When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray’s beloved locomotive, ‘The General’—with Johnnie’s lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to…

The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they…

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the…

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner’s daughter, is grabbed by the captain…

A series of 19 musical and comedy “vaudeville” sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man’s stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart…

Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in cities and towns across the U.S. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe…

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out…

Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home.