Ann Dvorak
2) Scarface
Series
Criterion collection volume 1239
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister...
3) Scarface
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most influential movies of all time, the original Scarface is an exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era [about] Tony Camonte, an ambitious criminal with a ruthless drive to be the city's top crime boss. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
Series
Publisher
distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"In the Philippine jungles, club singer Claire hastily marries a GI, only to see him cut down by attacking Japanese troops. Rescued by underground US guerillas, she's inspired to get revenge in a most unusual manner, by opening up a ritzy Manila nightclub. The joint's high-ranking enemy patrons know Claire as Madame Tsubaki, while the Yanks code-name her "High Pockets" for stashing enemy intelligence in her décolletage. After smuggling valuable Axis...
6) Abilene town
Publisher
Miracle Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Dan Mitchell, the town marshall, is determined to maintain law and order between homesteaders and cattlemen following the Civil War.
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A scientist carrying the secret to a new high-powered explosive must be safely escorted to Washington and ace pilot Bob "Three Star" Halsey is the best man for the job. Moments before takeoff, crooks take control of the flight and steal the formula. The plane goes down in flames and the thieves escape by parachute. Bob's sweetheart Judy races to the crash site, only to be kidnapped by the villains. Halsey risks everything to save her.
Publisher
Mr. Fat-W Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Earthleigh's troubles begin when he is followed home by Olive Jensen. Between fainting spells and drinking binges, Olive gets Arthur into one predicament after another that soon involves the entire apartment building and a blackmail scheme.
Series
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...
11) Out of the blue
Publisher
Classic Flix
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Earthleigh's troubles begin when he is followed home by Olive Jeanon. Between fainting spells and drinking binges, Olive gets Arthur into one predicament after another that soon involves the entire apartment building and a blackmail scheme.
Publisher
Movie Classics
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Language
English
Description
Trapped: a counterfeiter is on the run from the Treasury Department. They're hot on his trail using every trick in the book and the G-men won't give up until he's locked up behind bars with the counterfeit plates destroyed. Abilene town: Randolph Scott, the town marshall, is determined to maintain law and order between homesteaders and cattlemen following the Civil War.
14) Housewife
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This turgid melodrama finds modern bachelor girl Patricia Berkeley dueling it out with modern housewife Nan Reynolds for the affections and ministrations of Nan's husband, William. Ambitious office manager William finally succeeds in setting up shop for himself in the advertising biz thanks to help from copywriter Pat and ideas from housewife Nan. When his late nights working at the office with Pat turn into something else, Nan must decide if William...
15) The long night
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Joe Adams, a factory worker trapped inside his third-floor apartment after gunning down a mysterious gentleman, reconstructs the events leading up to the shooting through an intricate series of flashbacks.
16) The crowd roars
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Cagney plays famous motor-racing champion Joe Greer. Greer returns to his home to compete in a local race, but loses his nerve when another driver is killed. Meanwhile his younger brother races to the height of fame. Vintage race excitement from start to finish.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Big city blues: A free-wheeling chorus girl hooks up with the ultimate hick.
Hell's highway: A cool convict works the road crew for a corrupt warden.
The cabin in the cotton: Sharecroppers are taken advantage of by the planter who keeps them as virtual slaves.
When ladies meet: A female novelist whose latest work extols the virtues of extramarital amour has a fling with her married publisher.
I sell anything: A Second Avenue auctioneer gets played...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The divorcée: When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond in kind.
A free soul: An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with his client.
Three on a match: Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a...