Ron Alexander Movies
- 1964
Nobody Waved Goodbye
Nobody Waved Goodbye6.41964HD
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
- 1966
Helicopter Canada
Helicopter Canada6.41966HD
A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country....
- 1965
The Merry World of Leopold Z
The Merry World of Leopold Z6.61965HD
On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature...
- 1966
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail01966HD
The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The...
- 1967
Waiting for Caroline
Waiting for Caroline01967HD
An indecisive young woman with an abnormal devotion to her father can't decide on which of her two boyfriends she should end her relationship with.
- 1963
Trans-Canada Journey
Trans-Canada Journey01963HD
A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of...
- 1966
Never a Backward Step
Never a Backward Step01966HD
This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...
- 1964
The End of Summer
The End of Summer6.11964HD
A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about...
- 1964
Country Auction
Country Auction01964HD
Household effects and farm implements under the hammer. Here is the auctioneer's cajoling patter, the jostling crowd, pungent observations from one...
- 1959
Tourist Go Home
Tourist Go Home01959HD
This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public...
- 1962
Drylanders
Drylanders61962HD
The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left...
- 1970
Act of the Heart
Act of the Heart41970HD
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
- 1965
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Buster Keaton Rides Again7.31965HD
In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a...
- 1966
A Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane5.91966HD
A Trip Down Memory Lane is a 1965 experimental collage film by Arthur Lipsett, created by editing together images and sound clips from over fifty...
- 1964
Phoebe
Phoebe01964HD
A young, unmarried teenager finds herself pregnant. The film mirrors the state of her mind as she worries about the possible positive and negative...
- 1961
Cattle Ranch
Cattle Ranch01961HD
This short documentary offers a portrait of life on a cattle ranch, for both its human and animal inhabitants. Featuring sprightly music by folk...
- 1965
Mission of Fear
Mission of Fear01965HD
A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the hands of the Native Americans he came to convert.
- 1964
Magic Molecule
Magic Molecule01964HD
This short documentary introduces us to the colorful and versatile world of plastics. Transmuted from coal, oil or wood, synthetic substances can...
- 1962
Lonely Boy
Lonely Boy6.21962HD
This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....
- 1963
Cornet at Night
Cornet at Night81963HD
Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, this short film recalls rural life on the Prairies in the 1930s. In the film a farmer's young son, sent to...