1955 Movies

A historical film based on the struggle of the Montenegrins for their independence.

In this Shell-sponsored short, the celebrated British poet narrates this travelogue about the Avebury stone circle and nearby burial grounds.

One of Fischinger's commercial jobs from the 1950s.

Manickam is wanted by the army of East India Company. He is absconding and takes refuge in the house of Maheswari. Manickam and Maheswari fall in love...

Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated tra...

Micheline Bertier is as wise as she is graceful, and is the perfect assistant to her boss, couturier Maurice Darnal. Darnal's business is faltering an...

Black and white documentary about Mexico City, its most emblematic buildings, its main streets and its people, from its pre-Hispanic origins to the mi...

While cooking a tin can, the Coyote spots a better meal rushing by: the Road Runner.

In 1954 the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency conducted an investigation into how the comic book industry was supposedly contributing to th...

A film composed of the out-takes from Brakhage’s The Wonder Ring (1955),which Cornell had commissioned. There has been a long-standing misconception...

Emigre returns to Spain to visit family; reunites with long-lost illegitimate son and rescues his brother-in-law from a gold-digging gigolette.

A performer goes to a travel agency with hopes of visiting foreign countries. After seeing the performer's juggling act, the travel agent agrees to le...

Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power. Outraged, Magoo heads for...

Priest defies the gods by refusing to sacrifice his daughter. Also: conquistadores.

The film revolves around a lawyer who inherits a huge fortune and falls in love with his neighbor, but her family refuses to complete this marriage an...