Movies: Sheldon Jett

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves....

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies....

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's...

An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den....

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures....

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the stethoscope, and a pair of shoes made of caoutchouc lead Charles Goodyear to discover the process for vu...

In a meeting with the leaders of his vice syndicate, gangster boss James "Lucky" Lombardo complains that his profits are down. He demands that his henchmen get new, younger and prettier girls for his bordellos....

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States....