Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that Read More »
Biography
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) Carol Reed, Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert
William Pitt the Younger, son of a famous politician father, becomes the youngest Prime Minister England has ever known Read More »
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) George Sidney, Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw
In the late 20’s, the talkative newly graduated in pharmacy and aspirant piano player Eddy Duchin comes from Boston to New York Read More »
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Roberto Rossellini, Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo
The film dramatizes about a dozen vignettes from the life of St. Francis and his early followers Read More »
Paracelsus (1943) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Werner Krauss, Harry Langewisch, Annelies Reinhold
A 1943 German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst based on the life of Philippus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Read More »
Elizabeth I (2005) Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones
Emmy-winner Helen Mirren and Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons star in Elizabeth I, a two-part HBO Films miniseries event that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I (Mirren) in the latter half of her reign Read More »
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) Paul Cox, Keanu Kapuni-Szasz, David Wenham, Jan Kleinejan
The true story of the 19th century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers. Read More »
De Sade (1969) Cy Endfield, Roger Corman, Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, Lilli Palmer
Hounded by the police on charges of inflammatory writing, the once handsome Marquis De Sade seeks refuge in an abandoned family mansion. Read More »
My Universities (1940) Mark Donskoy, Nikolai Valbert, Stepan Kayukov, Nikolai Dorokhin
The last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoy’s Maxim Gorky trilogy. Read More »
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) Craig McCall, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. Read More »
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) Alfred Hitchcock, Edmund Gwenn, Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews
Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Read More »
Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981) Ágúst Guðmundsson, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson, Kristján Jóhann Jónsson
From an authentic Viking saga, Outlaw tells the story of a family blood feud, set in 10th century Iceland. Read More »
The Beaches of Agnès (2008) Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier
At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory – growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, Paris, and Noirmoutier Read More »
A Woman Called Golda (1982) Alan Gibson, Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Franklin Cover
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel’s prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Read More »
Flight for Freedom (1943) Lothar Mendes, Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall
Fictionalized biography of Amelia Earhart (here called Tonie Carter). First, a flagwaving preface about air warfare in the Pacific Read More »