
Frank Whitbeck
Frank Whitbeck was the longtime chief of publicity/exploitation at MGM. He also narrated several hundred theatrical trailers for MGM features.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.588 |
Birthday | 1882-07-17 |
Place of Birth | Rochester, New York, USA |
Also Known As |

1940

Eyes of the Navy
7.2/6
Produced by MGM in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, this short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their basic training in Florida and advanced tr...
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Eyes of the Navy

1937

The Grand Bounce
6.5/4
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...
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The Grand Bounce

1937

Man Of The People
7/3
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
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Man Of The People

1940

The Old South
5.833/6
This short film chronicles the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of America's Old South.
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The Old South

1939

Babes in Arms
6.4/40
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
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Babes in Arms

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns
5.8/7
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy...
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Arsène Lupin Returns

1940

Northward, Ho!
5/1
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
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Northward, Ho!

1940

Edison, the Man
6.6/21
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...
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Edison, the Man

1940

Young Tom Edison
5.6/8
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastr...
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Young Tom Edison

1940

The Mortal Storm
7.2/83
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided...
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The Mortal Storm

1938

The City of Little Men
0/0
The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys.
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The City of Little Men

1944

Twenty Years After
6/1
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Twenty Years After

1942

We Must Have Music
4.1/4
A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate song scores for musicals (with scenes f...
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We Must Have Music

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
4.8/4
This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios need...
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Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

1940

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
5.5/2
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1937

The Romance of Celluloid
7/2
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...
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The Romance of Celluloid

1940

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.7/6
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1938

Hollywood Goes to Town
7/3
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
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Hollywood Goes to Town

1946

The Horse with the Human Mind
0/0
This short film focuses on Bess, considered to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her trainer.
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The Horse with the Human Mind

1943

Presenting Lily Mars
6.1/9
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
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Presenting Lily Mars

1942

Fingers at the Window
5.4/14
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Fingers at the Window

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid
5/2
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current...
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Another Romance of Celluloid

1941

You Can't Fool a Camera
5.5/2
This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove that when a horse gallops, there are ti...
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You Can't Fool a Camera

1937

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
6/1
This short film chronicles various events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff.
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The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

1942

Personalities
0/0
In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. Th...
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Personalities

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939
5.6/10
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home,...
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The Ice Follies of 1939

1937

Lest We Forget
0/0
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and Harry Carey, a look at Rogers' fatal tri...
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Lest We Forget

1941

America, Preferred
0/0
Short documentary pitching sales of U.S. Defense Bonds and Savings Stamps.
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