David Mendoza

Double or Nothing (1940)

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars. ...

Frances Carroll & 'The Coquettes' (1940)

Bandleader Frances Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in several swing tunes. ...

One for the Book (1940)

In this entertaining short, famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark. ...

The Knight Is Young (1938)

June never leaves her apartment, which has a view of an advertising sign of a knight in shining armor. She is two weeks behind in her rent and believes that if she leaves the apartment, the landlord will never let her back in. The only way she gets food is ...

Toyland Casino (1938)

A score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue. ...

Night Intruder (1938)

Alibi Mark (1937)

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder. ...

Ups and Downs (1937)

An elevator operator and an engaged girl in love dodge the girl's fiancee and attempt to win over her father. ...

Home Run on the Keys (1937)

In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio. ...

Hotel a la Swing (1937)

In this musical-comedy short, an out-of-work theatre troupe assumes management of the debt-ridden Grand Majestic Hotel. ...

The Backyard Broadcast (1936)

In this short film, a boy holds a talent show in his backyard by and for his adolescent friends. ...

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (1936)

Comedic short featuring Shakespeare's notable characters; many performing musical numbers. An assistant director is told to read all Shakespeare's works in order to mine them for potential film plots. Falling asleep on the job, he dreams of various Shakesp ...

Broadway Ballyhoo (1935)

In this musical short, three barkers for a New York City sightseeing bus drum up customers with songs and nightclub tours. ...

No Contest! (1934)

Ruth Etting is the star attraction on the Albertson Travel Agency radio show. When her producers learn that her recordings are on another program at the same time, they devise a contest, based on the words in a song she sings, in which the winner gets Etti ...

Hail Columbia (1934)

This short film provides highlights from American history, focusing on George Washington's farewell to the troops to the War of 1812. ...

The Policy Girl (1934)

An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy. ...

The Mad Genius (1931)

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with. ...

Alexander Hamilton (1931)

The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson. ...

The Ruling Voice (1931)

A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime. ...

The Bargain (1931)

A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake. ...

Chances (1931)

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Molly is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound. ...

Gold Dust Gertie (1931)

Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony. ...

Children of Dreams (1931)

One day, Molly Standing is picking apples in her father's apple orchard in California, with her friend Gertie (Marion Byron), when they meet two boys, Tommy Melville and Gus Schultz. Molly falls in love with Tommy while Gertie falls in love with Gus. They ...

Smart Money (1931)

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events. ...

Svengali (1931)

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife. ...

My Past (1931)

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one. ...

The Public Enemy (1931)

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and riva ...

God's Gift to Women (1931)

A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health. ...

Father's Son (1931)

Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments a ...

Little Caesar (1931)

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there? ...

Kiss Me Again (1931)

An officer of the French Military is in love with a shop girl, but his aristocratic father wants him to marry in his class and convinces the girl that marriage would be a mistake. The officer goes off to war and she becomes an opera star. ...

Hollywood's Musical Moods (1976)

In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into cultural icons, were the musical giants whose compositions defined the very films that captivated a generation ...

Home Run on the Keys (1937)

In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio. ...