10 examples of theocracy in movies and TV illustrate the many forms of the inescapably authoritarian communion between religion and government.
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Dean Jones Actor Dead: From Disney Movies The Love Bug and That Darn Cat to Christian Film Born Again and radical Evangelical proselytizing.
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Robert Mitchum Movies: The Yakuza surprising casting and effectively cast against type in David Lean’s troubled Ryan’s Daughter with Sarah Miles.
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Simone Simon: La Bête Humaine (1938) Deadly Sex Kitten in 1 of Jean Renoir’s most known films. Off screen, she romanced real-life James Bond.
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Pope movies: Anthony Quinn in The Shoes of the Fisherman. Pope Francis movie in the works? Friend of the Poor: The Pope Francis Story is the working title of a…
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Michael Winner: Death Wish director. ‘Death Wish’ director Michael Winner has died Michael Winner, best remembered for directing the Charles Bronson action hit Death Wish, died earlier today at his…
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Robert Ryan in Robert Wise’s The Set-Up. Robert Ryan, one of the most effective Hollywood actors of the studio era – or any other era – will have his Turner…
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Jean Simmons. Jean Simmons, the beautiful actress who was nominated for Oscars for her work in Hamlet (1948) and The Happy Ending (1969), died on Jan. 22 at her home…
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Angela Lansbury has her “Summer Under the Stars” day on Sunday, Aug. 23. Thanks to the popular TV series Murder She Wrote, Angela Lansbury became a bigger star in the…
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Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom in The Student Prince Edmund Purdom, best known for his roles in two 1954 productions, the musical The Student Prince and the period epic The Egyptian,…
Henry V Movie (1944) Actress Renée Asherson: Laurence Olivier’s Leading Lady was London stage star married to Oscar winner Robert Donat.
Robert Taylor is April 2010’s Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies. The Robert Taylor Tuesday evening has already begun: Camille (1937), in which he co-stars with Greta Garbo,…