Spring Byington
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, 1959.
Language
English
Description
When one of New York's top drama critics pans a good friend's show and its leading lady's performance, war is declared by both. The reviewer, his wife, four bratty kids, and their English sheepdog move to the country, but it does not solve the reviewer's problems.
Series
Criterion collection volume 291
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve presents himself to the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts that Henry's sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha notwithstanding"--Container.
4) Jezebel
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the old South, Julie Marsden is a Southern belle with a knack for manipulating the men in her life. Although she is to be wed to Pres Dillard, the engagement is called off due to her insensitivity and unusual behavior. When Dillard returns married, Julie's ruthless jealously explodes.
5) Dragonwyck
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Gothic tale of a country girl who falls in love with and marries an eccentric, mean-spirited man.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John P. Merrick, the world's richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store he owns. To thwart this blatant act of democracy, Merrick changes his name and takes a menial job at the store to catch the union activists without detection. Once he himself is subjected to the humiliating treatment by the department supervisor, Hooper, Merrick starts to wise up-and soften up.
Series
Shirley Temple volume 13
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A woodcutter's two children are led by a fairy through the past, present, and even the future to find the Bluebird of Happiness.
Publisher
Allied Artists Classics
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A genial homeless unemployed baseball pitcher is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will, and John Doe clubs are formed. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero, but he is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of the clubs to bludgeon his...
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
On Moonlight Bay (1951, 95 min.): Tomboy Marjorie and college man Bill are lovebirds who hear wedding bells ahead but WWI rages "over there". Will harmony find this Hoosier home?
By the light of the silvery moon (1953, 100 min.): The young lovers return in a moonlit sequel to On Moonlight Bay in this remembrance of WWI-era Americana.
11) Meet John Doe
Series
Language
English
Description
"John Doe," a genial and aimless tramp, is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero; John Doe clubs are formed and a spontaneous movement begins. John Doe is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of...
13) Roxie Hart
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Roxie agrees to be accused of murder so the publicity will advance her dancing career. Whether she actually committed the crime is irrelevant to the reporters, who fall all over themselves to give Roxie her 15 minutes of fame.
15) Little women
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This tale centers on the March household: mother "Marmee" and her four daughters; Meg, Amy, Beth and Jo, and chronicles this New England family's joys and tribulations during the Civil War. The girls are committed to "showing father proud, " father being a minister gone off to meet the spiritual needs of Yankee soldiers at war. Buoyed by their mother, the girls learn the meaning of giving and sacrifice with a jollity that may be off-putting to jaded...
17) The big wheel
Publisher
Autoworld Productions
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Billy Coy wants to follow in his father's footsteps as a race car driver.
18) Ah, wilderness!
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The story of a boy breaking through the shackles of adolescence in 1906.
20) Lucky partners
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A bookshop errand girl casts her lot with a hardluck Greenwich Village artist and both come up winners in a sweepstakes contest. The pair dash off to Niagara Falls to celebrate, but love, and her beau back home get in the way of their platonic plans.