All Films

The History of the Cinema

1956 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

Together

1956 • 52 min • United Kingdom

The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship.

Ground Hog Play

1956 • 6 min • United States of America

Casper the Friendly Ghost covers himself with soot and pretends to be a groundhog's shadow.

Manon: Finestra 2

1956 • 13 min • Italy

At the end of the war, he was hired by Edison and in 1951 he made a film on all the important hydroeletrical plants built in that period. In the following years, Olmi directed around 40 documentaries, including La diga del ghiacciaio, Pattuglia di Passo San Giacomo, Tre fili fino a Milano, Michelino 1aB (written by Goffredo Parise), Manon finestra 2 and Grigio (whose screenplay was written by Pier Paolo Pasolini).

Nez au vent

1956 • 13 min • France

A bear, a rabbit and a fox decide to form a band and play for the animals of the forest.

Sir Irving and Jeames

1956 • 6 min • United States of America

About a rich dog and his poor servant.

Les Anneaux d'Or

1956 • 18 min • Tunisia

At the time of Tunisian independence, owners of large boats decide to sell, while many small fishermen soon find themselves without work. Their wives then decide to pool their gold rings to sell them and thus buy boats.

A Man from the Sun

1956 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community.

Le Théâtre National Populaire

1956 • 28 min • France

Fremont: The Trailblazer

1956 • 26 min • United States of America

Fremont: The Trailblazer was a television pilot episode that never aired.

Dark Meeting

1956 • 30 min • United States of America

Billie hires an odd man as the new pin boy at her bowling alley, but quickly fires him because of his violent outbursts. Shortly thereafter, she finds out he's a murderer who escaped from prison, which makes his later, sudden, after hours appearance at the bowling alley feel more than a little threatening.

The Day I Met Caruso

1956 • 26 min • United States of America

A ten-year-old girl meets famed opera singer Enrico Caruso on a train between Boston and New York. She admonishes him for his extravagant lifestyle, but she is softened up somewhat when Caruso begins to sing arias from her favorite operas.

The Secret of Magic Island

1956 • 59 min • Italy, France

The carnival is coming to town! Unfortunately, the Good Fairy's wand is stolen by the diabolical Black Troll. And he turns The Poet's girlfriend to stone! It's up to The Poet to brave the darkness at the edge of the forest and journey to the Troll's mountain lair to save the day! Also the Black Troll is a monkey and The Poet is a duck. FYI.

The Great Cat Family

1956 • 26 min • United States of America

Tells the history of cats from the days of the Egyptians to the present and shows how they have been used in Disney films.

A Moment in Love

1956 • 9 min • United States of America

A couple in love interacts across a multitude of environments.

唄祭けんか道中

1956 • 45 min • Japan

The Flesh Merchant

1956 • 56 min • United States of America

A girl visiting her sister in Hollywood hopes for a modeling career, but is tricked by pimps into working at a brothel.

Pettersson i Annorlunda

1956 • 44 min • Sweden

Swedish propaganda film for the Social Democrats.

The Boy Who Saw Through

1956 • 25 min • United States of America

A young boy has developed an ability to see through walls, much to the consternation of his stuffy Victorian parents.

Fish Spoilage Control

1956 • 8 min • Canada

In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it reaches your dining room table.

The Blessed Midnight

1956 • 25 min

When a boy steals a cake for his beloved aunt on Christmas Eve, his young friend tries to set things straight.

I Accuse! [Magirama]

1956 • 56 min

Magirama version, which is one of the four segments of the Magirama program, designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel Gance's creation, Polyvision and Sonore Perspective, which used three screens to present a drama of simultaneous images. This program was shown the first time in 1956 in the Cinema theater "Studio 28" in Paris. After serving in the trenches of World War I, Jean Diaz recoils with such horror that he renounces love and personal pleasure to immerse himself in scientific research, seeking a machine to prevent war. He thinks he has succeeded, but the government subverts his discovery, and Europe slides with seeming inevitability toward World War II. In desperation, Diaz summons the ghosts of the war dead from the graves and fields of France to give silent, accusing protest.

Petroushka

1956 • 14 min

An animated short of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petroushka

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

1956 • 29 min • United States of America

Star-studded charity New York City premiere of the film Giant.