The best Knox Manning’s documentary movies
We present our ranking of the best Knox Manning’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Knox Manning.
Hitler Lives
5.3/10
This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on.
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
7.2/10
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.
Know Your Enemy: Japan
6/10
Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced at the onset of World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan
Polo with the Stars
5.2/10
A short in the WB Hollywood Novelty series (production number 7301) about the training of polo ponies. Buddy Rogers buys one of the ponies in training, and later uses him in a match where Jack Holt and Joe E. Brown are among the players. Edward G. Robinson and Jack Oakie are among the spectators who see Joe. E. Brown knock in the winning score.
Jammin' the Blues
7.9/10
In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sax legend Lester Young.
Smart as a Fox
5.8/10
In this short film, a fox cub experiences life in the forest.
Story of a Dog
6.2/10
In this short film, a dog trains for the battlefield and becomes a crucial part of the United States military.
Facing Your Danger
6.3/10
This Warner Bros. The Sports Parade series short chronicles the attempt by a group of men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead. Led by Norman D. Nevills, nine men undertake a nineteen days trip in three specially built rowboats through the more than 200 rapids, some which run at 30 mph. Along the way, they see the remnants of previous expeditions. They also visit abandoned Pueblo Indian cave dwellings.
The Birds and the Beasts Were There
5.8/10
Visits to three animal parks in Miami, Florida: the Rare Bird Farm, with it's many chickens, cranes, and other birds; the Monkey Jungle, where the visitors are caged and the simian inhabitants roam freely; and finally the Parrot Jungle.
Angels of Mercy
Short film in support of the Red Cross showing civilian volunteers'work, radio and movie personalities at a fund-raising gala and encouraging recruitment. Deanna Durbin performs a song dedicated to the nurses.
Kings of the Turf
5.2/10
This entry in The Sports Parade series shows us how Mortimer, a Standardbred horse, is trained for harness racing.
