Movies 1956 Page 38

Finn Ek has a lover, Monica. When his wife Cecilia finds out, she is devastated and leaves town.

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

In a small village in Provence, on the first day of school, a young boy throws his bag into the river on a bet, and the retrieval of it leads to a...

The young farmer Andrä has fallen madly in love with the maid Maria. But she marries the son of the mayor. When Andrä meets the newlywed in the...

The whaling captain, Antonio Grez, meets in a bar in the port of Valparaiso a very beautiful woman who lives haunted by the tragic premonition that...

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.

Oil explorers suspect a South American jungle boy of murder.

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director...

The Go-Getter (1956)

A short documentary that tells the story of the rapid technological and infrastructure evolution experienced by the city of Milan in the post-war...

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

Third Sister Tai marries Dunce Lau and her life has since been between laughter and tears. At the birthday party of Tai's father one year later,...

A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón...

A middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical exam, his wife has enlisted - and is...

An East German documentary that uses archival footage to trace a direct line from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich to...

A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. Decided to save it he prepare a great collection....

Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends...

The story of two carefree men who use every trick in the book to make a comfortable living.

To the tune of rhyme and music, a puppy eats Mother Hubbard out of house and cupboard and goes off to seek his fortune and make amends. He meets many...

Filmed amidst the Arensberg collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where 35 works by Marcel Duchamp are gathered, this 1956 NBC interview...

A film of a royal visit to Aberdeen, Scotland in 1906. Comprises footage re-edited from the earlier silent film "Aberdeen University Quarter...

Colourful commemoration of Royal Yacht Britannia's majestic visit to Leith in 1956, courtesy of Messrs Joseph and J Arthur Rank.

Police procedural: some detail pertaining to a murder case is nagging at the back of a detective's mind "like having a stone in his shoe." Once he...

In this training film for Caprolan nylon rugs, the great Jonathan Winters shows sales-folks how to do their job better. How, indeed, to go FROM RUGS...

In a futuristic city, Detectives Monday and Tuesday pursue a wanted criminal.

Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the...

"The Ripening Seed" is a 1956 drama film directed by Paul Zils. Specific details about the film's plot and cast are limited.

This short film focuses on the job of a lab technician and forensic detail.

A travelogue along the scenic highways of Cape Breton Island—particularily along the Cabot Trail near Keltic Lodge.

When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married...

This cartoon is a bit of a bizarre experiment that asks, "What if Woody Woodpecker were the size of Tom Thumb and had to live in a bowling ball?"

In Judge Wimpy's courtroom, Bluto accuses Popeye of assault and battery; he claims to have been attacked by him on several occasions, without...

The Christmas story, presented in the form of a medieval York mystery, or miracle play, by a cast of junior school children. They follow the text, in...

Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle...

Joseph Cornell shot footage on Mulberry Street with Rudolph Burckhardt and made this silent film. Burckhardt would make his own sound version, "What...

The construction of a hydro electric scheme in the Scottish Highlands.

A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.