The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp 1954
An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn her harp.
An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn her harp.
A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.
A young couple get involved with a smuggler
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.
Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
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Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and Batwa tribes to a new territory after the natural resources of their native soil has been depleted. The pro-ecological message is always present, but never so much as to degenerate into fatuous speechmaking. As a means to introduce the semblance of a plot, writer/director Cyril Frankel concentrates on the trials and tribulations of clerk-cum-farmer Jonathan (Frederick Bijurenda) and his native sweetheart Violet (Violet Mukabuerza). Print quality in Man of Africa varies from adequate to murky.
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The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey