Robert Verrall Movies

  • 1986
    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    81986HD

    A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.

    The Way It Is
  • 1983
    The Wars

    The Wars

    The Wars

    51983HD

    Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his...

    The Wars
  • 1972
    Exeter

    Exeter

    Exeter

    01972HD

    Exeter Cathedral in Devonshire, England, is considered to be the finest example of architecture of the Decorated period, 1250-1350. This film rolls...

    Exeter
  • 1968
    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    6.81968HD

    An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved...

    Around Perception
  • 1967
    Kurelek

    Kurelek

    Kurelek

    71967HD

    A documentary about the self-taught painter William Kurelek, told through his paintings. There are scenes of village life in the Ukraine and the...

    Kurelek
  • 1968
    Boomsville

    Boomsville

    Boomsville

    71968HD

    An amusing diagnosis of big-city growing pains, Boomsville is an ironic view of town planning, or rather, the lack of it, and what has happened to...

    Boomsville
  • 1983
    Laughter in My Soul

    Laughter in My Soul

    Laughter in My Soul

    101983HD

    This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of...

    Laughter in My Soul
  • 1955
    Zoo Quest to West Africa

    Zoo Quest to West Africa

    Zoo Quest to West Africa

    01955HD

    In September 1954, David Attenborough, cameraman Charles Lagus, Jack Lester and Alf Woods, both from the Zoological Society of London, set out for...

    Zoo Quest to West Africa
  • 1970
    Ashes of Doom

    Ashes of Doom

    Ashes of Doom

    5.11970HD

    A chain-smoking woman has an encounter with a vampire.

    Ashes of Doom
  • 1982
    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    01982HD

    This sensitive drama examines the effects of divorce on a family, particularly on a twelve-year-old girl. Although Helen Murray's parents were...

    The Way It Is
  • 1948
    Time and Terrain

    Time and Terrain

    Time and Terrain

    101948HD

    Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.

    Time and Terrain
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

    81979HD

    Profile of a Chinese immigrant to Canada narrated by her son.

    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law
  • 1973
    Tickets s.v.p

    Tickets s.v.p

    Tickets s.v.p

    101973HD

    An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter...

    Tickets s.v.p
  • 1984
    John Cat

    John Cat

    John Cat

    01984HD

    Three native Canadians find a boy on the side of a highway who had been struck by a speeding driver.

    John Cat
  • 1952
    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    81952HD

    This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the...

    Age of the Beaver
  • 1970
    Where There's Smoke

    Where There's Smoke

    Where There's Smoke

    81970HD

    A compilation of satirical anti-smoking clips.

    Where There's Smoke
  • 1971
    Christmas at Moose Factory

    Christmas at Moose Factory

    Christmas at Moose Factory

    81971HD

    A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of...

    Christmas at Moose Factory
  • 1969
    To See or Not to See

    To See or Not to See

    To See or Not to See

    6.71969HD

    A scientist develops an unusual pair of eyeglasses which allows the wearer's mind to see things objectively rather than the usual subjective manner.

    To See or Not to See
  • 1985
    The Cap

    The Cap

    The Cap

    71985HD

    A baseball crazed 12 year old gets, and loses, a prized cap. A father struggles for dignity in his son's eyes. Based on Morley Callaghan's short...

    The Cap
  • 1981
    Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat

    Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat

    Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat

    01981HD

    Farley Mowat has sold more books than any other Canadian writer – 10 million copies in 22 languages in 50 countries. In this short film, Mowat...

    Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat