the intelligence officer who interrogated Joyce’s wife Margaret. Holmes, I suspect, will produce the definitive work, but meanwhile Kenny and Farndale have written stylish and compelling books. Kenny ...

Direction by William Wyler is slow and deliberate, accenting the tragic features of the piece. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur wrote the screenplay. 1939: Best B&W Cinematography.

Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings is another retelling of the Moses story, starring Christian Bale as Moses and Joel Edgerton as Ramses. The film brings a more action-packed, dramatic ...

3. At first, director William Wyler (pictured, far right) turned down "Ben-Hur" because he didn't think much of the script, but he ultimately decided that the story was interesting enough ...