Visionary Picks In Alignment with the style of Don Bosco: Cult Guide

Dir: Manilal Joshi

Seminal silent historical film, the story features King Munja, ruler of Aranti, famed warrior and patron of the arts. Munja (Sandow) falls into the hands of his arch enemy Tailap, who received assistance from Bhillam (Altekar), king of Dharavati. Tailap orders that Munja be put to death but is held back by Tailap's powerful sister Minalvati (Fatma Begum), a widow who first wants to break Munja's spirit. Instead, she and Munja fall in love. Learning of Munja's plan to escape with Manalvati, Tailap has Munja trampled to death by his elephants.

Dir: Charles Calvert

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Life of Lord Byron perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Lord Byron's wife leaves him after a jealous lady plots his ruin.

Dir: Alexander Butler

Napoleon, divorces Josephine and weds an Austrian Princess, but Josephine, still faithful, saves him from the plotting of De Beaumont.

Dir: Cecil B. DeMille

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Royal Divorce perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.

Dir: James A. FitzPatrick

Documentary short subject depicting the life of the American writer and poet John Greenleaf Whittier. The film is the first in the "Great American Authors" series from Kineto.

Dir: George Ridgwell

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Ten Commandments perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The Archbishop forces the king's mistress to enter a convent, and is murdered.

Dir: Charles Bryant

Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.

Dir: Heinz Goldberg

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of John Greenleaf Whittier perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Charles Calvert

In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.

Dir: J. Gordon Edwards

Biography portraying the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.