Cinematic Era: 1952 Vintage

A rumbera falls in love with a dentist who wants to sing boleros despite her father's opposition.

The film is directed by Keshav Talpade, produced by Keshav Talpade.

Shokat After her husband's death, tries to trap her young Nasser secretary.

Theater and concert are offered in Oslo a fall night. For the evening, Norwegian actors go to work and prepare for the performance. **** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

A film about the woodcarver Axel "Döderhultarn" Petersson.

Heckle and Jeckle ruin the business of a body building instructor by peddling fitness pills that promise instant results.

A glimpse behind the curtains of a puppet theatre is presented, showing the making of the marionettes and how they come to life in the hands of the puppeteer.

Housewife gets ticked off at her philandering hubby, falls under the influence of a cougarish rich widow and decides to start partying the way her husband does.

Short independent animation by Toonder Studio's. Chinese fairy tale about Prince Li Pai who asks a Golden Fish how he has to live.

A film by Richard S. Brummer

As the wealthy Ha Mung Shan nears death, he asks his son, Chung Ping, to marry his fiancée, Ng Yuk Keng. However, Yuk Keng loves Chung Ping’s brother, Bo Ming. To avoid upsetting his father, Chung Ping pretends that a singer, Su Qiu, is Yuk Keng and brings her home. Meanwhile, Yuk Keng’s aunt, Xing Hong, covets her father’s inheritance and attempts to kill Su Qiu, framing Chung Ping. Su Qiu survives, cared for by the Fu family. Later, Xing Hong kills Yuk Keng to live with Bo Ming, but he refuses. Taking the inheritance, Xing Hong stays with the Fu family and regrets her actions. Ha Mung Shan then arranges a new marriage for Chung Ping. Su Qiu, seeking revenge, disguises herself as a ghost on the wedding night, exposing the truth. Bo Ming confronts Chung Ping, and Xing Hong confesses her guilt. Mung Shan realizes Bo Ming is his son, and Chung Ping reunites with Su Qiu, leading to a happy ending.

Film directed by Bob Godfrey and Keith Learner

With the support of dramatic staging, a narrative teaches about sabotage and espionage directed at Sweden.

Melancholic and atheist bank clerk Manuel is stuck in a love triangle with two women, the fiery art model Albertina and the quiet and religious Ana Maria. After spending several years working in Africa, Manuel returns to Portugal only to find both women already married, and his life marred by problems.

A humorous survey of the history of the development of transportation technology in Canada.

Casper, the friendly ghost, likes people but people are afraid of him. So Casper goes to the zoo looking for a friend, which he quickly makes with a baby elephant, and, together, they go out playing in the night.

Little Rocquefort and the resident-cat are engaged in their usual cat-versus-mouse activities when the cat finds and reads a book on hypnotism. He soon has Rocquefort under his spell and has him thinking he is a bird and then a dog. But the last trick has consequences when he brings back a pack of real (cartoon) dogs, and, while the dogs are chasing the cat, the little mouse finds the hypnotism book and turns the tables on the cat.

Woody Woodpecker is having a good time wandering around the County Fair and blowing his bubble gum, and is a big distraction to Buzzy Buzzard's attempts to sell his home-made tonics. Buzzy grabs Woody to demonstrate his wares on him and Woody is not pleased at all with this turn of events. He runs into a magician's tent and uses all the equipment there to make Buzzy's life miserable.

Short documentary on the history of Mexican muralism around the mid-20th century. It took part in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this expensive dream divide the village into two clans: on one side the women, on the other the men. Piedalu, whom this conflict desolates, discovers by chance, as part of a found bicycle, a fortune in gold coins.

The Mysterious Cowboy to the rescue in this Terrytoons cartoon.

This promotional travelogue, made for the Christchurch City Council, shows off the city and its environs. Filmed at a time when New Zealand’s post-war economy was booming as it continued its role as a farmyard for the “Old Country”, it depicts Christchurch as a prosperous city, confident in its green and pleasant self-image as a “better Britain” (as James Belich coined NZ’s relationship to England), and architecturally dominated by its cathedrals, churches and schools. Many of these buildings were severely damaged or destroyed in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

Poor girl sells matches with brief flickering flame reflecting her span of life & dreams.

Documentary on the town of Cabo Rojo, proving relevant data on its foundation and the different social and economic activities in which it developed.

A production from the Pennsylvania Railroad outlining the advancement of the country on the back of the locomotive.

Short film about Ankara, Turkiye

A 1952 Hong Kong Amoy-language film

An Egyptian poet has an affair with a dancer in a cabaret, but she does not pay attention to him or pay him any attention. However, he insists on chasing her. The young man suffers a psychological shock. The treating doctor advises him to travel to Lebanon until he regains his health. He stays in a hotel here, in the hotel. He meets a beautiful girl whom he loves, and it turns out that she is the hotel owner's daughter.

Considered one of the first documentary about contaminated water in Uruguay.

The day begins for an avant-garde artist. We see him waking up amid empty bottles, easels, and silk stockings.

On a rural estate, the ghost of a long-dead ancestor takes a dislike to the owner's mother-in-law, and decides to make things tough for her.

Staged in old Québec City, this film is about a rebel against the time-clock, whose hobby was snaring birds but whose dream was to escape the bonds of domesticity. A kindly satire of the dreamer in every man, the film is also a memorable portrait of Québec, the "Grande Dame" of Canadian cities.

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

An Italian movie.

Actor Joe E. Brown narrates this compilation of film clips and behind-the-scenes footage of some of the screen's most famous comics, ranging from Ben Turpin and Fatty Arbuckle to W. C. Fields and Andy Clyde.

The son of a noble but poor farmer falls in love with the daughter of an evil but rich landowner.