Twenty Years of Academy Awards

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore...

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner...

Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and...

Agitprop short made in West Germany. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes...

The hand-painting of this film is interrupted by, and interspersed with, a geometrically structured Mask of Death (one of those frightening human...

Using clips from several unidentified films of the preceding decade, featuring many well-known stars of the day, this short demonstrates that an...

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.