Knox Manning Movies

This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan,...

This short film showcases the skills of Howard Hill, known as the "World's Greatest Archer".

A brief history of Stan Kenton's musical career from taxi-dance gigs to his successful big band orchestra.

Footage from a Nazi propaganda film about the invasion of Poland is translated from German.

Two singing guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios, with stops at the many musical numbers of films featuring top Warner...

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.

A dog trains for the battlefield and becomes a crucial part of the United States military. This 1945 short documentary film was nominated for an...

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on.

The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy...

A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.

Visits to three animal parks in Miami, Florida: the Rare Bird Farm, with it's many chickens, cranes, and other birds; the Monkey Jungle, where the...

A short in the WB Hollywood Novelty series (production number 7301) about the training of polo ponies. Buddy Rogers buys one of the ponies in...

This Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two,...

A brutally frank factual exposition of the shocking atrocities inflicted by the Japanese upon their helpless Chinese victims. Also a solemn warning...

A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the...

Tom, a young Army Air Forces pilot, begins instruction with his captain on flying the A-20 attack aircraft. The captain demonstrates to Tom the...

Commissioned by the U.S. Office of War Information, this short film features conductor Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC Symphony Orchestra, tenor Jan...

In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor...