Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Com...
The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class acti...
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against ap...
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: I...
The singer Dalva de Oliveira and the composer Herivelto Martins lived intensely on the stage and in ...
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel g...
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, fa...
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...
Two sisters Tae and Yo come back to their old house which is soon to be torn down. Clearing up the f...
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts h...
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to impr...
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hu...
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sa...
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry ...
In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits...
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing...
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a mov...