Been watching a few films, Ben Hur, Spartacus.... Can anyone give me some names of films (from this era.. Say 1950's-60's) That are on the same wave length??? Be most appreciated.
Grey hit a couple. Another in the vein of Ben Hur, Spartacus, and the Ten Commandments is The Greatest Story Ever Told. The fellow who played Christ, (Jeffrey Hunter?) later played Capt. Christopher Pike in the pilot for the original Star Trek, which was later edited for the regular series. He died no long after, a very young man. Just a bit of Hollywood trivia.
If you like westerns, I would suggest Paint Your Wagon, the only time I ever heard Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin sing (they didn't do half bad). From the early '70's I would recommend Jeremiah Johnson, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, both with Robert Redford, and the Sting. Paul Newman was in the last two of these.
There was a movie done by Howard Hughes in the late '50's-early '60's about Ghengis Khan, starring John Wayne. I've only seen it once, I don't recall the name. Apparently when Hughes completed the movie, so the story goes, he liked it so much he kept it away for himself. It only came to light after he died. So the distribution is a bit fuzzy and scarce, but well worth watching if you can find it.
The Conquerer:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B03EEDA1430E23BBC4950DFB566838D649EDE
Apparently it was panned by a lot of critics, but I enjoyed it. So much for taste...
