Frank Whitbeck Movies
- 1940
Eyes of the Navy
Eyes of the Navy7.21940HD
Produced by MGM in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, this short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their basic training in Florida and advanced tr...
- 1937
The Grand Bounce
The Grand Bounce6.51937HD
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...
- 1937
Man Of The People
Man Of The People71937HD
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
- 1940
The Old South
The Old South5.8331940HD
This short film chronicles the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of America's Old South.
- 1939
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms6.41939HD
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
- 1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns5.81938HD
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy...
- 1940
Northward, Ho!
Northward, Ho!51940HD
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
- 1940
Young Tom Edison
Young Tom Edison5.61940HD
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastr...
- 1940
Edison, the Man
Edison, the Man6.61940HD
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...
- 1940
The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm7.1691940HD
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided...
- 1938
The City of Little Men
The City of Little Men01938HD
The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys.
- 1944
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After61944HD
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
- 1942
We Must Have Music
We Must Have Music4.11942HD
A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate song scores for musicals (with scenes f...
- 1938
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power4.81938HD
This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios need...
- 1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World5.51940HD
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
- 1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound6.71940HD
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
- 1937
The Romance of Celluloid
The Romance of Celluloid71937HD
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...
- 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Hollywood Goes to Town71938HD
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938),which h...
- 1946
The Horse with the Human Mind
The Horse with the Human Mind01946HD
This short film focuses on Bess, considered to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her trainer.
- 1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars6.11943HD
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.