Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton act their hearts out in "The Sandpiper." This may be because the film's theme of marital woes closely paralleled their own personal lives at the time. They were married in March, 1964, shortly before filming began, just after very high profile divorces [..]

Nothing succeeds like success as Elvis Presley starred in his 18th motion picture. "Girl Happy" has all of the elements of a popular Elvis film: Hit songs, pretty girls, and the persona of the King of Rock and Roll himself. Presley was guided in this beach party movie [..]

Frank Sinatra took over the director's chair for the only time in his career with some good results. "None But the Brave" is a World War II story of a platoon of Japanese soldiers and a platoon of U. S. Marines stranded on the same remote Pacific [..]

Charlton Heston turns in a multi-faceted performance a U. S. Army major in the Civil War who leads a band of Union soldiers, Confederate prisoners, Indian scouts, and mercenaries into Mexico to pursue some Apache Indians who have been raiding American bases and settlements. Director Sam [..]

"Harum Scarum" is a musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a movie star promoting his latest movie in the Middle East when he is kidnapped by local thugs, who mistake his swashbuckling movie image for the real thing. They want him to use his martial arts [..]

Legendary Hollywood film director George Stevens ("Giant" 1956) put together a comprehensive look at the life of Jesus of Nazareth in "The Greatest Story Ever Told." He succeeded in directing and co-writing (with James Lee Barrett) a movie with fine acting, excellent dialogue, flowing storyline, as well [..]

"I'll Take Sweden" is a typical Bob Hope comedy that serves up his humor with a new generation of actors. Tuesday Weld plays Hope's daughter and Frankie Avalon is her boyfriend, who Bob does not like and so he transfers his job to Stockholm, Sweden, to get [..]

"Night and Day" is a biopic about the life and career of Cole Porter. Director Michael Curtiz ("Mildred Pierce" 1945) put together a first class biography of Porter that emphasized his diverse musical accomplishments as well as drama about his personal life. The film contained many Cole Porter [..]

"2099: The Soldier Protocol" is a futuristic science fiction movie where a paraplegic prison inmate agrees to undergo scientific experiments to restore mobility to his legs but is not told the entire price of the procedure. Director Dee McLachlan put together a film whose only saving [..]

Lucille Ball takes on the role of "Mame," the story of an eccentric who become guardian of her nephew when her brother passes away. Ball is a bit too long in the tooth and not vocally gifted enough for this classic musical role. However, director Gene [..]