Louis Lewyn

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an...

Eddie Kane wanders round the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out.

A promotional film featuring movie stars at play. Includes Buster Keaton in a Napoleonic admiral suit in his "land yacht", a custom-built bus he...

In the Hollywood Hall of Fame - a wax museum - the figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and introduces us to various stars in effigy. Pining over the...

Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator...

A Hollywood on Parade short....

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin...

Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier...

A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard Band, led by singer Rudy Vallee, and saluting the Naval branches of the military.

Hollywood on Parade was a series of short subjects produced by Paramount Pictures between 1932 and 1934. They showcased the studio's stars both in...

Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier and Ken Maynard.

Two autograph hounds attend an air show at Santa Anita racetrack.

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are...

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at...

A short featuring many stars

This was a Krazy Kat cartoon made for Charles Mintz and distributed by Columbia. While the studio originally based the character on the comic strip...

Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given...

The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the...

A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films.

Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.

Mexico City, the capital of the Republic of Mexico, has perhaps the most colorful history of any major metropolis. It was once the center of the...

In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master...

If you enjoy playing "Spot the Stars", this is the sort of short you'd enjoy. It's full of then-well-known Hollywood players, identified by name, who...

Features Chico Marx and W.C. Fields

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon...

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

Intimate views of the movie stars of the Silent Era, at work and play; featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Lillian Gish and others.

Announced by Bert Wheeler and featuring Marceline Day, Wesley Barry, Dorothy Jordan, Sally Starr, Marjorie Kane, Ken Maynard with Tarzan the Wonder...

The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary...

The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary...

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.

A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in...

A Traveltalks visit to some small towns in Mexico. In Mazatlán, away from the tourist spots, we see a small village where fishing, growing...

In this musical short, a man tries to woo the manager of a dance troupe.

In this MGM Miniature Musical, Harry Owens and his orchestra perform several song numbers.

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.

This short was included on the recently released Harry Langdon: Lost and Found collection. This entertainment show features various Hollywood stars...