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26 Apr

Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Spanish title: Rasputin y la Zarina (Rasputin and the Czarina)Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Ralph Morgan, Diana WynaraDirected by: Richard BoleslavskyDistributor: MGM
"King of crime, hatred and evil… bringing about the fall of an empire"
You know how, when you watch the end credits on a film, it’ll say "the characters and story in this [...]

09 Apr

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Spanish title: Lawrence de ArabiaStars: Alec Guiness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, Peter O’Toole Directed by: David Lean Distributor: Columbia Pictures 
"The biggest film of the year! 7 Academy Awards!" 
There are few films in existence that have the pedigree of this one, and though the lobby card [...]

08 Apr

War and Peace (1956)

Spanish title: La Guerra Y La PazStarring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oscar Homolka, Anita Ekberg, John Mills, Helmut Dantine, Barry Jones, Anna Maria Ferrero, Milly Vitale, Jeremy BrettDirected by: King VidorDistributor: Paramount Pictures
"Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy"
This Dino DeLaurentis epic features a lobby card that’s a bit [...]

06 Apr

The Pride and the Passion (1957)

Spanish title: Orgullo y PasionStars: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia LorenDirected by: Stanley KramerDistributor: United Artists of Mexico
Okay, so the depiction of Frank Sinatra looks more like Ronald Reagan than Ol’ Blue Eyes – at least nobody could deny that Sophia Loren looks like Sophia Loren, and that makes up for just about anything else [...]

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