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8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
Jan 1963
Santa visits some kids and tells them a story in the form of a cartoon in this Castle short.
Dec 1945
9 minute home-movie version of the 1957 feature film “The Deadly Mantis” from Castle Films.
Jan 1966
An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.
A short look back on the legacy of Rudolph Valentino, produced by Castle Films for the home gauge market. Multiple versions of the short film exist- one with spoken narration and music, and one in silent form. Reportedly a big moneymaker for Castle-- and proof of Valentino's lasting appeal.
Jan 1965
Lou and Bud start their new job as live-in caretakers on a college campus by trying - very trying - to get their own quarters cleaned up.
Aug 1949
Watch and enjoy the large variety of acts in an old-fashioned circus! The film was made available in sound and silent versions.
Jan 1946
A simple story of a woman being courted by two beaux.
Jan 1929
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, whisking her into fantasies of seeing Santa Claus and her lost mother.
Dec 1954
Castle Films 1939 holiday offering wrapped up to make a Merry Christmas merrier. A visual kaleidoscope of the toys from all over the world from the cuddly to the curious and beyond...with an emphasis on mechanical dolls, monkeys, bears, rabbits popping up out of cabbages and choo-choo trains. And there is a rich sampling of animated displays that once graced department store windows - of story-book tales and operettas... and animated stop-motion toy soldiers, The musical track is drawn mostly from Van Beuren Studio's "Pastrytown Wedding."
Dec 1939
A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.
Dec 1946
Mammy gives Little Black Sambo a quick scrub on the washboard, then pats him down with baby powder, black baby powder, before sending him off to play. She warns him about the tiger...
Feb 1935
Santa Claus arrives at the home of two children and proceeds to tell them stories about monkeys and the nature of his existence.
A silent short film promoting the United States Citizens Defense Corps, a group in which civilians served locally to aid in the war effort and to prepare their cities for possible military attacks.
Jan 1942
Shortened home-movie version of the 1945 feature film “ House Of Dracula” from Castle Films.
May 1998
Bixby College needs to win the girls' basketball tourney prize-money in order to survive, but a pair of gamblers have brought in some Amazonian ringers to play for the opposition and Lou, in drag, is playing for the Bixby team.
Kaye Lorraine singing "I Don't Want to Walk Without You".
Sep 1942
See the variety of water-skiing in beautiful Cypress Gardens, Florida!
Jan 1955
Larry goes driving... and flying... and falling....
May 1922
A silent short documentary highlighting winter sports - skating, skiing, bobsled, dogsledding, and features lots of folks falling down.
Jan 1945