Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Roy Rowland

Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien

Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and Arnold, who learn about their world and experience the ups and downs of life as the season pass.

National Velvet

Clarence Brown

Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

The Human Comedy

Clarence Brown

Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

My Old Town

John Nesbitt, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series short.

Big City

Norman Taurog

Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston

A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

S. Sylvan Simon

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

The Bride Goes Wild

Norman Taurog

Van Johnson, June Allyson

McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.

My Brother Talks to Horses

Fred Zinnemann

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Peter Lawford

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.

Boys Ranch

Roy Rowland

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig

A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.

Little Mister Jim

Fred Zinnemann

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig

After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.

Twenty Years After

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Frank Whitbeck, Bud Abbott

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

Summer Holiday

Rouben Mamoulian

Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven

Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.

Reward Unlimited

Jacques Tourneur

Dorothy McGuire, James Brown

Short film about nurse service in wartime.