Edith Evans
1) Tom Jones
Series
Language
English
Description
Lusty tale set in 18th century England. Tom Jones is an orphan raised by the village squire who grows up to be a handsome young man with a way with women. He loves the daughter of a neighboring landowner, and falls into many adventures in pursuit of her, including duels, bedroom romps and prison!
Series
Criterion collection volume 158
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It is 1806, and imperial St. Petersburg is in the grip of gambling fever. Each night Herman Suvorin, a poor Captain of Engineers, witnesses huge fortunes lost and won, though he dare not risk the money he has tirelessly earned and saved over these many years. But when he hears the wealthy and of course, beautiful, Countess Ranevskaya, who by selling her soul many years before obtained the secret of winning at cards, has come to town, he determines...
6) Fitzwilly
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Miss Vicki's rich father dies, her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.
7) Scrooge
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The classic Charles Dickens tale of the cold hearted miser who is reformed by the Ghosts of Christmas.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Nun's Story is an unforgettable revelation of the seldom-seen world behind convent walls. This landmark motion picture classic stars a radiant Audrey Hepburn who portrays a nun whose life journey takes her from the staff of a mental asylum to a much-desired position as a surgical nurse in the Belgian Congo. But when she returns to her native Belgium as World War II breaks out, she is torn between the needs of the Resistance and the church's neutrality....
10) Tom Jones
Series
Criterion collection volume 910
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows the bawdy activities of Tom Jones, a foundling of mysterious origin, adopted by a squire in eighteenth-century England.
11) Scrooge
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The spirit of Christmas becomes a musical celebration of life in this rousing adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved family classic. Special features includes a promo, and trailer.
12) The whisperers
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Ross is an eccentric elderly woman living alone in a meager apartment and hearing 'whisperers' that plot against her. The whispering voices are right, but will anyone believe her?
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Life is a Sunday in the park for Aurelia, a dotty Parisian countess who looks as if she stepped out of a Georges Seurat painting. But sooner or later, Aurelia had to find out about the so-called sane world and its student unrest, the bomb, even its greedy scheme to transform the City of Light into a forest of oil derricks. If this is sanity, she'll do anything to stop it! This spirited and timelier than ever satire based on Jean Giradoux's famed play...
14) Tom Jones
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Abandoned at birth and raised by a wealthy squire, Tom Jones romps through English society, leading a lusty life of brawling and bed-hopping.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bells Of St Mary's : Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned.
White Christmas : Two song-and-dance men team up in show business after the war. Joining forces with a sister act, they trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The real adventure starts...
16) The whisperers
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. When she discovers stolen money hidden by her son, she believes her fantasy has come true." -- Wikipedia.