The Plainsman
Wild Bill Hickok (Gary Cooper), Calamity Jane (Jean Arthur) and Buffalo Bill (James Ellison) go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
Genre: History, Romance, War, Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Charles Bickford, Frank McGlynn Sr., Gary Cooper, Helen Burgess, James Ellison, Jean Arthur, John Miljan, Paul Harvey, Porter Hall, Victor Varconi
On the Basis of Sex
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen
A historian and professor Amanda Vickery explores why Jane Austen’s books have been popular for nearly 200 years.
Unrest
In 1877, in a watch factory in a valley in north-western Switzerland, Josephine produces balance spindles, tiny parts that ensure the agitation movement (“unrueh”) of the mechanical watches. She soon…
The Last Train
Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Bisbee ’17
It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the…