Movies 1955 Page 36

Donne e soldati was an example of a ‘decentralised’ production, far from Rome, something that for the most part Italian cinema didn’t fully...

In a musical retelling of the Cinderella tale, a mistreated scullery maid escapes the oppression of her stepfamily to finding love with a prince.

Spike has just finished the 20 year process of digging a tunnel from his prison cell but he picks the wrong place to hide.

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange...

A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.

Park ranger Donald sends his bears off to hibernate, but Humphrey would rather stay in his hammock, run out for a glass of water, etc., than sleep;...

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note...

Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin...

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the...

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when...

Santiago, a jolly modern bandito, has just lost his partner when he happens on the isolated farm of young Manuel and Maria Lopez...

A young girl becomes lost in a department store during the Christmas shopping rush. The frightened child is comforted by a department store Santa...

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three...

The romantic entanglements of three singers: two boys and a girl who fail in a radio contest and formed a trio.

An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a...

This Disneyland film completely encircled the audience, giving theme park visitors a 360-degree documentary auto tour of the western United States.

Three brothers cowboy-up to battle crime. Based on a radio serial.

Underwater exploration by oceanographers and geologists round the coast of Southern California and Mexico. Portrays many species and varieties of...

This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when...

Fundraising film for the National Playing Fields Association, of which Prince Philip was president. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

A young American businessman visits Communist Berlin and meets a young German woman. When the Communist government attempts to pass a resolution...

A widow, whose husband had been beheaded by the king, raises her own son and the king's son till the age of eight. The two boys grow up and fall in...

Jiminy Cricket explains the five senses, contrasting man and other animals.

Mahender has been responsible for the upbringing of Tomato, a young child at a very early age. Now Mahender's health is getting worse, and he is...

The battle against Troy seems to be lost for Greece until General Ulysses comes up with a solution.

made for Fiat in 1955

Sylvester is a rich cat, courtesy of his deceased mistress, who has left him $3 million. His alley cat friends, hope to sponge off his good fortune,...

Jiminy Cricket explains the sense of touch, its four components (heat, cold, pain, pressure), and its unique dispersed nature.

A short feature western comprised of two episodes of the TV series 'Wild Bill Hickok': "A Close Shave for the Marshal" (6/16/1952) and "Ghost Rider"...

This short begins with a couple about to make love, and then does a tour of innocuous objects in the room around them that invariably suggest sexual...

This documentary film from the 1950s explains how the citizens of a small midwestern town restore community spirit through a 4-H club.

Priest defies the gods by refusing to sacrifice his daughter. Also: conquistadores.

Sylvester Cat is a lighthouse keeper's mouse-catcher assigned to keep a mouse from unplugging the light. The mouse only wants a good night's sleep...

During a square dance, held on a dog's back, celebrating the upcoming marriage between a boy and girl flea, a city-slicker flea shows up and kidnaps...