Dwight Weist
Also Known As: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Biography: Dwight Weist, Jr. (January 16, 1910 - July 16, 1991) was an actor and announcer in the era of old-time radio.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 16, 1910
Age: 115 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 16, 1991
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Nine 1/2 Weeks
Overview: An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-09
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Stardust
Overview: Songwriter Benny Davis goes through an elaborate buildup before he is allowed to sing a collection of his songs. He takes a group of his friends through his song-factory, and workmen break out in a rash of dances and song numbers. Davis then sings some of his own songs.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-12
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Magic Movie Moments
Overview: A Warner Brothers Vitaphone Variety narrated short film highlighting the 1928 biblical tale of "Noah's Ark."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-26
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The Big Party
Overview: A short film about Mardi Gras in New Orleans from the point of view of those who make Carnival happen.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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Born to Fight
Overview: A showcase of bullfighting in Portugal, explaining how the country's version of the sport differs from those in Spain and Latin America and helps define the national character. After showing the training techniques for the bulls and horses, a bullfight is presented.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-12
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Passport to Nowhere
Overview: 1947 short film that was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Documentary, Short Subjects"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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When the Talkies Were Young
Overview: Warner Brothers looks back to the early days of talking pictures. Dwight Weist narrates film clips from five movies: "Sinner's Holiday," introducing James Cagney with a glimpse of Joan Blondell, "20,000 Years in Sing Sing," with a young Spencer Tracy and a younger Bette Davis, "Five Star Final," with Edward G. Robinson and a cameo from Boris Karloff, "Night Nurse," starring Barbara Stanwyck with a small role for Clark Gable, and "Svengali," with John Barrymore and Marian Marsh. Each movie is summarized and each star celebrated for work early in the history of sound cinema.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-29
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Zelig
Overview: Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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Forgotten Island
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-03
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Decade for Decision
Overview: Short news featurette produced by Pathe-RKO after the Russians launched the first orbiting satellite, Sputnik. It is a patriotic 'call to arms' from the threat posed by this and the need for Americans to spend more on education in general and a college education in particular. A visit to the University of Buffalo highlights many of its science programs and the need for more college graduates all science specialties if America is to rise to the challenge. It bemoans the fact the PhDs earn less than a mechanic and the need to re-order priorities.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-31
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Gadgets Galore
Overview: This Warner Bros. short reviews in an often humorous way the impact of the automobile on the United States. By 1900, the horseless carriage was beginning to have an impact. Early adopters were often the object of attention by large curious crowds. There were many car manufacturers and the quality of their product varied considerably. Traffic jams, pollution and automobile racing were only a few of the outcomes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-30
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The Camps of Death
Overview: Human torture. Factories of death. War atrocities. The crimes that haunt the pagse of history are chronicled in the piercing documentary Camps of Death. Following Hitler's murderous career, the film traces his rise to power, his ultimate demise, and the subsequent nuremberg trials that publicized the horrors of Hitler's regime. Concentration camp footage combines with chilling POW interviews to graphically create the nazi nightmare that few could hope to survive. A powerful look at the third reich adn the horrifying fate of its enemies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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I Never Forget a Face
Overview: This Warner Bros. vignette features short snippets about well known people. It includes presidential candidate Warren Harding and his front porch campaign in his home town of Marion, Ohio where Al Jolson sang to the crowd; his successor, Calvin Coolidge; William Jennings Bryan at the 1920 Democratic convention where FDR was selected as the Vice Presidential candidate; the visit of the Prince of Wales; the so-called monkey trial that pitted Clarence Darrow against Bryan; Richard Bird as he trained for his flight over the North Pole; and finally George Bernard Shaw on a visit to America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-28
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The Friendship Train
Overview: This short film details the history of the 'Friendship Train', created, following the end of World War II, to travel across the United States to collect food for war ravaged countries in Europe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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The Name of the Rose
Overview: 14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-24
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The Future Is Now
Overview: This short goes inside government research laboratories to showcase some of the products that will be used in the near future. Some are for general use, such as computerized assembly lines, nuclear energy and solar powered batteries, and industrial uses for television. Others are consumer products, including video telephones, videotape to make instant home movies, irradiated food, and fully automated kitchens.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-09
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Blaze Busters
Overview: A documentary about firemen and some of the spectacular blazes they fight.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-30
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Golden Glamour
Overview: This short film looks at the history of gold, and how the less expensive gold filled process is used to bring glitter to the masses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-14
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The Golden Age of Comedy
Overview: A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-26
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Radio Days
Overview: The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-30
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For Your Convenience
Overview: In this short film's four segments, "Bowery Beautician", "Chutes", "Home Brew", and "Girth Control", the viewer is shown how certain conveniences and inventions aid the user.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-20
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Cavalcade of Girls
Overview: A look at the women of 1900 to 1950. Ladies accomplishments through the years, shown with rare footage of different eras. Fashions, famous women, styles, accomplishments, jobs, and the evolution of the bathing suit creates an entertaining, interesting, and fast paced film. Lady lumberjacks, steeplejacks, railroad maintenance during WW1, nurses, suffrage, different dances, aerial daredevils, women police, styles of clothing, hair styles, WW2, and bikinis are just some of the news footage shown.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-12
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Girls in White
Overview: This edition of the series, Volume 7, Number 2, examines the concerns in the medical profession regarding the shortage of qualified nurses. It takes a look at the importance of the profession, the training they must undergo and a glimpse of their social life during the three-year journey taken by student-nurses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-10
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Whistle in the Night
Overview: A look at post-war American railroads during their conversion to peace, operating under the handicap of little to no new equipment. It then looks at the plans for the future designed to provide swifter, safer and more comfortable traveling for the American public. Swifter is about all that is now left of the plans detailed in this 1947 short. The vast majority of the American public has no access to rail travel, all of the depots are gone, along with thousands and thousands of miles of track, and railroading is now a shipping service, mostly of truck trailers and containers. No complaints, other than most wish they could have at least kept the mournful, lonely and lovely sound of the old steam whistle. Diesel horns in the night have inspired very few songs or dreams. The essence of railroading, for older America, is captured in the title of this short.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-30
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Germany Today
Overview: This video is about the four victors of the war in Europe occupying Germany. The video shows a devastated Germany and its clean up. There are Germans how have to help rebuild there own country. There is the small percentage that still prosper though. The four zones of Germany became split between the victors: The United States, France, Great Britain and the USSR. The video gets specific about the United States is doing to help rebuild Germany from shipping food to teaching journalism. But there still are people how are trying to promote "not Germany's fault" to a black market. There is also mention of war crime tribunals as well.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-15
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This Is America: The Great Lakes
Overview: A travelogue showcasing the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States, featuring the many industries, cities and states that depend upon the Great Lakes for the manufacturing, shipping and distribution of vital goods and services that power the US economy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-09
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