Solomon and Sheba (
1959) | IMDb:
6.1
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.
Starring:
Yul Brynner
,
Gina Lollobrigida
,
George Sanders
,
Marisa Pavan
,
David Farrar
,
John Crawford
War and Peace (
1956) | IMDb:
6.7
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Starring:
Audrey Hepburn
,
Henry Fonda
,
Mel Ferrer
,
Vittorio Gassman
,
Herbert Lom
,
Oskar Homolka
Duel in the Sun (
1946) | IMDb:
6.7
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Starring:
Jennifer Jones
,
Joseph Cotten
,
Gregory Peck
,
Lionel Barrymore
,
Herbert Marshall
,
Lillian Gish
Produced by:
David O. Selznick
The Wizard of Oz (
1939) | IMDb:
8.1
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.