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An almost-entirely fictionalized account of Elliot Ness and his quest to bring down Al Capone.The post A039: The Untouchables (1987) appeared first on .
We use these fictional stories to highlight Hollywood’s transition from the Silent Era to Talkies. The Jazz Singer (1927) comes up as well.The post A038: The Artist (2011) & Singin’ in the Rain (1952) appeared first on .
Martin Scorsese’s telling of the real-life murders in the Osage communities of 1920s Oklahoma.The post A037: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) appeared first on .
Great look at the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal. We discuss what they got right and wrong and look a little deeper at some of the key figures.The post A036: Eight Men Out (1988) appeared first on .
A look (though perhaps a boring one) into the lives of American radicals in the 1910s.The post A035: Reds (1981) appeared first on .
The real story of Alvin York isn’t quite what we see in this film led by Gary Cooper’s Oscar-winning performance.The post A034: Sergeant York (1941) appeared first on .
The story of perhaps the greatest athlete of all-time. Thorpe is probably best-known for winning the first-ever pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics.The post A033: Jim Thorpe — All-American (1951) appeared first on .
Based on the largely fictional novel by E.L. Doctorow, there are a handful of historical characters who also feature in this story set in the early 20th century.The post A032: Ragtime (1981) appeared first on .
Based very loosely on the real-life Perdicaris Affair of 1904. Teddy Roosevelt takes action to liberate an American expat who is kidnapped in Morocco.The post A031: The Wind and the Lion (1975) appeared first on .
This TV movie follows the Wright Brothers’ attempt to create the world’s first powered flying machine. Don’t watch it. Listen to us instead.The post A030: The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978) appeared first on .
Oil! Daniel Day Lewis is perfect as the fictional oil man Daniel Plainview who ruthlessly attempts to dominate California oil production in the early 20th century.The post A029: There Will Be Blood (2007) appeared first on .
Screenwriter William Goldman refused to let the studios cutdown on his historical accuracy while he himself definitely overly simplified and invented things. We look at the real Butch and Sundance [ … ]The post A028: Butch Cassidy and the Sund
This Charlie Chaplin classic is set during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late-1800s. It saw many people travel through Alaska to Canada in an attempt to strike it rich.The post A027: The Gold Rush (1925) appeared first on .
Happy Halloween! This gloomy tale is set at an off-shore lighthouse in New England near the end of the 19th century.The post A026b: The Lighthouse (2019) appeared first on .
We use The Prestige as an excuse to discuss Nikola Tesla and the early days of electricity in the United States.The post A026: The Prestige (2006) appeared first on .
This is a bit oversimplified and fictionalized, but still gives an okay look at the man behind the lightbulb.The post A025: Edison, the Man (1940) appeared first on .
This HBO original film focuses on the people involved in the political fight over the Black Hills in South Dakota that led to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.The post A024: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) appeared first on .
As the outlaw career of Jesse James was winding down, an eager young criminal named Robert Ford joined his gang. This film is a fairly accurate portrayal of the final [ … ]The post A023: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Fo
A group of strangers travel through Apache territory on their way from Arizona to New Mexico in June of 1880.The post A022: Stagecoach (1939) appeared first on .
Richard Harris and Sean Connery star in this story of a detective infiltrating a coal union in 1876 Pennsylvania. Based on actual events.The post A021: The Molly Maguires (1970) appeared first on .
This Coen Brothers anthology is just a fun look at various Old West tropes while all being centered around death.The post A020b: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) appeared first on .
A fictionalized family drama about the O’Leary family whose cow is credited with starting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.The post A020: In Old Chicago (1938) appeared first on .
Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crab, a man claiming to be the lone white survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His life story runs him through the gamut [ … ]The post A019: Little Big Man (1970) appeared first on .
Set in Texas from ~1868-1873, The Searchers follows two men on a quest to rescue a little girl from the Comanches who kidnapped her.The post A018b: The Searchers (1956) appeared first on .
Another stellar performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in this film about the President’s quest to pass the 13th Amendment.The post A018: Lincoln (2012) appeared first on .
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