Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
Somewhere in the internet worlds I remember someone whose tag line was something like:

"Those who do not study history are forced to learn it from Hollywood."

I've quoted that before...when you get those movies like "The Far Horizon" (Lewis and Clark portrayed by Chuck Heston and Fred MacMurray...well, gee, Chip...and Sacajawea played by Donna Reed if I remember correctly) and "The Babe Ruth Story" with William Bendix they serve as a placeholder until you can get the real story...but boy, they do help to spread misinformation.
I really like the History Channel's "Real to Reel". They take the Hollywood film version of an event and compare and contrast it to history. It's always amazing how far they deviate from history, and sometimes equally surprising when they get it right.