Fred Clark
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English
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Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in "Sunset Boulevard." Winner of three Academy Awards®, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of the bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence -- a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
2) Auntie Mame
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English
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In 1928, a 10-year-old boy goes to live with his eccentric, sophisticated Auntie Mame--a lady who throws a party for any occasion or nonoccasion that comes to mind. He grows up and brings home his fiancée and her parents, and Mame finds them banal.
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English
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A poor young man is determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite. A factory girl has dark secret that threatens his professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, he is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever.
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English
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Three models concoct a scheme to marry rich men. The girls rent a Manhattan penthouse to lure wealthy bachelors, but things go awry when they actually end up falling in love. They soon discover the road to romance is filled with hilarious twists as their new suitors reveal surprises none of them saw coming.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"The get-up in New York's get-up-and-go comes from the switchboard operators of Susanswerphone. Need a wakeup call? Your appointments? Encouragement from 'Mom?" A racetrack bet? It all comes from that dutiful nerve center that keeps enterprising and, maybe, wedding bells ringing? Irrepressible switchboard girl Ella and a struggling playwright are in for a surprise when he learns "Mom's" identity"--Container.
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Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Laura Partridge, a small-time stockholder creates havoc at a a board meeting, falls in love with the former chief executive officer, and wrests control of the corporation from its selfish, corrupt board of directors.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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A secretary accepts an impulsive marriage proposal from an army private just before he is dispatched overseas to fight in World War II. When she receives news of his death, her suffering becomes unbearable-- until a miracle occurs.
10) Skidoo
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[distributed by] Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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"Tough Tony Banks, a retired gangster ... reluctantly comes out of retirement to silence his old friend and squealer. ... Tony's [San Francisco] suburban haven comes crashing down as his daughter ... takes up with a hippie ... and [Tony's] wife ... gives them permission to move into their house with their hippy friends. The all-star cast includes ... Groucho Marx in his final role as the mob boss named God"--Container.
12) Alias Nick Beal
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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Joseph Foster is an honest district attorney who wants to run for governor in order to clean up the criminal underworld. Blocked by corrupt political forces, Foster would practically have to make a deal with the devil to reach his goal. Enter Nick Beal, a diabolically handsome gent with a slick line of patter and a smooth, infallible method of getting things done. Foster agrees to a deal, and to bind the bargain, Beal sends out one of his most trusted...
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Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in U.F.O's and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Pardners: Martin and Lewis are sons of former ranch partners. Lewis, raised by his millionaire mother, follows visiting Martin back to the old West to learn how to be a cowboy. The ranch where Martin is foreman is in financial trouble, and with Lewis's unorthodox help, the good guys win out.
Hollywood or bust: Malcolm Smith is a movie buff who yearns to go out to Hollywood to meet Anita Ekberg. Steve Wiley is a gambler with some bad debts. They both...
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Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
On a small island in the South Pacific, the Navy's P.R. department is spending WWII without getting near a ship. Lt. Max Siegal is the Second in command to a clueless Commanding Officer who believes Sea Duty to be the worst punishment he can give one of his men. Siegal has to keep the foreign correspondents happy, his Commander out of trouble, and find a way for one of the enlisted sailors to date the lady Lieutenant of his dreams, while convincing...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The revenge of Frankenstein (1958): Baron Frankenstein is saved from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, and when they move to Carlsbruck he becomes known as the celebrated Dr. Stein and begins his gruesome experiments, this time transplanting Fritz's brain into his latest creation, a normal healthy body.
The curse of the mummy's tomb (1964): An American showman and financier disrupts the coffin of a mummified pharaoh and finds it empty. The...
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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
White heat: Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma,' Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"No sex, please, we're on our honeymoon! After a showgirl and an Air Force sergeant head to the altar on the basis of one torrid smooch, the bride begins having second thoughts. After all, marriage can't be based on sexual chemistry alone. So she decrees a month of connubial celibacy to test if the newlyweds are really meant for each other"--Container.
20) Mardi gras
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A VMI cadet in New Orleans is sent to ask a French starlet to come to VMI's graduation.