Movie Review: ***Brigham Young

This is an entertaining story, but not very well historical.  This movie is a Hollywood production, not a Church production.  Even with the inaccuracies, it does tell a very good story of faith and perseverance in the West.  However it wasn't easy, and then shows through more than anything.  Vincent Price portrays Joseph Smith, Dean Jagger, Brigham Young, John Carradine, Porter Rockwell.  A fictional family, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb are played by Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell.  An interesting tidbit is that Dean Jagger converted to Mormonism after the movie.  The movie sometimes focuses too much polygamy, but the story is well done.

Movie Review: ***^House on Haunted Hill (1959)

This is you classic haunted house movie.  A millionaire and his wife invite five guests to a haunted house party.  If they last the night the host will pay them $10,000 each.  This is a house were there have been seven murders.  They are locked into the home, and expected to stay the night.  There is murder afloat, along with grotesque heads about, ghosts, falling chandeliers, acid, hangings, screams, skeletons, betrayal and double betrayal.  This movie is black and white.