1938 Movies

Travelogue by Andre de la Varre from 1938 that highlights key travel destinations throughout the island of Cebu in the Visayas, in the Philippines.

A precious animated short from the pioneer of Italian animation Liberio Pensuti, commissioned by the Italian National Fascist Federation against Tuberculosis (Federazione Italiana Nazionale fascista per la lotta contro la tubercolosi),part of a massive awaren...

The son of two teachers hits the road and becomes a singing success after being taken in as a protege by a kooky countess.

An engineer living in Brazil meets a variety dancer during a temporary stay in Italy. He falls in love with her and convinces her to follow him abroad. But the head of the fazenda, at which he is employed, falls in love with the girl and uses all his power to...

An animated short starring Krazy Kat and set in the Yukon.

A fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another.

A young medical student falls in love with her professor. To pay for her studies, she works extra nights and performs as a popular singer at a dance restaurant. But she is fired because of an unpleasant guest and takes a job as a maid. The professor appears in...

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film starts with valley scenes. Wieland and Freimann climb up the waterfall to the old Albigna hut. Then they start the h...

A review of the 1937 football season.

Judy and Mickey make a plea for folks to send in money to help fight polio.

This fascinating and informative 1938 film, part of Paramount's Popular Science series, offers a tour through Fleischer Studios’ newly-built Miami studio during the making of the classic Popeye film Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp.

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

A British attorney working on a small island wants to return home to London, but first has to solve a mysterious crime.

A documentary showing the pride France took in its position as an Empire, during the period after the Munich accords when it felt threatened by bullying from Italy and the possibility of war still with Germany.

1938 German film.

A Technicolor documentary about painting.

A Spanish propaganda documentary showing young men parading.