Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. Read More »
Biography
The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Valentine Davies, Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten
Bio of swing band leader ‘Benny Goodman’ from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Read More »
The Sullivans (1944) Lloyd Bacon, Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II Read More »
Lorca: Death of a Poet (1987) Juan Antonio Bardem, Nickolas Grace, Antonio Iranzo, Francisco Jarque
Biography of the Spanish poet and playwright Lorca, who was executed by followers of Franco in 1936. Read More »
The Conqueror (1956) Dick Powell, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz
In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. Read More »
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) Stephen Frears, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. Read More »
Portrait of Jason (1967) Shirley Clarke, Jason Holliday, Carl Lee
The highlights of a 12-hour interview with Aaron Payne, alias Jason Holliday, a former houseboy Read More »
Utamaros World (1977) Akio Jissôji, Shin Kishida, Mikijirô Hira, Shingo Yamashiro
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. Read More »
Young Tom Edison (1940) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft
Inventor Thomas Edison’s boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. Read More »
Marie Antoinette (1938) W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. Read More »
Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
Reversal of Fortune (1990) Barbet Schroeder, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Read More »
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) Ennio De Concini, Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi
A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler’s final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun. Read More »
E venne un uomo (1965) Ermanno Olmi, Rod Steiger, Adolfo Celi, Giorgo Fortunato
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told. Read More »
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) Franco Zeffirelli, Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson
This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. Read More »