John Nesbitt Movies

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...

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...

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

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.

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

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

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.

A look at how the weather bureau tries to warn farmers and businessmen about approaching large storms. Although some precautions can be taken to...

A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook...

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

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

Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number...

Three specific and separate stories of life's passing parade are presented.

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 John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.

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...

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