Ralph Staub Movies

Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Eddie Quillan

1944 short film nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Short Subject, One Reel

Genre: Documentary

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A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean Arthur

A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean Arthur

A man, his wife and his overgrown son visit a penny arcade, where he drops a penny in the moviola and he (and we) watch The Perfectly Formed Woman...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Leo Donnelly

A 1934 Warner Brothers Vitaphone short, "Corn on the Cop." In this one, two hobos launch a get-rich scheme by trying to sell axle grease marketed as...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harry Gribbon

A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on the road to stardom.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roger Pryor

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: William Ray

The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ford Sterling

After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ole Olsen

Harry Gribbon is Horace, a man with one passion in life: Mushrooms.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harry Gribbon

Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has...

Genre: Action

Cast: James Newill

A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dick Purcell

Ben Blue has "the largest vein in the country," but not the kind that the gold prospectors in Alaska think he's got!

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ben Blue

Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Gene Autry

Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of...

Genre: Western

Cast: Gene Autry

A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actress. His manager doesn't want this because he is...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Robert Paige

Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos--his daughter is set...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Walter Brennan

Harry Gribbon and Shemp Howard enter the world of fine art in Paris.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harry Gribbon

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Acord

Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U...

Genre: Western

Cast: Johnny Mack Brown

Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U...

Genre: Western

Cast: Johnny Mack Brown

Hollywood is a town that holds many memories of the movie business and the movies themselves, which has resulted in a town brimming with...

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Two Americans attempt to make time with the daughter of the British financier of an archaeological expedition to Egypt.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harry Gribbon

Elmer O'Dare fancies himself an expert circus performer.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ben Blue

The correct and full name of this short is "Screen Snapshots: Laguna,U.S.A." (Columbia production number 9852), in which director/producer Ralph...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

Ralph Staub zooms his Screen Snapshots camera in on many of the most famous newspaper comic-strip cartoonists and creators of the era. Notable in...

Genre: Documentary

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A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita...

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Cast: Ralph Staub

A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita...

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Cast: Ralph Staub

Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien)...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: James Newill

The Royal Mounties are called in when one of the armored cars owned by Maxwell, containing a gold shipment, disappears with driver George Hill...

Genre: Action

Cast: James Newill

Andy Clyde plays football with the Sennett girls; Mary Pickford's miniature golf course is shown.

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Cast: T. Roy Barnes

An assortment of musical acts parade before the camera; Joy Hodges and Pinky Tomlin sing; The Elderblooms, a group of ladies ranging in age from 63...

Genre: Music

Cast: Pinky Tomlin

Actor Joe E. Brown narrates this compilation of film clips and behind-the-scenes footage of some of the screen's most famous comics, ranging from Ben...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joe E. Brown

Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort;...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harriet Parsons

Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort;...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harriet Parsons

It's carnival time, crowds gather for horse races and the games and food of a midway. Bobby the singing jockey will be riding the favorite Stardust,...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Henry Armetta

During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William...

Genre: Family

Cast: Arthur Aylesworth

A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.

Genre: Music

Cast: El Brendel

Eddie Lambert leads the tour; Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Joan Crawford return from their honeymoon trip; Carl Laemmle, Jr. welcomes Paul Whiteman to...

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President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge visit Jack L. Warner and Mary Pickford in Hollywood; various players are glimpsed at work on the Columbia lot;...

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Players Aileen Pringle and Grant Withers are seen working on the set of Soldiers and Women at Columbia; Bessie Love and John Miljan are seen at MGM;...

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Buster Keaton plays in a celebrity baseball game.

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In this musical short, a shipwrecked sailor is washed up on the shores of a tropical island and falls in love with a beautiful princess.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Wini Shaw

A bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: El Brendel

Tina, a singing Gypsy with a band of roving gypsies, is invited by Tom to come over to his mother's estate where a lawn party is in progress. She...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Eddie Shubert

Echo Mountain (1936) is a color musical short where they sing their songs in a mountains setting.

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Cast: Fred Lawrence

A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Barbara Stanwyck

New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Paul Kelly

Jack Benny narrates the Screen Snapshots that, utilizing archive footage, traces the career of Al Jolson, and rare off-stage shots of Jolson with...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Al Jolson

Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mary Boland

Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mary Boland

Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Barbara Stanwyck

Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Art Baker

The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean Arthur

This MGM short provides brief glimpses of over sixty screen actors and actresses, all whom started in silent films.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jimmie Fidler

This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings....

Genre: Music

Cast: Ken Murray

This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings....

Genre: Music

Cast: Ken Murray

This MGM short provides brief glimpses of over sixty screen actors and actresses, all whom started in silent films.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jimmie Fidler

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bette Davis

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bette Davis

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bette Davis

The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean Arthur

The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean Arthur

Ralph Staub visits Hollywood's annual "Out of This World" charity-baseball game between two celebrity baseball teams.

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Cast: Doris Day

A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita...

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Cast: Ralph Staub

This entry of Screen Snapshots travels to Las Vegas, Nevada, and Ralph Staub visits and talks to many Hollywood notables as they arrive at the famed...

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Cast: Clara Bow

Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and Frankenstein met face to face--for a game of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Boris Karloff

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Don Ameche

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Don Ameche

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Don Ameche

Mickey Rooney, plugging his latest Columbia film, stops by Ralph Staub's editing room and film vault, and the two of them watch clips from Rooney's...

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Cast: Mickey Rooney

Seeing Hollywood, intimate glimpses of your favorite stars, at home, at work, and at play.

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Cast: Robert Cummings