Movies 1958 Page 46

Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses...

Madame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One...

The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.

In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys,...

While Gaston LeCrayon is setting up his painting area on the sidewalk, a limousine zooms by and splashes mud all over the canvas. The wealthy woman,...

Maro, the daughter of shepherd Panos, is in love with his son, Liakos. They want to marry but his father does not agree.

Agileo, a government employee, is commissioned to build a road in a town. At first, he suffers the hostility of the locals, but a letter from the...

Music seller and singer on occasion, Jacques Gardel learns from master Jérôme Quilleboeuf that he inherits oil fields located in Big Bend in Texas.

This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed.

It is said that on this day, the Tang monk, master and apprentice went through thousands of mountains and rivers, and came to a place called Flame...

Federico, Bruno, Pirro and Benny are married. The first three have beautiful wifes, Benny instead is married to a ugly woman. Ornella is Bruno's...

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a...

The life, the problems, the hopes of the ragazzi of the suburbs of Rome. Ignored by the city, these young men spontaneously express their vitality,...

A neighborhood rock band gets a job playing at a summer camp.

A brief essay on the ecology of a forest along the Laurentian Shield, in Quebec [caption taken from the NFB app].

Describes the activities involved in the operation of a large supermarket. Illustrates the many people and jobs necessary to help the supermarket...

Children watch Siamese fighting fish and the Egyptian mouth breeder in aquariums. They witness the reproductive processes of these fish.

We spend the day at a firehouse with Fireman Bill.

Short film showing the impact Lenin has had on the USSR and GDR with the spread of ideas of Marxism, Lenism and socialism. (Synopsis) Short film...

This film describes the building of the drilling platform ADMA Enterprise in a shipyard on the Kiel Canal, from where it was rowed to the Arabian...

Rakaposhi is one of the most famous mountains of the Karakoram range of Pakistan and is part of the Himalayas. The 25,550 feet mountain had resisted...

Harue was born the daughter of a poor farmer. Her father, who was crazy about chicken, and her mother, who struggled to make ends meet, heard from...

Daniel Farson looks at mixed marriages as part of his People in Trouble programme.

A short film by director Lasar Dunner, produced by the Keren Hayesod. Through the eyes of three girls on summer vacation, the film presents the...

Droopy Classic Cartoon (Platinum Collection 1943-1958)

BBC2 Trade Test Film. Drama. Christian Badrutt was once a mountain guide in the Engedine; but progress - in this case the Diavolezza cable railway -...

A promotional film touting RCA/Victor's new stereo Victrola.

A film about the issue of coffee breaks in the workplace. The film is focused on the cost of coffee breaks and the possibility of reducing the length...

The Christmas visit of Mr. Pickwick and his friends to Dingley Dell Farm—with dancing, games and a substantial supper—is dramatized in this...

(1958) An in-service business management film demonstrating the problems which develop when a supervisor asks special cooperation and overtime work...

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

A day in the life of the last line fisherman in Aberdeenshire, Norman Grant of Collieston, with a voiceover giving details of his work.

Christmas is celebrated in the middle of the Australian summer under a blazing sun. But even in the heat it is a season for traditional things; for...

An old woodcarver lives alone in the forest while a deer wanders around nearby.