I. A. L Diamond
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. En route, one falls for the band's lovelorn singer, who thinks she loves an aged playboy. Their cover is blown by his love interest and by a mob boss, who refuses to fall for their hoax.
Language
English
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Description
How far will a man go to climb the corporate ladder? C.C. 'Bud' Baxter, a lowly insurance clerk, has a trump card: his apartment. He "loans" it out to married company executives for secret trysts. In return, he's well looked after, although he does grapple with his conscience. One day he asks out one of the elevator girls, Miss Kubelik, but she stands him up because of a crisis in her relationship with the big boss, Mr. Sheldrake. On Christmas Eve,...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Directed by Billy Wilder. On the National Film Registry.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Frank Flannegan, an American playboy infamous for his scandalous affairs is smitten by Arlane, the beautiful, innocent daughter of the worldly detective, hired by a man who believes that Frank is carrying on with his wife. Frank turns out to be no match for Arlane and they stumble through one of the funniest seductions.
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Language
English
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Description
Berlin, after the Second World War: C.R. MacNamara presides over the German branch of Coca-Cola, dreaming of being promoted to London, by capturing the untapped Russian market. His plans for advancement run into a snag, when he is asked to watch over the boss' ditsy, impulsive 17 year-old daughter Scarlett on her European vacation. Unsurprisingly, she almost immediately gets into trouble of the worst kind by slipping across the border to East Germany,...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a beautiful woman claims that her dear husband has disappeared, the investigation takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Scotland, where they uncover a plot involving a clandestine society, Her Majesty's Secret Service, and the Loch Ness Monster! But before he can deduce matters to the elementary, Holmes makes an error that may jeopardize the national safety of Britain and ruin his reputation.
10) Avanti
Series
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"American businessman Wendell Armbruster is summoned to Italy after a car accident claims the lives of his father and his father's secret mistress. And when the mistress' daughter also arrives, and the bodies of both their parents disappear, the two instant foes are brought together in a baffling mystery and an affair of the heart"--Container.
13) Avanti
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A man travels to Italy to claim his dead father's body, and discovers he has been conducting an affair there for years. Things get complicated when he falls for the woman's daughter.
14) Kiss me, stupid
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Two would-be songwriters hijack Dino as he passes through their town. Their attempts to charm him into listening to their songs encounter a problem when one man's wife is the head of Martin's fan club. A substitute is hired to claim his attentions. Things do not exactly work out as planned.
15) Cactus flower
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Julian Winston, an easy-going bachelor dentist whose delicately balanced scheme crumbles under some unexpected circumstances. Winston strings along his dizzy blonde mistress, Toni by telling her that he has a wife and children. He learns that Toni has tried to commit suicide over him, so he promises to marry her. Toni, refusing to be a home-wrecker, insists on first meeting Winston's wife. He convinces his nurse Stephanie to pose as his wife.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Splendor in the grass: Two 1920s Kansas teenagers find their intense sexual feelings for each other are putting them at odds with their families and the regid respectability of the town they live in.
Love in the afternoon: A middle-aged playboy, Frank Flannagan, who is smitten by Ariane, the daughter of a detective hired by a man who believes Frank is having an affair with his wife.
18) Fedora
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A film producer travels to the Greek isles to coax a Garbo-like screen idol out of seclusion. But the deeper he infiltrates the remote villa, evading an overprotective countess and a mysterious plastic surgeon, the closer he comes to discovering the terrible secret behind the actress's timeless beauty.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Miriam and her chronic-gambler husband, Hugh are at the end of their marriage. Barbara, the daughter of the couple, hopes to bring her parents back together again, a prospect made more difficult when Miriam's old flame, Victor, now a millionaire, arrives in town. Hugh tries to win back his soon-to-be ex-wife, but to no avail. Ultimately, Miriam must choose between the financially solvent Victor and the impishly irresponisible Hugh.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Seven-year-old Phillippa 'Flip' Gayley wants a family ...her own. So she plots to get her divorced parents, who love her, and secretly each other, back to the altar. Will she succeed? Other complications include a curvaceous model with her eye on Mr. Gayley and a strapping Marine who thinks Mrs. Gayley is his secret pen pal. Never underestimate the power of a precocious seven-year-old!"--Container.