Title (identified by number) | Vitaphone # | release date | Narrators | Subjects covered & additional notes |
Hollywood Fashion Parade | 1967 | June 1936 | Roy Saunders & Joseph Bolton | Pilot film features a Canadian baby contest, a female alligator tamer and the title sequence in color |
No. 1 | 2233 | September 12, 1936 | Howard Claney | All titles called Vitaphone Pictorial Revue: covers tap dancing, ski techniques, lamb stew preparation, modeling fur coats (in color) |
No. 2 | 2234 | October 10, 1936 | John Young | movie stardom methods, steak cooking lesson, household gadgets invented by women, fashion models (in color) |
No. 3 | 2235 | November 21, 1936 | Paul Douglas | false eyelashes, a female football team and knitted fashion |
No. 4 | 2236 | December 23, 1936 | Howard Claney | machine testing of consumer products, testing balance & coordination, snow swimming, Southern fashions (in color); aired on TCM |
No. 5 | 2237 | February 13, 1937 | Paul Douglas | tuna fishing, Arthur Treacher's dill sauce, strange animal friends, cruise ships |
No. 6 | 2238 | March 20, 1937 | Kelvin Keech | swimming lessons, cosmetics, racing trotters, Swiss wood carving. |
No. 7 | 2239 | April 10, 1937 | Basil Ruysdael | fishing, recording techniques, women's polo, lipstick manufacturing (in color) |
No. 8 | 2240 | April 10, 1937 | Paul Douglas | melon bowling, latest coiffures, shoe fashion, the use of cotton in paving streets |
No. 9 | 2241 | May 1, 1937 | Howard Claney | odd gadgets, home accidents, men's hats and beachwear fashions (color) |
No. 10 | 2242 | May 24, 1937 | Basil Ruysdael | water dancing, hotel dishwashers, angora rabbits, Moroccan crafts |
No. 11 | 2243 | June 19, 1937 | Alan Kent | the US Postal Service, smart dogs, milk, oriental rugs |
No. 12 | 2244 | July 17, 1937 | Howard Claney | an expert child golfer, piano manufacturing, a baby genius, mural painting by Dean Cornwell (in “Naturalcolor”) |
No. 13 | 2245 | August 28, 1937 | Paul Douglas | good driving skills, book publishing, reducing weight, mink coats |
No. 2-1 (or #B) | 51B | September 18, 1937 | Basil Ruysdael & Clem McCarthy | a racetrack opening with Hollywood stars (Bing Crosby included), wrestling rehearsals, gruyere cheese in Switzerland |
No. 2-2 (or #C) | 52B | October 16, 1937 | Alan Kent & Clem McCarthy | Billy and Bobby Mauch, Margaret Lindsay, table tennis, autumn fashions (color) |
No. 2-3 (or #D) | 53B | November 13, 1937 | Howard Claney & Clem McCarthy | Highlights: champion retrievers, a Hollywood rodeo, plastics |
No. 2-4 (or #14) | 54B | December 11, 1937 | Alan Kent & Clem McCarthy | a handicapped artist, fighters in training, the making of rubber dolls |
No. 2-5 (or #15) | 55B | January 1, 1938 | Howard Claney & Clem McCarthy | making ice cream, jockeys, glamorous women's outfits for the home (color) |
No. 2-6 (or #E) | 56B | February 5, 1938 | Alan Kent & Clem McCarthy | Arabian horses, ice hockey, shoe manufacture, stars Ronald Reagan and Marie Wilson; aired on TCM |
No. 2-7 (or #16) | 57B | February 19, 1938 | Basil Ruysdael & Clem McCarthy | more dogs, a billiard champion. |
No. 2-8 (or #F) | 58B | April 2, 1938 | Howard Claney & Clem McCarthy | songwriters Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren, bowling, rubber bathing suits |
No. 2-9 (or #17) | 59B | April 30, 1938 | Alan Kent & Clem McCarthy | silver-smith, ice boating, model trains |
No. 2-10 (or #18) | 60B | June 4, 1938 | Maida Severn, Clem McCarthy & Ben Grauer | beavers, polo, wool manufacture; aired on TCM |
No. 2-11 (or #19) | 61B | July 9, 1938 | Maida Severn, Clem McCarthy & Ben Grauer | plastics, greyhounds, perfume manufacturing; aired on TCM |
No. 2-12 (or #20) | 62B | August 13, 1938 | Maida Severn, Clem McCarthy & Ben Grauer | Gordon Hollingshead (producer); Lloyd French (director); Hollywood glamour girl, racing shells & fur coats (parts in “Naturalcolor”) |