
Allegheny Uprising
South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who…

We’re Going to Be Rich
A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.

Forty Years
This government commissioned film — made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina’s reign — chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938…

La Marseillaise
The early days of the French Revolution, as seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens in Marseille and the royal court, including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Marie Antoinette
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in…

If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François…

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

Victoria the Great
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert’s death in 1861.

The Vicar of Bray
The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in…

The Pearls of the Crown
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

Humanity and Paper Balloons
In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father’s former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the…

The Life of Emile Zola
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of…

In Old Chicago
The O’Leary brothers — honest Jack and roguish Dion — become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Life Is Ours
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

The Story of Louis Pasteur
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be…

Rembrandt
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt’s work takes…

The Prisoner of Shark Island
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford’s Theatre in…

Tudor Rose
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

The Gorgeous Hussy
It’s the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O’Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O’Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment…

The Cardinal
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of…

Westward Ho
Ballard’s trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John’s parents and kidnaping his brother, Jim. In post-Civil War California, John Wyatt, now a man, pulls together a…


















