996K views · 10K reactions | 20th Century Fox spent more than $6 million building outdoor sets for the Roman Forum and Alexandria Palace for the 1963 epic, CLEOPATRA, which were actually larger than their historical antecedents. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook

Written and directed by Satyajit Ray, THE BIG CITY ('63) follows a woman who upsets her traditionalist family by working as a saleswoman. This was Ray's first film set entirely in his native Calcutta and reflects the modern realities of women in the urban middle-class. The film also debuts Jaya Bachchan, who not only became one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses, but also later became a politician and a member of Parliament. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM