John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt was an actor, announcer, narrator, producer, and screenwriter. He is best remembered as having been the producer/narrator of MGM's "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade" short films series.
Strange Testament
as Narrator (voice)This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a...
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People on Paper
as NarratorAmericans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in...
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Clues to Adventure
as Narrator (voice)This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three...
Movie pageReturn from Nowhere
as Narrator (voice)In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced...
Movie pageThe Story of Dr. Jenner
as Narrator (voice)This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
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Kentucky
as Commentator (voice)Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...
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The Magic Alphabet
as Narrator (voice)This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician...
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Souvenirs of Death
as Narrator - Voice of the Gun (voice)This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used...
Movie pageThe Ship That Died
as Narrator (voice)This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship...
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The Face Behind the Mask
as Narrator (voice)This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask"....
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Dreams
as Narrator (voice)This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by...
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The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial...
Movie pageMadero of Mexico
as Himself - Narrator (voice)This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to...
Movie pageThat Mothers Might Live
as Narrator (voice)That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The...
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Inflation
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
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The Woman in the House
as Narrator (voice)This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine...
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Trifles of Importance
as NarratorPart of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant...
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Main Street Today
as Narrator (voice)This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional...
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Willie and the Mouse
as NarratorJohn Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" purports to show how the behavior of mice can be studied in...
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Main Street on the March!
as Narrator (voice)This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the...
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The Seesaw and the Shoes
as NarratorThis short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw...
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Angel of Mercy
as Narrator (voice)This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
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Goodbye, Miss Turlock
as Narrator (voice)Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He...
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To My Unborn Son
as Narrator (voice)A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a...
Movie pageOf Pups and Puzzles
as Narrator (voice)This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help...
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Forgotten Treasure
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the...
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We Do It Because
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking...
Movie pageThe Forgotten Step
as NarratorAn American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock...
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Stairway to Light
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr....
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American Spoken Here
as Narrator (voice)This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North...
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One Against the World
as Narrator (voice)This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his...
Movie pageCity of Children
as Narrator (voice)This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in...
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That's Why I Left You
as Narrator (voice)Young couple Joe and Mary Thompson love each other and their children despite the struggles that...
Movie pageTennis in Rhythm
as Self - Narrator (voice)A "Passing Parade" MGM short featuring tennis star Alice Marble
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A Way in the Wilderness
as NarratorThis Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian...
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The Incredible Stranger
as Narrator (voice)In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been...
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The Story of Alfred Nobel
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite,...
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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
as Narrator (voice)Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a...
Movie pageWho's Superstitious?
as NarratorThis short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers,...
Movie pageFamous Boners
as Narrator (voice)This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were...
Movie pageMr. Blabbermouth!
as Narrator (voice)Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's...
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The Great Morgan
as Narrator in 'Our Old Car' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does...
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This Is the Bowery
as NarratorIn this somewhat whitewashed documentary on Manhattan's Bowery a newcomer to the area takes his...
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The Film That Was Lost
as Narrator (voice)In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film...
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A Really Important Person
as NarratorA policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.
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The Fabulous Fraud
as Narrator (voice)In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the...
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Flag of Mercy
as NarratorThe 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to...
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Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Narrator (voice)Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United...
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Magic on a Stick
as Narrator (voice)This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the...
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Our Old Car
as Narrator (voice)In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man traces his history by the succession of cars...
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Utopia of Death
as Narrator (voice)This short film focuses on the mysterious and legendary Seri Indians who live in a utopian...
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Annie Was a Wonder
as Narrator (voice)In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of...
Movie pageOut of Darkness
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground...
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Storm
as Narrator (voice)A look at how the weather bureau tries to warn farmers and businessmen about approaching large...
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Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
as Narrator (voice)Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played...
Movie pageThe Golden Hunch
as Self - Narrator (voice)This entry in John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series is about the great moments in the lives of...
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The Great American Mug
as Narrator (voice)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop...
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A Lady Fights Back
as Narrator (voice)The saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that...
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My Old Town
as Narrator (voice)Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series...
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Passing Parade
as Self - Narrator (voice)Three specific and separate stories of life's passing parade are presented.
Movie pageThe Hidden Master
as Self - Narrator (voice)Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
Movie pageTelephone Time
as Self - HostTelephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...
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