John Nesbitt Movies

Young couple Joe and Mary Thompson love each other and their children despite the struggles that they have that are typical of most young couples...

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an...

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

This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915.

In this somewhat whitewashed documentary on Manhattan's Bowery a newcomer to the area takes his first step toward redemption after a meal, bed, and...

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking...

The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories,...

Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of a destitute little girl who sells matches, and uses them to escape the cold on Christmas Eve,...

A "Passing Parade" MGM short featuring tennis star Alice Marble

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

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

The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys.

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

Highlights a new system that will enable doctors to operate over long distances.

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

This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in Illinois that orphaned children call home.

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

Sunny-sweet the prune shows us how prunes are made from certain kinds of plums, why they're so good for you, and, in live action, some recipes made...

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