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- An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
- Armenian-American film maker & journalist Theodore Bogosian takes on the controversial subject as to weather the deaths of over 1 million Armenians in eastern Turkey during the first world war was as a result of the war itself, or was a deliberate and systematic extermination by the Turkish government to rid their land of a race of people they found troublesome. Turks claim that it was the war; Armenians say they can prove ti was genocide. For the first time an Armenian is taking on the subject in film.
- Set in turn of the century Baku at the dawn of the 20th century, a young man wishes to marry. Since he is a rich and successful business man, despite his young age, he feels that he should have his pick of any bride that he fancies, however, Azerbanjani tradition dictates otherwise. He then decides to get stealthy about the matter and disguises himself as a mere cloth peddler. As the peddler, a young woman falls in love with him, but grieves that he father will not marry her to a mere peddler. Young Askar then reveals who his he to her father and asks for he hand in marriage. Seeing that he is indeed a wealthy young man, the father hardly agrees and the two are permitted to marry.
- The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
- Reenactment of the battle of The Battle of Mortimers Cross, which took place in Herefordshire, England in 1461.
- When a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?
- Religiously themed early Soviet propaganda film in Azerbaijan against Islam. Unlike earlier propaganda films in the region, this was actually made by an (nearly) all Azeri cast and crew and directed by an Azeri filmmaker that would go on to be famous amongst his own people, despite his early collusion with the new ruling government. At the center of the film is a greed Molla (holy man in Azeri Islam) who has been cheating one of the local peasants for years out of all types of goods and services, and then delighting over his success in an very un-religious, specifically un-Islamic, way. Once the Revolution takes place and the Bolsheviks arrive, the peasant is empowered and realizes the deception on the part of the Molla and takes him to the newly set up "People's Court," where is finds justice and the Molla is punished.
- The title of the cartoon is also the theme. Based on an article adopted at the Child Rights Convention, this little animation by Italian animator Guido Manuli takes on child labor around the world, and how it is harmful not only to their health, but also to their advancement in social and educational spheres.
- CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
- An inventor needs $1000.
- "Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
- In March 1996 the French government decided to expel all African family who did not have papers from the city of Paris. During a six month period of time, the director followed many of the families and got there testimonials about how it felt to be discriminated against by the French on film. Eventually the documentary focuses on one man who emerges at the center of the fight to not to be sent back to Africa. In the end he is sent back to his native Mali, the director and his camera accompany him.
- Details making an early electric bulb in a factory.
- Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler claimed that between 1934 and 1940, the Nazi rule of Germany had produced architectural uniqueness, and this film was produced to shown to attempt to validate that. The opening montage gives a survey of earlier Gothic and Baroque structures in the country as an example of "architectural superiority" that the German race was said to be the sole inventor of; then moves on to deride the recent construction of the Bauhaus school (with a racially motivated score of Jazz music) and an example of German "architectural decay." Then proceeds to show off buildings constructed by the Nazi and an architectural revival, to "last 1000 years," Film also spends a great of time dwelling on massive and "busy" monuments that had been erected all over the country.
- Dr. Fritz Todt was the major architect of Hitler's extensive underground bunker systems. But he is most well known as the civil engineer that designed the Autobahn, a legacy that lives on to this day in Germany's famous national road systems. At the time of his death in 1942, Dr. Todt was actually one of the most powerful men in the Nazi Party. He was famous then for his design of fortification known as The West Wall, which this film shows in relation to the first battle Germany had against the country of France. This film features all the engineering project that Todt was involved with in the context of being a extremely influential member of the National Socialist Party.
- A kind of "mini" edited together for DVD release in 2004 by Scott Simmon, curator of the National Film Preservation Foundation, from 3 early color films. Two show the Eastman color process and one (the middle one) demonstrates various uses of the Brewster process. All three films have different themes ranging from the lucky drama of a contest winner to a fantasy of Krishna in ballet form. Humurous clay animation and actualities are also included. All three of the these films demonstrate pre Technicolor colored film.
- Said to pick up where "Triumph of the Will" left off, this film showcases highlights of the Nazi Party rallies in Nüremberg in 1936 and 1937. The main focus of the film begins with extended footage of the Gothic splendor of Nüremberg from the air, Hitler's arrival at the airbase, his motorcade into the city, and the ensuing ceremonies. Other, much more propagandistic elements, are edited in; they include: past Nazi party marches and rallies, parachute drops, Wehrmacht exercises in the Zeppelin fields, random military formation night rallies and random shots of massed crowds, fireworks,torch lit marches, even live explosions.
- Details the long suppressed truth of a strategic series of battles of Italian forces, with Serbs fight along side them against all other Yugoslav ethnic groups--who were fight for the Austro-Hungarians in World War I along the Isronzo river. After 11 major battle pushes on the part of the Italians failed to break the Austro-Hungarian front line defenses in the high alps of northern Italy; allied troops found themselves facing every kind of hardship from poison gas to avalanches. It then became a war of survival endurance.
- In 1864 Conferderate General Nathan Bedford Forrest gave orders to his all white army battalion to pursue and kill retreating African American troops from the Union north at Fort Pillow, Tenn. The massacre triggered a Congressional Investigation after the war ended. After the war Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the newly formed Ku Klux Klan. This documentary explores the details of this little remembered battle and massacre, as well as Forrest's rise to power in the KKK during the Reconstruction. It also explores Forrest's bizarre change of heart on race issues later in his life.
- A stage-struck young woman becomes an heiress, and hopes to use her new-found wealth to fulfill a fantasy.
- Details Hitler's combat experience as a foot soldier in WWI in the German army
- Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman's Chinese Theater, it immediately drew attention from the public, and, more importantly, from those in the entertainment industry. The theater helped to launch very famous careers, such as Chaplin and Mirna Loy. Kirk Douglas, still alive today, also credits the theater as his launch pad. Documentary contains many archival clips and interviews.
- Documentary recounting the secret deportation of 1/4 of the Lithuanian population by Stalin during 1940, 1941 and 1944 to Gulag concentration camps. Follows the survivors as they retrieve the remains of their loved ones who perished in the Gulag's at the expense of the Soviet state (part of Gorbachev's glasnost period just prior to the dissolution of the USSR.
- A Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.
- A propaganda film aimed at American audiences during the early years of the Cold War
- Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian region of the Soviet Union in 1988.
- Set as a film within a film, or a film about a film being made, this psychological drama weaves in mystical themes with themes of the mystery of creating a work of art. The film that is being made is based on Pär Lagerkvist's novel "Barabbas." Barabbas was the criminal crucified along side of Jesus that was chosen by the Isrealites to be pardoned instead of Jesus. The problem is that the director of the film cannot find anyone to play the role of Jesus, until someone suggests a man from a local clinic for the mentally retarded. At the clinic, this man is regarded as a real Messiah and holy teacher. When he arrives on set, he immediately creates an uproar and the effect is that he reveals all the evil going on in and around the set itself. He is repulsed by the idea that people who have no faith themselves, would dare to try to make a film about Christ, and as such, he takes up the cross on the set and drags it through the streets of Yeveran, back to the clinic, where he insists that he be crucified for real...will they do it??
- Andy Hardy goes to college after returning from World War II. He is in love with Kay Wilson this time.
- An allegorical film about the subservience of the people of the Caucasus (both Christian and Muslim alike) in general and Armenians in particular by the Soviet State. Mother Russia even makes on appearance in the beginning of the film in the form of a Saint, with all the Caucasian peoples being made to bow down to her.
- Pavel and Pavelina leave their rural countryside homes and move to Moscow to find work. Once there, they find that urban life is not what they thought it was and have to endure bitter hardships as they try to find work and places to live. The two meet for the first time during a fight at a bar, when they are arrested by police along with others in the building. The understand each other's troubles and band together to avoid both the police and criminal gangs that plagued Moscow toward the end of the Soviet Union.
- Considered rather pro-communist, this animation shows advantages and disadvantages of communal life through the metaphor of a communal apartment, the walls of which depict the history of a huge multi-national country (ie: The Soviet State, which included Armenia at the time that this Armenian animation was released).
- The center piece of the this propaganda film is Mussolini's visit to the the German Olympic Stadium in 1937, where he was greeted that 1 million people jammed into the stadium to hear him speak. Also features speeches in nearby Mayfield, various meetings that Mussolini had with prominent members of the Nazi party in Munich, Mussolini's watching German Army field exercises, and, with Hermann Göring, reviewing military parades.
- This is director Jacques Kébadian's film of the Armenian genocide in the early twentieth century. The title is intended to invoke that the genocide will never be forgotten by Armenians, even as the Turks deny that it ever took place.
- In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
- When CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.
- Filmed as both a biopic and a parable, this film covers the life of Leonid Engibarov and famous clown/poet in Armenia in the 1960's and 1990's. It is also an allegory of the love affair of the director and is native homeland of Armenia. Much of the film is intensely surreal and is meant to represent many of the challenges that the countries faced after gaining Independence form the Russian Soviet State. The title derives from two style of Italian "comedia del arte"--Pierro and Halequin. The cinematography in this film is meant as a tribute, or homage, to Les Enfants du Paradis
- A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet.
- When a lighthouse keeper takes in a seal in need and gives to his children to look after, the whole family is drawn into the shadowy world of illegal seal poaching. The family then finds themselves leading the fight to rid their coastal town of the criminals and save the seals.
- After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.
- A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs.
- The story of 100 years of history of Armenians in Fresno, California. From the beginnings of immigration to the area, through racial discrimination and ethnic adversity, and finally to success, former California Governor George Duekmejian narrates the story of a determined and hard working people who believed in the American dream.
- Lithuanian girl's efforts to find relatives, overcoming class conflict.
- This film seeks to pass itself off as a positive and definitive history of the city of Berlin before the outbreak of World War Two. It is heavily influenced by the bent of the National Socialist party/Nazi Party ideology and seeks to idealize the city in such a way that is in furtherance of the party's view of itself, and it inconsistent, in many aspects, with the real history of the city.
- Produced in a joint project by J. Michael Hagopian's production company the Armenian Film Foudation (which was created to promote Armenian cultural awareness) and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials of the State of California to use the Armenian genocide as a teaching tool for high school students. The film progresses through small human rights violations all the way through to full blown genocide, showing viewers how, left unchecked, small violations can become deadly violations quite quickly. The movies is designed to help viewers understand how they can recognize the signs of human rights violations and what they can do to aid in stopping them before they turn deadly. It is left open ended, so as to provide an opportunity for discussion after the film has ended.
- Details the battle of Issus and demonstrates Alexander the Great's might in military thinking, planning, ordering, commanding and fighting against an ardent and intelligent foe. This is, perhaps, Alexander's most famous battle. Pays special attention to Macedonian weaponry.
- Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy together they have a paper route, on which they deliver papers to customers via a wagon pulled by Mike.
- Ex-showgirls and roommates Polaire Gwynn (Madge Evans) and Schatze Citroux (Joan Blondell) are reunited with their sometime friend and former co-worker, Jean Lawrence (Ina Claire), when she returns from France. Jean, a hard-boiled gold digger, asks the honest Polaire and loyal Schatze to introduce her to a new man, and Polaire calls her boyfriend, playboy Dey Emery (David Manners), for help. The girls meet Dey and his friend, pianist Boris Feldman (the film's director Lowell Sherman), at a speakeasy, where Boris bets Jean that if his piano playing does not induce her to love him, he will give her $5,000. Later, at Boris' apartment, Jean pretends to sleep through Boris' concert. Polaire then plays, and Boris, impressed with her talent, offers to be her teacher. He implies that she will have to be his lover as well as his student, however, and Polaire becomes upset when Dey does not protest. Dey mistakenly assumes that an exhibition of jealousy would be unwelcome, and his inaction results in Polaire's acceptance of Boris' proposition. After Polaire leaves to collect her things, Schatze and the heartbroken Dey also leave, but Jean stays to seduce Boris. Jean's calculated exhibitionism is successful, and Boris does not answer the door when Polaire returns. After she leaves, Polaire is hurt in an automobile accident and is hospitalized. Sometime later, Jean tires of Boris and breaks up with him, then pursues Dey. Dey welcomes Jean's attentions until Schatze tells him that Polaire has been in the hospital since their parting. Dey immediately goes to Polaire and proposes to her, and they reconcile. Later, Jean makes an unwelcome appearance at Polaire and Schatze's apartment while Polaire is waiting to meet Dey's father Justin (Phillips Smalley) for the first time. When Dey arrives and Jean learns that Polaire is to meet Justin at the Emery house, she slips a pearl necklace into Polaire's pocket so that she will have an excuse to follow. Polaire's interview with Justin is going splendidly until Jean arrives and intimates that Polaire stole the necklace. Indignant that Dey believes Jean, Polaire storms out, while Jean stays to flirt with Justin. Later, on the day of Jean and Justin's wedding, Schatze and Polaire arrive to retrieve a bracelet that Polaire loaned Jean. Jean returns the jewelry and miserably contemplates her future of wedded boredom as Schatze and Polaire brag about the fun they will have when they sail for France that afternoon. The trio are soon drunk, and Jean decides that she cannot exchange her freedom for Justin's fortune. She sneaks out of the house with Schatze, but Polaire is caught by Dey. Dey apologizes to Polaire for misjudging her, but Polaire leaves anyway. The determined Dey follows her onto the ocean liner, where Polaire consents to marry him when he states that he is certain of her virtue. The couple then cuddles happily as Jean flirts with Schatze's male traveling companion.
- An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
- A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town.