Gunga Din: Three Amigos
Cary Grant and Sam Jaffe. Photo: RKO There are certain film classics from 1939 that modern audiences struggle with because of cultural sensitivity. The depiction of the old South in…
Ben-Hur: The Gospel of Judah
Charlton Heston. Photo: MGM The kind of film that starts with a five-minute overture, Ben-Hur is about as classic a 1950s Hollywood blockbuster as they come. Burt Lancaster was reportedly…
Gentleman’s Agreement: Walk in My Shoes
Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck and John Garfield. Photo: 20th Century Fox This film caused quite a stir on its arrival, but ended up winning an Oscar for Best Picture. Still,…
Lost Horizon: Journey to Eden
Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt. Photo: Columbia A short while after the premiere of Lost Horizon in 1937, Columbia Pictures realized that spending over two and a half million dollars…