1948 Movies

Western star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but always made it seem as if it was for the first time. In Wes...

A short animated retelling of the rhyme in the "follow the bouncing ball" style.

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feeli...

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.

Boisterous young charro has to prove to his girlfriend's parents that he's ready to settle down and be a responsible adult... but then somebody frames...

The real masterpiece, among these early works by Risi, is certainly 1848 . Made to order for the centenary of the Milan uprising against Austrian rule...

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

Issue No. 162 (date: July 16, 1948) of the Austrian newsreel "Welt im Film" shows Erich von Stroheim's arrival in Vienna as part of the cast of Ernst...

St. Ives and the painters based in the town, and the surrounding areas, are showcased in this fascinating documentary.

Vim Anbar is a lyrical comedy film starring Laila Murad and Anwar Wagdy with a group of stars who participated with Laila Murad in singing the song th...

To marry a second time, a woman pretends to be the mother of only one daughter, when in fact she has four.

An orchestra of gnomes (some of whom look like they might know Snow White). As they are playing flowers and other organic instruments in the forest, t...

A short in the Memories From Melody Lane series. This dramatization of Stephen Foster's life shows how the songwriter came to write four of his most p...

George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.

A story of a kid whose only friends are a dog and the stars. The kid without a name, together with his beloved dog Matteo, tries to sell cigarettes at...

The film encourages saving.

Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie...

The trio of a Wife and her lover plotting a murder for her husband. Their maid gets into Jail instead of them. This maid had a daughter that gets to b...

Cowboy Rocky Lane thwarts an attack on a courier delivering a precious Indian tribal belt and becomes embroiled in a conspiracy in the process. When t...

Jimmy and his pal Cannonball are hired by a rancher and horse breeder to capture Midnight, a wild stallion that has been interfering with local herds...