Louise Beavers
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Cary Grant plays a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape his current living situation. He decides to design his own dream house in the suburbs and the project turns wrong when the bills never end and the problems never stop.
Language
English
Description
"Made for each other, young lawyer [James Stewart] meets and marries girl [Carole Lombard] after knowing her one day. ... Lawyer thinks everything will be fine as he moves up the ladder of the law firm. He doesn't and things get tough. A baby makes things even tougher."--Container.
"Pot o' gold, Jimmy [James Stewart], the owner of an out-of-business music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he supports...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the 1890s, West plays a brash barroom entertainer with a soft spot for men in trouble, especially the mission director, young Cary Grant. She unknowingly gets caught up in a murder, as well as a white slavery ring, and sets about clearing things up as only Mae can. In between rescues she manages to perform some of her heated, hip-swinging classics including a steamy belting of 'Frankie and Johnnie."
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
1934 version: "A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way"--IMDb.com.
1959 version: "An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white"--IMDb.com.
8) Holiday Inn
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance in one of the most timeless holiday classics of all time. Featuring the Academy Award-winning song, "White Christmas", Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Astaire plays his former partner and rival in love. Follow the two talented pals as they find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady.
Series
Criterion collection volume 505
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After losing their house to foreclosure, an elderly couple is separated when none of their five children will take them in together.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
12) Jackie & Joe
Publisher
Triton Multimedia
Pub. Date
[1999].
Language
English
Description
Biographical pictures, one about Jackie Robinson's life and role in baseball, and the other about Joe Louis and his boxing career.
13) My blue heaven
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A popular husband-and-wife entertainer team, making their move from radio to television, believe their lives will be complete when they can start a family. When they decide to adopt, they face problems and disappointments and are ultimately rewarded with an overabundance of babies.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The emotionally charged story about two widows -- one white, one black -- and their daughters. In the 1934 version, the women start a pancake business, in the 1959 version, one is an actress, the other out of work. In both versions, trouble begins when one daughter falls for her mother's beau and the other decides to pass as white.
16) Banjo
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When young Pat Warren's (Sharyn Moffett) father dies, she moves from their farm in Georgia to live with her aunt, Elizabeth Ames (Jacqueline White), in Boston. But Elizabeth doesn't like animals and Banjo is no exception, the dog must stay outside. Then, although it breaks Pat's young heart, Elizabeth sends Banjo back to Georgia, but Pat follows her beloved dog, south...and into danger. A deeply moving family film..." --Container.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Hoosiers: A basketball coach with a checkered past becomes the new coach of the underdog high school basketball team in a 1951 sleepy Indiana farm town, using methods that infuriate the townspeople.
Jackie Robinson story: A biographical picture about Jackie Robinson's life and role in baseball.
Pride of the Yankees: Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to...