The Awakening of a Dream

The film focuses on Black writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, who lived in a favela.

Make Mine Laughs

A kind of filmed vaudeville show, using old material from RKO films and some new.

Ugly Benny

Benny certainly wasn't much to look at when he first arrived as a puppy on the doorstep of the pet store. Sam and Emma found him waiting there in a little box when they arrived for work one morning, just staring up at th

A Prince of Bharata

At a European seaside resort, Elly von Langen, the beautiful daughter of an officer, meets an elegant Indian maharajah and falls in love with him. She elopes with the maharajah to India. Much to her chagrin, she finds he

Brasilianische Protokolle 2

Documentary film about a slum community on the outskirts of Recife, a major city in northeastern Brazil. A portrait of life in extreme poverty and lawlessness: men without work, hopeless women, hungry and sick children.

Number, Please?

While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's un

A Stranger Knocks

One day a strange man comes by and, seeing the lonely situation, invites himself in out of the rain. The woman is quietly hospitable and allows him to remain overnight. He stays on the next day and the next day. Pretty s

Carolina Maria de Jesus

Patouillard Has a Jealous Wife

When Patouillard meets another woman at a street cafe, his jealous wife dresses up as a man in a suit and beard to spy on him.

A Czechoslovak Fairy Tale

In Czechoslovakia, between 1946 and 1971, the characters of two very different fairy tales interacted and enriched each other: on the one hand, the filmmakers of the Czechoslovak New Wave who, through poetic, committed a

Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1

The pope taking a twilight walk.

Jean de la Fontaine and His Fables

An account of the life of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95), author of more than one hundred fables and a model for many other European fabulists of later times.

Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra

"Gus Arnhein and His Coconut Grove Orchestra" is an agreeable short--and one of the earlier Vitaphone released. While the band is just about totally forgotten today, they had a nice sound and are a nice representative of

The Wizard of Oz

A tornado sweeps Dorothy away to the land of Oz, to get home she must seek out the Wizard. Along the way she makes friends with Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion who want a brain, a heart, and some courage. The W

Six Swedish Girls at a Pump

A gas station becomes the center of social life in the village after six Swedish girls start working there.

Following Seas

A sailing family makes 20 ocean voyages over two decades, sometimes following the path of Captain Cook, but more frequently following nothing but their own hearts and the siren call of adventure.

Little Krishna - The Wondrous Feats

Krishna is most-loved person of the land of Vrindavan, a land known for its peace and tranquility. Vrindavan is constantly being threatened by the evil King Kamsa, who sees Krishna as his nemesis because of a prophecy wh

Spun

Amusing burlesque about a cannonball liberated. The pathway of our spherical friend is not restricted by temporal or spatial dimensions, and neither is the soaring imagination of director Líviusz Gyulai.

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Wedding of Miss Carrie Alexander

The mayor's daughter gets hitched in style in the Kent market town.