Here's a brief overview of some of the costumes from the MGM film THE PRODIGAL starring Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom. I like these retr...

Cleopatra (Pascale Petit) and Ptolemy (Corrado Pani) fight for the throne in A QUEEN FOR CAESAR Great photo. I like this film and I will...

A behind-the-scenes photo of Jacques Sernas while filming HELEN OF TROY

A one year old Fraser Clarke Heston, as a baby Moses, in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; a recent photo of Fraser. Fraser is Charlton Heston...

Maria Sol (Chantal Deberg), Bianca (Eliana Grimaldi) and Elvira (Daniela Bianchi) in a quieter moment in SWORD OF EL CID (1962) Deberg p...

Continuing with the series of best PEPLUM villains here's MACISTE VS THE MOLE MEN (aka Mole Men vs the Son of Hercules)  and its chie...

Spectacular scene from JUDAS' KISS (1954) A rarely seen Spanish film, made several years before the PEPLUM explosion after HERCULES...

British quad for HANNIBAL Now if the film was actually like the poster maybe it would have been a bit more interesting.

Publicity photo of Samson Burke as Hercules and the 3 Stooges for THE 3 STOOGES MEET HERCULES Some like this film while others find it u...

US lobby card set of ALONE AGAINST ROME: yes, this proves the film was released in theatres back then in North America. Aside from the aw...

Christopher Plummer, as Commodus, makes his entrance as Emperor of Rome. Grand scene.

Judith (Isabelle Corey) joins Holophernes (Massimo Girotti, far left) and his men who are watching a fight between a cobra and mongoose in...

Alabama Hills, in California, was the location for THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA (1954) starring Elaine Stewart and John Derek. The locati...

So I was watching TROY the other night and I just can't believe how many mistakes there are in this big production. Just look at this...

The pirate ship from THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER This is the only shot which indicates that there are pirates from a ship. They added p...

Director Mervyn LeRoy has fun with Buddy Baer while filming QUO VADIS.

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Olympius (Anthony Steel) and Galla Placidia (Daniela Rocca) plan some scheme while enjoying the sun in REVENGE OF THE BARBARIANS One of ...

Here's what a typical Roman soldier wore back a few thousand years ago. Of course there are some variations depending of the period...

LUCY, at $45 million, outmuscled HERCULES, opening at 3,590 theatres, with $29.9 million. Directed by Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne ...

Steve Reeves is Captain Morgan in MORGAN THE PIRATE I recently posted a GIF animation sequence from this film ( see here ) and after ...

Original Finnish poster for THE MAN WITH 100 SWORDS Serviceable poster which showcases the film's best asset: the sword fights. I...

Queen Sharain (Debra Paget) listens to the exotic voice of Karina (Yma Sumac) in OMAR KHAYYAM Yma Sumac ( wiki ) was a Peruvian singer w...

Vintage Italian article on SAMSON AND THE SLAVE QUEEN, also known as ZORRO AGAINST MACISTE. With Alan Steel, Moira Orfei and Massimo Sera...

Scene from SAMSON & THE 7 MIRACLES OF THE WORLD starring Gordon Scott. The beginning of this scene is not in the US version.