Movies 1938 Page 49

Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails...

A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

The Captain, after much wrestling with his alarm clock, finally wakes up to discover there's no buttons (for suspenders) on his ding-busted pants. He...

Popeye sails to Goon Island in search of his Pappy. He finds the place populated by the imposing, but ugly, goons, and a "no humans" sign. His...

Captures the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population.

Young, bored millionaire (Motilal) has a bet with his doctor that he will go out into the world without taking any money and survive for 300 days.

The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.

Twin brothers Bob and Don Ramsay are on opposite sides of the law. Bob is the Sheriff and Don is the famous outlaw the Black Bandit. When the Black...

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that...

Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions...

Popeye is heading over to see Olive when he hits a traffic island where a cop is directing traffic; when he gets there, he manages to get more...

When a young woman becomes aware of her husband's wandering attentions, she plots his comeuppance.

The second and final Grand National Pictures film to feature The Shadow, played again by Rod La Rocque. In this version, Lamont Cranston is an...

Summer is gone, and throughout the forest young squirrels are working hard gathering acorns for the long cold winter ahead. But one such squirrel has...

Two brothers (Albert Matterstock and Attila Hoerbiger), who are trapeze artists, are getting along just fine until Hoerbiger runs off with his...

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

Fireman Porky and friends try to save a theatrical boarding house and its inhabitants from an inferno.

A pony express office. Porky's only allowed to clean up and lick envelopes. When a rider comes back...

This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never...

An animated short created for Philips Radio to showcase how an advertising poster is conceptually and physically assembled. The film uses Pal-Doll...

Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a...

“Musical performers Henry Hall and his Orchestra hog the limelight in this promotional film, ostensibly for Ascot gas water heaters.” - BFI.

Fernand Gravey and Danielle Darrieux arrive in Hollywood; the Ritz Brothers achieve immortality, leaving their footprints in cement at Grauman's...

John Loder and Elliot Makeham star in Redd Davis’s British topical crime thriller. Professor Grayson is working on an anti-gas experiment and Dr....

This Seattle-shot silent film, originally shot in 1937, tells of an apocalyptic future war that could devastate the planet.

How people reproduce, brought to you by the dairy industry, with a veneer of religion.

A "Screen Songs" short mixing live action with cartoons. The animated section deals with what will be seen on the television sets of the future,...

Betty Boop and her players put on a theatrical show of wintry Canada, with a villainous cad, a mounted officer, and the leading lady herself as the...

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted...

The film discusses the fascinating world of color perception, particularly from the perspective of various creatures, including fish and lobsters. It...

Final Terrytoon directed by John Foster.

Old Mother Riley falls into money so goes to Paris, where she is mistaken for a spy.

Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets.

Travelogue from 1938 of towns and historic sites along the French Normandy coast. Includes footage of castles and churches, village street scene, and...

Nick Stuart and his band masquerade as an all-girl band as part of their plan of getting to play at a dance at a swanky girl's-only school. They get...

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

A short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave...

The mangiest pup at Pete's Pooch Palace catches the Captain's eye. He takes it home, but Mama is less than thrilled; she forbids it to stay in the...