MIGHTY BARNUM (The Garland classics of film literature) by Jr. Fowler Gene, BessMeredyth Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1978 by Dissertations-G Facsimile ISBN-13: 978-0-8240-2873-2, ISBN: 0-8240-2873-2
"Ben-Hur scooped an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards® in 1959 and, unlike some later rivals, richly deserved every single one. This is epic filmmaking on a scale that had not been seen before and is unlikely ever to be seen again. But it's not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it's the subject matter, and here the subject--Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his estrangement from old Roman pal Messala (St ..."
"Nineteen thirty-nine is often proposed as the movies' halcyon year, and three reasons why were directed by John Ford: Stagecoach, Young Mr. Lincoln, and Drums Along the Mohawk. In that exalted company Drums... would have to be accounted "merely superb"--even if it's the best film ever made about the American Revolution and, oh, only about eighth-best picture of its year. Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert play newlyweds in New York's Mo ..."
"Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers. Originally released: 1925. Run time: 133 mins.
Few films, if any, equal the grandeur of 1927's Ben Hur. This silent movie (presented here with a soaring stereo score performed bye the London Philharmonic Orchestra remains a monument to Hollywood's glory days.
Unforgettable images abound: the Roman slave galley, a torrid sea battle, ..."
"When they say they don't make 'em like they used to, they're talking about 20th Century Fox's exhilarating The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power as the caped one, Linda Darnell as his love interest, and Basil Rathbone at his scurrilous best as Zorro's nemesis. More textured than the 1920 original with Douglas Fairbanks, this 1940 version has Don Diego/Zorro (Powers) returning from Madrid to defend his father and rally the caballeros ..."