Columbia Star Comedies (those headlining one two-reeler each; these didn’t become long-term series like the Three Stooges or Andy Clyde):
Charlie Murray (1935),
Franklin Pangborn (1935),
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (1936),
Herman Bing (1937), Danny Webb (Special, 1939),
Wally Brown &
Tim Ryan (together, 1949), Harry Mimo (1953), The Mischief Makers (1954, 1 two-reeler of an
Our Gang type series), Girlie Whirls (starring
Muriel Landers, 1957)
Columbia Musical Novelties (1933–1934) - 8 comedy/musical two-reelers, often with dialogue entirely in rhyme.
Columbia Specials (1936–1944)- about 9, including a Cosmocolor short Fashion Takes a Holiday (1940)
Columbia Topnotchers (1953–1954) - set of 4 one-reel documentaries
Columbia Tour (1936–1944) - 32 one-reel
travelogues
Community Sing (1937–1949) - 124 musical sing-a-long shorts, produced by Ben K. Blake after '40
Monty Collins and
Tom Kennedy (1935–1938) - 10 two-reelers, plus one with Monty solo (1936). Tom also co-starred with
Johnny Arthur in one 1938 two-reeler.
Music Hall Vanities (1939) - trio of shorts
Music to Remember (1950) - 6 classical musical performances
Musical Travelark (1954–1967) - 34
travelogues initially in
CinemaScope and all in color. Harry Foster directed several.
New York Parade (film series) (1940) - pair of documentaries (1940)
World of Sports (1932–1967) – 263+ one-reelers produced by
John Randolph Bray in the early years and directed by Jack Kofoed until 1939, when Harry Foster took over. Most were in black and white prior to the sixties.
The Learning Corporation of America was mostly owned by Columbia between 1968 and 1975 (although the company continued through the early '90s), being responsible for many short educational films for schools (often 16mm), along with TV specials and theatrical shorts like the award-winning
Angel and Big Joe (1975).
CinemaScope Movietone Adventures / CinemaScope Specials (1953–1964) - initially 112 shorts produced, starting with orchestra performances by
Alfred Newman (composer) and the coronation of Queen
Elizabeth II, but later mostly
travelogues. Two sub-series were often packaged under the same heading: “Movietone Assignment” (12 released 1957–1961) and Movietone’s "Amazing, But True" (3 made in 1962).
Magic Carpet of Fox Movietone (1931–1944) – the first
travelogue series to use on-location sound, although narration was also used at times. Shot in either
Cinecolor and
Technicolor after 1939. Also known as “Along the Royal Road to Romance on the Magic Carpet” (1934–1938 period).
The March of Time (distributed from 1942–1951, re-issued until in 1963)
Movie Tintype (1933–1934) – silent film compilations
Movietone Adventure (1943–1950,1960–1964) – 67
travelogues, many (but not all) in Technicolor. Second set in Cinemascope Deluxe Color.
Movietone Melodies (1949–1950) – five big band reels in black & white. Later added a special Movietone Musical in color featuring
Tommy Dorsey (1961)
Movietone News (1927–1963) – first newsreel with sound, along with 20+ Specials (1931–1955), “See It Now” (9 newsreel compilations 1953–1955) and 8 “Timely Topics” specials (1959–1964)
Movietone Sports Review / Movietone Sports Show (1938–1956, 1959–1963) – 102 shorts (24 in Technicolor) initially. Revived in
CinemaScope in 1959 (20 total)
Tom Mix Westerns (two & three-reel, silent 1917–1918, 1922)
20th Century Fox "specials" include Technicolor The Coronation of
King George IV and Queen Elizabeth (1937), Ripley's Believe It or Not! short Acquitted by the Sea (1940), plus a dozen more between 1944–1958, including Why Korea? (1950), Holy Pilgrimage (1950) and The Word (1953, featuring Dr Frank C. Laubach in
New Guinea).
"Crosseyed Slim" (
George Rowe) (1922) - 1 one-reeler
George Whiting Series (1915)
Glenn Tryon (1924–1925) - 21 two-reelers and 2 features
Harold Lloyd (1915–1921) - 177 shorts, ranging from one to three reels. Originally headed the "Willie Work" series in 1915, then the "Lonesome Luke" series through 1917, later moving into feature films until 1923
Laurel and Hardy (1927–1935) - 62 shorts ranging from two to four reels. Originally part of the "All-Star" series. The most famous comedy team mostly appeared in short films initially, but also made 13 features for Hal Roach from 1931 to 1940.
Our Gang (1922–1938) - 168 comedy shorts and one feature film produced. Hal Roach later sold the series to MGM, which continued filming new titles with the cast through 1943.
Dogville Comedies (1929–1931) - nine short parodies of feature films enacted by dogs, also known as All-Barkies.
FitzPatrick Traveltalks (1931–1953) –
travelogues initially released independently in the late twenties, but approximately 221 one-reelers for MGM. In full Technicolor starting in 1934.
Hal Roach Comedies (distributed between 1927 and 1938)
Herbert Kalmus Great Events (silent, 1927–1929) – 12 two-reelers produced in 2-color Technicolor, costumed recreations of famous events from Betsy Ross to Cleopatra.
Historical Mysteries (1937–1938) – 11 one reel docu-shorts narrated by
Carey Wilson and
John Nesbitt
Louis Lewyn Galaxy of Stars (1934–1937) – 7 Technicolor two-reelers featuring many familiar faces. Also a few “MGM Miniatures” in black & white later followed the same model.
MGM Movietone Acts (1928–1930) - 82 one-reelers spotlighting various comedy and musical acts in sound
MGM Oddities / MGM Miniatures (1-reel, 1932–1946, 1951–1955) – about 115+ documentaries and comedy shorts running less than 11 minutes in length. Term “Oddity” replaced by “Miniature” by 1935. Early “Oddities” narrated by
Pete Smith (two in color) and later
Carey Wilson.
Charles "Chic" Sale appeared in some mid-thirties entries. Also a series profiling
Nostradamus.
MGM Musical Revue (1933–1934) – 9 two-reelers including some
Three Stooges in early Technicolor
MGM 2-Reel Special (1927–1929, 1931, 1933–1945) - includes a documentary 24 Dollar Island directed by
Robert Flaherty, also
Jackie Cooper special (1931), followed by a more consistently released series starting in 1935, often musicals.
Martin Block Musical Merry-Go-Round (1947–1948) – 6 total
Paramount Pictorials (1930–1939) – one-reel documentaries with three or four separate topics resembling a newsreel. Sometimes these included scenes in
Technicolor
Paramount Specials (silent era) included such titles as Truckee, California Stages The First Sweepstake Dog Race Outside Of Alaska (1915), 100% American (1918), Oh Judge! How Could You? (1919), Night of the Dub (1919) and a pair of studio promotionals (1922 & 1927).
Paramount Specials (sound era) (1932–1951) – at least nine were made, including Hollywood Extra Girl with
Cecil B. DeMille and The Fashion Side of Hollywood with
Josef von Sternberg.
Paramount Travel Adventures (or “Paramount Treasury of Travels”) (1964–1968)
Pathé Novelty (1922–1928) – umbrella title for assorted documentaries and specials
Pathé Review (silent version, 1919–1930, sound version called “Pathé Audio Review”, 1929–1933) - multi-subject shorts made on an average of 52 per year, usually with one or two segments in color (often stenciled).
Pathé Sound Comedies (1929–1932) known by different sub-titles: Campus Comedies, Capitol Comedies, Checker Comedies,
E. B. Derr Comedies, Follies, George Le Maire Comedies, Golden Roosters, Manhattan Comedies, Melody Comedies, Rainbow Comedies, Rodeo Comedies, Rufftown Comedies, Smitty & His Pals, Variety Comedies and Whoopee Comedies. These featured Nat Carr,
Daphne Pollard,
Edgar Kennedy,
James Gleason,
William Frawley,
Harry Watson Jr., Reginald Merville,
Franklyn Pangborn and
Dot Farley
Range Rider Westerns (1922–1923) starring
Leo D. Maloney
Rarebits (1927–1928) produced by Record Pictures
Raymond L. Ditmars Nature Reels (1912–1915). He also made segments for the Pathé Review.
RKO-Pathé Special (1933–1937, 1951–1957) – mostly documentary; second series replaced “This Is America”
RKO Specials (assorted, 1930–1957) include a 65mm musical Campus Sweethearts (1930), a
Robert Benchley Comedy (1934), A Trip Through Fijiland (1935), La Cucaracha (1934 film) and The Boy and the Eagle (1947) both in
Technicolor, Conquer by the Clock (1942), The House I Live In (1945), the “Victory Specials” (1942–1943), “Theater Of Life” Specials (1952, 1956) and “Wildlife Album” specials (1955–1957)
Mentone Brevity (1933–1939) – 77 variety shorts shot in New York City with many stage performers like
Ethel Barrymore,
Bill Robinson,
Bob Hope, among others.
Morton Downey in “America's Greatest Composers” (1932–1933) – trio of shorts
Name Band Musical (1939–1957) – 214 California filmed 15–20 minute shorts showcasing the best in jazz and big band
Northwest Mounted Police (sound film series) (1929–1930) – two-reelers with
Ted Carson
Pat Rooney (1929) – 6 two-reel comedies
Person-Oddity (1942–1946) – 48 human interest documentaries (one-reel) produced by Thomas Mead & Joseph O'Brien
Pioneer Kid (1929–1930) – two-reel westerns with Bobby Nelson, some initially filmed silent with sound dubbed in.
Stranger Than Fiction (1934–1942) – 110 documentary shorts, successor to Strange As It Seems covering animals, travel and peculiar items of interest. Production by Allyn Butterfield, Thomas Mead and Joseph O’Brien with
Charles E. Ford and later Henry Clay Bate as key directors.
Sunny Jim McKee (1929–1930) – two-reel juvenile comedies
SuperSpecial Featurettes (1959–1968) – 23 running 20–30 minutes in color
Universal Color Adventures (1962–1972) – approximately 57 assorted one and two-reel documentaries
Universal-International Color Parade (1952–1962) – approximately 72 one and two-reel documentaries.
Universal-International Musical Westerns (1948–1949) - 19 two-reelers featuring
Tex Williams and other country singers
Universal Specials (1930–1958, 1969–1972) – 45 comedy and documentary two-reelers not part of any series, in color by the ‘50s.
Universal Newsreel (1929–1967), also including a group of annual “Football Highlights” specials (1959–1967)
Van Ronkel Comedies (1935) – 6 two-reelers mostly with
Sterling Holloway
Variety View (film series) (1941–1958) – 260 documentary one-reelers replacing “Going Places” and produced by Thomas Mead and initially Joseph O'Brien. All in black and white.
Bluebird Comedy (1925–1927) – one-reelers featuring
Neely Edwards,
Charles Puffy,
Arthur Lake and others. The Bluebird logo also handled occasional special shorts since 1916.
Bob Curwood Westerns (1927–1928)
Brunton Comedies (1922) co-produced with Universal
Century Studios Comedies (1917–1928), co-produced with Universal both one and two-reel comedies featuring
Edith Roberts,
Jimmie Adams,
Alice Howell, the Century Lions (1918–1921), Joe Martin the
chimpanzee (1919–1920),
Brownie the Dog (1919–1923),
Harry Sweet (after 1920),
Baby Peggy (after 1921),
Lee Moran (1922), Queenie (a horse), Maude (a mule), Buddy Messinger (1923), Pal (a dog, 1923) and Wanda Wiley (1924). The Stern Brothers took over and added other series:
The Gumps (with Joe Murphy,
Fay Tincher & Jack Morgan, 1923–1928),
Buster Brown (with Arthur Trimble & Doreen Turner, 1925–1929), The Excuse Makers (with Wanda Wiley &
Charles King, 1926–1927), What Happened To Jane? (1926–1927),
Let George Do It (with
Syd Saylor, 1926–1929), Newlyweds (with
Syd Saylor,
Ethlyne Clair, Jack Egan,
Derelys Perdue & Sunny Jim McKee, 1926–1929),
Keeping Up with the Joneses (1927–1928),
Rube Goldberg Mike & Ike (1927–1929) and the assorted Stern Bros. Comedies (1925–1926).
Champion Boy Rider (1927–1928) – two-reel westerns
The Collegians (1925–1929) – two-reel comedies made by the Junior Jewel division with
George J. Lewis,
Eddie Phillips and others. Soundtracks added to the later entries.
Crystal Films (1912–1914) co-produced with Universal, featuring “Baldy” Joseph Belmont,
Vivian Prescott and
Pearl White
Cyclone Smith (1919) – two-reel adventures with
Eddie Polo
Hysterical History (1924–1925) – mostly one-reel spoofs on history with
Slim Summerville,
Billy Franey and others.
IMP (1912–1917) was Universal’s initial flagship company with many comedies, dramas and documentaries, including the “Blinks” series with Charles DeForrest (1913) and some ambitious dramas starring
King Baggot.
Vitaphone. Warners released hundreds of short subjects based on their proprietary
sound-on-disc process from 1926 through 1930. The Vitaphone brand survived on later cartoons and other shorts produced with standard optical soundtracks.
Motion Picture Herald magazine (short film listings)
[3]
Motion Pictures 1912-1939 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1951 Library of Congress
[4]
Motion Pictures 1940-1949 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Library of Congress
[5]
Motion Pictures 1950-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1960 Library of Congress
[6]
Motion Pictures 1960-1969 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1971 Library of Congress
[7]
Motion Picture News Booking Guide, Motion Picture News Inc. (primary editor: William A. Johnston), each edition has a selection of short subject releases:
Columbia Star Comedies (those headlining one two-reeler each; these didn’t become long-term series like the Three Stooges or Andy Clyde):
Charlie Murray (1935),
Franklin Pangborn (1935),
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (1936),
Herman Bing (1937), Danny Webb (Special, 1939),
Wally Brown &
Tim Ryan (together, 1949), Harry Mimo (1953), The Mischief Makers (1954, 1 two-reeler of an
Our Gang type series), Girlie Whirls (starring
Muriel Landers, 1957)
Columbia Musical Novelties (1933–1934) - 8 comedy/musical two-reelers, often with dialogue entirely in rhyme.
Columbia Specials (1936–1944)- about 9, including a Cosmocolor short Fashion Takes a Holiday (1940)
Columbia Topnotchers (1953–1954) - set of 4 one-reel documentaries
Columbia Tour (1936–1944) - 32 one-reel
travelogues
Community Sing (1937–1949) - 124 musical sing-a-long shorts, produced by Ben K. Blake after '40
Monty Collins and
Tom Kennedy (1935–1938) - 10 two-reelers, plus one with Monty solo (1936). Tom also co-starred with
Johnny Arthur in one 1938 two-reeler.
Music Hall Vanities (1939) - trio of shorts
Music to Remember (1950) - 6 classical musical performances
Musical Travelark (1954–1967) - 34
travelogues initially in
CinemaScope and all in color. Harry Foster directed several.
New York Parade (film series) (1940) - pair of documentaries (1940)
World of Sports (1932–1967) – 263+ one-reelers produced by
John Randolph Bray in the early years and directed by Jack Kofoed until 1939, when Harry Foster took over. Most were in black and white prior to the sixties.
The Learning Corporation of America was mostly owned by Columbia between 1968 and 1975 (although the company continued through the early '90s), being responsible for many short educational films for schools (often 16mm), along with TV specials and theatrical shorts like the award-winning
Angel and Big Joe (1975).
CinemaScope Movietone Adventures / CinemaScope Specials (1953–1964) - initially 112 shorts produced, starting with orchestra performances by
Alfred Newman (composer) and the coronation of Queen
Elizabeth II, but later mostly
travelogues. Two sub-series were often packaged under the same heading: “Movietone Assignment” (12 released 1957–1961) and Movietone’s "Amazing, But True" (3 made in 1962).
Magic Carpet of Fox Movietone (1931–1944) – the first
travelogue series to use on-location sound, although narration was also used at times. Shot in either
Cinecolor and
Technicolor after 1939. Also known as “Along the Royal Road to Romance on the Magic Carpet” (1934–1938 period).
The March of Time (distributed from 1942–1951, re-issued until in 1963)
Movie Tintype (1933–1934) – silent film compilations
Movietone Adventure (1943–1950,1960–1964) – 67
travelogues, many (but not all) in Technicolor. Second set in Cinemascope Deluxe Color.
Movietone Melodies (1949–1950) – five big band reels in black & white. Later added a special Movietone Musical in color featuring
Tommy Dorsey (1961)
Movietone News (1927–1963) – first newsreel with sound, along with 20+ Specials (1931–1955), “See It Now” (9 newsreel compilations 1953–1955) and 8 “Timely Topics” specials (1959–1964)
Movietone Sports Review / Movietone Sports Show (1938–1956, 1959–1963) – 102 shorts (24 in Technicolor) initially. Revived in
CinemaScope in 1959 (20 total)
Tom Mix Westerns (two & three-reel, silent 1917–1918, 1922)
20th Century Fox "specials" include Technicolor The Coronation of
King George IV and Queen Elizabeth (1937), Ripley's Believe It or Not! short Acquitted by the Sea (1940), plus a dozen more between 1944–1958, including Why Korea? (1950), Holy Pilgrimage (1950) and The Word (1953, featuring Dr Frank C. Laubach in
New Guinea).
"Crosseyed Slim" (
George Rowe) (1922) - 1 one-reeler
George Whiting Series (1915)
Glenn Tryon (1924–1925) - 21 two-reelers and 2 features
Harold Lloyd (1915–1921) - 177 shorts, ranging from one to three reels. Originally headed the "Willie Work" series in 1915, then the "Lonesome Luke" series through 1917, later moving into feature films until 1923
Laurel and Hardy (1927–1935) - 62 shorts ranging from two to four reels. Originally part of the "All-Star" series. The most famous comedy team mostly appeared in short films initially, but also made 13 features for Hal Roach from 1931 to 1940.
Our Gang (1922–1938) - 168 comedy shorts and one feature film produced. Hal Roach later sold the series to MGM, which continued filming new titles with the cast through 1943.
Dogville Comedies (1929–1931) - nine short parodies of feature films enacted by dogs, also known as All-Barkies.
FitzPatrick Traveltalks (1931–1953) –
travelogues initially released independently in the late twenties, but approximately 221 one-reelers for MGM. In full Technicolor starting in 1934.
Hal Roach Comedies (distributed between 1927 and 1938)
Herbert Kalmus Great Events (silent, 1927–1929) – 12 two-reelers produced in 2-color Technicolor, costumed recreations of famous events from Betsy Ross to Cleopatra.
Historical Mysteries (1937–1938) – 11 one reel docu-shorts narrated by
Carey Wilson and
John Nesbitt
Louis Lewyn Galaxy of Stars (1934–1937) – 7 Technicolor two-reelers featuring many familiar faces. Also a few “MGM Miniatures” in black & white later followed the same model.
MGM Movietone Acts (1928–1930) - 82 one-reelers spotlighting various comedy and musical acts in sound
MGM Oddities / MGM Miniatures (1-reel, 1932–1946, 1951–1955) – about 115+ documentaries and comedy shorts running less than 11 minutes in length. Term “Oddity” replaced by “Miniature” by 1935. Early “Oddities” narrated by
Pete Smith (two in color) and later
Carey Wilson.
Charles "Chic" Sale appeared in some mid-thirties entries. Also a series profiling
Nostradamus.
MGM Musical Revue (1933–1934) – 9 two-reelers including some
Three Stooges in early Technicolor
MGM 2-Reel Special (1927–1929, 1931, 1933–1945) - includes a documentary 24 Dollar Island directed by
Robert Flaherty, also
Jackie Cooper special (1931), followed by a more consistently released series starting in 1935, often musicals.
Martin Block Musical Merry-Go-Round (1947–1948) – 6 total
Paramount Pictorials (1930–1939) – one-reel documentaries with three or four separate topics resembling a newsreel. Sometimes these included scenes in
Technicolor
Paramount Specials (silent era) included such titles as Truckee, California Stages The First Sweepstake Dog Race Outside Of Alaska (1915), 100% American (1918), Oh Judge! How Could You? (1919), Night of the Dub (1919) and a pair of studio promotionals (1922 & 1927).
Paramount Specials (sound era) (1932–1951) – at least nine were made, including Hollywood Extra Girl with
Cecil B. DeMille and The Fashion Side of Hollywood with
Josef von Sternberg.
Paramount Travel Adventures (or “Paramount Treasury of Travels”) (1964–1968)
Pathé Novelty (1922–1928) – umbrella title for assorted documentaries and specials
Pathé Review (silent version, 1919–1930, sound version called “Pathé Audio Review”, 1929–1933) - multi-subject shorts made on an average of 52 per year, usually with one or two segments in color (often stenciled).
Pathé Sound Comedies (1929–1932) known by different sub-titles: Campus Comedies, Capitol Comedies, Checker Comedies,
E. B. Derr Comedies, Follies, George Le Maire Comedies, Golden Roosters, Manhattan Comedies, Melody Comedies, Rainbow Comedies, Rodeo Comedies, Rufftown Comedies, Smitty & His Pals, Variety Comedies and Whoopee Comedies. These featured Nat Carr,
Daphne Pollard,
Edgar Kennedy,
James Gleason,
William Frawley,
Harry Watson Jr., Reginald Merville,
Franklyn Pangborn and
Dot Farley
Range Rider Westerns (1922–1923) starring
Leo D. Maloney
Rarebits (1927–1928) produced by Record Pictures
Raymond L. Ditmars Nature Reels (1912–1915). He also made segments for the Pathé Review.
RKO-Pathé Special (1933–1937, 1951–1957) – mostly documentary; second series replaced “This Is America”
RKO Specials (assorted, 1930–1957) include a 65mm musical Campus Sweethearts (1930), a
Robert Benchley Comedy (1934), A Trip Through Fijiland (1935), La Cucaracha (1934 film) and The Boy and the Eagle (1947) both in
Technicolor, Conquer by the Clock (1942), The House I Live In (1945), the “Victory Specials” (1942–1943), “Theater Of Life” Specials (1952, 1956) and “Wildlife Album” specials (1955–1957)
Mentone Brevity (1933–1939) – 77 variety shorts shot in New York City with many stage performers like
Ethel Barrymore,
Bill Robinson,
Bob Hope, among others.
Morton Downey in “America's Greatest Composers” (1932–1933) – trio of shorts
Name Band Musical (1939–1957) – 214 California filmed 15–20 minute shorts showcasing the best in jazz and big band
Northwest Mounted Police (sound film series) (1929–1930) – two-reelers with
Ted Carson
Pat Rooney (1929) – 6 two-reel comedies
Person-Oddity (1942–1946) – 48 human interest documentaries (one-reel) produced by Thomas Mead & Joseph O'Brien
Pioneer Kid (1929–1930) – two-reel westerns with Bobby Nelson, some initially filmed silent with sound dubbed in.
Stranger Than Fiction (1934–1942) – 110 documentary shorts, successor to Strange As It Seems covering animals, travel and peculiar items of interest. Production by Allyn Butterfield, Thomas Mead and Joseph O’Brien with
Charles E. Ford and later Henry Clay Bate as key directors.
Sunny Jim McKee (1929–1930) – two-reel juvenile comedies
SuperSpecial Featurettes (1959–1968) – 23 running 20–30 minutes in color
Universal Color Adventures (1962–1972) – approximately 57 assorted one and two-reel documentaries
Universal-International Color Parade (1952–1962) – approximately 72 one and two-reel documentaries.
Universal-International Musical Westerns (1948–1949) - 19 two-reelers featuring
Tex Williams and other country singers
Universal Specials (1930–1958, 1969–1972) – 45 comedy and documentary two-reelers not part of any series, in color by the ‘50s.
Universal Newsreel (1929–1967), also including a group of annual “Football Highlights” specials (1959–1967)
Van Ronkel Comedies (1935) – 6 two-reelers mostly with
Sterling Holloway
Variety View (film series) (1941–1958) – 260 documentary one-reelers replacing “Going Places” and produced by Thomas Mead and initially Joseph O'Brien. All in black and white.
Bluebird Comedy (1925–1927) – one-reelers featuring
Neely Edwards,
Charles Puffy,
Arthur Lake and others. The Bluebird logo also handled occasional special shorts since 1916.
Bob Curwood Westerns (1927–1928)
Brunton Comedies (1922) co-produced with Universal
Century Studios Comedies (1917–1928), co-produced with Universal both one and two-reel comedies featuring
Edith Roberts,
Jimmie Adams,
Alice Howell, the Century Lions (1918–1921), Joe Martin the
chimpanzee (1919–1920),
Brownie the Dog (1919–1923),
Harry Sweet (after 1920),
Baby Peggy (after 1921),
Lee Moran (1922), Queenie (a horse), Maude (a mule), Buddy Messinger (1923), Pal (a dog, 1923) and Wanda Wiley (1924). The Stern Brothers took over and added other series:
The Gumps (with Joe Murphy,
Fay Tincher & Jack Morgan, 1923–1928),
Buster Brown (with Arthur Trimble & Doreen Turner, 1925–1929), The Excuse Makers (with Wanda Wiley &
Charles King, 1926–1927), What Happened To Jane? (1926–1927),
Let George Do It (with
Syd Saylor, 1926–1929), Newlyweds (with
Syd Saylor,
Ethlyne Clair, Jack Egan,
Derelys Perdue & Sunny Jim McKee, 1926–1929),
Keeping Up with the Joneses (1927–1928),
Rube Goldberg Mike & Ike (1927–1929) and the assorted Stern Bros. Comedies (1925–1926).
Champion Boy Rider (1927–1928) – two-reel westerns
The Collegians (1925–1929) – two-reel comedies made by the Junior Jewel division with
George J. Lewis,
Eddie Phillips and others. Soundtracks added to the later entries.
Crystal Films (1912–1914) co-produced with Universal, featuring “Baldy” Joseph Belmont,
Vivian Prescott and
Pearl White
Cyclone Smith (1919) – two-reel adventures with
Eddie Polo
Hysterical History (1924–1925) – mostly one-reel spoofs on history with
Slim Summerville,
Billy Franey and others.
IMP (1912–1917) was Universal’s initial flagship company with many comedies, dramas and documentaries, including the “Blinks” series with Charles DeForrest (1913) and some ambitious dramas starring
King Baggot.
Vitaphone. Warners released hundreds of short subjects based on their proprietary
sound-on-disc process from 1926 through 1930. The Vitaphone brand survived on later cartoons and other shorts produced with standard optical soundtracks.
Motion Picture Herald magazine (short film listings)
[3]
Motion Pictures 1912-1939 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1951 Library of Congress
[4]
Motion Pictures 1940-1949 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Library of Congress
[5]
Motion Pictures 1950-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1960 Library of Congress
[6]
Motion Pictures 1960-1969 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1971 Library of Congress
[7]
Motion Picture News Booking Guide, Motion Picture News Inc. (primary editor: William A. Johnston), each edition has a selection of short subject releases: