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Santa Fe Trail (film)

Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 American western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan and Alan Hale. Written by Robert Buckner, the film is about the abolitionist John Brown and his campaign against slavery prior to the American Civil

Dementia 13

Dementia 13 (known in the United Kingdom as The Haunted and the Hunted) is a 1963 independently made black-and-white horror-thriller film, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Roger Corman. It was Francis Coppola's feature film directorial debut.The film stars William Campbel

Software developers at alugha in an interview

In this interview the five software developers of alugha introduce themselves: Niklas, Ithamar, Steffen, Christian und Guillaume. We have great people in our team, with fantastic ideas and other very creative people, visualizing these ideas. But in the end they are exactly what they are: ideas and m

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Tomb of Ligeia is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price and Elizabeth Shepherd, it tells of a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage. The screenplay by Robert Towne was based upon the short story "Ligeia" by American

The Skin Game

The Skin Game is a 1931 British drama film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1920 play by John Galsworthy and produced by British International Pictures. The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them. Edmund Gwe

Lost Horizon (1937 film)

Lost Horizon is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton. The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000 and took five years to earn back its cost. The serious finan

The history of colonialism

The history of European colonialism began about 500 years ago. At that time, powerful people from Europe sent sailors all over the world to occupy large territories. They called these territories "colonies". Author: ZDF/Pur+/gomie production GmbH/Nadja Stein/Richard Bade/Manos Dosis/Maximilian Tr

The effects of medicinal plants

Whether fennel, silverweed, or horehound, the medicinal effect of many plants has been proven. Author: ZDF/Terra X/ Story House Productions/ Jochen Ruderer, Jens Afflerbach/ Jürgen Rehberg, Arsenij Gusev/ Franziska Menz, Ronald Rist/ Fritz Göran Vöpel, Martin Wolkinger, Stefan Matlik Tranlation a

Birth chairs as obstetrical devices

Birth chairs were used in childbirth until the 18th century. It wasn't until aspiring doctors, at that time only men, also learned obstetrics that the birth chair was replaced by the bed. Author: ZDF/Terra X/ Story House Productions/ Jochen Ruderer Jens Afflerbach/ Jürgen Rehberg, Arsenij Gusev/ F

Dripstones as indicators of climate change

Dripstones reveal a lot about climate changes in the course of the earth's history. Scientists can tell from the fine stone structures how often and how much it has rained in the past millennia. Author: ZDF/Terra X/ Story House Productions/ Sigrun Laste/ Jürgen Rehberg, André Götzmann/ Ronald Rist/