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Madcap Magoo

Madcap Magoo

1955 • 6 min • United States of America
Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped mental patient.
Returning Spirit

Returning Spirit

1955 • 56 min • Japan
A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the shamed Otsuyu commits suicide with her maid. Their ghosts subsequently appear to Shinzaburo. He obtains a door-protecting charm and a statue of the goddess Kannon from a priest to keep the spirits from his home. A conniving servant removes the protective devices so that Otsuyu can reach her lover and cart him away to the land of the dead.
Mon chien

Mon chien

1955 • 25 min • France
A family goes on holiday, abandoning the little girl’s dog.
Square Shootin' Square

Square Shootin' Square

1955 • 6 min • United States of America
A western bank robber makes a getaway and hides his loot in a tree. Woody Woodpecker pops out of the tree with the bag containing the money. Woody takes off with the robber in close pursuit. The chase leads back to the town where the robber makes many attempts to retrieve the bag but is always outsmarted by Woody. A posse arrives on the scene and Woody delivers both the robber and the loot into the sheriff's hands.
In Between

In Between

1955 • 10 min • United States of America
Portrait of Jesse Collins: a daydream nightmare in the surrealist tradition.
A Doting Parent’s Lullaby

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby

1955 • 54 min • Japan
Magoo Express

Magoo Express

1955 • 6 min • United States of America
Foreign-flavored intrigue abounds when Mr. Magoo is mistaken for a fellow spy aboard a European train.
The Bespoke Overcoat

The Bespoke Overcoat

1955 • 37 min • United Kingdom
A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.
Phantom Trails

Phantom Trails

1955 • 55 min • United States of America
A short feature western comprised of two episodes of the TV series 'Wild Bill Hickok': "A Close Shave for the Marshal" (6/16/1952) and "Ghost Rider" (4/7/1952).
The Thief

The Thief

1955 • 60 min • United States of America
The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.
Giovanna

Giovanna

1955 • 36 min • Italy
This short is set in the early 1950s in a small textile factory in central Italy (Prato). Giovanna and her fellow female workers decide to enact a protest against the direction of the factory's dismissal plan, by occupying the factory and continuing to work until the proprietor cancels the dismissals. None of these women can really afford to lose their jobs, as it is the only income in the family. All workers receive moral and material support from their families, apart from Giovanna, who bravely endures her husband's disapproval. Almost all the women hold out for thirty-five days in spite of the proprietor's attempts to break their resistance. At first he blocks the road to the factory, then he cuts off electric power to increase their isolation; finally, he tries to convince them to accept the dismissal of at least a smaller number of them. But the women overcome these obstacles, determined to resist...
Zlatovláska

Zlatovláska

1955 • 43 min • Czechoslovakia
Puppet animated movie about an evil king, a golden-haired princess and living and dead water based on the fairy tale by Josef Kaynar.
Buongiorno natura

Buongiorno natura

1955 • 10 min • Italy
A weekend in the mountains.
Feathertop

Feathertop

1955 • 30 min
A scarecrow is brought to life by a witch and made to pose as a nobleman.
大岡政談 血煙り地蔵

大岡政談 血煙り地蔵

1955 • 45 min • Japan
A thrilling historical drama that revolves around the exoneration of a falsely accused family, the protection of a fallen merchant house, and the overturning of the powerful Shimazu clan, while the Echizen governor brilliantly unravels the truth behind the incident, offering a tale filled with excitement, intrigue, and delightful entertainment.
The Challenge

The Challenge

1955 • 28 min • United States of America
A school bus driver (Jack Warden) is fired by the local school board when he refuses to sign a loyalty oath. This was a pilot for a proposed anthology series that didn't sell.
Summer Pavilion

Summer Pavilion

1955 • 49 min
In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on to the gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, even though she loves the builder.
Laura

Laura

1955 • 43 min • United States of America
A detective is assigned to a case of murder. During the investigation he finds himself taking a more than professional interest in the victim, the mysterious Laura.
The Enchanted Boy

The Enchanted Boy

1955 • 44 min • Soviet Union
An animated adaptation of the classic story of Nils Holgerson, a naughty boy who is transformed to a very little dwarf and goes through many adventures, flying with a band of wild geese.
Witch Boy

Witch Boy

1955 • 9 min • United States of America
A young warlock attempts some magic.
Man and the Moon

Man and the Moon

1955 • 53 min • United States of America
The moon is the subject here. Man's fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon's usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, superstitions and suppositions associated with the moon is presented. Then scientific research on the moon is shown, followed by plans for (and then a simulation of) an actual trip around the moon.
Maboroshi Kaito Dan

Maboroshi Kaito Dan

1955 • 51 min • Japan
This is the first film in the third installment of the adventure film for boys that depicts the battle between a thief who calls himself "the secret envoy of the Demon Lord" and private investigator Hideo Sayama. In the Toei, the roles are twenty faces and Kogo (Twenty Faces) and Akechi Kogo, with a content that seems to be strongly conscious of the "boys' Detectives" series of Edogawa Rampo, which was later made into a movie.
Sandy Claws

Sandy Claws

1955 • 7 min • United States of America
Tweety Bird goes to the beach with Granny, and Sylvester tries once again to catch him.
Patterns

Patterns

1955 • 53 min
"Patterns" was an American television play broadcast live on January 12, 1955, remade as a film the next year with some of the same cast. Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.