1959 Movies

Shot in Alfred Leslie’s Bowery loft on Fourth Avenue and 12th Street, this silent production footage belies the long-held belief that Pull My Daisy wa...

Both this film and The Passion and Resurrection introduce the new technique of painting directly on film—a technique that provides images of unique qu...

Japanese comedy film.

This black and white documentary by Wolfgang Kiepenheuser for Ikaros-Film with a script advised by Dr. Kurt Zenter offers a German perspective on the...

Roland Lasserre is a shy boy, which would be nothing if he weren't also prone to the violent tantrums that have earned him his nickname "Soupe au lait...

Based on the physical formula for power, the film reports on the construction of the large pumped storage plant in Geesthacht near Hamburg.

This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger and Reg Lye. Basehart is t...

An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.

The town is rumoured to be haunted. Cheung Siu-chen pretends to be possessed so that her lover Lau Tin and his friend Lee Luk may heroically exorcise...

Two people killed in a small village in Sicily. Turi, a friend of one of the victims, asking the employer of the local mafia for help. The Mafia start...

A day in the life of a Post Office counter clerk showing the complexities of his duties and the problems that arise.

Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.

Johnny Doormat has a domineering, nagging wife. He takes his ire at her out on his office workers. His wife sees him at a tobacco shop and, through an...

Nicole is a young librarian who writes romantic poetry. A successful new erotic novel, gives her the idea to secretly write a daring play, only about...

The varied and important services of the U.S. Coast Guard are glimpsed. They warn ships of dangerous shoals, keep sea lanes open with icebreakers, fac...

Story of people in a camp, situated on a small island and ruled by Nazis.

The activities of the Edison colonies in Cesenatico, Marina di Massa, and Suna. A few animated sequences and the narration of a child describing the i...

The heroic Souli have managed to repel the asker of Ali Pasha and his brave Malamos Dragon sends his mother to ask her hand Maro, niece of the captain...

Eighteen-year-old Dalibor Daněk grew up in an orphanage, did not get an education and became involved with a group of smugglers in the Ostrava region....

Written by the great librettist Tong Tik-sang, and featuring Lee Tit's elegant direction and superb performances from Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet-sin, "B...