2024-06-17
00:00 Wolf LowryA chronicle of pre-World War II life in Japan is seen through the eyes of four upper-class sisters, two of them married, who experience the shifting political and social scenes.
Science fiction blends with comic-strip adventure in this homage to the days of silent serials. Channing Pollock, Sylva Koscina. Jacqueline: Edith Scob. Diana: Francine Berge. Favraux: Michel Vitold. Morales: Theo Sarapo. Kerjean: Rene Genin.
A young Indiana poet and teacher falls in love with a beautiful Southern belle (Elizabeth Taylor in an Oscar-nominated performance), just as the Civil War descends and throws a wrench into their hope of a happy life together.
Mystery novelist Cornelius Leyden is on vacation in Istanbul when the body of master criminal Makropoulos washes up on shore. Leyden becomes inspired to learn and tell the story of Makropoulos' rise to power, traveling across Europe to uncover secrets and stitch together the criminal's narrative. Based on the novel "A Coffin for Dimitrios" by Eric Ambler.
Jon Voight stars in this remake of the 1931 classic about an over-the-hill boxer and his adoring son.
Ten Oscar-nominations, including Best Picture went to this epic about happily married physician-poet Yuri Zhivago who falls madly in love with the beautiful Lara during his struggle to survive the massive upheaval surrounding the Russian Revolution. Robert Bolt's Best Adapted Screenplay was based on the Boris Pasternak best seller.
An actual World War II incident provided the inspiration for this classic adventure about a group of Allied officers attempting to tunnel out of a Nazi POW camp in 1942.