Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
55 Days at Peking movie storyline. During the 1899 to 1901 Boxer Rebellion, Peking is an open city with the Chinese, and several European countries vie for control. The Boxers, who oppose Christianity and the western powers, who still exercised complete sovereignty over their compounds and their citizens.
55 Days at Peking (1963) Read More
Seven Days in May movie storyline. At the height of the cold war, a weakened President and a popular four-star general face off in a battle for control of the US government. President Jordan Lyman has successfully negotiated an arms reduction treaty with the Soviet Union.
Seven Days in May (1964) Read More
Mayerling movie storyline. It’s the late nineteenth century Austria. The Emperor Franz-Joseph and his son, the Crown Prince, Archduke Rudolf, have never seen eye to eye. While the Emperor retains the traditions of the empire in the rapidly changing world keeping it a police state, Rudolf is liberal, wanting to see the people have a say in what happens in their lives.
Mayerling (1969) Read More
One Touch of Venus storyline. Eddie Hatch is a window dresser for Savory’s department store. Whitfield Savory II, has just spent $200,000 on a statue of Venus for display in the store’s museum.
One Touch of Venus (1948) Read More
The Snows of Kilimanjaro storyline. As writer Harry Street lays gravely wounded from an African hunting accident he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures at love and writing.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) Read More
The Bible: In the Beginning… movie storyline. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with our first ancestral parents.
The Bible: In the Beginning… (1966) Read More
The Night of the Iguana movie storyline. Lawrence Shannon has been living in Mexico, working as a tourist guide. . Shannon lost his church and was defrocked after taking liberties.
The Night of the Iguana (1964) Read More
The Cassandra Crossing movie storyline. When the existence of a strain of plague is revealed at US mission at International Health Organization, three terrorists seek to blow up the US mission.
The Cassandra Crossing (1977) Read More
The Killers movie storyline. Two hitmen, Max and Al, come to a small town, Brentwood, New Jersey, to kill Pete Lund, known as “The Swede”.
The Killers (1946) Read More