1948 Movies

Italian movie inspired by "Le pain des pauvres".

A study of the teacher's vital role in a child's development. Learning through natural curiousity in the pre-school years. Different types of teachers, the destructive effect of a short-tempered instructor on this natural curiosity; the wise teacher helping a...

A friendly average Frenchman pretends to be a famous commissioner on vacation. He arrives in a castle converted into a boarding house where, after dinner, guests are invited to participate in a "murder-party". The so-called victim of this little game is really...

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.

In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In the Evening By the Moonlight", and "Shine on Harvest Moon", about moonlight are presented.

A decent small-town citizen named Fridolin Biedermann travels to Berlin and wants to finally experience something. And he succeeds. First he falls into the hands of a couple of crooks who rip him off terribly, and - back home - the law...

Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldiers were part of a set of thirteen which formed the key to a hidden vault of treasure. Following some clever sl...

A dog lives in harmony with its flea Homer, until Homer spots a lady flea on a passing dog and relocates.

A young journalist is sent to the region to prepare her thesis. Here the heroine will have to independently publish several issues of the newspaper, meet people, understand their actions and herself...

A young man's passions are stirred by a beautiful Sicilian after his physician-wife is called away on an emergency.

Porky Pig soon discovers that a termite is responsible for his belongings crumbling to dust. When he can't exterminate the termite himself, he goes to a shyster who offers him a series of unsuccessful methods to remove the termite.

Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.

A young woodcutter turned into a boxer, learns the sad fact that some of his triumphs have been stage managed, and confronts his nasty manager.

A documentary looking at the role played by the coalfields in the Ruhr valley in assisting industry and the militarisation of Germany during both World Wars. It also discusses the approach taken by the Allies in regard to their reconstruction after the damage...

Struggling musician takes sympathy on a homeless woman and they build a life together.

Two little angels, a boy and a girl, come down on earth to choose their parents prior to birth. They choose the daughter of a retired general as their future mother and an opera singer as their dad. But making the two chosen ones meet, fall in love and marry w...

An anthology of four abbreviated operas: "William Tell" by Rossini, "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti, and "Carmen" by Bizet. Filmed in Italy with major opera stars, and accompanied by English narration.