Max Smith

Max Smith

Born: January 23, 1913
Died: July 23, 1999
in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Movies for Max Smith...

Donald and the Wheel
Title: Donald and the Wheel
Character: Junior Spirit of Progress
Released: June 21, 1961
Type: Movie
A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of transportation, a digression into the basics of gear ratios, a series of live-action dancers to various styles of music inside a giant jukebox, an illustration of the use of wheels in power generation and space satellites, etc. Ultimately, Donald decides he doesn't want the responsibility, but certainly someone else would take on the task.
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Paul Bunyan
Title: Paul Bunyan
Character: Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen)
Released: August 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A retelling of the classic Canadian / American tall tale of the enormous lumberjack and his loyal companion, an equally huge blue ox.
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Pigs Is Pigs
Title: Pigs Is Pigs
Character: Singer
Released: May 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Flannery, a railway agent does everything by the book. He gets into a scrape with a customer, McMorehouse, who wants to pay 44 cents freight for two guinea pigs which he considers pets. Flannery, however, considers them pigs (freight 48 cents), a decision he begins to regret when the animals begin to reproduce.
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The Glenn Miller Story
Title: The Glenn Miller Story
Character: The Mellowmen (uncredited)
Released: January 4, 1954
Type: Movie
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Card Painter (voice)
Released: July 28, 1951
Type: Movie
On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a madcap encounter with the Queen of Hearts - and her army of playing cards!
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Margie
Title: Margie
Character: Off-Screen Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1946
Type: Movie
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
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Lost Canyon
Title: Lost Canyon
Character: Singing Ranch Hand
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.
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We'll Slap the Japs (Right into the Laps of the Nazis)
Title: We'll Slap the Japs (Right into the Laps of the Nazis)
Released: January 5, 1942
Type: Movie
A Soundie with The Four Sportsmen.
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Jingle Belles
Title: Jingle Belles
Character: singer
Released: December 24, 1941
Type: Movie
Gloria Jean sings two songs in the Universal musical short, which also features The Sportsman Quartette, the Milt Herth Trio, the singing trio of Lee, Lyn and Lou, and the Schuplatter Dancers
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It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
Title: It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
Character: Moose
Released: August 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Gabby goes camping with the Mayor.
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Ziegfeld Girl
Title: Ziegfeld Girl
Character: Singer: Song 'Whispering' (Uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
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Gulliver's Travels
Title: Gulliver's Travels
Character: Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.
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Play Safe
Title: Play Safe
Character: Blue Train (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1936
Type: Movie
A young boy obsessed with trains sneaks out to play with the real trains that run just a few feet from the fence around his house. When he falls off of one and is knocked unconscious, he has a dream.