Gordon Hollingshead Movies

When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again...

Presentation of music by Matty Malneck and his Orchestra

In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II, tells tales of the influence he's had on various...

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.

The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented....

My Country 'Tis of Thee is a 1950 short documentary supervised by Gordon Hollingshead. It is a panoramic view of American history from the coming of...

PT Boat Training Film from World War II.

A colorful music and dance tribute to the peasants and workers of Brazil.

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going...

A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to...

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes attempts to save his five-year marriage to Alice.

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman...

A group of tourists is given a tour of a movie studio lot. They see the various permanent sets that are used for different types of movies, and they...

If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and...

This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan,...

Oscar nominated short Western film. Ranch-hands get their ideas challenged when a stranger shows up, telling them how good they have things.

The pageantry of Calgary's colorful celebration of its past, culminating with its world famous rodeo, is chronicled.

This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6...

Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.