James Michener
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Spain: The Land and the Legend (1978)
This film conveys a sense of the forces that have shaped Spain over the centuries, including Roman, Islamic, and Catholic influences, and gives James...
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker (2003)
Documentary - Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remarkable examination of the uniquely...
Dynasty (1976)
The story of a pioneer family in the early 1800s that seeks its fortunes on the Ohio frontier.
Dynasty (1976)
The story of a pioneer family in the early 1800s that seeks its fortunes on the Ohio frontier.
South Pacific (2010)
Navy ensign Nellie Forbush and Marine lieutenant Joseph Cable find love and confront bigotry (including their own prejudices) while stationed in the...
Sayonara (1957)
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese...
Hawaii (1966)
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii,...
South Pacific (2001)
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque....
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy...
The Hawaiians (1970)
A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Until They Sail (1957)
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
South Pacific (1958)
Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where...
Caravans (1978)
This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern...
South Pacific (2021)
1943. On an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, US troops are kicking their heels amid the cacao groves while restlessly waiting for the war to...
Kent State (1981)
Dramatization of the four days of events leading up to the historic tragedy at Kent State University in May 1970, during the confrontation between...
Return to Paradise (1953)
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker (2003)
Documentary - Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remarkable examination of the uniquely...