Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
The real D'Artagnan is Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, a French man born between 1610-1620.
The character of Dracula is based on a Romanian price named Vlad Dracul, meaning Son of the Dragon, or Devil.
Anna Snitkina helps Dostoevsky complete his work and begins a relationship with him.
After Somalia, US soldiers receive better training. See photos and stories about the soldiers who fought and died in Somalia.
Beatrix has a Belgian buck rabbit, Peter Piper, upon which she bases the fictional Peter Rabbit.
Jailed for shooting their lovers, Beulah Annan (Roxie Hart) and Belva Guertner (Velma Kelly) pose for press photos.
For Morris the reality of pro baseball is very hard with little playing time and little pay.
When the movie is made in the US, it causes friction with the British because it was a British, not an American, crew that retrieved the Enigma machin...
Belva Guertner is acquitted a month after Beulah.
E.B. White's real-life saltwater farm in Maine is the basis of the Zuckerman Farm in "Charlotte's Web."
After over six years of deadly battles, Americans finally cause a turning point in the war.
Discover the story and politics behind the replacement flag raising on Iwo Jima and the famous photograph taken on Mt. Suribachi.
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