History
The Adventures of Gerard (1970) Jerzy Skolimowski
During the Napoleonic Wars of 18th century Europe a French Hussars Colonel is entrusted by Napoleon to be his special messenger. Read More »
Lady Oscar (1979) Jacques Demy, Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christine Böhm, Drama, History, Romance
Abraham Lincoln (1930) D.W. Griffith, Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Biography, Drama, History
Brief vignettes about Lincoln’s early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates Read More »
Diario napoletano / Neapolitan Diary (1992) Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Documentary, Crime, History
A fascinating return to the same issues done in a semi-docu style. The ‘story’ joins Rosi as he fights his way through impossible city traffic to a school of architecture to host a discussion of the older movie. Read More »
Yankee Buccaneer (1952) Frederick De Cordova, Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Adventure, History, Romance
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas Read More »
That Lady (1955) Terence Young, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Ana, the Princess of Eboli, wears a black patch over her right eye, where she was blinded as a youth when fighting a duel in defense of her king, the despotic Philip. Read More »
Khartoum (1966) Basil Dearden, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880’s, the British government is in a quandary. Read More »
Little Old New York (1940) Henry King, Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton shows up in New York in 1807. Tavern keeper believes in him, but her boyfriend doesn’t. All seems lost when sailors afraid of losing their jobs burn his boat.
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Sword in the Desert (1949) George Sherman, Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Action, Drama, History, War
Cynical freighter captain Mike Dillon hopes to take the money and run after helping to smuggle Jewish refugees ashore in pre-Israel Palestine. Read More »