Gordon Hollingshead Movies

  • 1952
    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    So You Want to Wear the Pants

    So You Want to Wear the Pants

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    It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.

    So You Want to Wear the Pants
  • 1944
    Gun to Gun

    Gun to Gun

    Gun to Gun

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    Don Diego is a large ranch owner, the uncle of Dolores and the guardian of a young American, Steve Randall. Steve has just delivered a large herd of...

    Gun to Gun
  • 1937
    The Romance Of Robert Burns

    The Romance Of Robert Burns

    The Romance Of Robert Burns

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    The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and courts high society at the expense of his blossoming...

    The Romance Of Robert Burns
  • 1946
    Facing Your Danger

    Facing Your Danger

    Facing Your Danger

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    This Warner Bros. The Sports Parade series short chronicles the attempt by a group of men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to...

    Facing Your Danger
  • 1949
    So You Want to Be an Actor

    So You Want to Be an Actor

    So You Want to Be an Actor

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    Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and...

    So You Want to Be an Actor
  • 1948
    So You Want to Build a House

    So You Want to Build a House

    So You Want to Build a House

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns...

    So You Want to Build a House
  • 1942
    Vaudeville Days

    Vaudeville Days

    Vaudeville Days

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    A narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville acts are staged by impersonators and contemporary...

    Vaudeville Days
  • 1950
    My Country 'Tis of Thee

    My Country 'Tis of Thee

    My Country 'Tis of Thee

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    My Country 'Tis of Thee is a 1950 short documentary supervised by Gordon Hollingshead. It is a panoramic view of American history from the coming of...

    My Country 'Tis of Thee
  • 1944
    Report from the Front

    Report from the Front

    Report from the Front

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    Documentary short preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

    Report from the Front
  • 1944
    Trial by Trigger

    Trial by Trigger

    Trial by Trigger

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    California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.

    Trial by Trigger
  • 1948
    Let's Sing a Song from the Movies

    Let's Sing a Song from the Movies

    Let's Sing a Song from the Movies

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    This audience sing-along features tunes from four musicals with the lyrics appearing on screen. Numbers include "Am I Blue?" from 1929's On with the...

    Let's Sing a Song from the Movies
  • 1940
    Henry Busse and His Orchestra

    Henry Busse and His Orchestra

    Henry Busse and His Orchestra

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    This one-reel musical short, part of the WB/Vitaphone Melody Master series, features the music of trumpet-player and orchestra leader Henry Busse and...

    Henry Busse and His Orchestra
  • 1947
    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

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    A brief history of Stan Kenton's musical career from taxi-dance gigs to his successful big band orchestra.

    Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  • 1951
    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    So You Want to Be a Plumber

    So You Want to Be a Plumber

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    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.

    So You Want to Be a Plumber
  • 1946
    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

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    Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
  • 1942
    The Gay Parisian

    The Gay Parisian

    The Gay Parisian

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    The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco....

    The Gay Parisian
  • 1943
    The Rear Gunner

    The Rear Gunner

    The Rear Gunner

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    Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown...

    The Rear Gunner
  • 1943
    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

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    This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

    The Voice That Thrilled the World
  • 1944
    I Am an American

    I Am an American

    I Am an American

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    The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.

    I Am an American
  • 1944
    Musical Movieland

    Musical Movieland

    Musical Movieland

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    A group of tourists is given a tour of a movie studio lot. They see the various permanent sets that are used for different types of movies, and they...

    Musical Movieland