Movies 1948 Page 44

A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

It's duck season, so Daffy plays hunter Elmer and a hungry fox off against each other.

A bitterly jealous sponge fisherman tries to sabotage a fellow diver.

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of 'It Happened One...

One of Alexandre Dumas's most popular adventure novels is "The Count of Monte-Cristo". What is little known is that the famous writer made up neither...

Managing Director Erik Cassander is in financial strain and his only hope is a wealthy aunt.

Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?

A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.

A doctor hunts a vicious, man-eating tiger that terrorizes a native jungle village. In time the doctor experiences a personal change when he accepts...

A married priest woos a seamstress.

A Texas Ranger and his partner gallop after a band of desperadoes.

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his...

Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold.

The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

An animated short about various woodland creatures milling and drinking apple cider. Includes a sing-a-long of the title song.

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.

Mighty Mouse makes a personal appearance at a movie theatre and three gangster cats capture him in an unguarded moment, rob the box-office, kidnap...

Comical misadventures of two goofballs looking for work.

The twenty-minute Santa's Workshop was turned into a two-minute trailer, with which Suomi-Filmi Oy also presented its Christmas greetings.

A comic short film by Riccardo Freda.

Known as Great China's most charming star at the time, Li Lihua starred as Zhao Lingru, a female Robin Hood-esque hero who fights for the poor. Her...

An unusual cartoon that equates a dog/cat rivalry with a spurned lover relationship. A dog about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge explains...

In this film, African-American Leroy Collins struggles with the onus placed on him by Society when he falls in love with a white woman.

Bold animated drawings and a dramatic soundtrack provide background for narrators who argue that World War III is looming and, as such, world...

Popeye and Olive are atop the highest peak in Yellowstone Park; Olive falls off into a deep hole, where a caveman and dinosaur are still living....

The March of Time was an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. This episode covered the...

Joe Smart (Frank Randle) is a radio repairman who enters the political arena competing in an upcoming election against his own boss. Joe wins the...

A buffalo tries to avoid being killed by a buffalo hunter.

In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.

Highlights of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final 1948.

Toward Independence is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Preserved by the...

Sent by the U.S. government as a participant in the Marshall Plan with a specific mission to assist the French in re-gearing their animation studios,...

Nature documentary meets Disney-style cute in this Animaland animated short.

The ill effects on children's bodies and minds of the chaotic conditions being countered by the endeavours of UNESCO. The film emphasises especially...

Musical short featuring Les Brown's take on Strauss' "Blue Danube," Art Lund singing "Mam'sell" to a beautiful blonde, and "Sad Cowboy" while riding...

A retrospective of popular music from the 1890s and the turn of the century, with words for the audience to join in.