Favorite (1940) Charlie Chaplin was the writer, director, producer and financier of this daring comedy/parody of Adolf Hitler and in particular his policies toward Jews during those dark days of Germany....

(2010) A Polish prisoner leads an unbelievable escape from a Soviet prison camp in Siberia....

(1944) In an upperclass family, the father goes off to war. His wife (Claudette Colbert) and two daughters (Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple) are left behind to cope....

Favorite (1974) A German reporter in 1963 is determined to track down the murderous Nazi comandante of a concentration camp. ...

(1966) It is 1944, and a team of nine Marines fight their way through the lush Philippine jungle in order to retrieve critical information regarding MacArthur's return invasion. ...

Favorite (2010) This movie revolves around King George VI, his ascension to the throne just before WWII, and his life long struggle against stuttering....

Update: Most of this post has been updated, thanks to a new photograph I received in 2013. Please see “The Dealers” dine at Tattersall Restaurant, written on March 27, 2014....

(1957) British movie about the exploits of German fighter pilot Franz von Werra. ...

Bernt Balchen (1899 - 1973) led a remarkable life. He was an Arctic explorer, then during World War II he established US airfields in Greenland. Then he continued to work with the US Airforce on many projects which also involved the OSS....

(1958) An Autobiography was written by Bernt Balchen in 1958. Balchen was many things but would probably have wanted to be remembered as a great explorer. He was....