John Nesbitt Movies

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

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later...

Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the news. These escapes in the past have included...

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press,...

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for...

The "new roadways" of the title refer to various projects, carried out in the USA's research laboratories, that benefit mankind. These include solar...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its...

This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the evolution of the American city, from the initially small farming village, to the...

This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never...

This short looks at the odd bequests that people have made in their wills over the years. They include a woman who left her fortune to her pet cat...

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he...

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz...

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an...