History

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 »

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 »

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 »

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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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 »

Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. Read More »

Howard Keel stars as a stalwart Simon-Peter, the apostle of Christ called “the fisher of men” and the “Rock” upon whom the Christian Church was founded. Read More »

An anthology film crafted from three stories from The Bible: First story is, of course, Adam & Eve. Read More »

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. Read More »

A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc (based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial), concerning Joan’s imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English, filmed in a spare, low-key fashion. Read More »