All Films

The Bad Boy

1951 • 6 min • Poland

First short film by Wajda, based on the story "A Naughty Boy" by A. Chekhov.

This Is Korea!

1951 • 50 min • United States of America

John Ford's documentary about the early battles of the Korean War, shot in color.

Blame the Sun

1951 • 6 min • Italy

This short film is the only cinematographic experience of Alberto Moravia. It shows some typical themes of the writer: the bourgeois setting, the taste for detail, the eros and the violence that scratch indifference.

Glimpses of Morocco and Algiers

1951 • 8 min • United States of America

This FitzPatrick Traveltalk short visits the cities of Casablanca, Rabat, and Marrakesh in Morocco, as well as the city of Algiers in Algeria.

Good Table Manners

1951 • 10 min • United States of America

Chuck, a young loner, is invited by a neighbor to a dinner party, but turns it down. He finds himself visited by "Chuck of the future"--himself at age 21. "Chuck of the future" knows the reason the current Chuck doesn't want to go to the party--he's embarrassed over his poor table manners. "Chuck of the future" decides to give "Chuck of the present" some tips on proper table etiquette.

On demande un bandit

1951 • 22 min • France

The tribulations of Onésime Ballotin, the insurance broker from L'Art d'être courtier, this time parachuted into the ruthless world of Corsican banditry!

A Swiss Miss

1951 • 6 min • United States of America

In the Swiss Alps, Mighty Mouse (aided by a dopey St. Bernard) must save the lovely Pearl Pureheart from the clutches of the dastardly Oil Can Harry. The villain has tied up Pearl and left her hanging from a mountain cliff. The St. Bernard tries to save everybody with brandy, but Mighty Mouse saves the day!

Fraidy Cat

1951 • 16 min • United States of America

Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.

Badman's Gold

1951 • 56 min • United States of America

A marshal searches for stagecoach robbers.

El puente

1951 • 51 min • Puerto Rico

The efforts of a community to build a bridge which would allow their children to go school during the rainy season.

The Cat's Tale

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

A nervous cat tells the story of the origin of Mighty Mouse.

Perséphone

1951 • 20 min • Belgium

The Tooth Will Out

1951 • 16 min • United States of America

The stooges graduate from dental school and go out west to open a practice. Everything goes well until Shemp "cures" an outlaw's toothache from the instructions in a carpentry book, and the boys must leave on the run.

Himalayan Epic

1951 • 57 min

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and Nanda Devi East resulted in the death of two members of the expedition. Expedition leader Roger Duplat and Gilbert Vignes disappear on the ridge somewhere below the main peak. Tenzing Norgay is part of a support team on this expedition; he and Louis Dubost climb Nanda Devi Est in search of the two missing people. A few years later, Tenzing discovered that Nanda Devi was the most difficult climb he had ever made.

Jerry and the Goldfish

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom, whose appetite was whetted by a radio cooking program, wants to make a meal out of the pet goldfish. Jerry, who is friends with the fish, does what he can to thwart their feline foe.

Cat Napping

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom has plans to take a nice long nap in a hammock, but Jerry has gotten there first and is snoozing happily, so the two fight it out to see who gets to sleep there.

The Legend of Silk

1951 • 1 min • France

Punch and Judo

1951 • 6 min • United States of America

Popeye drops a TV off at the orphanage; the program that comes on is a boxing match he's supposed to be in, so he dashes off. The fight is against the champ, who is huge. Popeye gets pummelled in the first round, but his fighting spirit materializes and advises him to outwit his opponent. In the second round, he does so. The champ then uses a light socket to "burn out" Popeye so he can't outthink him, and (as with the rest of this pun-filled match) "knocks him cold", turning him into a block of ice. The orphans feed Popeye his spinach right through the TV set, and he comes back to knock the champ through the screen.

Slip Us Some Redskin

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

A traditional Native American grandfather disapproves of his young grandson's hep cat ways, and tells the boy about how the grandfather was a great hunter as a young boy himself.

Oklahoma Justice

1951 • 56 min • United States of America

Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a lady bank robber in this average Mack Brown series late-entry from Monogram. The lady, played by Barbara Allen, is of course called "Ma." In order to get the goods on "Ma" and her "brood," Mack Brown must masquerade as a lone bandit.

The Ghost of Allenwil

1951 • 24 min • Switzerland

Schaggi Streuli was not his real name. Born Emil Kägi, he had little luck in the first 30 years of his life. As the sixth child of an alcoholic and also a divorce goof, it wasn't easy for Schaggi Streuli. After that he tried unsuccessfully as a pickle in Ticino and a butcher offshoot. His only consolation, acting. And as it turned out later; also his calling.

Inside Cackle Corners

1951 • 9 min • United States of America

Cold-War propaganda film where the importance of research and development in capitalism is stressed.

Friends-Comrades

1951 • 20 min • Soviet Union

"Friends-comrades" is a Soviet cartoon film shot in 1951 by director Victor Gromov. Three comrades, Nakhimov Chizhov, Suvorov Pyzhov and artisan Ryzhov, get acquainted in the Children's Park with a schoolgirl Zina Zhukova, who imagines herself to be a young dancer-future dancer. Zina haughtily refers to the boys, calling them crooks. But everything changes after watching the children's initiative.

Good Eating Habits

1951 • 10 min • United States of America

In this educational short film, tips are given on proper nourishment.