Frank Whitbeck Filmes

This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios...

This short film chronicles the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of America's Old South.

This short film focuses on Bess, considered to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her trainer.

This short film chronicles various events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff.

This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove that when a horse gallops, there are...

A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate song scores for musicals (with scenes...

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys.