Samson (Alan Steel) uses his strength to get out of prison in SAMSON AND THE SLAVE QUEEN (1963)

Mark Forest on the cover of an Italian sports/health magazine. It's a photo from HERCULES AGAINST THE SONS OF SUN  (1964). That's An...

Arnold Stang and Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Hercules, in HERCULES IN NEW YORK (1970) A cute, amiable film with a fantasy story of Hercule...

Steve Reeves relaxing on the set of HERCULES UNCHAINED (1959). Hercules is carried by soldiers to Omphale.  

Rhonda Fleming, as Semiramis, in a spectacular dance/sacrificial ceremony. With Roldano Lupi and Tamara Lees.

With a few prompts, new PEPLUM imagery by AI.   MEN OF PULP @ X THE RISE OF HANNIBAL

Scenes from SLAVE OF ROME (1961)  Looking at these scenes and you wouldn't think there were matte paintings but there are.The one abov...

This is quite interesting. They found a coin with Hercules that resemble Alexander the Great on one side and Zeus on the other. In Iraq! 2...

Greg Morris, Jocelyn Lane and Peter Mann in THE SWORD OF ALI BABA (1965) By 1965, most films used some sort of widescreen aspect ratio. Wh...

Original Italian poster of ATLAS AGAINST THE CZAR (1964)  I love the simplicity of the fotobusta-style poster. 

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Sappho (Tina Louise) and her fellow classmates, including Actis (Susy Andersen; far left) and Dyla (Annie Gorassini, next to Susy) try to sa...

Original Italian lobby cards set of MACISTE IN KING SOLOMON'S MINES starring Reg Park, Wandisa Guida and others. Great set. The colours ...

Jason (Roland Carey) is on top of the Cyclops to kill it in THE GIANTS OF THESSALY (1960) Great film! I have a dozen different versions of...

Charlton Heston plays with his son, Fraser C. Heston, on the set of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956). Fraser played baby Moses while his father...

The rebels trying to save their friend (Mimmo Palmara) from a sacrificial ceremony in honour of the evil ruler who the real villains (led by...

Ed Fury participating in the US promotional campaign of FABIOLA (1949)

Gino Cervi, as Nero, and Carlo Tamberlani Scenes from NERO AND THE BURNING OF ROME (1953) I got a beautiful HD print of this once hard-to...

Pascale in A QUEEN FOR CAESAR (1962); a recent photo of the actress

Burundai (Orson Welles) has the hots for Helga (Liana Orfei) in THE TARTARS (1961)   I like this movie but it's missing something. It...

Alternate US title of MY SON, THE HERO (1962)  I personally prefer this title of the goofy MY SON, THE HERO. The original title was THE T...

Taneal (Helga Liné) condemns her brothers, including Azzur (Tullio Altamura), for going against the wishes of their late father, Nabur the S...

Steve Reeves, Fabrizio Mioni and the cast  From HERCULES (1958) Jason : It's the end of us! Hercules : No, not yet! I should go ash...

Richard Harrison, as the Red Wolf, causes mayhem in REVOLT OF THE PRAETORIANS (1964) The Hero hiding behind a 'scary' mask to caus...

Charlton Heston being prepped for a scene on the set of BEN-HUR (1959)