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Under the greenwood tree

If you like period films you must have seen most if not all of these titles. I am fond of such films but this list consists of what I haven't watched; except nos. 4 and 12:

1. Love on the Land  post civil war America
2. Versailles: The Dream of a King  Versailles, Europe's most splendid palace
3. Bleak House  mid 19th century England about British judiciary system
4. Under the Green Wood Tree  rural town life in the mid 19th century England
5. The Buccaneers  four American girls in London searching for husbands
6. Upstairs, Downstairs  servants and masters in Edwardian London
7. Angel  Edwardian Cheshire about an eccentric British writer
8. A Month in the Country  1920s rural Yorkshire
9. Circle of Friends  1950s Ireland
10.True Women saga of love, war and adventure; Texas Revolution thru the Civil War
11. Sally Hemings: An American Scandal  Thomas Jefferson and his slave mistress
12. From time to time  ghost story spanning two worlds two centuries apart
13. Glorious 39  set around a British family on the eve of WW II

 This post is linked with Thursday Thirteen
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Unknown said…
Enjoy your films.I don't think I've seen any of these. Happy T13!
28 April 2011 at 19:09
I am Harriet said…
Sally Hemings is an interesting story.

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28 April 2011 at 20:03
Heather said…
The only one I've seen (multiple times) is Circle of Friends. Absolutely love it! Would be interested in seeing the one on Versailles.
29 April 2011 at 00:20
Nessa said…
I've seen 6, 9 and 12. Never heard of any of the others except Bleak House but that's because of the book.
29 April 2011 at 18:42
Hazel said…
same reason i got for being acquainted with Bleak House - the book.
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