Director: Charles Jarrott Producer: Hal B. Wallis Screenplay: Bridget Boland, John Hale, Richard Sokolove Based on: Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson Genre: Drama, Historical Music: Georges Delerue Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Universal Studios Release date:…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Storia di Virginia Romana (The Story of Virginia) c.1505 Tempera on panel, 83.3 x 165.5 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Botticelli embodies the cultured and antiquing climate that reigned in the Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent. The painting, which is…
Director: Richard Fleischer Producer: Pierre Spengler Screenplay: Berta Dominguez D., Pierre Spengler, George MacDonald Fraser Based on: The Prince and the Pauper (1881) by Mark Twain Genre: Action, Adventure, Historical Music: Maurice Jarre Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Warner Bros. Release…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Liberté guidant le peuple. Le 28 juillet 1830 (Liberty Leading the People. July 28, 1830) 1830 Oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Other title: Une Barricade (A Barricade) Inscription: “Eug. Delacroix.1830” (in…
Director: Henry Koster Producer: Julian Blaustein Screenplay: Daniel Taradash Based on: Désirée by Annemarie Selinko Genre: Biography | Drama | Historical | Romantic Music: Alex North Country: United States Language: English Studio: 20th Century Fox Release date: 1954 Running time: 110 minutes Marlon Brando (1924-2004) as Napoléon…
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Producer: Walter Wanger Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall, Sidney Buchman Based on: The Life and Times of Cleopatra by C. M. Franzero Genre: Historical | Drama Music: Alex North Country: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland Language:…
Director: Cecil B. DeMille Producer: Cecil B. DeMille Screenplay: Fredric M. Frank, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Harold Lamb, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. Genre: Historical | Biblical | Drama Music: Victor Young, Ray Evans (song), Jay Livingston (song) Country: United States Language: English…
Director: Cecil B. DeMille Producer: Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon Screenplay: Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank Based on: Pillar of Fire by Joseph Holt Ingraham, On Eagle’s Wings by A. E. Southon, Prince of Egypt…
Director: Carol Reed Producer: Carol Reed Screenplay: Philip Dunne, Carol Reed Based on: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone Genre: Historical | Drama Music: Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North Country: United States Language: English Studio: 20th Century Fox Release…
Director: William Wyler Producer: Sam Zimbalist Screenplay: Karl Tunberg Based on: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace Narrated by: Finlay Currie Genre: Epic | Historical | Biblical | Drama Music: Miklós Rózsa Country: United States Language: English…