Movies 1953 Page 40

An eccentric jewel-thief invites an assortment of people for a country house week-end, then keeps them prisoner after his plans to steal their jewels...

In this Barney Bear animated short, Barney is plagued by crows.

A woman tries to annul her daughter's marriage by making her boyfriend believe that he is the real father of her daughter.

At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes...

War looms on the horizon when an Army officer's American Indian aide is accused of murdering a tribal elder.

In this variation on "The Three Little Pigs", Droopy and his brothers, Snoopy and Loopy, repeatedly outwit the big bad wolf, a dogcatcher who tries...

A moving episode in which a war criminal in the Philippines, having faced death, pleads earnestly while trembling with fear.

A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get...

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.

Alain de Blomette, a family man, is in danger of becoming a deviant under the influence of his mistress Fanny Lacourt. He steals a bracelet, loses at...

A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.

A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

We are at Fiskeby Badehotel, owned by a charming young executive's daughter, Miss Søgaard. One day, when Miss Søgaard is on her way to inspect the...

A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed.

A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.

Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little...

The beautiful and spoiled manufacturer's daughter Helga defiantly bets with her friends whether she can survive a whole year as a working housekeeper...

A 1953 U.S. civil defense preparedness film simulating an undetected air attack on New York City to promote civilian aircraft-spotter volunteer...

In every industry men still need skill and knowledge, but the addition of a dash of imagination will often mean more pleasure from the job as well as...

Number 73020, a standard Class 5 locomotive, has been in traffic for sixteen days, and goes back to the sheds for cleaning inside and out and a...

A young woman on a bike ride suffers a head injury and is transported back in time to an event which occurred on the same spot years before during...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the international co-ordination involved in dealing with a locust plague.

Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father has been corrupted by power. In addition, he falls...

Forces sweetheart, Judy James, is back in town and that means various admirers are showing up at the hotel where she stays.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his...

Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.

Directed by Hurwitz for the CBS Omnibus program, The Young Fighter is a moving portrait of a young boxer who faces key life decisions as he tries to...

Ten-year-old Ti-Jean's feats dwarf those of even the strongest lumberjack as he fells timber, cuts, carries and piles heavy logs, and comes out the...

A propaganda short commissioned by the United Fruit Company on the benefits they bring to Central America, such as creating jobs and delivering...

This movie starts with a Mother and her two children nonchalantly going to the window when someone knocks on the window. Shouldn't they be on their...

Popeye and Olive are at a bullfight selling snacks. When toreador Bluto throws the bull, Olive falls for him.

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

The birth of Baby Huey! The headlines in "Barnyard Eggstra" read: "Duck Lays Huge Egg. Mother Eggcited. Egg To Be Named Huey." A fox steals the giant...

Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with...

Based on James Thurber's short-story about a mild, henpecked man who, while preparing his breakfast, looks out the window and sees a unicorn eating...

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor [also known as The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture] is a 1953 American short musical film produced by Johnny...

Long considered lost, The Assignation was Curtis Harrington's first color film. It was shot in Venice, Italy, and follows a masked figure through the...