Archive for March 9, 2007

Movie Title: Late President Faure of France, The (1898)

Movie Plot Summary: This picture shows President Faure accompanied by a large party of friends, leaving the shooting box, on their way to the covers where they indulge in pheasant shooting shown in our picture No. 294E [PRESIDENT FAURE SHOOTING PHEASANTS]. The photography of these pictures is very fine; an excellent portrait of the various members of the party is given.

Movie Title: Main Sunder Hoon (1971)

Movie Plot Summary: Plain-looking, buck-toothed Sundar works as a waiter in the Rasraj Hotel. One day he meets with Radha, the daughter of the hotel owner and falls in love with her. She indicates that she likes him, and he builds a palace of dreams, but lacks the confidence to approach her. When his friend, Amar, returns from abroad he assists him in making a career as a Bollywood comedian and singer, and improving his self-worth. Sundar gets popularity virtually overnight, and musters up enough courage to propose to Radha, only to find out that she loves someone else, and that person is none other than – Amar.

Movie Title: Burning Cross, The (1947)

Movie Plot Summary: Johnny (Hank Daniels), who is a returing veteran unable to adjust to his old life in his home town, succumbs to the pitch of a Ku Klux Klan organizer. It is only after he has worn the Klan sheet, and gone out on some raids, that he begins to realize what he has let himself in for; he is filled with horror and remorse when he sees the homes of neighbors burned, an old friend who defies the Klan killed, and his own wheel-chair father badly beaten. He meets with the State prosecutor, admits his own participation, and agrees to help bring down the Klan in his town.