The Winning of Barbara Worth

Henry King

Gary Cooper gives an “outstanding performance” (Variety) in his first credited feature-film role in this dazzling classic. “One of the most important late silents” (Los Angeles Times), The Winning of Barbara Worth “blends romance and drama most effectively" (Los Angeles Times) into a touching, exciting Western epic. Gorgeous young Barbara Worth wants one thing - to help her adoptive father turn their dusty desert town into farmland. But when a wealthy land developer is hired to build a dam and tap the Colorado River, Barbara finds herself the object of a rivalry between her close friend (Cooper) and the developers son. As the rivalry builds, the trio discovers that the town has been swindled and the new dam isn’t reinforced, forcing the warring suitors to settle their differences in order to rescue the townspeople from a coming deluge.


In Old Chicago

Henry King

Tyrone Power and Don Ameche star in this acclaimed film about greed, corruptionand politics in late 1800s Chicago. While Jack O’Leary (Ameche) is elected mayor, his brother Dion (Power) chooses a life as a saloon owner, and the two clash bitterly over the city’s future. With Dion’s wife (Alice Faye) as a pawn in their dispute, their rivalry escalates, until a fire wipes out all of old Chicago.


State Fair

Henry King

Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor star in this warm, timeless two-time Oscar® Nominee (1933, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay) based on Philip Strong’s novel. Hope and love are alive when the Frake family attends the annual state fair, where they enter into competitions for their various accomplishments – and where romance blooms for both son Wayne (Norman Foster) and daughter Margy (Gaynor)!


Captain from Castile

Henry King

Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas escapes with a beautiful peasant girl and joins Cortz on his dangerous expedition to conquer Mexico, as the young couple fall deeply in love, Pedro's great courage brings his leader honor and glory with every challenge, even as an evil officer threatens the success of the entire expedition.


Prince of Foxes

Henry King

Duke Cesare Borgia attempts to marry his sister off to the heir of Ferrers, which would give him control over a wider part of Italy. He employs a soldier, Andrea Orsini (his sister's lover and an unscrupulous man) on this quest. En route, Orisini learns a more honorable way of life and turns against the Borgias and leads a revolt against them.


The Sun Also Rises

Henry King

The Story Of People Caught Up In The Turbulent Currents Of The "Lost Generation ... People Who Lived As Though They Were About To Die" Immediately After The First World War. Based On The Novel By Ernest Hemingway.


The Black Swan

Henry King

Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara cross romantic swords in this epic Oscar®-winning* swashbuckler about a pirate determined to reform his thieving ways – after he steals one last heart! Recently reformed pirate Jamie Boy (Power) is supposed to be helping the new Governor of Jamaica, Captain Morgan, rid the Caribbean of black-hearted buccaneers. But when Jamie falls head over keel for the heavenly – but hotheaded – Lady Margaret (O’Hara), he gives caution the heave-ho, kidnaps Margaret and sets sail for the adventure of a lifetime! Packed with “action, excitement, thundering guns and a maiden in distress” (Variety), this “brawny, blood-curdling” (Look Magazine) high-seas saga that remains a rollicking, “timeless pleasure” (Los Angeles Times)! * Best Cinematography, Color: Leon Shamroy, 1942.


Twelve O'Clock High

Henry King

Gregory Peck received a Best Actor Oscar® nomination for his powerful performance in this thrilling war drama. After the 918 Bomb Group suffers devastating losses during World War II, Brigadier General Frank Savage (Peck) is sent to take command of the unit. Although at first his men resent the tough disciplinarian, he ultimately becomes personally involved in their wellbeing.


The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Henry King

Gregory Peck heads a celebrated cast that includes Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner in this sweeping film filled with exotic settings – from Africa to Paris to Spain – based on the popular story by Ernest Hemingway. As Harry Street (Peck), a frustrated author/big game hunter, lies dying in the shadow of Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts his goals, his frustrations and his great loves.


Wilson

Henry King

A celebrated cast illuminates the fascinating story of America’s 28th president, Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox), in this acclaimed film from Darryl F. Zanuck. After the scholarly Wilson serves as President of Princeton University, he goes on to become Governor of New Jersey, and finally, U.S. President, where his diplomatic efforts ultimately bring about the end of World War I.


David and Bathsheba

Henry King

Gregory Peck stars in this deeply moving, beautifully filmed retelling of the biblical story. Although he has killed Goliath and won countless battles, Israel’s King David (Peck) cannot vanquish love! Smitten with the beautiful Bathsheba (Susan Hayward), David sends her husband into a hopeless battle, thus inviting the wrath of God, the ill will of his people and ruin for his country.


Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Henry King

When widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones) and American journalist Mark Elliot (William Holden) meet in Hong Kong, they soon fall in love, despite interracial prejudices. But their love faces an even greater obstacle when Elliot is transferred to Korea, where war has broken out. This timeless classic is filled with romance, breathtaking cinematography and poignant performances.


Carousel (1956)

Henry King

Filmed on location in a beautiful seaside village, Carousel stars Gordon MacRae as Billy Bigelow, a smooth-talking carny man who falls in love with a millworker (Shirley Jones). Tragedy strikes these star-crossed lovers, though, and their journey is not easy. How Billy makes his way to Heaven and back again, providing love and solace to his wife and daughter, and redemption for himself, is the story of one of the most unique and powerfully uplifting musicals ever written. With a score that includes "If I Loved You" and "You'll Never Walk Alone," little wonder that Carousel was composer Richard Rodgers' personal favorite.


The Song of Bernadette

Henry King

The story of a peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, a poverty-stricken, pure hearted adolescent, who saw a vision, of a "Beautiful Lady" near her home town of Lourdes in 1858. The wondrous news spreads rapidly throughout France, leaving in its wake a variety of consequences: adoration, suspicion and greed among the people of Lourdes skepticism from the town doctor (Lee J. Cobb) charges of insanity from the town prosecutor (Vincent Price) threats of physical punishment, then support and guidance from the Dean of Lourdes (Charles Bickford), who finally becomes convinced that the miracle has, indeed, taken place. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Best Score, this true story is both first-rate filmmaking and an inspiring tribute to faith, courage and the human spirit.


Jesse James

Henry King

The legend of Jesse James stars Tyrone Power as the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James was a young Missouri farmer forced outside the law after ruthless agents for the transcontinental railroad kill his ailing mother and steal his family's land. Together with his brother Frank (Henry Fonda), Jesse forms a gang of masked outlaws to strike back at the railroad company and the banks that have joined forces to swindle the oppressed farmers.


Beloved Infidel

Henry King

The last days of great American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald are chronicled in this film based on a memoir by Sheilah Graham, who was Fitzgerald's paramour during his final days. Graham was a gossip columnist and aspiring novelist who met Fitzgerald during his latter days as a Hollywood screenwriter. Deep in debt thanks to his wife's stay in a mental hospital and his daughter's private school tuition, Fitzgerald took a job writing film scripts to pay the bills, as he attempted to complete another novel that would re-establish his position as one of the important American authors of his century. Graham became Fitzgerald's aid and inspiration as he tried to steer himself away from alcohol and focus on his work, but the author was no longer as strong or stable as he once was. While Graham and Fitzgerald were in love, they often fought, and their efforts came to naught when he died of heart failure, with Graham at his side, before completing The Last Tycoon.


Tender Is the Night

Henry King

Wrought with emotional drama and self-destructive behavior is the story of Nicole Diver, a wealthy but disturbed woman of the 1920s who marries her psychiatrist. They live together at her Riviera estate, where the doctor's analytical skills grow weaker as time passes. As Nicole grows stronger, the doctor becomes totally dependent upon her emotionally and financially. Equally self-destructive are the film's supporting characters: an alcoholic composer and Nicole's greedy sister Baby Warren.


Untamed (1955)

Henry King

Tyrone Power plays a South African cavalry commander trying to bring peace to his country during the Boer War. Susan Hayward plays an Irishwoman who's immigrated to escape the Irish potato famine, but whose husband was killed during a native insurgency. When Power has an illicit affair with Hayward, a Dutch farmer (Richard Egan) claims that the woman is his property and then becomes a renegade who attempts to pilfer the South African diamond mines. Power pursues Egan to defeat the farmer at the mines and then claim Hayward for himself.


The Bravados

Henry King

Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) rides into town the night before the hanging of four outlaws. He's been on their trail, believing they raped and killed his wife. But hours before the execution, the four escape, taking a beautiful young woman hostage. Now it's a murderous race to the Mexican border. Taking charge of the posse, Douglas tracks down the criminals one by one-until the stunning, powerful conclusion reveals a terrible secret that leaves Douglas more desperate for salvation than revenge!


The Gunfighter

Henry King

Aging gunslinger Jimmy Ringo is tired of killing, tired of the life he has lived; but everywhere he goes, he is recognized as the fastest gun in the west and must deal with young punks who want to challenge him. After winning yet another tiresome challenge, Ringo - despite the warning of old friend Marshall Strett - goes home to visit his estranged wife, Peggy, and the son he never knew. However, the brothers of the man he just slew are on his trail, looking for revenge. Despite his hope to build a new life with his family, he cannot stay. He will always be on the run from his past.


The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

Henry King & John Sturges

Based on Ernest Hemingway's classic novel, Academy Award-winner and screen legend Spencer Tracy ("Adam's Rib," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner") shines in his portrayal of an aging fisherman battling against the elements of the sea in all its fury. With an expressive, Oscar-winning score by Dimitri Tiomkin.