5 Films & TV Shows Set In Maryland During The 19th Century

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  Harriet

  New York Maryland Pennsylvania South Carolina Ontario The 1840s The 1850s The 1860s

  Be free or die — The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

  Released in 2019 • 125 minutes
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  Gods and Generals

  Virginia Maryland The 1860s

  The nations heart was touched by... — The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point when Jackson is killed accidentally by his own soldiers in May 1863 during his greatest victory.

  Released in 2003 • 214 minutes
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  Big Jack

  Maryland The 1800s

  BEERY and MAIN are partners in crime!...in comedy! — Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

  Released in 1949 • 85 minutes
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  Hearts Divided

  Maryland The 1800s

  IT'S GAY! GRAND! GLORIOUS! — Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.

  Released in 1936 • 76 minutes
• Glorious Betsy

  Maryland The 1800s

  THE GLAMOUROUS ROMANCE OF THE BELLE OF BALTIMORE AND NAPOLEON'S BROTHER — Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Singer and the second Tenderloin - to include talking sequences, along with the by now usual Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., but the sound disks are lost.

  Released in 1928 • 80 minutes