Million Dollar Ransom
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
Murray Roth
William R. Lipman
Casts & Crew
Phillips Holmes
Edward Arnold
Mary Carlisle
Wini Shaw
Andy Devine
Robert Gleckler
Marjorie Gateson
Edgar Norton
Bradley Page
Hughey White
Alyce Ardell
Spencer Charters
Dorothy Christy
Charles Coleman
Joyce Compton
Richard Cramer
Jane Darwell
Gordon De Main
Sayre Dearing
Billy Dooley
Knute Erickson
Pat Flaherty
Jay C. Flippen
Dick Gordon
Sam Hayes
Al Hill
Arthur Hoyt
Henry Kolker
Wilbur Mack
Tom McGuire
Harold Miller
Craig Reynolds
Philip Sleeman
Maidel Turner
Billie Van Every
Also Directed by Murray Roth
George and Gracie enter an elegant drawing room, looking everywhere for something. Turns out, they're looking for the audience, and when George spots the camera, they start in on their patter. Gracie wants to convince George that she's smart, not dizzy - it's an uphill struggle of which she's blissfully unaware. Midway through, they break into song: "Do You Believe Me?" It includes a little bit of hoofing as the chatting continues. They end on a story Gracie whispers into George's ear.
Horace Heidt and His Californians plays "Tiger Rag", "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine", "Carnival of Venice" and "I'll Never Ask for More".
In a wordless story with semi-surreal stage sets, a poor black man ventures from his ramshackle rural home to the big city, where a dancing girl in a dive two-times him. He returns to his home and wife's arms.
The second entry in the Believe It or Not series of shorts begins with Robert Ripley in his office sorting his mail. At the time he received about one million pieces of mail per year, more than any other individual. He shows the audience several of the more oddly addressed envelopes. These include one addressed in Morse code; one in Hebrew, one using the naval flag code; and one with a small tear to the left of a picture of Robert E. Lee (i.e., "Rip + Lee" = Ripley). A U.S. marshal then enters the office and arrests Ripley.....
A comedic team. The Ann seems to try and come across as a Mae West type. Jay plays the role of the straight partner.
Ben Bernie and his orchestra play a few songs for a vitaphone recording.
This brash comedy team toured extensively in vaudeville, and even made a Victor 78 of much of the material contained in this short.
An energetic "heavyweight" song and dance troupe of six performs with gusto.
Gags and patter from an armed man at a musicale.
The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.