"John Nesbitt's PASSING PARADE" 27 August 1949 Factual 10 mins
This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in Illinois that orphaned children call home.
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John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
Frank E. Hull Editor
Passing Parade No. 72: City of Children Trailer
United States 27 August 1949
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31 October 1942
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18 February 1939
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24 April 2008
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24 July 1943
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
11 November 1944
The saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that nearly destroyed her, and her resuscitation to join in the war effort.
13 July 1940
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people.
17 September 2020
The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the time of early modernperiod witch-hunts.
27 November 1943
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the evolution of the American city, from the initially small farming village, to the eventually hectic, congested metropolis, to the future planned suburban community.
23 August 1947
A "Passing Parade" MGM short featuring tennis star Alice Marble
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Little girls doing housework chores.
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21 July 1949
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop.
31 January 1949
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.
06 January 1949
To avoid the abandonment of her husband, a woman rents three children with the intention of making him believe that he is the father.
13 November 1949
Riders of the Dusk is another of Monogram's formula Whip Wilson westerns. Since the studio couldn't build an entire film around Wilson's bullwhip prowess, a plot was called for.
09 November 1949
A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world.
03 March 1949
A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any further rustling, marks the currency that rancher Frank Abbott turns over to the gang to get his cattle back.
02 December 1949
A prima donna hires a man to pretend to be her lover so as to protect her from an unwelcome suitor. Unbeknownst to her, he is a tenor in disguise.
20 December 1949
Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard.
24 March 1949
An employee progresses in the factory where he works by having his wife pass by an attractive Cuban singer.
05 June 1949
Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life.
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