1947 Movies

Documentary short

Leon needs to make a business deal with Mr. Marshall but can't unless his son and Marshall's daughter straighten out their romantic problems. Leon, pr...

A rendition of the traditional English folksong ‘Widdicombe Fair’, accompanied by drawings.

Produced and conceived by French filmmakers Jean Cocteau and François Villiers, with a screenplay by Langston Hughes, Rhythm of Africa takes a look at...

A very dumb dog is chasing a cat. A smarter dog suggests getting the cat to come to him instead; the dog mounts a parade proclaiming "Be Kind to Cats...

Directed by Meyer Levin.

Heckel and Jeckle decide it is too much trouble and time-consuming, not to mention wear-and-tear on their wings, to fly south for the winter, so they...

Daffy Duck drives to Mexico for a vacation, and after a harrowing experience with the local cuisine that literally sets his mouth afire, Daffy goes to...

The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.

This is the first 16mm Cantonese film in full colour, shot on 1940s state-of-the-art Technicolor film stock. Opera star Man-ha (Leung Bik-yuk) enjoys...

A detective uncovers a crime. The suspects are numerous and it will take all the insight of a journalist to discover the culprit.

The film draws on the tribulations following the Japanese Occupation and the subsequent stirrings of nationalism that arose. It marked the first time...

Each month a school teacher narrates a new story to his students, with a moral in each of them.

A road safety film on the dangers of playing in the roads of London in 1947.

A short experimental film.