A boy and his deer

THE YEARLING

1946

Directed by Clarence Brown

Written by Paul Osborn and John Lee Mahin (based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)

Spoilers: moderate

Donenesque

ARABESQUE

1966

Directed by Stanley Donen

Written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone (based on the novel The Cipher by Gordon Cotler)

Spoilers: mild

You love a fight your style, but I wonder if you've got the stomach for it, gentleman-style

THE BIG COUNTRY

1958

Directed by William Wyler

Written by James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett, and Robert Wilder (based on the novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton)

Spoiler alert: dreams stay with you, like a lover's voice, 'cross the mountainside (okay, okay, moderate)

The great beauty

ROMAN HOLIDAY

1953

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Dalton Trumbo and John Dighton

Spoiler alert: moderate

G-d Week: In the spring of the year, when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA

1951

Directed by Henry King

Written by Philip Dunne

Spoiler alert: well, the next one we're doing is Solomon and Sheba, so...