All Films

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

1951 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the secret of a wealthy businessman.

Cyclone Fury

1951 • 53 min • United States of America

A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier Durango effort, Galloping Thunder (1946), footage that included sidekick Smiley Burnette warbling "Hear the Wind (Singing a Cowboy Song)" accompanied by Merle Travis and his Bronco Busters.

Droopy's Good Deed

1951 • 7 min

Hobo Spike pretends to be a boy to compete with Scout Droopy for the title of Best Scout and a trip to meet the President.

Aesop's Fable: Golden Egg Goosie

1951 • 5 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons cartoon.

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

1951 • 58 min • United States of America

Dore Schary presents clips from upcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films.

The Dakota Kid

1951 • 60 min • United States of America

Dakota Kid is a young outlaw who joins a gang headed by Ace Crandall. Crandall's aim is to unseat Sheriff Tom White and then use his power to enrich himself at the community's expense. Dakota impersonates a long-lost nephew of the sheriff, and is made a marshal. Through his association with the sheriff's grandson, Red White and his friend Judy, plus falling in love with Mary Lewis, the Kid gradually reforms.

Barefaced Flatfoot

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

Mr. Magoo interprets his nephew's request for $100 as evidence of an unfolding mystery.

Peter Cottontail

1951 • 3 min • United States of America

The jazzy cartoon short about that "cool little bunny" giving baskets full of Easter joy. Stylish 1950s UPA production design in this Easter musical short features some very loose and exhilarating animation, largely by Grim Natwick - plus a great vocal track of the seasonal pop standard.

The Walt Disney Christmas Show

1951 • 52 min

The Walt Disney Christmas Show is a Christmas television special, originally broadcast on Christmas Day of 1951. The then-upcoming Disney film Peter Pan is promoted in this special, as is an upcoming reissue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Howdy Doody's Christmas

1951 • 8 min • United States of America

It's Christmas Eve and Santa hasn't come yet, so Buffalo Bob Smith, Howdy, and Clarabell The Clown decide to take the Rocket Doodle as transportation and head for the North Pole to see what's happened to Santa. When they get there they find out that Ugly Sam thinks that Santa is the Bearded Bandit and has captured him. So, it's up to Howdy and the Crew to prove differently.

Secrets of Monte Carlo

1951 • 60 min • United States of America

A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.

Don't Throw That Knife

1951 • 16 min • United States of America

The stooges become census takers and wind up in the apartment of a lady whose husband is both jealous and a knife thrower. When the husband arrives home, the boys try to hide, but are discovered, and after dodging some knives, leave on the run.

Rough Riders of Durango

1951 • 60 min • United States of America

Marshal "Rocky" Lane comes to the aid of Sheriff Bill Walters who is having a hard time trying to save the local farmers and ranchers from raids and hijackings.

What to Do on a Date

1951 • 11 min • United States of America

A shy teen wants to ask out a girl on a date - but how can he know what she'd like to do, or what kind of activity would be best suited for getting to know her?

Pride of Maryland

1951 • 60 min

Frankie, a young jockey with a new style of riding that brings him acclaim, is barred from the track when he starts betting on himself. Since he's been donating his winnings to an old flame and her father to help them raise a colt, the forced retirement is quite a blow.

Drug Addiction

1951 • 20 min • United States of America

Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to "H," and Marty's decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed. Drug Addiction's stilted view of the urban drug culture and unrealistic portrayals of stoned slackers make it entertaining viewing today. It belongs to that little-known "second wave" of anti-drug films, the postwar scare stories about middle-class kids overcome by junkiedom. What this wave of films reveals is that drugs were an issue for white adolescents long before the psychedelic Sixties, and that the official response to the threat expressed a general, not specifically targeted paranoia.

The Story of Rapunzel

1951 • 11 min • United States of America

This is one of four fairy tales master animator Ray Harryhausen made between 1949 and 1953 by hand, using stop-motion photography perfected as an apprentice under mentor Willis H. O'Brien of "King Kong" fame.

Japara

1951 • 10 min • Soviet Union

'Sno Fun

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

Heckle and Jeckle of the Northwest Unmounted Police pursue the dreaded outlaw, Powerful Pierre.

The Seeing Eye

1951 • 20 min

An updated Technicolor followup to a black & white Broadway Brevity (1941) tour of the Morristown, New Jersey seeing eye dog training program. Much of the narration comes from the canine's point of view. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Make Your Own Decisions

1951 • 8 min • United States of America

Once you're old enough to make decisions for yourself, how exactly do you go about doing it? How can you really know which choice is best for you?

Every Five Minutes

1951 • 8 min

Four examples of the kind of carelessness that leads to fires in this country frequently.

Oslofilm: Gatelangs

1951 • 10 min • Norway

A educational film from the Norwegian traffic police.

Soñemos

1951 • 21 min • Argentina

Overview of the operation of the Children's City of the Eva Perón Foundation.