1957 Movies

The story of the life of St. Catherine of Siena

Stockholm and it's traffic problems.

Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service, a short film in which singer Vaughn Monroe and his family vacation in the woods. While Vaughn sings folk songs a...

An Iraqi film follows the story of the teacher, Saeed, as he moves from one house to another, eventually settling in the home of Azzat, a neighboring...

This is the only film about Big Bill Broonzy, you can see him playing the blues in a Brussels cellar.

Story of Mr. Prokouk, who having read too many detective stories sees criminals everywhere.

This film was made by the Eamses on a weeks notice for a local Los Angeles TV show where jazz musicians improvised to the images live. The music that...

The rich, eccentric but lovable detective Peter van Heeren and his helpful butler is persuaded to help a friend, Kathie Winter, who is blackmailed by...

Moving from contemporary images of Paris in the 1950s to old photographs and documents, this short film evokes the heroic radical Commune of 1871 whic...

The necessity of progress and the strength of nostalgia.

An extroverted mouse wants to play. 'Myszochujek', a playful film about control, was made in 1957 by Polish director, Kristof Babaski. The Polish Film...

A film by Vittorio Cottafavi.

Little film showing a few tips on how to present food graciously. The famous husband and wife cooking team, Fanny and John Cradock, are showing some o...