Movies 1947 Page 44

O'Voutie O'Rooney was marketed as a short film by indie distributor Astor Pictures, who tagged it along with feature films made for all-black cinemas.

The son of the Comtesse de Brévannes dies. She, who has never wanted to meet her daughter-in-law and who wants to take care of her grandson, goes to...

Martin is married to Frida and together they have a son. One day after a quarrel with his wife, he goes to buy flowers to ask for forgiveness. In the...

A professor bets one of his colleagues that he can turn the Stooges into gentlemen within 60 days. With the aid of his pretty daughter, the professor...

Louise Mareuil owns a perfume factory on the French Riviera. She is in a traffic accident with a sketch artist, Claude Dubois. She gives him a blank...

A virtuous Spanish princess becomes queen of Portugal, and soon is affected by the social struggles and the reckless fight to power between the...

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to...

In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond smugglers. Along the way, he...

This "Name Band Musical" short from Universal (production number 3302), filmed in November of 1947 and released on December 3, 1947 (which should...

Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.

Farrebique, the first feature-length effort of French documentary filmmaker Georges Rouqier, is widely regarded as his finest film. Rouqier...

Beloved teacher Miss Hinklefink inherits a western ranch, and to spend the summer with Professor Townley, she invites students Freddie, Dodie, Betty,...

Aided by his horse, Percy, Goofy takes horsemanship to a new level. Originally released as a part of The Reluctant Dragon (1941).

Part of the Paramount Musical Parade shorts (production number FF6-1)

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Catherine Duncan. Christmas in Australia is a mid summer festival, with temperatures rising high. ...

A French PR man and his girlfriend steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists, prompting murder.

Summoned by his mother to plead, a very young lawyer has a trio of pathetic criminals acquitted. The daughter of one of them reveals to the lawyer...

In a Central American state, the owner of a dance hall and his sponsor engage in drug trafficking. Are involved in various intrigues, a gypsy...

Film of the Royal Family's tour of South Africa in 1947. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

A Documentary on the railways and their role in supporting the United States

Produced internal by the National Maritime Union itself, TARGET LABOR emphasizes the destructive power to unions of the then-recent Taft-Hartley Act.

In this installment of the Eye Witness series from 1947, we visit Chalk River, Canada's atomic energy project, for an update. We see the production...

Urban utopia beckons in this idealistic vision of postwar Manchester - fascinating to revisit as Northern Powerhouses and city devolution return to...

Documentary dealing with the work of Approved Schools for child delinquents.

Lulu's dream combines "Jack and the Beanstalk" and her favorite superhero comic books.

Part of BFI collection "Your Children and You."

Abstract Film, Color, United States, Short Film, Mono.

Animated character "Tommy Telephone" produces a telephone by assembling 433 separate parts.

In Australia, children live in the Outback, too far from others to travel to any school. The Australian government has a school with no student only...

A short film about Mardi Gras in New Orleans from the point of view of those who make Carnival happen.

This short from the publishers of Encyclopedia Brittanica shows the process of making a book, from the author's finished manuscript to its being...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 October 1947.

Glimpses of Nova Scotia, from Halifax to Digby. The off-screen narration cites history, tradition, the contributions of Scottish and French...

Explains the scientific background and Biblical teaching about blood.

A retelling of Aesop's fable.

Crad Hobbs, a Virginia waterman, is depressed over the decline in the shellfish trade and the gradual erosion of his former home, a barrier island...

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.

A Bevy of Beauties and a Boatload of Fun