ChroniFilms

The Loves of Carmen

Passion, betrayal, and tragedy unfold in this lavish Technicolor adaptation of Prosper Mérimée’s classic tale. Rita Hayworth dazzles as Carmen, the fiery gypsy whose beauty and defiance capture the heart of a naïve soldier, played by Glenn Ford. As obsession turns to jealousy, their love spirals toward a doomed fate. The Loves of Carmen is a sweeping romantic drama filled with striking visuals, bold performances, and Hayworth at her most magnetic.

Operation Haylift

Eighteen snowstorms in 27 days hit the Rocky Mountain and upper Great Plains states in December 1948-January 1949. This epic tells the tale of how the US Air Force airdropped food and supplies to stranded travelers, residents and livestock.

Zulu

Michael Caine and Stanley Baker star in this gripping war epic based on the true story of the 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift. Outnumbered and outmatched, a small garrison of British soldiers must defend their remote outpost against thousands of Zulu warriors in a desperate fight for survival. With sweeping cinematography, tense battle sequences, and powerful performances, Zulu is a stirring depiction of courage, strategy, and endurance against impossible odds – an enduring classic of historical war cinema.

Seven Alone

A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.