The Robe News

Though it was released in 1953 by 20th Century Fox, the Robe is a Biblical epic film which is immediately familiar to most Americans because it is typically shown on Easter weekend during prime hours, a tradition which first started in 1967, when ABC aired it with only one commercial break, a previously unheard of luxury not even afforded to the ... (more)

A week or so ago your paper reported that the committee which selects outstanding Louisvillians for building-size posters had run out of ideas for future larger-than-life photographic rendition.

Here's a preview of some of the classic films showing on Fox Movie Channel this month! Regular viewers know that Fox typically shows films multiple times over several weeks, and over the last couple of months the schedule has struck me as particularly repetitive, continuing to recycle previously shown titles without introducing many new films to ...

Judge Clark Douglas walks like an Egyptian. Y'know, on two legs. To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality! "These things happened thirteen centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ." - An end title card, perhaps designed to make us marvel at the main character's distinctly Christian-ish religious ...