Castle Films

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.

An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.

8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."

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.

Shortened home-movie version of the 1945 feature film “ House Of Dracula” from Castle Films.

9 minute home-movie version of the 1957 feature film “The Deadly Mantis” from Castle Films.

An eight minute abridgment of the 1941 feature, The Wolf Man, released in the 1960's to the 16mm home movie market.

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.

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...

Complete presentation of the banana industry from the clearing of the jungle and the planting to the shipment of the fruit to the American markets.

A tour through the South Sea islands including Tahiti, New Zealand, Fiji, Pago Pago, Papua and Kalabahai

Watch and enjoy the large variety of acts in an old-fashioned circus! The film was made available in sound and silent versions.

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.

Larry goes driving... and flying... and falling....

See the variety of water-skiing in beautiful Cypress Gardens, Florida!

Part of the Adventure Parade series: A chimp decides to be a fireman. He rescues a little girl from a fire, then returns to rescue her doll.

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.

Santa Claus arrives at the home of two children and proceeds to tell them stories about monkeys and the nature of his existence.

A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.

Santa visits some kids and tells them a story in the form of a cartoon in this Castle short.