All Films

On Top of Old Smoky

1953 • 59 min • United States of America

Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken for Texas Rangers, help out.

Robot Rabbit

1953 • 7 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny faces off against Farmer Fudd's robot.

Up in Daisy's Penthouse

1953 • 16 min • United States of America

The Stooges are sent by their mother to stop their rich father's plan to remarry. Shemp plays dual role as Shemp and Father.

A Virgin In Hollywood

1953 • 59 min • United States of America

A revealing "behind the scenes" feature about glamour girls in Hollywood in startling scenes of EXCITEMENT

Maw and Paw

1953 • 6 min • United States of America

This cartoon is based on Universal's Maw and Paw Kettle features. Maw and Paw and their kids live on a farm and can be described as a rural family with below average intelligence (their pet pig, Milford, is regarded in the opening titles as the "Smart One"). At dinner, Milford answers a phone-in quiz contest correctly and wins a new car for the family. The problem is no one in the family knows how to drive it (Maw thinks the antenna is a "new fangled clothesline").

Winter Paradise

1953 • 20 min • United States of America

Winter Paradise is a 1953 English language documentary directed by John Jay, starring Art Gilmore. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Death Is My Neighbor

1953 • 30 min

A New York City apartment building supervisor has his job and home threatened by a new tenant.

Stardust in Your Eyes

1953 • 7 min • United States of America

Rockabilly singer Slick Slavin illustrates how popular screen stars will appear in new 3D technology.

The Backbone of America

1953 • 60 min • United States of America

An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming advertising campaign.

The Clue of the Missing Ape

1953 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

The Elephant Will Never Forget

1953 • 11 min • United Kingdom

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

Switch on Bigga

1953 • 10 min • Australia

The introduction of electricity into the village of Bigga in New South Wales.

A Long Time Till Dawn

1953 • 55 min • United States of America

Just out of prison Joe Harris looks to restart his life. His wife Barbie has moved and the one man who can tell him where refuses to do so. Enraged, Joe beats the old man senseless and runs away to his father's home, where he also finds his wife. A police detective comes around about the beating (which will soon to become a murder) and Joe insists he's innocent. Joe tells his wife and father he's a changed man and he's only a suspect because of his prior conviction. Barbie and Fred struggle with their desire to believe Joe's plea versus their fear he'll never change.

Walt Disney's Halloween Hilarities

1953 • 60 min • United States of America

A package film of Halloween-themed cartoons, one of which being Trick or Treat (1952).

Dust of Life

1953 • 22 min • France

The planet is filled with dust and particles of all kinds, natural or originated by man. Such a state of things has of course a great many consequences for public health, with diseases like silicosis, inherent in various human activities, some of which are detailed (farming, notably the treatment of flax; industrial activity, particularly porcelain and cement work, coal mining).

A Peck o' Trouble

1953 • 7 min • United States of America

Lazy Dodsworth the Cat wants to catch a woodpecker for his breakfast. The woodpecker has built its home inside the upper trunk of a very tall tree, and Dodsworth puts on a professor's cap, pretending to be a passive teacher of bird-catching and thereby deceive an eager-to-learn kitten into doing the perilous ascending of the tree to try to catch the woodpecker.

Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953 • 54 min • United States of America

Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his stooge who then offers even less than Mason. But Rocky eventually suspects Mason and when Bill Anderson informs him the agent is a fake, they head out after Mason

A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11

1953 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.

The Dog and the Diamonds

1953 • 54 min • United Kingdom

A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.

Plywood Panic

1953 • 6 min • United States of America

Milford the pig gets the mail and informs Paw that the family has won a new house. The catch is they have to put it together themselves. Of course, with the family's intelligence, this isn't an easy task. Examples: Paw is enrolled in measuring tape when Milford lets go too suddenly and when Maw carries a board, it starts vibrating to the point where it carries her into the air dropping her into the washing machine (Paw thinks he's watching Maw on TV). Finally, the house is finished and the family moves inside. Unfortunately, Paw steps on a loose floorboard causing the house to disassemble into a pile of rubble.

Pack Train

1953 • 57 min • United States of America

Gene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed by Ross McLain, intend to bushwhack Autry, grab the supplies, and sell them at high prices to a local mining camp.

Shaving Muggs

1953 • 6 min • United States of America

Shore leave; Olive refuses to go out with either of the boys until they get a shave and haircut (Popeye actually has stubble). Barber Wimpy is out, so they take turns. First Popeye takes care of Bluto, making him actually look presentable; then it's Bluto's turn to give Popeye the works of course, he's going to get a different treatment.

Forward March Hare

1953 • 7 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny gets a draft notice by mistake and joins the army, with disastrous results, especially for the sergeant of his platoon.

Hibari Jolly Angel

1953 • 44 min • Japan

A heartfelt story about a young girl from the choir and her sympathy for a poor boy until she organizes a birthday celebration for him.