Margaret Bert Movies

A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.

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...

American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.

A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the...

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking...

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of...

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?