1941 Short Movies

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn

Forbidden Passage(1941)

| 21min | Crime, Drama

3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann - With Addison Richards

Dutiful But Dumb(1941)

| 17min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

The Stooges are photographers for Whack magazine who, after messing up an assignment, are sent to the country of Vulgaria to get a picture of a death ray gun. Features the famous scene where Curly pits his wits against a strong drink, and then a defiant oyster in his stew.

Directed by Del Lord - With Moe Howard

Robot Wrecks(1941)

11min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake, Emmett Vogan

More About Nostradamus(1941)

11min | Documentary

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Directed by David Miller - With John Burton

1-2-3-Go!(1941)

10min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake, May McAvoy, Arthur Hoyt, William Tannen, John Dilson, Barbara Bedford, ...

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Baby Blues(1941)

10min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake, Hank Mann

Come Back, Miss Pipps(1941)

| 10min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake, Sara Haden, Clarence Wilson, Barbara Bedford

Ye Olde Minstrels(1941)

10min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake

She's Oil Mine(1941)

17min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Buster fights a duel over a girl.

Directed by Jules White - With Bud Jamison

Fightin' Fools(1941)

9min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake

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Helping Hands(1941)

| 10min | Kids & Family, Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake, Emmett Vogan

The Gay Parisian(1942)

20min | Music, Romance / Love

2.2/5 (with 6 votes)

The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco. The film is a screen adaptation, in Technicolor, of the 1938 ballet Gaîté Parisienne, choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Jacques Offenbach. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

Directed by Jean Negulesco - With Léonide Massine, Cyd Charisse, Marc Platt, George Zoritch

Wedding Worries(1941)

12min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn - With Robert Blake, William Irving, Sidney D'Albrook, Barbara Bedford

Beauty and the Beach(1941)

11min | Music

This Paramount Headliner short (in-house number A1-1) was filmed at Jones Beach and features a background of pretty girls, bathing suits and the ocean. Johnny Long and His Orchestra provide the music for five songs, including "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", and Helen Young and Bob Huston provide the vocals.

Directed by Leslie M. Roush - With Johnny Long

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1941 Short Movies

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The Tell-Tale Heart(1941)

Main Street on the March!(1941)

Forbidden Passage(1941)

Dutiful But Dumb(1941)

Robot Wrecks(1941)

More About Nostradamus(1941)

1-2-3-Go!(1941)

Baby Blues(1941)

Come Back, Miss Pipps(1941)

Ye Olde Minstrels(1941)

She's Oil Mine(1941)

Fightin' Fools(1941)

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Helping Hands(1941)

The Gay Parisian(1942)

Wedding Worries(1941)

Beauty and the Beach(1941)

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