The new issue of BY THE GODS! magazine was sent to print this past weekend. It's set to arrive by Friday. There's a technical proble...

A naked Noëlle Adam, Donald O'Connor (back to us) and Vittorio De Sica in THE WONDERS OF ALADDIN (1961) I challenge anyone to give a sh...

Original Italian poster of MARS - THE GOD OF WAR (1962)  A decidedly different poster for a decidedly different PEPLUM movie. Like the movi...

Hercules (Gordon Scott) tries to survive in the claws of the giant Trojan sea monster in HERCULES AND THE PRINCESS OF TROY (1965)

The new issue of BY THE GODS! will be available maybe as soon as next week. I need to publish a printed copy and make any corrections firs...

\ Alfio Caltabiano and Mario Novelli are not dead in REVENGE OF THE GLADIATORS (1964) Ok, more Cinematic Confusion. This is the last of ...

Actor/director John Huston poses with the actual life-size ark on the set of THE BIBLE: IN THE BEGINNING...(1966)

Perseus (Richard Harrison) is whipped into action! With Leo Anchóriz and Anna Ranalli.

Brad Harris in GOLIATH AGAINST THE GIANTS (1961)

Rhonda Fleming as Semiramis during the climax of QUEEN OF BABYLON (1954)  This movie is streaming in HD in Italy. I like it. I uploaded a c...

So last week's Thursday and Friday posts got a ton of views on Facebook. All except one. It tells me who's really popular. Of course...

Gloria Milland and Brad Harris in GOLIATH AGAINST THE GIANTS (1961)  I love this movie and I love Gloria Milland. This is effectively her ...

Spanish poster of SINS OF POMPEII (1950)  This simple poster is an oddity. The movie was released before Steve Reeves was an actor and yet...

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. 

The blog's views in one simple graphic. 111K views. Average: 15,857. Only 6 comments! A lot of silent lurkers.

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