Blane
| September 14 |
| The Doorman's Opera | Roy Mack (director) | September 28 |
| Tickets, Please | Roy Mack (director)
- Georgie Price, Evelyn Dall, Thee Sizzlers, Byrnes & Farney
| October 12 |
| Check Your Sombrero | Roy Mack (director), Armida, Tito Coral & others | November 2 |
| Rooftops of Manhattan | Joseph Henabery (director)
- Gil Lamb, Bob Burns, Deane Janis & Beverly Phalon
| November 16 | Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts (Warner Archive) DVD |
| Katz Pajamas | | December 4 |
| Broadway Ballyhoo | Roy Mack (director)
- Owen, Hunt & Parco, the Eight Ambassadors, Art Frank
| December 28 | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release, copyright or review date | Notes |
|---|
| Double or Nothing | | January 18 | Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
| Trouble in Toyland | Joseph Henabery
- Gus Edwards & Troop
| © January 27 |
| They're Off | | © February 3 |
| Between the Lines | Roy Mack (director)
- Bernice Claire, Rodney McLennan, Arline & Ed Kinlay, George Dobbs & the Commanders
| February 8 |
| Study and Understudy | Roy Mack (director)
- Ruth & Jane Frazee, Virginia Verrill, Danzi Goodelle & June Carr
| © February 17 |
| Wash Your Step | Joseph Henabery (director); Hal Le Roy, Cherry & June Preisser, The Eton Boys, Nanette Flack & Harry Lang | March 7 |
| Paris in New York | Roy Mack (director)
- Irène Bordoni, Pansy Sanborn, Ames & Arms, Will Aubrey & Frank Mazzone
| March 21 |
| The Black Network | Roy Mack (director) | April 1 (preview) | Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts (Warner Archive) & Hallelujah! (film) DVD |
| College Dads | Roy Mack (director)
- Leon Janney, Edith Mann, Bobby Lane, Dudley Clements & the Columbia Glee Club.
| April 11 |
| The Double Crossky | Joseph Henabery (director); Olga Baclanova, Wilbur Hall, Gretchen Kimmel & Ray Lee | April 18 |
| The Stars Can't Be Wrong | Roy Mack (director)
- O'Connell & Blair, Emerson's Mountaineers, Dorothy Lamour & others
| © April 20 |
| I'm Much Obliged | Roy Mack (director)
- George Dobbs, Irene MacLaren, Vera Van; the Heat Waves & others
| May 2 |
| Romance in the Air | | May 16 |
| The City's Slicker | Rufe Davis, Radio Rubes, Dawn O’Day & Jay Seiler | May 20 |
| Maid for a Day | Joseph Henabery (director); Grace & Peter Hayes, the Ritz Quartette, Marvin Jensen, Don Lee & Louise | May 23 |
| When You're Single | Roy Mack (director)
- Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Melissa Mason, Rosalind Marquis & Bonnie Clare
| May 27 (Film Daily review) |
| Rhythmitis | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, Toby Wing, Barry McKinley, Gail Reese, Frances Hunt, Rollo Pickets & Hugh Cameron
| June 13 | The Petrified Forest DVD |
| That's Pictures | Roy Mack (director)
- Jay C. Flippen, Elizabeth Houston, Dan Harden, Adrienne Andre, Mildred Law, the Clark Sisters & Nick Sett
| August 14 (Film Daily review) |
| The Backyard Broadcast | Joseph Henabery
- Major Edward Bowes
| August 14 (preview) |
| Shake, Mr. Shakespeare | Roy Mack (director)
- Carolyn Hash, the Harris Twins
| August 22 | A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) DVD |
| Rush Hour Rhapsody | Joseph Henabery (director); Johnny Hale, Jean Sargent, Billy Reed & others | September 16 (Film Daily review) |
| Here Comes the Circus | Roy Mack (director)
- Carlo's Ponies, Randow Clowns, Poodles Hanneford & Co., Captain Proske's Lions & Tigers
| October 3 |
| Say It with Candy | Virginia Verrill, Muriel Martin, John Fogarty, the Buccaneers & the Robins | October 3 |
| Sheik to Sheik | Roy Mack (director)
- George Metaxa & Ann Barrie
| October 10 | Shall We Dance (1937 film) (Greatest Classic Films Astaire & Rogers 1) DVD |
| Can't Think of It | Lloyd French (director); Ken Murray & Oswald, Elaine Arden, Ralph Sanford & Curtis Karpe | October 30 (Film Daily review) |
| Sweethearts and Flowers | Roy Mack (director)
- Cherry & June Preisser, Regis Toomey & others
| © December 9 | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
|---|
| A Horse's Tale | Lloyd French (director); Joe & Asbestos, Harry Gribbon, Hamtree Harrington, Eddie White, Donald MacBride & June Nash | January 9 |
| The Pretty Pretender | Joseph Henabery (director); Bernice Claire, Adrina Otero, Nina Olivette, Stanley Smith & Byrne Sisters | January 23 |
| Captain Blue Blood | Roy Mack (director) | February 13 |
| It's All Over Now | Roy Mack (director)
- Dan Healy, Brooks Benedict, Vera Niva & Evelyn Poe
| © February 18 |
| Swing for Sale | Joseph Henabery (director); Hal Le Roy, June Allyson & Kay Hamilton | February 27 |
| Hotel a la Swing | Roy Mack (director)
- Eddie Foy, Jr. & The Mullen Sisters
| March 13 | Swing Time (1936 film) (Greatest Classic Films Astaire & Rogers 1) DVD |
| Play Street | Joseph Henabery (director); Cherry & June Preisser, Duke McHale, Walter Cassel, Verdi & See | April 3 |
| Cut Out for Love | Joseph Henabery (director); Dorothy Dare, Donald Novis, June Taylor, Jack Seymour & Don Gautier | April 3 |
| Mail and Female | Ken Murray & Oswald, Beverly Phaln, Elaine Arden & Florence Auer | © May 3 |
| Movie-Mania | Joseph Henabery (director); Dave Apollon, Yvonne Moray & the Savoy Dancers | May 8 |
| Sound Defects | Roy Mack (director) | June 5 |
| The Rhythm Roundup | | June 19 |
| Newsboys Nocturne | Roy Mack (director)
- Evelyn Poe, Tommy Rafferty, Billy & Beverly Bemis, Maurice & Cordoba
| July 10 |
| Flowers from The Sky | Roy Mack (director)
- Josephine Houston, the Debonaires, Charles King, Harland Dixon & Morgan Conway
| July 24 |
| Du Barry Did All Right | Joseph Henabery (director); Irène Bordoni, Eddie Noll, Marian Nolan & Charles Carrer | August 7 |
| Ups and Downs | Roy Mack (director) | October 18 | “Broadway Headliners”; available on Stage Door (Greatest Classic Legends Katharine Hepburn) DVD |
| Starlets | Joseph Henabery | October 23 | “Presentation Revue” |
| Postal Union | Roy Mack (director)
- Georgie Price, Eddie Bruce & others
| December 4 | “Broadway Headliners”; available on Kid Galahad (1937 film) (Greatest Gangster Films Edward G. Robinson) DVD |
| Here's Your Hat | Roy Mack (director)
- Phil Silvers, Cookie Bowers & Ted Adair
| December 11 | “Presentation Revue” | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
|---|
| Script Girl | Roy Mack (director)
- Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Joan Abbott, Claire Carleton & the Gae Foster Girls
| January 15 | “Broadway Headliners” |
| The Candid Kid | Roy Mack (director)
- Phil Silvers, Josephine Houston & The Gae Foster Girls
| February 12 | “Presentation Revue”; available on Gold Diggers in Paris DVD |
| Little Me | Roy Mack (director)
- Wini Shaw & Janet Dempey
| March 5 | “Broadway Headliners” |
| Got a Match? | Joseph Henabery (director); George Dobbs, Joan Abbott & others | April 2 | “Presentation Revue” (filmed August 1936) |
| Forget Me Knots | Roy Mack (director)
- Bernice Claire & Eugene Sigaloff
| May 7 | “Broadway Headliners” |
| The Prisoner of Swing | | June 11 | “Broadway Headliners”; available on The Dawn Patrol (1938 film) (Greatest Classic Films War) DVD |
| Rainbow's End | Roy Mack (director)
- Gus Van, Eddie Leonard, Bert Swor, Lou Lubin
| July 2 | “Presentation Revue” |
| Up in Lights | Roy Mack (director)
- Ruth & Jane Frazee, Pat Rooney, Gae Foster Sisters, George Griffen & Rose Moran
| August 13 | “Presentation Revue” |
| Zero Girl | Lloyd French (director); Eric Wait, Bruce Mapres, Four Eton Boys, The Nu Yorkers, Evelyn Chandler, Francis Lemaire, Maude Rynolds & Bonnie Roberts | September 3 |
| Murder with Reservations | Roy Mack (director)
- George Campo, Nola Day, Florence & Alvarez and Garner, Wolfe & Hakins
| September 24 |
| Toyland Casino | Joseph Henabery
- Francine Lassman (aka Abbe Lane), the Michael Bell Ensemble, Albert Adams, Barbara Dennison, Kathleen Sullivan & Richard Monahan
| October 8 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (Greatest Gangster Films Humphrey Bogart) DVD |
| Two Shadows | Lloyd French (director); Ken & Roy Paige, Billy & Beverly Bemis, Irene Basley, Sharkey Bonano's Swing Band, Jean & Her Big Apple Dancers | October 22 |
| The Knight Is Young | Roy Mack (director)
- Hal Le Roy, June Allyson, Earlene Schools & Norman MacKay
| October 29 | Best Foot Forward (film) DVD |
| Cleaning Up | Roy Mack (director)
- Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Ray & Grace MacDonald, George Campo
| November 12 |
| Stardust | Roy Mack (director)
- Benny Davis, Bobby Joyce, Jackie Strong, the Dorn Brothers with Mary, Frankie Lanno & Jolly Gillette
| December 10 |
| Boarder Trouble | Lloyd French (director); Harry Gribbon, Eddie Green & others | December 17 | “Broadway Headliners” |
| Hats and Dogs | Lloyd French (director); Wini Shaw, Rags Ragland, Robert Shafer, Lois & Jean Sterner, Joey Faye | December 31 | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
|---|
| Sophomore Swing | Roy Mack (director)
- the Merry Macs, Harvest Moon Dancers, Florence Wyman, Ballin & McEvoy, Ted Gary & Mitzi Dahl
| January 28 |
| A Small Town Idol | | February 11 | Edited down (to two reels) feature film from 1921. |
| Sundae Serenade | Roy Mack (director)
- Rosie Moran, Melton Moore, Lola King, Al Verdi & Miriam Graham
| February 25 |
| Projection Room | Roy Mack (director) | March 4 |
| Home Cheap Home | Lloyd French (director); Henry Armetta, Ann Brody, Roy Roberts & Anita Simpson | March 18 |
| A Fat Chance | Lloyd French (director); Johnny Perkins, the Sisters Virginia, Gae Foster Girls, Arren & Broderick | March 25 |
| Public Jitterbug No. 1 | Joseph Henabery (director); Hal Le Roy, Betty Hutton, Chaz Chase & Tom Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette | April 5 | Carefree (film) DVD |
| Rollin' in Rhythm | Roy Mack (director)
- the Top Hatters, Ruth & Jane Frazee, Tito & His Swingtette, the Olympic Trio, the Six Marvels
| April 15 |
| Seeing Spots | Lloyd French (director); Duke McHale; Jack Gray & His Debutantes, Jack Starnes & Ann Anavan, Herman Hyde & Sally Burrill, Irving Kaufman & Roy Roberts | April 29 |
| You're Next - To Closing | Roy Mack (director)
- Alan Cross, Henry Dunn, Leota Lane, Jones & Rooney, Gloria Day
| May 13 |
| Wardrobe Girl | Roy Mack (director)
- Ginna Manners, Gae Foster Girls, Lester Allen & others
| June 17 |
| The Broadway Buckaroo | Lloyd French (director); Red Skelton, the Condos Brothers, Maidie & Ray, Edna Stillwell, Hank Lawson & his Texans | June 21 |
| A Swing Opera | Roy Mack (director)
- Smalle Singers, John Elliott & others
| July 22 |
| Seein' Red | Roy Mack (director)
- Red Skelton, A. Robins (The Banana Man), the Merry Macs, Harris & Shore, Louis Da Pron
| August 26 |
| Remember When | Lloyd French (director); Willie Solar, Joe Sodja, Wiles Brothers, Four Eton Boys, Iris Adrian & Rags Ragland | August 1939 |
| Slapsie Maxie's | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Noel M. Smith (writer); music: Howard Jackson; Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Johnnie Davis & others | October 13 |
| Ice Frolics | Lloyd French (director); Eleanor Gardner, Mabel Taliaferro, Alfrted Trenkler & others | © October 28 |
| World's Fair Junior | Joseph Henabery (director); the Vitaphone Kiddies | December 9 | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release or copyright date | Notes |
|---|
| One for the Book | Roy Mack (director)
- Betty Hutton, the Beaus & the Belles, Miriam Graham, Gae Foster Sisters, Hal Sherman
| January 6 | filmed May '39 |
| Alex in Wonderland | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Charles Reisner & Owen Crump (writers); music: Howard Jackson; Eddie Foy, Jr., Walter Catlett & Jane Gilbert | March 9 |
| Double or Nothing | Roy Mack (director)
- Lee Dixon, Hollywood Doubles
| April 20 | filmed June '39 |
| The Lady and the Lug | | May 18 | “Blue Ribbon Comedy” |
| Spills for Thrills | DeLeon Anthony (director); music: Howard Jackson; Harvey Parry, Allen Pomeroy & Mary Wiggins | June 15 | documentary on stunt actors |
| Young America Flies | B. Reeves Eason (director); Jean Parker, Donald Woods, William Lundigan & Henry O’Neill | July 13 | The Fighting 69th DVD |
| Riding Into Society Lug | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); William McCann (director); music: Howard Jackson; Elsa Maxwell, Lionel Pope & Mary Forbes | September 7 | “Blue Ribbon Comedy” |
| Just a Cute Kid | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Noel Smith (writer); music: Howard Jackson; Cliff Edwards, Dana Dale & Olin Howland | © October 5 | Dance, Girl, Dance DVD |
| Alice in Movieland | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Jean Negulesco (director); Owen Crump (writer); Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick & Clarence Muse; | November 16 | The Sea Hawk (1940 film) (Greatest Classic Legends Errol Flynn) DVD |
| Sockeroo | | © December 24 |
| Love's Intrigue | Mack Sennett | December 26 | Vintage footage of Billy Bevan and other Sennett stars | |
| Title | Director & performers | Release date | Notes |
|---|
| Oklahoma Outlaws | | September 4, 1943 | “Santa Fe Trail” series; Montana (1950 film) DVD |
| The Voice that Thrilled the World | | October 16, 1943 | Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; available on The Jazz Singer DVD; short history of movie soundtracks |
| Wagon Wheels West | | October 30, 1943 | “Santa Fe Trail” series; Montana (1950 film) DVD |
| Over the Wall | | December 25, 1943 | Northern Pursuit DVD |
| Gun to Gun | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); D. Ross Lederman (director); music: Howard Jackson; Robert Shayne, Pedro de Cordova, Lupita Tovar & Harry Woods | January 8, 1944 | “Santa Fe Trail” series; Montana (1950 film) DVD |
| Grandfather's Follies | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Jean Negulesco & Jack Scholl (directors); Lynn Daggett, Jan Clayton, Angela Greene, Virginia Patton & Charles Foy | February 26, 1944 |
| Our Frontier in Italy | | April 29, 1944 | clips of pre-war Italy |
| U.S. Marines on Review | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Dave Gould (director); Dick Jurgens (band leader) | July 8, 1944 |
| Proudly We Serve | | September 23, 1944 | Hollywood Canteen (film) DVD |
| Once Over Lightly | | October 14, 1944 | Clips of Charlie Murray and other Mack Sennett comics. |
| I Won't Play | | November 11, 1944 | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
- available on Passage to Marseilles (Classic Legends Humphrey Bogart) DVD
|
| Nautical But Nice | | December 2, 1944 | recycled footage from “All Star Vaudeville”. |
| I Am an American | | December 23, 1944 | Hollywood Canteen (film) DVD |
| Congo | | February 25, 1945 | wartime importance of Belgian Africa is examined. |
| Navy Nurse | | March 3, 1945 |
| Are Animals Actors? | | March 31, 1945 | lifts footage from earlier shorts of the 1930s like “Here Comes the Circus” |
| Law of the Badlands | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Jack Scholl (director); Robert Shayne, Warren Douglas & Angela Greene | April 14, 1945 | “Santa Fe Trail” series |
| It Happened in Springfield | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Crane Wilbur (director); music: William Lava; Andrea King, Warren Douglas & others | April 28, 1945 |
| Plantation Melodies | | May 12, 1945 |
| Learn and Live | | July 7, 1945 | details US Army training films |
| Barber Shop Ballads | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Jack Scholl (director); music: Howard Jackson; Cliff Edwards & others | September 8, 1945 |
| Star in the Night | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Don Siegel (director); music: William Lava J. Carroll Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli & others | October 13, 1945 | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
- available on Christmas in Connecticut (Greatest Classic Films Holiday) DVD
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| All Star Musical Revue | | November 3, 1945 | features footage not used in Hollywood Canteen (film) |
| Good Old Corn | | November 24, 1945 | Vintage Mack Sennett comedies. |
| Hitler Lives? | | December 23, 1945 (Academy preview) | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
| Musical Shipmates | producer: Roland Reed; William Clemens (director) | February 16, 1946 |
| Okay for Sound | | September 7, 1946 | The Jazz Singer DVD; documentary on the Vitaphone revolution |
| Pie in the Eye | | December 24, 1948 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation; features vintage Mack Sennett material of the 1920s |
| The Grass Is Always Greener | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Richard L. Bare (director); music: William Lava; Chill Wills, Vince Barnett, John Kellogg & Ned Glass | December 26, 1949 | Adaptation of Robert Finch's 1939 one-act play Summer Comes To Diamond O; Nominee for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; available on My Dream Is Yours DVD |
| Just for Fun | | July 15, 1950 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation (edited in 1948); more Mack Sennett clips. |
| Ace of Clubs | George Marshall (director) | January 27, 1951 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation; composed of Bobby Jones (golfer) reels from 1931 and '33. |
| The Knife Thrower | Maxwell Weinberg (director); David Kurlan | March 3, 1951 | Warner Special (filmed 1949) adapted from a Guy de Maupassant story |
| A Laugh a Day | | November 24, 1951 | “Classics of the Screen” compilation; more vintage Mack Sennett | |
