John Sutherland Productions Movies

A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged...

This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.

Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.

A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.

The devil poses as a business tycoon to try and raise the price on home living to start another war and it's up to John Q to stop him.

An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.

Lost industrial cartoon from late 1940s or early 1950s telling everyone to PAY YOUR TAXES!. Directed by Carl Urbano. Produced by John Sutherland. Sponsored by harding College.

The Dragon Slayer is an animated cartoon in Technicolor., and is the first film of Peanuts director Bill Melendez. It was commissione by Du Pont to explain its security plan to company employees. The story revolves around Sir Evans, a knight of old, who goes forth to battle the menacing dragons....

Cold War propaganda allegory about farm markets.

A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.

Albert, an auto mechanic is listening to a radio broadcast about a society based on the "coordinated cooperation of ants". He becomes excited about the idea, and becomes a little careless. The hood of the car, crashes down on his head, knocking him out cold. While unconcious, he dreams about being...

An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.

Cold War propaganda movie showcasing the benefits of capitalism through the eyes of an average worker named Joe.

A Way Out of the Wilderness is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Dan E. Weisburd. It describes and illustrates steps being taken by the Plymouth State Home and Training School, Northville, Michigan, to bring mentally impaired children out of the wilderness into the mainstream of...

An optimistic overview and explanation of the stock market with animated examples.

Pepito approaches a beautiful senorita who icily rebuffs him, but he is persistent and she allows him to take her to an upscale restaurant, where Pepito can not pay the bill. The consequences are realized later when he finds himself at the altar, about to be married, a confused victim of a...

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.

A musical cartoon detailing the woes of a new family in a neighborhood beset by credit wolves. A wise owl comes to the rescue by organizing a Community Action Program to boycott the unfair merchants in the neighborhood.

General Electric sponsors this explanation of atomic energy, detailing some of its uses besides the bomb. Using animation and an off-screen narrator, the film describes the atom, elements and isotopes, the discovery of transmutation, experiments in artificial transmutation, and the reasons for the...