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The opening countertop sequence finds Bob the Tomato alone with a cucumber sock puppet named Lutfi. Larry the Cucumber, we learn, is on his way to do charity work but is having trouble getting there. Bob and Lutfi need to convince him via …
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crime film, drama film
Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning. Lady Susan's father …
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Christmas film
Grandpa George tells a story about Wally P. Nezzer, the owner of a toy company, who is spreading the word via television commercial that the meaning of Christmas is to get more and more toys. After seeing this, the Dinkletown kids were whi…
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comedy film
After Hambone's Uncle Nemo gets in a car accident, the kids decide to take over his taxi cab service. After accidentally wrecking Nemo's taxi, the kids decide to raise money by creating medicine, and putting on a medicine show.
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documentary film
An opening narration explains that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and consumption. Following the principles of dialectical montage at both the level of detail and of …
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The film begins with an unknown figure looking through old photographs of the genocide. Then there is a flashback and we see the protagonist of the film, Pantzo Pontian partisan, cleaning a bloodied knife with the bodies of Turkish soldier…
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comedy film
Helen Kane stars as "Helen Lane", a college student who has a crush on her psychology teacher Professor Hotchiss (or "Professor Hot Kiss" as Helen bumbles). The professor however is short-tempered with Helen because she's such a poor stude…
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documentary film
The film starts with a brief reprise of the previous film, before cutting to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California where assistant cameraman Bill Reilly picks up the film from the lab for Marie Antoinette (1938) which …
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The film is a matrimonial comedy, that featured the dramatic reunion of lovers on London Bridge. Solicitor James Lord is in love with Nellie. She tells him she is going away for a week with her friend May to Portsea where there are many ni…
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comedy film
As the incumbent for the presidency of the "One for All and All for One Club," Mickey is so certain he will win that he refuses to campaign. The situation changes radically when Mickey is challenged by political upstart Froggy, who gains p…
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comedy film
Upset that his youthful sweetheart Darla has once again thrown him over in favor of neighborhood bully Butch, Alfalfa tries to forget his troubles by watching the free performance by Professor William Delmore, a famed hypnotist. Chosen as …
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On the countertop, Larry the Cucumber is seen wearing a shoe on his head and asks Bob the Tomato why he's wearing it. Bob explains that he got a letter from Latasha Robins of Savanah, Georgia, and she wants to know what loving your neighbo…
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comedy film
Clark and McCullough are Flash and Blodgett, a pair of "alibi photographers" operating a studio in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The pair cater to a clientele who require fraudulent tourist photographs using fake backdrops, which can later be…
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Mysterie
Shot on digital video, Boat features closeup shots of a man taking a speedboat onto a lake, while a young woman provides a dreamy, confused description of what is happening. Halfway through, Lynch turns to the camera and announces "we're g…
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superhero film
The episode begins immediately with Percy Pea and Li'l Pea leaving the movie theater. As they pause to think about what had happened the last time they were there, they are cornered by a shady Scallion who asks them for a nickel. Percy ref…
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Alfonso is the resident sixth-grade nerd who is quite happy with his status as an intellectual genius. His day is ruined, however, when a new kid arrives to class…Marty, the super-nerd from India. Marty takes no prisoners, and Alfonso quic…
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comedy film
On the say-so of studio casting director J.D. Broderick, Patterson agrees to give a screen test to the Our Gang kids' talented dog Rover. Unfortunately, the petulant pooch does not take direction well, nor does he respond positively when t…
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musical film, short film
musical film
There were two main components of the film: 1) 'Evolution of a Waltz' - a musical presentation with Hamilton Webber and the State Orchestra illustrating the evolution of the waltz from the age of Mozart to Irving Berlin 2) 'Nautical Nonsen…
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propaganda film
The film begins with shots of American bombers flying in formation and the narrator giving the audience a dictionary definition of a "special delivery" and the vital role that air power played in winning the late conflict. He goes on to sa…
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The main protagonist, a hungry dog is humming the theme song of Tom and Jerry. He stops and gets a bone and a newspaper from the trash can. He then sits and he uses his newspaper as his napkin.
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The film opens on the Western Front in 1918, with Sammy Nosenblum (Sammy Cohen) and Bud Swenson (Jack Pennick) serving as American doughboys. In the trenches, Sammy’s oversized nose gets in the way when he tries to don his gas mask during …
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This episode takes place entirely on the countertop where Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape are hosting the show. Pa Grape informs the others that today they are going to do a little something else after all, but they resist.
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propaganda film
The film opens with the two showgirls coming across a collapsed munitions worker outside the theatre door. "Twelve hour shifts take it out of some of these young 'uns" observes a nearby news-seller. Alongside a billboard gets the message a…
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