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- DirectorRobert W. Paul
- A rattling fine picture of the greatest racing event of the year in America, the Suburban Handicap. The first part of the film shows the start, and the second part the fight in the home stretch with Gold Heels, Pentecost and Advance Guard in the lead.
- DirectorGeorge Loane TuckerStarsJane GailHayford HobbsGerald AmesA German captain demands a woman in return for her husband's liberty.
- DirectorFred W. DurrantStarsLeo LilleyDiana ShawMr. F. DunnIn Norfolk, an officer and a girl fetch troops when invaders occupy a village.
- DirectorRuth Ann BaldwinStarsJoseph W. GirardLeo PiersonWilliam DyerA retired judge comes West to restore a ghost town.
- DirectorWilliam Desmond TaylorStarsJack PickfordClarence GeldertEdythe ChapmanDavy Glidden (Jack Pickford) is the son of the adjutant general in charge of an old soldier's home in a small town near the Top Copper mine. Davy idolizes Capt. Jerico Norton, an aged veteran of the home who entertains the boy with stories of his exploits in the Civil War. When Mrs. Edward and her daughter Flora (Katherine McDonald) come to visit Mrs. Glidden, Davy is smitten by Flora but she ignores him. Davy is bursting with patriotism by the stories told to him by the captain and is eager of doing something noble to attract Flora's attention. He finds the opportunity to accomplish both goals when he overhears two German spies, Carl Bender and Frank Schmale, plotting to create havoc in the mine by calling a strike and then dynamiting the mine. Enlisting the aid of his friend Capt. Norton, Davy provides the means for the old soldiers to serve their country once again. After the aged warriors surround the Germans, Davy saves Flora and her father from death, thus accomplishing his ambitions and winning Flora's love.
- DirectorJean de RoveraA documentary covering the Olympic Games at Chamonix in 1924.
- DirectorJean de RoveraA documentary on the 1924 Olympic Game in Paris.
- StarsMrs. M.F. LeeCarey WilsonHoward HawksA tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneA short film showcasing the Universal Studios tour and promoting several films in release.
- DirectorWidgey R. NewmanStarsThorpe BatesShort excerpt of the stage musical Sensations of 1927, written by composer Lawrence Wright, and filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm process.
- DirectorWilhelm PragerA documentary on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerChristy CabanneNorman HoustonStarsConrad NagelJack BennyJohn GilbertAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsJohn BreedenLola LaneDeWitt JenningsLila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry. George buys a majority interest in the show, planning to fire Lila after she refuses to quit the show. But when Lila goes on in place of the temperamental star, she is a great success and George is able to sell the show back to the original investors at a profit.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsEl BrendelMarjorie WhiteFrank RichardsonRich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in love with struggling actress Mary Mason (Miriam Seeger). To prove his love, he hires Mary and the entire company of the show in which she is appearing to entertain his weekend guests at his lavish mansion.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahonA wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellBette DavisFrank McHughWhen the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
- StarsEdwin C. HillSignificant events from 1934, in the United States and abroad, are covered in newsreel format.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsWill HayHelen ChandlerClifford MollisonThe Director General of the NBG is struggling with his staff as the complaints pile up on his programming.The staff put on a show that could turn the tide, if the DG can thwart a villainous agent and deal with his troublesome daughter.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsDick PowellAdolphe MenjouGloria StuartRomantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
- DirectorGeorge WhiteHarry LachmanJames TinlingStarsAlice FayeJames DunnNed SparksVacationing Broadway producer George White stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram and, seeing his name in lights on a local theater, is scandalized over the unauthorized use. He goes to the theater to object and, while there, discovers some unusual and great song-and-dance talent buried in a tank-town. He takes them to New York City, puts them in a new version of his Scandals, and they are big hits. Their sudden fame causes a pair of lovers to forget their vows made in less-palmy days.