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Browse 28 movies from John Sutherland Productions
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Aug 1948
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.
Oct 1948
Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.
Dec 1959
An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.
Jan 1956
An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.
Cold-War propaganda film where the importance of research and development in capitalism is stressed.
Oct 1951
Cold War propaganda allegory about farm markets.
Dec 1951
Pepito approaches a beautiful senorita who icily rebuffs him, but he is persistent and she allows him to take her to an upscale restaurant, where Pepito can not pay the bill. The consequences are realized later when he finds himself at the altar, about to be married, a confused victim of a misunderstanding.
Apr 1946
Lost industrial cartoon from late 1940s or early 1950s telling everyone to PAY YOUR TAXES!. Directed by Carl Urbano. Produced by John Sutherland. Sponsored by harding College.
Jan 1953
A musical cartoon detailing the woes of a new family in a neighborhood beset by credit wolves. A wise owl comes to the rescue by organizing a Community Action Program to boycott the unfair merchants in the neighborhood.
Jan 1967
General Electric sponsors this explanation of atomic energy, detailing some of its uses besides the bomb. Using animation and an off-screen narrator, the film describes the atom, elements and isotopes, the discovery of transmutation, experiments in artificial transmutation, and the reasons for the power of nuclear fission. The film argues that now, besides war, the atomic age holds promise for energy, farming, medicine, and research. The promise of the atomic age will depend on human wisdom.
The Dragon Slayer is an animated cartoon in Technicolor., and is the first film of Peanuts director Bill Melendez. It was commissione by Du Pont to explain its security plan to company employees. The story revolves around Sir Evans, a knight of old, who goes forth to battle the menacing dragons. Only through the protection of armor made for him by his trusty squire, D.I.R.P. can he slay the dragons without being singed by their fiery blasts. But knights in legends aren't the only ones to fear dragons. Most of us, like Ed Blevins, hero of this tale, have the modern-day dragons of insecurity to reckon with. But Ed, like Sir Evans, also has the protection of D.I.R.P., in this case the Du Pont Industrial Relations Plans, which are outstanding examples of how a company helps its employees help themselves.
Mar 1956
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
Feb 1948
Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.
Jan 1949
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.
The devil poses as a business tycoon to try and raise the price on home living to start another war and it's up to John Q to stop him.
Feb 1952
A Way Out of the Wilderness is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Dan E. Weisburd. It describes and illustrates steps being taken by the Plymouth State Home and Training School, Northville, Michigan, to bring mentally impaired children out of the wilderness into the mainstream of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Jan 1968
An optimistic overview and explanation of the stock market with animated examples.
Jan 1952
Animated short film featuring Reddy Kilowatt, reusing some footage from 1946's Reddy Made Magic.
Jan 1958
Sponsored by the National Consumer Finance Association, this short film is a lesson about all the things you can do with bank loans.