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- DirectorRay BengstonGeorge D. EscobarStarsKelly GreysonNatalie RacoosinClay WalkerAlone yet Not Alone is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, two immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom.*Nomination Revoked*
- DirectorWalter LangStarsEthel MermanDonald O'ConnorVera-EllenWashington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsHector Luis BustamanteToy LeiChristopher AbramBased on true accounts, the superficial lines between subject and bystander are blurred and bound together, allowing individuals to walk in a vast space and thoroughly live a fragment of the refugees' personal journeys.*Special Achievement*
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsEdward ArnoldWalter HustonJane DarwellA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
- DirectorArthur LubinRalph CederStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMartha RayeWhen a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.(Paired with "Hellzapoppin'")
- DirectorWard KimballStarsDick TufeldWalt DisneyHeinz HaberWith a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated.
- DirectorLuc JacquetStarsMorgan FreemanRomane BohringerCharles BerlingIn the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsJoaquin PhoenixPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsRyan O'NealTatum O'NealMadeline KahnDuring the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsJudy CanovaBob CrosbyCharles ButterworthA young girl from the "sticks" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. At first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of her unsophisticated nature, but it turns out that there's a bit more to her than most of her snooty relatives and their condescending friends think.*Nomination Revoked*
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsMargaret AshcroftGertrude DickinMargaret LaceyThe movie follows the routine of a busy train station - London's Waterloo Station - making a brief yet important cultural portrait of 1960s England, mixing reality and fiction.(Nomination revoked)
- DirectorFred NibloStarsGilda GrayClive BrookAnna May WongAn English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl with whom he has become fascinated.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsRonald ColmanVilma BánkyAgostino BorgatoA love triangle involving two members of a travelling circus and an aristocrat has serious consequences for all three individuals.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsMaría CordaLewis StoneRicardo CortezQueen Helen of Troy, in response to her husband Menelaus' lack of interest in her, elopes with Paris to Sparta. Menelaus, egged on by his henchman, starts a war with Paris, finally effecting the return of Helen. The time-honored custom demands that he have the pleasure of killing her, but her seductive loveliness restrains him.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsEmil JanningsBelle BennettPhyllis HaverA happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsEmil JanningsLewis StoneFlorence VidorPaul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsVilma BánkyWalter ByronLouis WolheimIn Alsace just before the World War, beautiful, virtuous peasant Marie Ducrot, who falls in love with Count Karl von Hagen--a lieutenant in the German Army--is seen visiting Karl in his quarters, and an angry mob of townspeople hurl stones and curses at her. Marie, mistakenly reported dead, becomes a novice in a religious order. War breaks out, and von Hagen is injured in fighting near Marie's convent; he is cared for by Marie and persuades her to return to Germany with him. Le Bête, a French Army sergeant of their acquaintance, helps them to reach the German lines and safety. Le Bête is killed by a sniper's bullet, and Marie and Karl prepare for a brighter future.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsJanet GaynorMary DuncanCharles MortonFour orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus.
- DirectorLionel BarrymoreHal RoachStarsLawrence TibbettCatherine Dale OwenNance O'NeilIn tsarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMatt McHughMarjorie KaneFranklin PangbornDel Lord, famous director of the Three Stooges shorts, directed this story of one man in various comical vignettes playing the "loud mouth" - a guy who can't keep a secret and is always getting himself in trouble with everyone he comes in contact with by shouting out his opinions and criticizing strangers to their face.
- DirectorBryan FoyStarsFrank FayLew CodyLaura La PlanteThis Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead...the Villain holding the Mortgage...the pure-as-snow Hero with IDEALs...and the Old Saw Mill with the Heroine tied to a log rapidly approaching the the Old (but sharp) Buzz Saw. All with the Keystone Kops thrown in.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBobby ClarkPaul McCulloughJames FinlaysonA couple of down-at-heel specimens (Clark and McCullough) take on the job of insurance men, and, after exploiting their wrestling powers, manage to sell insurance to the president of the company employing them and to one who has hitherto proved unapproachable.
- Old silent movies were edited and given silly soundtracks in this Paramount short subject series that ran from1931 to 1934. Of interest is that some now lost films are included here and are at least partially saved.
- StarsGraham McNameeJoseph CottenDocumentary describing the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies, destroying 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsKen MurrayDorothy LeeChick Chandler
- DirectorWanda JakubowskaStanislaw WohlStacy WoodardStarsGayne WhitmanA variety of sea creatures are filmed in their natural habitat. Included are seaweed, a sea snail, crabs, a starfish opening a mussel, a sea anemone eating an eel, a sea urchin, hermit crab, an octopus fleeing a crab, and a sea cucumber.
- StarsJames F. ClemengerThrough the adorably persuasive antics of a menagerie of cats, dogs, monkeys, lion cubs, and other animals great and small, Bosom Friends delivers a species-transcending message of tolerance. (Source: UCLA Film & Television Archive)
- DirectorDel LordStarsMonte CollinsTom KennedyRuth HiattMonty's nerves are shot, so he decides to go on a nice, relaxing trip to the country. Unfortunately, his brother-in-law Tom brings along the rest of the family. Comic chaos ensues. "Oh, My Nerves" was remade by the 3 Stooges as "Idiots Deluxe" (1945) and "Guns a Poppin'" (1957).
- DirectorFred WallerStarsYasha Bunchuk
- DirectorRobert CarlisleStarsGayne WhitmanConsiders marvels of modern science: contact lenses, kitchen gadgets, bubble bath (with cheesecake), diatoms, Boulder Dam.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsWillie BestDaisy BuffordJesse Graves
- DirectorJohn A. HaeselerStarsFrank CrumitThree bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsDick PurcellJo Ann SayersRichard LaneIn this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.
- DirectorFrank P. DonovanStarsAlexander WoollcottAnnette DionneCecile DionneCecile, Annette, Yvonne, Emile and Marie, the Dionne Quintuplets, turn five years old and have a private birthday party in their garden. Other than the five little French-Canadian princesses-of-the-world, the other attendees at the party for the sheltered sisters are their doctor-and-mentor, Roy Dafoe; a priest and two nurses; radio's "Town Crier," Alexander Woollcott; and RKO-Newsreel cameraman Harry Smith. Happy Fifth Birthday, girls.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJohn BurtonHans ConriedJimmy DimeThis short starts with a short biography of Nostradamus and highlights some of his prophecies that came true in his own day (e.g., telling a young priest that many years later he would become Pope Sixtus V). Then we come to the present and learn that Nostradamus' writings foretold WWI. Several of his prophecies are then applied to the events leading to WWII, as well as to current war events.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyMargaret LindsayAnn DvorakJames Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
- DirectorJoseph KrumgoldStarsJohn KieranMichael O'ConnellYoung Boy Visits the Bronx Zoo
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsEdward ArnoldWalter HustonJane DarwellA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
- DirectorLeslie M. RoushStarsJohnny LongJohnny Long and His OrchestraHelen YoungThis Paramount Headliner short (in-house number A1-1) was filmed at Jones Beach and features a background of pretty girls, bathing suits and the ocean. Johnny Long and His Orchestra provide the music for five songs, including "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", and Helen Young and Bob Huston provide the vocals.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsAddison RichardsWolfgang ZilzerHugh BeaumontThis short film portrays the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to capture a ring of smugglers who prey on desperate immigrants waiting entry by convincing them they have influence with the Immigration Service if they just pay a fee.
- DirectorTom Cummiskey
- English / American / Norwegian propaganda film. The film was produced in the USA / UK during the war, with participating Norwegians as actors and extras in the most roles.
- DirectorFrank Hurley
- DirectorLouis De RochemontStarsWestbrook Van VoorhisThe reason for the hard Nazi-resistance to the Allied invasion of Tunis has been revealed to officials of the MARCH of TIME,whose film "Africa- Prelude to Victory (V. 09, No. 5, December 4, 1942) covers both the planning and execution of the great Allied Military Maneuver in North Africa. It is this: Nazis captured by the United Nations forces express the greatest shock at being fed decent food.These prisoners are arrogant and domineering. Their first shock comes when they learn the United States citizens are not starving, as they had been told by their officers and Berlin propaganda. When they hear that Stalingrad has not fallen they refuse to believe it as they have been told. But they learn. They learn.
- DirectorJack Kuhne
- DirectorJohn FernhoutIn the aftermath of the Allied defeat in the battle for Java, after which the island fell into Japanese hands, this propaganda film made for American audiences shows what has been lost.
- DirectorVictor StoloffStarsCharles Boyer
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsRonald ReaganLaraine DayCharles WinningerDocumentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops.
- DirectorHarry W. Smith
- DirectorHarry Watt
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsTed Husing
- StarsEd ThorgersenA documentary about how American sports figures are contributing to the war effort.
- DirectorFrank P. Donovan
- DirectorHugh BennettStarsBetty Jane RhodesJohnny JohnstonVal SetzThe first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the Paramount 1943-44 production season. The series would continue into 1948, and then were reissued in the early 50's. In addition to listed cast, dancers Adriana & Charly were on hand, as were The Rogers Dancers. Songs included "All the Way" and "At the Mardi Gras."
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsLewis StoneFrank ReicherGeorge LynnThis short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsFaye EmersonDorothy DayMarjorie HoshelleThree young women join the newly formed Women's Army Corps (WACS) for varied reasons, and make contributions to the war effort.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- DirectorLou LillyStarsSara BernerPinto ColvigHarry LangAn Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is by Ken Carpenter, and the ending is a rendition of "Cow-Cow Boogie" by a "cow soloist" and some cow-pasture harmonizers.
- StarsLowell ThomasThis 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip from Medicine Hat in southern Utah down the rapids of the San Juan River ending with a view of the Rainbow Bridge, hence the title and the use of Tehnicolor.
- DirectorGeorge TempletonStarsOlga San JuanBob GrahamAdeline De Walt ReynoldsOlga San Juan is the singing and dancing star of a night club in a South America country,and is in love with Bob Graham, the orchestra leader and vocalist, whose wealthy parents are unaware of his club and musical activities. The parents, when told of the romance, think the girl is after the son's future inheritance. A Paramount "Musical Parade" short.
- DirectorBob WickershamStarsHarry Lang
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsCecil B. DeMilleLouella ParsonsWalt DisneyA look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in the series are featured, along with a montage of film greats who have passed away in the intervening years.
- DirectorJack EatonStarsTed HusingSkiiing on New Hampshire's Cannon Mountain.
- DirectorThomas MeadStarsJack Costello
- DirectorGeorge TempletonStarsPat PhelanNoel NeillAudrey YoungTom Cannon, a tap-dancer senior at State University sets out to find a College Queen for the upcoming competition. He selects Cindy Harris, a girl who is working her way through college as a waitress and can sing and dance. They win and she is named College Queen. Songs include "I'm Learning a Lot in College" and "Down the Old Ox Road."
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsTed HusingThis short starts with the various rivers, lakes, and pools where children of the day learn how to swim and dive, and ends with amateur men and women diving.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- StarsKnox ManningA fox cub experiences life in the forest.
- DirectorArthur CohenStarsTed de CorsiaNarrated by Ted de Corsia, this documentary short tells the life of 1947 Brooklyn, New York, and Coney Island.
- DirectorIrving AllenStarsWarren DouglasIring Allen was filming High Conquest when he shot this short film. Locale villagers rescue a couple trapped om the mountain.
- DirectorGunther von FritschStarsEmily HatchSpencer HatchThis "Theater of Life" documentary was produced in cooperation with the International Committee, YMCA. It focuses on the work of Dr. Spencer Hatch, as he shows residents of small Mexican villages how to make their land better able to grow food and make them more independent.
- DirectorRobert CarlisleStarsGayne WhitmanThis short is one of Paramount's "Popular Science" series (number L6-5, or the fifth one of the 1946-47 production season) and begins by showling moon rockets, weighing 30 tons, aflight in the ionosphere, with mounted color cameras recording pictures hundreds of miles above the earth. Coming back to earth, it discourses on modern bathroom fixtures, and then demostrates a one-man hay-bailer.
- DirectorRichard L. CassellStarsPete SmithThis Pete Smith Specialty demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny wristwatch, the surface of a cat's tongue, and several insects.
- StarsDwight WeistConcerning the plight of Europe's six million displaced persons. Al but 850,000 who have not yet returned home after the war for fear of reprisals for their political or religious beliefs.
- DirectorGeorge BlakeStarsMiklos GafniThis Columbia short (part of their "Two-Reel Special" series) tells the story of the Hungarian tenor, Miklos Gafni, who learned to sing while being confined in a Nazi slave-labor/concentration camp during World War II, and who had just made a successful New York City concert-hall debut. Mr. Gafni sings "The Return to Sorrento," "Vesti la Guiba," and an Hungarian love song.
- DirectorPaul RothaStarsRobert AdamsElizabeth CowellValentine DyallAn examination of the problems of world food distribution following World War II, outlining steps underway to deal with the problems.
- DirectorGunther von FritschThis Theatre of Life series short, produced with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Fire Department, emphasizes fire safety and fire prevention. It gives a behind-the-scenes look at the switching system used to dispatch the proper equipment to fires, as well as a look at life in the fire station and fire fighter training.
- DirectorGunther von FritschThis Theatre of Life short focuses on heart disease, and how bad diet, lack of exercise, and the stress of fast-paced living contribute to the rising rates of heart disease and heart attacks.
- DirectorBilly DanielStarsLita BaronRuss VincentBilly DanielNight club owner Russ Vincent hires boogie-woogie dancer Betty Hannon for a spot in a South American revue which is headed by Lita Baron (as Isabelita). The latter is wary of Hannon's motives, but Vincent dismisses her feelings as jealousy.
- DirectorArthur CohenStarsMel AllenWinter sports in the Rocky Mountains.
- DirectorErnest CortsThis short is about a visionary indoor/outdoor combo swimming pool in a California home that is equipped with cutting edge modern mid-20th century features.
- DirectorWilliam LaskyDickie MooreStarsDickie MooreA crippled boy discovers a wounded bald eagle, nurses it back to health, tames and teaches it to fly. One day, a rattlesnake is about to strike the boy, when the bird attacks the snake and a vicious fight erupts between the snake and the bird. In the excitement, the boy forgets his crutches and finds himself able to walk without them...
- DirectorIrving Allen
- DirectorCharles F. SchwepStarsWilliam CanfieldKenji is torn between the glowing promises of communism and ideals of his girlfriend Aki's Christian religion.
- StarsGary CooperA documentary about the snowy attractions of mid-twentieth century Aspen, Colorado.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDan DonaldsonDare-devils perform zany stunts.
- DirectorCharles T. TregoStarsPete SmithCharles T. TregoPreston PetersenIn this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform various tricks and feats of skill in their sport.
- DirectorAndré de la VarreStarsArt GilmoreThe annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena is highlighted in all its color, pomp, and pageantry.