Using the backdrop and excitement of a local carnival, this soundie short features four different and unique acts, from the fast talking carnival barker (Clyde Hager) and the singing of Jon Peerce to the great jazz music of the Cotton Club Tramp Band and a tap dance routine performed by Three DeLovelies.

Midnight Intruder Trailer (1938)

06 February 1938

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.

Window Shopping Trailer (1938)

03 June 1938

Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and stocking up on food provisions before they return to the safety of their den beneath a man-hole cover in the street.

Kokumin no chikai Trailer (1938)

16 November 1938

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940 in Japan which however were cancelled because of the Japanese-Chinese war.

Portugal Já Faz Automóveis Trailer (1938)

03 February 1938

Reflecting the filmmaker's passion for automobiles, who in his youth participated in car races, the film portrays the attempt to manufacture a new model in the Ford factory in the city of Porto.

Trade Mice Trailer (1938)

28 February 1938

An Oswald Rabbit cartoon.

The General of Dragon City Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

Hong Kong drama.

Scandal Street Trailer (1938)

11 February 1938

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle.

The Novel of Werther Trailer (1938)

14 December 1938

Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte.

All's Fair Trailer (1938)

25 February 1938

The Cabin Kids, in between song and dance numbers, are at the county fair with intentions, fair or foul, of helping Mammy win the Pancakes cooking contest.

The Marines Are Here Trailer (1938)

08 June 1938

A cocky young Marine who's alienated many of his fellow soldiers with his smart-aleck, wiseguy attitude gets a "wake-up call" when his unit comes under attack by bandits.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Trailer (1938)

22 January 1938

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen.

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