Actress Jean Seberg (1938)

The Mouse That Roared (1959), a British satirical comedy film, follows the story of the tiny European Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Facing bankruptcy due to competition from an American company, their sole export of Pinot Grand Fenwick wine is no longer profitable. Desperate for a solution, the clever Prime Minister Count Mountjoy hatches a plan: declare war on the United States and then surrender in order to receive aid and rebuild their economy. Though hesitant at first, Duchess Gloriana agrees to the scheme. The mild-mannered game warden Tully Bascomb is chosen as Field Marshal and is assisted by Sergeant Will Buckley on this bold mission. All of this is based on

The film Bonjour Tristesse (1958) is a Technicolor movie in CinemaScope, directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Cécile, a wealthy and unconventional young woman, shares a close bond with her playboy father Raymond. However, she finds herself uninterested in potential suitors and their activities. As she dances to the titular song, she reflects on the events of the previous summer on the French Riviera, wondering if she will ever be happy again. The story then unfolds through flashbacks as Cécile and Raymond holiday on the Riviera with his current mistress Elsa, a shallow and superficial woman. During their vacation, ...

Saint Joan (1957) is a historical drama film based on the 1923 play by George Bernard Shaw, centered around the life of Joan of Arc. In the year 1456, King Charles VII has recurring visions of Joan, his former army commander who was burned at the stake for heresy twenty-five years prior. In these dreams, he informs Joan that her case has been reviewed and her conviction overturned. Charles reminisces about how she first came into his life as a simple peasant girl at the age of seventeen and how she received divine messages from Saints Catherine and Margaret, foretelling her role in leading the French army against ...