Historical epics were an important part of the rise and fall of Hollywood's Golden Age, and the best examples of the genre have stood the test of time. Bringing the past to life on the big screen is no easy feat, and the Hollywood historical epic uses the grandeur of cinema to offer a larger-than-life vision of days gone by.

Made with massive budgets, historical epics typically employ rich costuming and set design, and they represent cinematic spectacle at its finest. Even if they aren't accurate to the true stories they adapt , epics have a way of drawing in audiences because they promise the best of what movies have to offer.

It was successful historical epics that started Hollywood's Golden Age (1920s-1960s), and it was failed epics that caused its demise. Historical epics walk a ra

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