1955 Movies

Experimental film by Jim Davis

The Case of Mr. Lynn, a fascinating document of the carnal at odds with the inner life. The reel is an actual filmed therapy session with a troubled y...

A 1955 promotional short in which an even-tempered gas jockey goes out of his way to explain a car's cooling system to a dizzy dame and her hotheaded...

This film recreates the ancient Greek world through its extant art and literature. The narration is from translations of Greek authors, including Hesi...

It records the zarzuela of the same name, by the maestro Alcides Prado, and it is a costumbrista fresco from Costa Rica from the beginning of the 20th...

An animation by Dion Vigne

A look at the cultural, historical, and urban development of Kassel.

A historical overview of the development of the motion picture industry.

A fast-paced condensation of Don Juan (1926) with John Barrymore at his amorous and swashbuckling best, and one of the great swordfights of all time....

Gustaf the puppet plays the piano. An amateur film

The Servant of Two Masters (Italian: Il servitore di due padroni) is a comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni written in 1746. Goldoni origina...

The film narrates the story of Kiko, a poor orphan child of rural Puerto Rico, whose dream is for his puppets to come to life and sing cheerful Christ...

In pursuit of freedom and a peace of mind, Ali leaves his crowded family home and moves to a fishing village on the opposite side of the island. In th...

First and only Icelandic Sci-Fi film. Nonni falls asleep while watching the fireworks on new years eve. He wakes up in an aircraft heading to the Moon...

An amateur newsreel about a 1950s fish market, the Fulton Street Fish Market.

A documentary film about the Dutch colonies in Latin America, Netherlands Antilles - St Maarten, Saba, St Eustatius, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Dutch Gu...

Documentary. Produced by Edward Movius and Barton Wilson Productions.

Two couples go fishing in Florida during the 1950s.

A History of the Arabian Peninsula