Writing
A young hurler relates an account of the sport in the fictional Irish town of Ballykilly.
No description available.
Patsy Kelly is a baby sitter who has no end of problems dealing with the kids in her charge. When Harold and Genevieve sit down in the moonlight for some billing and cooing, Patsy comes along and explains to them that marriage equates to kids and kids equate to trouble.
A young cowboy from Wyoming - hitchhiking across Florida - finds himself getting work with cattleman Henry O. Partin on his Brahman ranch, where he's attracted to Partin's niece. Will he stay or move on?
Sportscaster Red Barber narrates this Paramount Headliner short about the escapades of a raccoon, who is beginning his day when the rest of the world is going to bed. He visits a henhouse and swipes some eggs, the farmer organizes a hunt with his dogs and the raccoon is treed by the pack of hounds. But he manages to escape. Originally released on February 14,1947 and reissued on October 2, 1953.
An aqua-maid at Cypress Gardens in Florida tells of her profession - wins the 'Miss Citrus' contest and then has to decide whether she wants to leave and take a shot at stardom.
Mr & Mrs Whoosis inspect and purchase a house trailer and head for the Parsley Trailer Park.
Busy Little Bears is a 1939 American short family film directed by John A. Haeseler. The film follows three bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house. It won an Oscar at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.
Scott Elliott, a discharged WWII Navy officer and a film executive in civilian life, passes through a small Arkansas town, and meets Bob Burns, a farmer, and his daughter. As a film executive prior to the war, Elliott always had the thought that he could make animals talk on the screen, and when he tells this to Bob, he heartily agrees. They form a partnership whereby Elliott will handle the technical aspects, and Bob will write the dialogue for the talking animals. They go to Hollywood, where they start work on the film with the financial help of a producer. However, when half of the scenes are completed, they run the scenes for the producer, who walks out and refuses to put any more money in the project.
Roller Derby Girl is 1949 short documentary directed by Justin Herman about how mid-twentieth century women made advances and careers in roller derby. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
Two Americans attempt to make time with the daughter of the British financier of an archaeological expedition to Egypt.
Paul Whiteman, the orchestra leader, is a resident of the town of Libertyville, New Jersey, a quiet community where the farmers, including Mr. Whiteman, raise Black Angus cattle. His story is how the townspeople got to together in a town meeting to find a solution to the helter-skelter activities of the local teen-agers Saturday nights.
