Howard Da Silva
2) 1776
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
1776 is a delightful musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around the familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from Mother England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Painfully shy Lisa can communicate only through rhyme, and David cannot bear being touched. They meet in a mental institution and are strongly attracted to each other. They develop a deep bond that changes both of their lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Views Lincoln's life, from his early days as a young woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and his debates with Stephen Douglas.
9) Unconquered
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Peace-loving Chris Holden [is] a militiaman who buys and then frees beautiful indentured servant Abby Hale. When a supplier of illegal firearms covets Abby for himself, he sparks a vicious battle between an Indian tribe and a few brave colonists.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Glass key: "Ed Beaumont ... is the loyal right-hand man of Paul Madvig ... , a slightly corrupt politician who is accused of murder"--Container.
Phantom lady: "Carol Richman ... attempts to clear her boss ... of a murder he did not commit"--Container.
Blue dahlia: "A WWII veteran ... is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 880
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America s outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life...
13) The Blue Dahlia
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A World War II veteran is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger.
14) The lost weekend
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism, [it] was almost never released because of the poor reaction by preview audiences unaccustomed to such stark realism from Hollywood. It has since gone on to be regarded as one of the all-time great dramas in movie history, featuring Milland's haunting portrayal of a would-be writer's dissatisfaction with life that leads to a self-destructive three-day binge"--Container.
15) 1776
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch her subjects' freedom-loving spirit! It's up to John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to convince a stubborn congress of British colonists to unite as American patriots turn the inevitable war with England into a Declaration of Independence!
16) Garbo talks
Publisher
Metro-Goldway-Mayer
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"A dying mother's last wish to meet Greta Garbo costs her son his job, his marriage and his dignity.
Series
Film noir classic collection double feature volume Vol. 4
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
They live by night: Three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Kitty. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid"...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Like the rest of the world's landlubbers, Charles Stewart knew nothing of a sailer's life at sea. And, as the son of a very rich ship owner, he never should have. But, after being shanghaied into participating in sailing on one of his father's ships, the S.S. Pilgrim, he would soon discover for himself the ocean of brutality that was a sailor's lot in life during the 1840s. Sickened and ultimately swayed by a sea of daily floggings, beatings, and...
19) Border incident
Series
Film noir classic collection volume 3
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Mexico-California border is the power-keg setting for a tale of government agents versus greed and murder.