Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights from the Cracker Barrel), which assaulted racial stereotypes by wildly exaggerating them. Scored by Steve Reich. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
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Robert Nelson Director
United States 13 August 1965
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A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings a ballad to his love, “Your Face Is Like a Song,” to simple piano accompaniment.
29 March 1965
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
13 August 1933
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18 January 1936
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26 September 1968
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
10 October 1958
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
10 May 1945
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits.
13 March 1972
Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!", Spend It All is Les Blank's spirited look at the French-speaking Cajun community of southwest Louisiana.
01 January 1951
Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
01 February 1944
Commissioned by the U.S. Office of War Information, this short film features conductor Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC Symphony Orchestra, tenor Jan Peerce, and the Westminster Choir in Verdi’s Inno delle nazioni.
02 January 1969
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living.
08 May 1969
Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne are banished from their respective villages for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them three boons.
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13 November 1965
A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.
05 April 1965
The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years.
08 September 1965
During the 1800s, Peru's government sends 2 envoys to negotiate peace with the rebellious Incas but a treasure-hunter bandit shoots the Inca ruler and his son, leaving the 2 envoys to take the blame for it.
17 November 1965
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
21 October 1965
An American agent discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade America.
07 June 1965
In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
15 February 1965
A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike.
28 October 1965
Teenagers work, play, and dance to rock 'n' roll at the Lake Tahoe ski lodge.
14 February 1965
A story about Nanding, a bounty hunter out to get a wanted man, Ramon who took refuge in his hometown of Tierra Verde.
01 January 1965
"A comic promotional mock documentary about a boy and his uncle who visit the Silverstone Racetrack during filming of the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965).
18 November 1965
A young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by Machiavelli.
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