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Laughing With Medbury

A series of one-reel travelogues with humorous commentary by John P. Medbury. Several titles were made available to the 16mm rental and home movie market in the late 1940's via Nu-Art Filmco productions and under the title "Walter Futter's Travelaughs"


No director is credited on the shorts, but all were produced by Walter Futter and written/narrated by John P. Medbury.


PLEASE NOTE: Available titles will be in ITALICS and UNDERLINED

If a title is not in ITALICS and UNDERLINED....I do not have it in my collection.





Laughing With Medbury In Reno (Jul 14, 1931)

Laughing With Medbury In Death Valley (Oct 19, 1931)

Laughing With Medbury In Borneo (Nov 24, 1931)

Laughing With Medbury In Africa (Dec 28, 1931)

Laughing With Medbury In Abyssinia (Mar 31, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury In Mandalay (Jun 3, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury In The Wild West  (Aug 15, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury Among The Open Faces (Oct 17, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury In The Philippines (Nov 16, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury Among The Wonders Of The World  (Dec 7, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury Among Dancing Nations (Dec 29, 1932)

Laughing With Medbury On Voodoo Land (Jan 30, 1933). A trip to Haiti reveals that the men of the island lay around all day while their wives do all the work.

Laughing With Medbury In Morocco (Oct 8, 1933)

Laughing With Medbury In The Orient (Nov 5, 1933)

Laughing With Medbury In South America  (Dec 18, 1933)

Laughing With Medbury Among The Nordics  (Feb 17, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury In India  (Apr 13, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury In Ethiopia  (Jun 17, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury At Strange Championships (Jul 13, 1934). Some of the world's oddest champions are profiled doing their stuff.

Laughing With Medbury Among The Islands Of The Pacific (Jul 19, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury Among The Latins (Aug 9, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury In The Arctic (Sep 12, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury Among The Cocoons (Oct 19, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury Around Malaysia (Oct 19, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury At The County Fair (Dec 4, 1934)

Laughing With Medbury In Hollywood (Jan 12, 1935). Medbury's narrative antics poke fun at tinseltown and it's sights and stars.

Laughing With Medbury In The Old Days (Apr 8, 193
5). The old days are revisited with comic results, including an early flicker effort.











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