Movies

A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account...

A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice...

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table...

Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in...

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.