All Films

Air Hostess

1949 • 60 min • United States of America

The Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students; a librarian named Ruth Jackson; Lorraine Carter, a nurse; and Jennifer White, whose husband was an aviator killed in World War II. Ruth meets a smart-alec pilot, Dennis Hogan, but complications arise as Lorraine also has an interest in him. Jennifer meets a war-buddy of her husband, Fred MacCoy. All three women, with each other's help, makes it through to graduation day.

The Mutineers

1949 • 60 min • United States of America

Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.

Noble and Mundane Prague

1949 • 9 min • Czechoslovakia

A documentary film comparing current / everyday and historical / noble aspects of Prague.

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1949 • 16 min • United States of America

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border is a 1949 American short comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and starring Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, and Tony Curtis. The film was not released commercially. The film is based on a funny story about Dean Martin's wartime personal problems with hernia.

On the Other Side of the Araks

1949 • 55 min • Soviet Union

Propaganda film presenting the Soviet side of the Iran crisis of 1946 and the short-lived Azerbaijan People's Government.

Leprechauns Gold

1949 • 10 min • United States of America

A song-filled Noveltoon featuring the antics of the Irish Leprechauns during their annual gold-washing ceremony. It depicts the wee people of Ireland who flavor its traditions with laughs and legend.

The Blonde Bandit

1949 • 60 min • United States of America

A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.

Riders of the Dusk

1949 • 57 min • United States of America

Riders of the Dusk is another of Monogram's formula Whip Wilson westerns. Since the studio couldn't build an entire film around Wilson's bullwhip prowess, a plot was called for. This time around, it's the one about a U.S. marshal who searches high and low for a mysterious masked desperado. The mystery angle is minimal, since seasoned movie fans will be able to determine the mystery person's identity within 15 minutes. As always, Andy Clyde is a tower of comic strength as Whip Wilson's grizzled old sidekick.

She Loves Me Not

1949 • 57 min

A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student

Roller Derby Girl

1949 • 5 min • United States of America

Roller Derby Girl is 1949 short documentary directed by Justin Herman about how mid-twentieth century women made advances and careers in roller derby. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Exercise and Health

1949 • 10 min • United States of America

Three problem-plagued teens are shown how to solve their physical and emotional problems by joining the Acrobatics Club and learning teamwork and "the right kind of exercise."

Dingbat Land

1949 • 7 min

Gandy and sourpuss goes inside a book to get a rarest of all creature, the dingbat.

Tim and Teddy

1949 • 9 min • Norway

The film deals with the friends and minstrels Tim and Teddy, and the monkey who steals Teddy’s mandolin and heads up the mountain to catch him.

Desde las nubes

1949 • 39 min • Puerto Rico

The first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots of Puerto Rico showing its topography, educationally inserting the island within a world-wide historical context and highlighting its agricultural and social landscape.

Grape Nutty

1949 • 6 min • United States of America

The fox and crow are sharing grapes while the crow reads a book about a similar fox and crow sharing grapes who eventually fought it out for the last one. What a coincidence... at that moment, there is only one grape left. Both try to pretend they don't want it but each secretly tries to make off with the last grape first. They try using a fishing rod only to hook each other. The crow sneaks across in a pair of underwear but is discovered by the fox. The crow tries sleepwalking but is again discovered. After feuding with each other through the phone, they attack each other and a free-for-all ensues. Finally, the crow decides this sparring isn't worth it and insists the fox can have the last grape. The fox, now equally courteous, offers it to the crow who doesn't want it. At this point, the feuding begins anew.

The Blazing Trail

1949 • 59 min • United States of America

Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life. When the will is read, it leaves the bulk of the property to Kirk, the gambling son of Mike. This upsets Sam, the hard working son, but not gambler Full House who always beats Kirk at cards. But even the Sheriff is suspicious of the will, but he needs proof and the Durango Kid will find the proof.

Range Justice

1949 • 57 min • United States of America

Johnny Mack goes to work on "Ma" Curtis' ranch, to the disapproval of his friends, rancher Glenn Hadley and his sister Beth, who are at odds with her. Secretly, Ma's foreman Stoner is plotting with real estate man Ed Dutton to ruin her ranch and acquire it cheaply, with controlling water rights. Johnny stops henchman Dade in an attempt to dynamite the barn and Stoner, supposedly taking him to the sheriff, kills him. Johnny stops Glenn and Beth from tearing down a Curtis fence in order to get their cattle to water, but Glenn refuses to help even after Johnny explains he is helping Ma in order to find out who is behind the attacks on both ranches. Ma pretends to fire Johnny for saving Glenn from an ambush. As the outlaws attempt to rustle Ma's remaining cattle, Johnny, Alibi and Glenn join forces.

Let Down Your Aerial

1949 • 18 min • United States of America

Eddie buys a new TV set and Wally offers to help him put up his roof antenna.

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

1949 • 7 min • United States of America

It's breakfast time, and Pa finds the honeypot empty. Literally risking life and limb, he has Junyer help him raid a nearby beehive. In the end, he finds he should have listened to Ma in the first place, rather than telling her to "Shaddap!"

Act Your Age (Emotional Maturity)

1949 • 14 min • United States of America

An educational short: after Jim is caught vandalizing school property his principal instructs him on emotional maturity.

Polcan and Shavka

1949 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Two dogs, Polkan and Shavka, watched a flock of sheep by the river. Suddenly, they notice a hare, chase after him and run into the forest, where they meet face-to-face with three wolves. Shavka, chickening out, backs away, and the brave Polkan takes the fight. In a fierce fight, he manages to defeat one wolf, but from wounds he loses consciousness.

Ambassador for Christ

1949 • 33 min

From Cathedral Film’s “Life of St. Paul” series. Paul and Barnabas take the Gospel to Antioch, where Paul teaches that all people, even slaves, are equal in the sight of God. The Prophets foretell of a famine in Jerusalem and the new believers send food and supplies, establishing the earliest foreign missionary.

Una gota de agua

1949 • 10 min • Puerto Rico

A drop of water is taken to a laboratory in San Juan, Puerto Rico to determine its purity. The film communicates scientific health information, such as the need to boil drinking water.

Scrappy Birthday

1949 • 7 min • United States of America

For her birthday, Andy presents his sweetheart, Miranda, with her usual present, candy and flowers. Miranda complains she wants something decent for her birthday like a fur coat...which Andy can't afford. A con man tells him he doesn't need money. He sells him a tracking hound and tells him he can hunt for the fox himself. Unfortunately, the fox Andy and his hound find has no intentions of being caught. Eventually, Andy does capture an animal to make a fur stole with. It's not the fox but, rather, something that's more of a surprise.