베니 굳맨 스토리 (1956)

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.

독창적인 백인 트럼펫 연주자 빅스 바이더벡의 삶과 사랑을 담고 있다.

The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.

리버풀의 가난한 항구 노동자의 아들로 태어난 존은 부모의 불화로 이모 미미의 손에서 자라난다. 아빠처럼 든든하게 지켜주던 이모부가 갑자기 세상을 떠나자 상실감에 빠진 존은 이모 미미 몰래 엄마 줄리아를 찾아간다. 자유분방한 성격으로 자신을 이해해주는 줄리아를 따르며 기타를 배우기 시작하는 존. 그러나 미미는 동생 줄리아의 무책임한 행동에 존이 다시 상처받을까 걱정하고 둘의 만남을 반대한다. 한편, 전세계적인 열풍이 불고 있는 엘비스 프레슬리의 공연을 접한 존은 그의 노래와 패션은 물론, 로큰롤 세계에 흠뻑 빠져든다. 이모와 엄마의 불편한 관계 속에서 혼란과 불안감에 힘겨워 하던 존은 음악에 더욱 깊이 빠져 들고, 마침내 친구들과 함께 밴드를 결성하기로 한다. 밴드 멤버를 구하던 중 수줍은 소년 폴 매카트니를 만나 음악을 향한 열정과 깊은 우정을 나눈다. 마침내 존은 전설적인 록그룹 비틀즈의 전신 쿼리멘 밴드를 결성하고 리버풀의 작은 클럽에서 연주를 시작하는데...

The start of the career of Herman Brood, who lived his life filled with sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Guided by his manager they aim to take over the USA with his music.

The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...

As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending sci-fi. But his true genius lay in the creation of special effects for movies such as Mighty Joe Young and It Came from Outer Space. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and featuring appearances by George Lucas and Ray Bradbury, this film documents Harryhausen's remarkable life's work.

Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

Pat O'Brien in the role of William 'Frank' Cavanaugh, a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero. After the war he went back to coaching where he ended up having one of the best winning percentages in football history.

The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.

몇 명의 소녀들이 뉴욕 뒷골목을 찾는다. 그 무리들 중 하나였던 베스는 첫 눈에 그 곳의 연예인인 후디니에게 사랑을 느낀다. 곧 베스와 후디니는 결혼하여 같이 마술팀을 구성한다. 하지만 베스는 쇼비지니스를 버리고 직업을 갖자고 애원한다. 그녀의 제안을 거절한 후디니는 유럽을 여행하며 온갖 마술과 탈출 묘기를 보여 상당한 성공을 거둔다. 미국으로 돌아온 그는 디트로이트강 바닥에서 트렁크에서 탈출하는 묘기를 보여 그의 입지를 확보한다. 하지만 최고의 절정기에 후디니는 쇼비즈니스에서 은퇴하고 영적 존재에 대해 심취하게 된다.

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.