Same statue, different films: appeared in ESTHER AND THE KING (1960; with Sergio Fantoni); reappeared a couple of years later in HERCULES...

Goliath (Gordon Scott) reassures Princess Cori (Ombretta Coli) that he's on her side in GOLIATH & THE REBEL SLAVE (aka The Tyrant ...

Continuing with profiling relatively unknown supporting actors of Italian/Euro PEPLUM films. Today it's Philippe Hersent, a French actor...

Mathos (Jacques Sernas) and Salammbo (Jeanne Valérie) are lovers in SALAMMBO So much bronzer. Though Jacques' make-up a bit too obv...

Hmm...too much fake looking CGI.

THE AVENGER, the Steve Reeves Opus, advertised along with other films of the period. Cool stuff. It's also known as WAR OF THE TROJA...

Lucilla (Sophia Loren) is aloof towards her brother Commodus (Christopher Plummer) in FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE One of my issues with thi...

US poster for CLEOPATRA (1917) Pretty much to the point. It's almost comic book-like. 

Millstone (Hercules in original version; Alan Steel) and Samson (Brad Harris) show what they're made of in SAMSON Fun brawny acti...

US lobby cards set for DIANE. A typically MGM lobby cards set, including 'title card'. Excellent set beautifully showcasing the ac...

Gianna Maria Canale gets the royal treatment in SLAVE OF CARTHAGE (aka The Sword and the Cross)

Marcus (Fredric March) whips an unruly crowd into submission with Mercia (Elissa Landi)  cowering in fear in SIGN OF THE CROSS An oddi...

Rik in CAESAR THE CONQUEROR; a very recent photo of Rik Amazing that he's still alive!

Audrey Hepburn says hello to Anita Ekberg dog while filming WAR & PEACE Nice photo! I wonder if Anita and Audrey were friends.

Theda Bara in CLEOPATRA (1917) This film was one of the most elaborate Hollywood films ever produced up to that time, particularly wit...

Miniature stone building recreations by Matthew Simmonds. Love these. Very PEPLUM-like. Link

Production stills from Ridley Scott's new epic EXODUS : GODS AND KINGS. Looks...well...it's a Ridley Scott film so they usually l...

The elephants take a bath in HANNIBAL (1959) Hopefully none of the elephants were hurt during the filming of this film. Most likely not...

Continuing with the series of best PEPLUM villains here is HERCULES UNCHAINED which is a virtual cornucopia of bad folks. Unlike the first H...

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale in the sumptuous settings of CARTOUCHE I wonder how non-Francophones pronounce the title. Anyw...

Spanish poster for CLASH OF THE TITANS An outer space adventure? Ah! Nice nonetheless.

Eli Wallach plays The Shah of Khwarezm in GENGHIS KHAN (1965) Eli passed away this past Tuesday. Eli didn't do many PEPLUM type f...