Jack Scholl

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

Disc Jockey Martin Block talks with and plays music by Tex Beneke

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

In this episode of the Musical Merry-Go-Round we get music from Frankie Carle and His Orchestra and Marjorie Hughes.

After a career on the stage and in movies, Desi Arnaz is introduced in this short as an orchestra leader.

This "Melody Masters" short traces Jan Savitt's career from first violinist in a symphony orchestra to leader of a top-rated jazz and recording...

This short chronicles the rise in popularity of Spade Cooley and his unique blend of country and swing music.

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

Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...

A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.

Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent...

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

Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.

A cavalry officer is framed for the murder of a fellow officer and cashiered out of the army. After he gets out of prison he vows to find the...

This Melody Masters Bands musical short (production number 2605) is a mixture of cuts from earlier shorts featuring various bands, including footage...

A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.

Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to...

Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to...

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie...

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

A retrospective of popular music from the 1890s and the turn of the century, with words for the audience to join in.

A retrospective of popular music from the 1890s and the turn of the century, with words for the audience to join in.

A chemist in a perfume factory seems to have killed his wife, cut her up, and stuck her remains in the freezer.

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.

Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous...

Story of a rich man who backs a show for an old man and his granddaughter from the East Side who has brought joy to the money bag's crippled son.

A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his...

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...

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...

In this musical short, Cliff Edwards and his cowhands run a struggling dude ranch. When a pretty girl arrives, Cliff believes she is an heiress.

Young Gloria's father and mother go out for the evening to see a television broadcast. Gloria's grandfather entertains her with stories about his...

In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In the Evening By the Moonlight", and "Shine on Harvest...

In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In the Evening By the Moonlight", and "Shine on Harvest...

A cavalry officer is framed for the murder of a fellow officer and cashiered out of the army. After he gets out of prison he vows to find the...

U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.

U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.

A short in the Memories From Melody Lane series. This dramatization of Stephen Foster's life shows how the songwriter came to write four of his most...

This musical short features four songs associated with the western United States.

This musical short features four songs associated with the western United States.

Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

Virginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as...

This short film focuses on four songs, "The Band Played On", "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two"), "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine",...

This short film focuses on four songs, "The Band Played On", "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two"), "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine",...

In this musical short, Tex Beneke, Les Brown, and their Orchestras perform multiple numbers.

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.