Frank Whitbeck Movies

  • 1940
    The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

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    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...

    The Mortal Storm
  • 1940
    Eyes of the Navy

    Eyes of the Navy

    Eyes of the Navy

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    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...

    Eyes of the Navy
  • 1943
    Presenting Lily Mars

    Presenting Lily Mars

    Presenting Lily Mars

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    Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.

    Presenting Lily Mars
  • 1940
    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

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    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...

    Edison, the Man
  • 1940
    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

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    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...

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
  • 1939
    Babes in Arms

    Babes in Arms

    Babes in Arms

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    Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie...

    Babes in Arms
  • 1937
    Man Of The People

    Man Of The People

    Man Of The People

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    An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

    Man Of The People
  • 1938
    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

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    This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

    Hollywood Goes to Town
  • 1939
    The Ice Follies of 1939

    The Ice Follies of 1939

    The Ice Follies of 1939

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    Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at...

    The Ice Follies of 1939
  • 1940
    Young Tom Edison

    Young Tom Edison

    Young Tom Edison

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    Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing...

    Young Tom Edison
  • 1940
    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

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    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...

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World
  • 1938
    Another Romance of Celluloid

    Another Romance of Celluloid

    Another Romance of Celluloid

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    This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of...

    Another Romance of Celluloid
  • 1938
    Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

    Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

    Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

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    This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios...

    Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
  • 1944
    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

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    This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

    Twenty Years After
  • 1942
    Fingers at the Window

    Fingers at the Window

    Fingers at the Window

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    In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

    Fingers at the Window
  • 1949
    Some of the Best

    Some of the Best

    Some of the Best

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    Lionel Barrymore provides opening and closing commentary for an MGM advertisement-like documentary of its films and projects (spanning 'The Big...

    Some of the Best
  • 1937
    The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

    The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

    The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

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    This short film chronicles various events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff.

    The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
  • 1937
    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance of Celluloid

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    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,...

    The Romance of Celluloid
  • 1942
    We Must Have Music

    We Must Have Music

    We Must Have Music

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    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...

    We Must Have Music
  • 1940
    Northward, Ho!

    Northward, Ho!

    Northward, Ho!

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    Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.

    Northward, Ho!