John Nesbitt Movies

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

Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its wa...

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

The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War...

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

A film recreating a broadcast of the Westinghouse Radio Program starring John Charles Thomas and John Nesbitt. Program narrator was Gayne Whitman and...

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.

This Passing Parade series short examines the origins of three popular Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

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 dime...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to fin...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for beri-be...

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 l...

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

This short film focuses on the mysterious and legendary Seri Indians who live in a utopian colony off the west coast of Mexico.

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.

This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929),a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of pel...

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the stet...

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.