Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin during the Nazi period. While the craft employed are almost universally admired, Olympia is controversial due to its political context and propaganda value.
Steve Reeves, who won the actual title in 1950, is a minor character in the film, and one of the contestants in the on-screen showdown.
This newsreel of the 1939 New York's World's Fair shows some of the highlights of the fair, including the pavilions of various states and nations, the General Electric Pavilion, the Amusement Area, the Savoy stage show, and the automotive pavilions including those of Ford and General Motors, known as the Futurama. There are also displays of modern and historic railroad locomotives as part of the "Railroads on Parade" stage show.
Early screen test for Rebel Without a Cause, 1947. The film wouldn’t be produced for another 8 years, with a totally new script and James Dean as the starring role.
From their cells, two prisoners can communicate thanks to a hole in the wall that separates them. With the silent complicity of the guard who watches them through the peephole, they will establish a loving and erotic contact using various objects such as a cigarette, a straw...