John Nesbitt Movies
- 1942
Inflation
Inflation51942HD
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
- 1939
The Story of Dr. Jenner
The Story of Dr. Jenner01939HD
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
- 1938
Kentucky
Kentucky5.61938HD
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...
- 1938
The Ship That Died
The Ship That Died5.81938HD
This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no...
- 1942
The Woman in the House
The Woman in the House6.51942HD
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an...
- 1945
The Great Morgan
The Great Morgan5.51945HD
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...
- 1941
Main Street on the March!
Main Street on the March!5.21941HD
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...
- 1945
People on Paper
People on Paper61945HD
Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the news. These escapes in the past have included...
- 1948
The Fabulous Fraud
The Fabulous Fraud51948HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discovered hypnotism.
- 1941
Strange Testament
Strange Testament51941HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later...
- 1938
That Mothers Might Live
That Mothers Might Live5.51938HD
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz...
- 1940
Trifles of Importance
Trifles of Importance61940HD
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number...
- 1941
Willie and the Mouse
Willie and the Mouse01941HD
John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" purports to show how the behavior of mice can be studied in relation to the interaction of school children.
- 1939
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed41939HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he...
- 1938
The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask5.41938HD
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never...
- 1945
Stairway to Light
Stairway to Light5.81945HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane...
- 1948
Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Goodbye, Miss Turlock5.91948HD
Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such a...
- 1942
The Incredible Stranger
The Incredible Stranger6.51942HD
In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to keep...
- 1946
Our Old Car
Our Old Car41946HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man traces his history by the succession of cars his father owned. [This short appears in its entirety...
- 1949
Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
Mr. Whitney Had a Notion5.51949HD
Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a significant role in the introduction of mass...