Movies 1956 Page 16

A concert film made up of performances shown at the final concert of the Decade of Belarusian Art and Literature in Moscow in February 1955.

The film follows the spirited press photographer Jo Markus (played by Denise De Weerdt), who works for an Antwerp weekly magazine. Nicknamed "The...

The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he...

Four noble ladies, four widows, live in isolation in a Berry ch teau. There's the Mme de Bussange, her two sisters Sylvie and Hélène, her...

Zoilo Cajigas y Sotomayor is a carver of wooden models of saints. Don Zoilo is one of Puerto Rico's best-known artisans and was 96 years old at the...

1954. The first detachment of young virgin lands arrives in the remote Kazakh steppe. The old forester Bulanbai warns the guys about the...

A shy Zoo worker falls in love with a girl from a magazine cover and decides to send her a letter.

This documentary focuses on the archaeological excavations at Skálholt in 1954 when the sarcophagus of bishop Páll Jónsson (bishop 1195-1211) was...

Nancy Fallon gets her teenage daughter back from her ex-husband when she remarries and must win her love.

A sprawling portrait of rural life in Sri Lanka; the story revolves around a boy and his friend--a blind girl who he accidentally 'heals' by giving...

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of...

A film essay about the daily experiences of schoolchildren across the Soviet Union.

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the...

An American army officer working for British intelligence comes to post-war Berlin to solve a murder. His investigation is compromised when he falls...

A scenic documentary sketch about Moscow that tells about its landmarks, enterprises, and the residents of the capital.

A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

Semyon Frolov returns to his native village of Krutye Gorki, as chairman of the Kolkhoz. The hero will have to sort out the embezzlement, convince...

A group of bandits found a little injured boy and took him with them. Day by day, their cruelty level was rising. The police officer took bribes from...

DJ Hal Jackson is the all-rhyming onstage host of this all-black musical.

A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.

The House Without a Name is a 1956 short documentary film written and produced by Valentine Davies for the Motion Picture Relief Fund. It was...

8mm dance film featuring several Katherine Dunham Company performances.

Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with...

Popeye's training for his boxing match with Bluto by jumping rope with a massive chain. Bluto, who's lazy about everything except sabotage, decides...

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

Star-studded charity New York City premiere of the film Giant.

Auto racing at Daytona presented in exciting wide screen glory.

The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief's daughter. Sometime...

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of...

The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors and intruders.

A fictionalized account of the infamous massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek by a militia unit led by an extremist Colonel.

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Rock and Dr. Andrea travel up the Amazon to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in panic, allegedly because of attacks from...

Gordon Jenkins' record album "Manhattan Tower" was a best seller for 12 years and this spectacular is based on it, with book, music and lyrics by...

In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate mobsters...