Carey Wilson Movies

  • 1934
    Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

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    Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading...

    Murder at the Vanities
  • 1939
    Prophet Without Honor

    Prophet Without Honor

    Prophet Without Honor

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    This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the...

    Prophet Without Honor
  • 1927
    Naughty But Nice

    Naughty But Nice

    Naughty But Nice

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    Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl Berenice Summers (Colleen Moore) is catapulted...

    Naughty But Nice
  • 1929
    Footlights and Fools

    Footlights and Fools

    Footlights and Fools

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    Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.

    Footlights and Fools
  • 1938
    Nostradamus

    Nostradamus

    Nostradamus

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    A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.

    Nostradamus
  • 1938
    The Man on the Rock

    The Man on the Rock

    The Man on the Rock

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    A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821.

    The Man on the Rock
  • 1942
    Further Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Further Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Further Prophecies of Nostradamus

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    This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.

    Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
  • 1943
    Portrait of a Genius

    Portrait of a Genius

    Portrait of a Genius

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    Leonardo Da Vinci was seen as a great artist during his lifetime. The same cannot be said for his life as an inventor. His genius as an inventor was...

    Portrait of a Genius
  • 1925
    His Secretary

    His Secretary

    His Secretary

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    When a secretary overhears her boss disparaging her looks, she decides to show him how wrong he is.

    His Secretary
  • 1942
    Mr. Gardenia Jones

    Mr. Gardenia Jones

    Mr. Gardenia Jones

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    Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for...

    Mr. Gardenia Jones
  • 1934
    Outcast Lady

    Outcast Lady

    Outcast Lady

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    A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.

    Outcast Lady
  • 1945
    Strange Destiny

    Strange Destiny

    Strange Destiny

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    This Carey Wilson Miniature tells the true story of a humble YMCA worker, Asa K. Jennings (Louis Jean Heydt), who lived a productive life for 27...

    Strange Destiny
  • 1937
    What Do You Think?

    What Do You Think?

    What Do You Think?

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    The narrator's voice tells of John Dough, who wakes up after a late-night party and prepares to go to work. However, a few interruptions, including...

    What Do You Think?
  • 1925
    The Masked Bride

    The Masked Bride

    The Masked Bride

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    An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.

    The Masked Bride
  • 1953
    Nostradamus and the Queen

    Nostradamus and the Queen

    Nostradamus and the Queen

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    An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and...

    Nostradamus and the Queen
  • 1941
    More About Nostradamus

    More About Nostradamus

    More About Nostradamus

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    This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the...

    More About Nostradamus
  • 1927
    The Tender Hour

    The Tender Hour

    The Tender Hour

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    Marcia Kane, daughter of an American capitalist, is persuaded by her father to marry the expatriated Russian Grand Duke Sergei, and believing Wally,...

    The Tender Hour
  • 1938
    The Great Heart

    The Great Heart

    The Great Heart

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    This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope...

    The Great Heart
  • 1950
    Moments in Music

    Moments in Music

    Moments in Music

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    Using clips from several unidentified films of the preceding decade, featuring many well-known stars of the day, this short demonstrates that an...

    Moments in Music
  • 1942
    The Greenie

    The Greenie

    The Greenie

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    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...

    The Greenie