1952 Movies

Priest founds an orphanage, faces conflicts with townsfolk.

A dramatization of the life story of Christopher Columbus, a young boy dreaming of proving the earth is round by finding a westward trade route to the...

The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, but is powerless to fight it. He begins to drink...

Directed by by Tony Arnaldo

Mabel Beaton's marionettes star in this short about Santa trading in his reindeer for a rocket ship

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.

The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer.

This short ethnographic film presents comparative scenes of children of the same age in Bali and New Guinea responding to maternal attention given to...

It all happens over two days and—naturally—and in particular—two nights. A perfectly ordinary girl gets herself into a lot of trouble because of her s...

Wally Vernon and Eddie Quillan, each in trouble with their respective spouse, spend the day at the race track. When they accidentally bet on the wrong...

Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.

A fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935),who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hi...

A rancher makes a pact with the devil to achieve happiness and love.

Anatole, quivering nostrils and greedy lips, is the resourceful clerk of Mrs. Paufilat, a butcher. It takes a fancy to take on the identity of the Pau...

A lazy and fat cat, named Dodsworth, is ordered by his mistress to catch mice that have invaded her home and are terrorizing her. Dodsworth doesn't wa...

Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Cho Kei.