Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.

Hallelujah

1929

English

6.7

♡ 2

86%

King Vidor Director

Nina Mae McKinney as Chick

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Child

William Allen Garrison as Heavy

Evelyn Pope Burwell as Singer

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

Street Scene

1931

English

7.6

♡ 7

89%

King Vidor Director

Beulah Bondi as Emma Jones

John Qualen as Karl Olsen

Sylvia Sidney as Rose Maurrant

William Collier Jr. as Sam Kaplan

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

Northwest Passage

1940

English

7.0

♡ 12

88%

King Vidor Director

Frank Hagney as Capt. Grant

Addison Richards as Lt. Crofton

Verna Felton as Mrs. Towne

Regis Toomey as Webster

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.

Duel in the Sun

1946

English

6.7

♡ 15

79%

woman between two men

King Vidor Director

Joseph Cotten as Jesse McCanles

Lillian Gish as Laura Belle McCanles

Gregory Peck as Lewton 'Lewt' McCanles

Sidney Blackmer as The Lover

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

Bird of Paradise

1932

English

6.0

♡ 3

50%

King Vidor Director

Joel McCrea as Johnny Baker

Dolores del Rio as Luana

Sofia Ortega as Mahumahu

Lon Chaney Jr. as Thornton

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.

Stella Dallas

1937

English

7.4

♡ 5

82%

Action

boston, massachusetts

King Vidor Director

Alan Hale as Ed Munn

Lester Dorr as Man on Train

Tim Holt as Richard Grosvenor

Ann Doran as Undetermined Secondary Role

After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.

War and Peace

1956

English

6.7

♡ 23

50%

63%

Action

based on novel or book

King Vidor Director

Piero Pastore as Bolkonsky's Servant

Jeremy Brett as Nikolai Rostov

Robert Stephens as Officer Talking with Natasha

Howard Marion-Crawford as Prince Bolkonsky

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

The Fountainhead

1949

English

7.0

♡ 9

79%

74%

Action

architect

based on novel or book

King Vidor Director

Kent Smith as Peter Keating

Douglas Kennedy as Reporter

Ann Doran as Wynand's Secretary

John Alvin as Young Intellectual

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

The Citadel

1938

English

7.0

♡ 6

90%

King Vidor Director

Robert Donat as Andrew Manson

Cecil Parker as Charles Every

Rex Harrison as Dr. Lawford

Leslie Phillips as Undetermined Secondary Role

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.

The Big Parade

1925

English

7.9

♡ 17

100%

King Vidor Director

John Gilbert as James Apperson

Claire Adams as Justyn Reed

Renée Adorée as Melisande

Kathleen Key as Miss Apperson

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

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Man Without a Star

Ruby Gentry

Solomon and Sheba

Hallelujah

Street Scene

Northwest Passage

Duel in the Sun

Bird of Paradise

Stella Dallas

War and Peace

The Fountainhead

The Citadel

The Big Parade