Sheldon Jett Movies

Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she...

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

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

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the...