2024-07-02
The Biblical epic re-creates the Nativity, the Crucifixion and a thundering chariot race as it recounts the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who lives in Judea with his family during the time that Jesus Christ was becoming known for his teachings. The film won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Charlton Heston) and Director (William Wyler).
A soldier has a doomed romance with a chorus girl in WWI London.
During World War I, a love affair blooms between a British soldier and a young ballerina. But when she stays with him past curfew, she is thrown out of the ballet corps just as he is shipped out, leaving her on the streets as he goes to the front.
Restored version of the provocative (in its day) melodrama starring Barbara Stanwyck as a strumpet who uses men as steppingstones to success in this variation of the rags-to-riches formula. George Brent, Donald Cook, John Wayne. Directed by Alfred E. Green.
Jean Harlow in a romantic farce about a straight-shooting girl in search of a millionaire.
A woman from the seamy backstreets falls for a man who lives in a world of wealth and status.
Busby Berkeley's production numbers highlight this backstage extravaganza about a millionaire-turned-songwriter who financially backs a Broadway production, much to the surprise of three unemployed chorus girls. Songs include "We're in the Money," "The Shadow Waltz" and "Remember My Forgotten Man" by Harry Warren and Al Dubin.
A movie stuntman and a glamorous model run off together, leaving the company they work for to use their very disappearance as an unexpected source of publicity.
A rebellious working-class youth sent to a reformatory finds clarity of purpose during long, purifying runs in training for an important race against a posh rival school.
A Polio survivor, shy about her limp and the walking stick she uses to cope with it, is courted for the first time by a doting suitor, only to discover that his advances are a ruse designed to gain her trust so he can rob her antiques store.
The rock band Herman's Hermits storm Los Angeles for a concert, but when NASA offers to name a rocket ship after them, it seems to cause an inordinate amount of conflict.