1929 Movies

These documentary sketches were made when the famed novelist was an anthropology student seeking to preserve a record of African American life in the...

Fred Ardath does his drunken vaudeville act in 'These Dry Days'.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

An old man with a huge lump on his face encounters a band of Tengu in the mountains.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

A life history of the Frog. Released in a silent (1929) and sound (1930) version.

Funny animals learning how to do tricks by concentrating. Then suddenly, the farmer wants to try it.

A priestess in “Serafisk Sang”, virginal in “Pastorale”, botanic in “Sommertanz” and finally a witch in “Hexentanz”, Mary Wigman is a woman-flower, go...

Farmer Al Falfa wants to go for a swim. He's shy, so he shoos all the animals away. While he's changing clothes, a mouse coats the diving board with g...

In this one, Oswald is wooing his girlfriend (who looks like a cat) on a canoe. Like Felix the Cat, Oswald sometimes uses his tail for something other...

Vernon Dent out fishing.

Anderson and Graves vaudeville act 'Fishing Around'.

An animated short created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

Avant-garde impression of people shopping in the most important shopping street in Rotterdam.

Oswald applies and lands a job at Pete's Piano shop. After teaching a chicken to play with corn seeds, he gets a call from his girlfriend to deliver a...

Early Egyptian Film.

Screen song by the Fleischer Studios