All Films

Siam

1954 • 32 min • United States of America

Part of the Walt Disney "People and Places" series visiting Siam.

Little Boy Boo

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Foghorn Leghorn, shivering at the thought of another cold winter in his dilapidated roost, decides to court the well-to-do Miss Prissy, but Prissy won't marry him unless he can prove he'll be a good father to her son, a bespectacled egghead genius who, by scientific means, bests Foghorn in every game they play.

The Mirror and Markheim

1954 • 28 min • United Kingdom

Based on one of Robert Louis Stevenson's short stories, a young reprobate who visits a jeweler with the intention of killing and robbing him, but has an ugly interview with himself before a mirror and quickly changes his mind.

The Stratford Adventure

1954 • 40 min • Canada

This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, international stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality.

Stamp Day for Superman

1954 • 18 min • United States of America

Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped.

Thursday's Children

1954 • 21 min • United Kingdom

Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.

Mining Review 7th Year No. 8

1954 • 10 min • United Kingdom

The 80th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: 'Anthracite Field', 'Time Out', 'Bowhill On Top' and 'Ideas Man'.

No Parking Hare

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

A construction worker wants to blast Bugs out of his rabbit hole so he can build a freeway.

Tijuana After Midnite

1954 • 58 min

Another in a long line of films directed by Phil Tucker that are just various strippers of the era (based in L.A.) doing their acts in front of a stationary camera with 6th-rate comedians

Great Lady Has an Interview

1954 • 9 min • United States of America

A brunette Lana Turner stars in this live song and dance performance of "A Great Lady Has An Interview" to celebrate MGM's 30th anniversary on "The Ed Sullivan Show". The song was previously performed by Judy Garland in the 1945 musical film "Ziegfeld Follies".

The Oily American

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Moe Hican, an Indian, has struck it rich. Oil has been found on his property, and he now owns an estate with oil rigs everywhere. Even the fountain spouts oil! His mansion is as uppercrust as any, but he prefers to live in a tepee and hunt moose, within the rooms of his vast home, which have forests of their own. Moe and his butler go on a hunting expedition, with the butler being hit with every instrument Moe uses to try to kill a pint-sized moose.

Adventure in the Hopfields

1954 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.

Stormy, the Thoroughbred

1954 • 46 min • United States of America

It is the story of how a scrawny young colt grows up to be a highly-prized polo pony, and the cast includes Texan Cecil Smith who, for many years, was the highest rated Polo Player in the world. The story begins on the stormy night the colt was born on a horse farm in Kentucky, seven months after the farm's intended crop of yearlings. He is far behind the other colts and is regarded as a misfit. The other colts are sold off into the racing world, but the under-age and scrawny Stormy (real name Woodie D)is sent off to work on a California ranch. There, he is spotted for the thoroughbred he is and trained as a Polo pony, and comes through with flying colors.

Return of the Dead

1954 • 30 min

A teenage girl is charged with the attempted murder of a gangland figure. Her mother has also been shot. To further complicate matters, the girl's father, who went missing in action in WW2 fifteen years ago, has suddenly reappeared.

The Frog Princess

1954 • 38 min • Soviet Union

A prince discovers an enchanted beauty turned into a frog by Koschei the Immortal. After Koschei steals her again, the prince goes on a dangerous quest to free the land of the evil.

Bérénice

1954 • 22 min • France

Shot in 16mm, Berenice is Rohmer’s first finished film. The film is based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe about a man who becomes obsessed with his fiancé’s teeth. The film was shot at Andre Bazin’s house by Jacques Rivette. Rivette also edited the film.

Fright to the Finish

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

At Halloween, Olive Oyl is reading ghost stories to Popeye and Bluto. Popeye scoffs. Bluto decides to take advantage of this by pretending to go home, then staging various pranks.

Convict Concerto

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Woody Woodpecker is a piano tuner forced to play after a bank robber hides out in the piano and points a gun at him.

Floor Flusher

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets jealous, so he starts rerouting Olive's plumbing and causing all sorts of leaks.

It's Everybody's Business

1954 • 20 min

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

The Dark Stairway

1954 • 30 min

A blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd, but finds himself accused of the murder

Private Eye Popeye

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get the gem than the butler takes it.

Socko in Morocco

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Woody Woodpecker is in the Foreign Legion, where he and his commander are guarding a dancing girl. A neighboring sheik wants her for his harem, and he kidnaps her. Woody goes to the sheik's palace and finally frees her by disguising her to be as ugly as homemade sin.

All Found

1954 • 14 min • United Kingdom

From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo.