Castle Films Studio Details

Dracula 1963

1.50

8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."

The Deadly Mantis 1966

1

9 minute home-movie version of the 1957 feature film “The Deadly Mantis” from Castle Films.

Doom of Dracula 1966

1

An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to the 16mm & 8mm home movie market.

Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of a destitute little girl who sells matches, and uses them to escape the cold on Christmas Eve, whisking her into fantasies of seeing Santa Claus and her lost mother.

Kitchen Mechanics 1949

5.00

Lou and Bud start their new job as live-in caretakers on a college campus by trying - very trying - to get their own quarters cleaned up.

The Night Before Christmas 1946

3.20

A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.

The Wolfman's Cure 1998

1

Shortened home-movie version of the 1945 feature film “ House Of Dracula” from Castle Films.

Christmas-time in Toyland 1939

7.50

Castle Films 1939 holiday offering wrapped up to make a Merry Christmas merrier. A visual kaleidoscope of the toys from all over the world from the cuddly to the curious and beyond...with an emphasis on mechanical dolls, monkeys, bears, rabbits popping up out of cabbages and choo-choo trains. And there is a rich sampling of animated displays that once graced department store windows - of story-book tales and operettas... and animated stop-motion toy soldiers, The musical track is drawn mostly from Van Beuren Studio's "Pastrytown Wedding."

Fun on the Run 1949

1

Bixby College needs to win the girls' basketball tourney prize-money in order to survive, but a pair of gamblers have brought in some Amazonian ringers to play for the opposition and Lou, in drag, is playing for the Bixby team.

Christmas Toyshop 1945

2.30

Santa visits some kids and tells them a story in the form of a cartoon in this Castle short.

Rudolph Valentino - Idol of the Jazz Age 1965

1

A short look back on the legacy of Rudolph Valentino, produced by Castle Films for the home gauge market. Multiple versions of the short film exist- one with spoken narration and music, and one in silent form. Reportedly a big moneymaker for Castle-- and proof of Valentino's lasting appeal.

The Civilian Serves 1942

1

A silent short film promoting the United States Citizens Defense Corps, a group in which civilians served locally to aid in the war effort and to prepare their cities for possible military attacks.

The Sport Parade: Snow Thrills 1945

3.40

A silent short documentary highlighting winter sports - skating, skiing, bobsled, dogsledding, and features lots of folks falling down.

Wee Gee’s Camera Magic 1960

1

This 1960s instructional film released by Castle Films for the home market, demonstrates various camera tricks performed by “Wee Gee,” or “Weegee,” the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig, a famed photographer and cinematographer who worked in Manhattan and New York City’s Lower East Side.

I Don't Want to Walk Without You 1942

6.00

Kaye Lorraine singing "I Don't Want to Walk Without You".

Little Black Sambo 1935

4.70

Mammy gives Little Black Sambo a quick scrub on the washboard, then pats him down with baby powder, black baby powder, before sending him off to play. She warns him about the tiger...