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Quo Vadis (1951) Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann, Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn
Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her, though as a Christian she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Read More »
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) Edward S. Curtis, Stanley Hunt, Sarah Constance Smith Hunt, Mrs. George Walkus
In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka’wakw. Read More »
Sins of Jezebel (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Paulette Goddard, George Nader, Eduard Franz
The aging Ahab, king of Israel, comes under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming pagan woman named Jezebel and Read More »
Julius Caesar (1950) David Bradley, Harold Tasker, Charlton Heston, David Bradley
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Read More »
Custer of the West (1967) Robert Siodmak, Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin
The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated Read More »
Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (2001) Claude Lanzmann, Yehuda Lerner, Francine Kaufmann
A gripping account of the prisoners uprising at the Nazi extermination camp of Sobibor in 1943. Read More »
Orphans of the Storm (1921) D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut
Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. Read More »
Genghis Khan (1965) Henry Levin, Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason
Mostly fictionalized account of the life of Ghenghis Khan, the Mongol warlord whose 13th century armies conquered much of the known world. Read More »
The Lucky Adventurer Oda Nobunaga (1959) Toshikazu Kôno, Katsuo Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eitarô Shindô
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. Read More »
Antony and Cleopatra (1974) Jon Scoffield, Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman, Rosemary McHale
After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt’s queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. Read More »
Fire Over England (1937) William K. Howard, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh
Queen Elizabeth is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age Read More »
The Birth of a Nation (1915) D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. Read More »
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter
After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt’s queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. Read More »
The Inspector (1962) Philip Dunne, Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern
When the end came for World War II, many Jews were spread around the free world and desired to return to Palestine. Read More »