Holidays | Make Mine Musicals Judy Garland stars as Esther Smith, one of four daughters of a prominent St. Louis businessman around the time of the World’s Fair in 1903. 

Holidays | Best Picture Nominees of 1947 Come Christmastime, Bishop Brougham (David Niven) finds his life in tatters: he can’t come up with the funds for a new cathedral, and his wife (Loretta Young) seems to be losing faith in their marriage.

Holidays Charles Dickens’s immortal classic comes to life in this musical adaptation with songs and music by Leslie Bricusse, who had recently done the same for the enormously popular Doctor Dolittle (1967).

Classic True Crime In 1913, factory supervisor Leo Frank was arrested for the murder of employee Mary Phagan, quickly tried, and sentenced to death. The trial sent shockwaves through the nation, as papers published rumors and innuendo in an effort to sell as many issues as possible, capitalizing on the murder investigation.

The Godfather @ 50 One of the biggest box office hits of all time, The Godfather was dubbed the “Gone With the Wind of gangster movies.” Based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel, this epic rejuvenated the genre and can be seen as a metaphor for corruption on a larger scale, in both government and corporate America.