The Mortal Storm
1940
star 7.3
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazi...
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Acting
Frank Whitbeck
Frank Whitbeck was the longtime chief of publicity/exploitation at MGM. He also narrated several hundred theatrical trailers for MGM features.
Filmography
Browse movies and TV shows featuring Frank Whitbeck
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
star 6.9
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to...
Fingers at the Window
1942
star 5.6
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committ...
Edison, the Man
1940
star 6.8
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age...
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
star 6.0
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with...
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
star 7.0
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated h...
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
star 5.7
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture co...
Young Tom Edison
1940
star 5.9
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific exp...
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
star 6.3
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question...
Babes in Arms
1939
star 6.4
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Pat...
Twenty Years After
1944
star 8.0
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a numb...
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
star 7.0
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going...
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
star 6.4
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is rel...
Northward, Ho!
1940
star 7.5
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on lo...
Man Of The People
1937
star 7.0
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
The Grand Bounce
1937
star 7.0
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in h...
Eyes of the Navy
1940
star 7.6
Produced by MGM in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, this short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their ba...
Personalities
1942
In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their r...
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
star 5.0
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and feature...
The Old South
1940
star 5.6
This short film chronicles the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of America's Old South.
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
1938
star 5.2
This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent...
Lest We Forget
1937
star 8.0
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and H...
We Must Have Music
1942
star 5.3
A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate...
The Horse with the Human Mind
1946
star 8.0
This short film focuses on Bess, considered to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her train...
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
1937
star 7.5
This short film chronicles various events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales...
You Can't Fool a Camera
1941
star 6.0
This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove...
The City of Little Men
1938
star 8.0
The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglect...
America, Preferred
1941
Short documentary pitching sales of U.S. Defense Bonds and Savings Stamps.