Movies 1959 Page 45

In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his...

Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up...

A Chinese pop musical

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important...

Hashimoto, a Japanes mouse, explains the customs of the east to some visiting mice. A cat makes off with one of the visitors, Hashimoto goes to the...

When Mr. Luo was fighting crickets in the mansion, his black cricket won a lot of silver for him. He was so proud that he boasted about the value of...

After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for...

Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for...

A story about the adventures of a girl made out of dumplings, who along with a bunny, goes on a trip to Toruń, the land of gingerbread.

A group of troubled individuals gathers in a café just before closing time. Experimental Dutch tv-play by Bert Schierbeek, winner of the 1960...

Satirical cartoon featuring a jewel robbery.

A film adaptation of a short story by O. Henry. In a small neighborhood in Greenwich Village, two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, live in a...

A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

First Indian animated film in color, based on a tale from the Buddhist Jatakas.

Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also...

From a sun-drenched bathing beach to an awesome “gamma garden,” this film explores how heat, radio waves, x-rays and gamma rays affect various...

A vicious play of intrigue, about love, desire and betrayal, in the dress of the military at the Cossacks around 1890.

Documentary short filmed in Sunnmøre

Made by the Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation in 1959, this short records the development of Hemel Hempstead following its assignment of New...

Another educational short from Young America Films designed to answer a burning question.

Short film by I. Bolotowsky.

History of Indian Film Music

A short which uses the letters of the alphabet to teach young children how to walk across the street.

This film is one of a series on Plant Supervisors' Problems. Based on material furnished by the Education and Training Department of the Aluminum...

Saint-Junien, opening day of the hunt, an enthusiastic but clumsy hunter sets off to hunt down game...

A devilish, surreal nightmare of bisexual lust.

This 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope special traces the journey of Queen Elizabeth (II) and Prince Philip to the United States and Canada in conjunction...

Tongue in cheek film begins with an American standing on Princess bridge narrating what sounds like a postcard to his mother while ogling at a...

short experimental animation from Spain

Jim MacAndrew's interview with director René Clair was televised live in November 1959. With the cooperation of the New York State Education...

Nature short in which a badger is sprayed by a skunk.

Dorothy Montgomery uses a Leybold tube to measure the curvature of the path of the electrons in a magnetic field and thus determine the mass of the...

This creepy film starts with newsagent posters telling of an escape from Broadmoor. We see a girl deliver newspapers to a house from which a small...