01 January 1942 Animated 3 mins
This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew directly onto 35 mm movie stock with ordinary pen and ink. Colour was added optically.
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Canada 01 January 1942
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Um Trailer de um dos filmes que MONSTRA - Lisbon Animated Film Festival vai passar no Sol da Caparica. Hen Hop - Norman McLaren.
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23 September 1942
In 1906, François left the Basque country with his father, who had decided to settle in Argentina following an incident between him and Esteban.
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A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
10 June 1942
Scientist-explorer David Lynd leaves wealthy bride-to-be June Claymore at the altar to join photographer Andy Parker and British secret service agent Leo Marzeli in search of rare minerals.
02 June 1942
The romance between an actress and a young man provokes the rejection of the class to which he belongs.
20 February 1942
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra.
23 October 1942
A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging in to the mysterious murder of a showgirl (Vivian Wilcox), intrepid reporter Bob Martin (Robert Lowery) uncovers a connection between that case and another one he's been working on.
01 January 1942
Exemplary social care by the state for Slovak workers in a convalescent home, with a beautiful Slovak backdrop.
27 April 1942
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
10 July 1942
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush.
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Malvaloca is a good girl who goes wrong until she finds a good man that really loves her, yet her past marks her life.
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Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck from America's war effort.
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