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This video documents the career of Arthur Fellig, whose sensationalistic photographs helped to define tabloid and legitimate news photography. Going by the nickname of "Weegee," he gained notoriety with his experiments in manipulating photographs. Over his long career, Fellig immortalized on film dozens of politicians, gangsters, and movie stars.
Famed crime photographer Arthur Fellig, nicknamed Mr. Wee Gee, stars as himself in this pseudo-documentary that begins when he falls in love with a store window dummy and tracks "her" to London, England, then meets up with a beautiful ghost in a haunted house and finally winds up in Paris, where he meets other beautiful women and ends up being chased onto the Eiffel Tower.
A producer searches for talent to headline his burlesque show.
Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to prevent casualties. (archive.org)
Documentary short explaining proper techniques for handling and disposal of incendiary bombs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Academy War Film Collection, in 2009.
A go-go dancer comes into possession of a priceless jewel, but before long she finds herself the target of gangsters and Cuban hitmen who also want it.
Sammy, a zookeeper, prepares to go on a vacation with his friend. He starts to tell his friend about what a good time he had on his last vacation, visiting alligator farms and nudist camps, which are shown in flashbacks.