Harry Kurnitz
2) The thin man
Language
English
Formats
Description
The thin man: "The start of it all! Nick and Nora Charles invite you to bring your own alibi to Dashiell Hammett's jaunty whodunit about a missing inventor that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing"--Container.
After the thin man: "New Year's Eve and a new mystery surrounding the philandering husband of Nora's cousin. Round up the usual suspects, including James Stewart in an early screen role."--Container.
Another...
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The bumbling, hilarious Inspector Clouseau is back on the case in this collectable collection boasting five classic comedies, a bonus DVD and the incomparable comic genius of Peter Sellers.
The Pink Panther (1964 ; 115 min.): "The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as 'The Phantom' before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as 'The...
Series
Complete Thin man collection volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They're just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick & Nora Charles. And now there's a new hood: parenthood."--Container.
Series
Studio classic volume 25
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A woman and a burglar hatch a scheme to swipe a forgery from an art museum to conceal her father's art forgeries.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The scene is post-war Berlin. Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) arrives in the city to stay with her brother and his German wife, Bettina. Reluctantly, Bettina takes Susanne into the Eastern Sector where they meet Ivo Kern (James Mason), a former lawyer who is being blackmailed into luring a man called Kastner to East Berlin, who is helping refugees to escape to the West. Sensing Susanne's attraction to the rogue ex-lawyer, Bettina confesses that she...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Great Pharaoh orders architect Vashtar to build him the highest pyramid in the world as his tomb. 15 years have passed and his treasury is dwindling, so he marries Princess Nellifer, but she is as ruthless as she is beautiful.
10) Goodbye Charlie
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Shot by a jealous husband and lost at sea, Charles finds himself returned to the world as a woman named Charlie."--Container.
Series
Publisher
Distrubuted by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Fast company: Who bumped of bibliophile Otto Brockler? Mystery turns a new page when bookdealers and amateur sleuths Joel and Garda Sloane (Melva Douglas, Florenc Rice) sift through clues and suspects.
Fast and loose: When a rare Shakespeare manuscript is stolen, the stage is set for murder.
Fast and furious: The Sloanes, rescuing a friend, are falsley accused of gunning down a shady beauty-pageant promoter.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau's attempt to prove the innocence of a voluptuous French maid, the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, leads him to a nudist colony and the Parisian mansion of a French millionaire.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married lover is accused of the crime. The lawyer defending him is in ill health and his only hope for acquittal is the testimony of the accused's wife, proving his alibi. However, she has some secrets of her own to reveal.
Publisher
Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A young window dresser's problems begin when he kisses a statue of Venus, which comes to life. This Venus turns out to be the genuine article on an earthly assignment. Her presence causes everyone around her to fall in love, except for the window dresser, who is terrified of her advances toward him. The young man suddenly becomes the object of a furious employer and a jealous fiancée.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Robert Kittredge is a foreign news correspondent known for inexplicably scooping the big stories. But when he misses the beat on Germany invading Russia, he heads home to his fellow reporter and fiancée Christina Hill in Washington, D.C., in hopes of saving his relationship, career and reputation. While there, he stumbles on a tip that the Axis powers are set to destroy the capital. As Kittredge digs deeper into the story, he finds himself a target,...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Manhattan melodrama: The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Evelyn Prentice: John Prentice is a successful Manhattan defense attorney. When his wife Evelyn ends an affair, her ex-lover blackmails her and he is murdered. Another woman is accused of the crime and Evelyn begs John to defend her.
Double wedding: A bohemian painter butts heads with his girlfriend's...
Series
Doris Day collection volume 2
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so talent agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her....