Telephone Time
1956
star 6.5
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. T...
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Acting
John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt was an actor, announcer, narrator, producer, and screenwriter. He is best remembered as having been the producer/narrator of MGM's "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade" short films series.
Filmography
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MGM Parade
1955
star 9.0
The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featur...
MGM Parade
1955
star 9.0
The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featur...
The Face Behind the Mask
1938
star 5.7
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV...
The Incredible Stranger
1942
star 6.7
In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives i...
Screen Actors
1950
star 6.3
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...
Kentucky
1938
star 6.1
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but durin...
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
1947
star 6.6
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterfeiting expl...
Main Street Today
1944
star 6.4
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's ma...
One Against the World
1939
star 10.0
This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgi...
That Mothers Might Live
1938
star 6.2
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief ac...
Famous Boners
1942
star 6.3
This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of er...
The Story of Alfred Nobel
1939
star 7.3
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later esta...
To My Unborn Son
1943
star 7.5
A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encourag...
Who's Superstitious?
1943
star 7.0
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood...
A Way in the Wilderness
1940
star 8.0
This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devot...
Your Last Act
1941
star 8.0
This short looks at the odd bequests that people have made in their wills over the years. They include a woman...
Souvenirs of Death
1948
star 7.7
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefi...
Inflation
1942
star 6.3
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
The Ship That Died
1938
star 6.4
This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in...
Clues to Adventure
1949
star 8.0
This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - fre...
Storm
1943
star 6.6
A look at how the weather bureau tries to warn farmers and businessmen about approaching large storms. Although...
Whispers
1941
star 10.0
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a per...
Dreams
1940
star 6.0
This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that...
Forgotten Treasure
1943
star 8.0
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Moder...
The Forgotten Step
1938
star 9.0
An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock market crash devises...
A Really Important Person
1947
star 8.0
A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.
It Looks Like Rain
1945
star 10.0
This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.
The Woman in the House
1942
star 6.6
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives i...
The Film That Was Lost
1942
star 7.5
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in th...
Strange Testament
1941
star 7.5
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gr...
The Great Morgan
1945
star 6.0
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing t...
New Roadways
1939
star 8.0
The "new roadways" of the title refer to various projects, carried out in the USA's research laboratories, that...
Angel of Mercy
1939
star 8.0
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
This Is Tomorrow
1943
star 7.0
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the evolution of the American city, from the initially...
The Fabulous Fraud
1948
star 7.0
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discover...