Movies: Joseph Henabery

A short film showing off four vaudeville acts from the mid 1930s....

24th episode in the 1933-1934 Pepper Pot one-reel comedy series....

Double or Nothing is a 1936 American short musical comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnersh...

When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree are called in to investigate....

An attorney is thrust into wild adventures by an attractive young woman....

In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends to be a tenderfoot from back east who's just arrived in the area and doesn't know how to ride, rope...

Miss Etting plays herself, and the clever opening sequence conveys two messages: 1) that she's very much in demand, and 2) that the grind of stardom is wearing her down. We watch as Ruth gamely performs her signature song "Shine On, Harvest Moon," fi...

The government has set up a special agency to stamp out what it considers the number one public menace: the jitterbug. They aren't after the many followers, but the primary perpetrator of the jitterbug, who they've coined "Public Jitterbug No. 1". Ha...

In this short film, a boy holds a talent show in his backyard by and for his adolescent friends....

After the suppression of "Let There Be Light" (a documentary about combat-induced post-traumatic stress disorders which presented many inconvenient and demoralizing truths), the U.S. Army Signal Corp created this dramatized up-beat remake of the film...

A woman living in Paris feels neglected by her husband, so she decides to go to New York City and enjoy herself....

A vaudeville revue is presented. Ray and Sunshine perform a high spirited acrobatic routine, demonstrating both their strength and flexibility. Chaz Chase then performs a comic routine, demonstrating what one can consume besides traditional foods. Ne...

A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt threatens the crown....

Dave Apollon go Russian for this musical short....

The new minister en route to a new western town to preach loses one of his suitcases containing his clerical robes. It is found on the road by Pete and Ike, cowboys of the Bar X Ranch, who decide to play a huge joke on the boys of their town....

Comdy and musical short where Dave Apollon and His Band Meet the Kernel....

Tired of playing their theme song, “Nola,” ad nauseam, Vincent Lopez’s orchestra rebels. They perform a number of other tunes with vocalists including Betty Hutton (in one of her first screen appearances) and virtuoso whistler Fred Lowery....

Jack Denny & Band sing an handful of songs....

Santa's workers demand to be entertained and thus put on a musical show for themselves....

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