Peter Lawford
Language
English
Description
If you can't join 'em, beat 'em. When his longtime dance partner abandons him for the Ziegfeld Follies, Don Hewes decides to show who's who what's what by choosing any girl out of a chorus line and transforming her into a star. So he makes his choice and takes his chances.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Royal wedding: A musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance.
Pied Piper of Hamelin: The famous children's fairy tale is retold with warmth and understanding as the mysterious ratcatcher comes to the town of Hamelin and promises to rid the town of its unwelcome guests for a price.
Wild guitar: Bud Eagle leaves rural South Dakota on his motor scooter...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Dorian Gray is an innocent young man who has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after he falls under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian soon jilts his fiancee, which leads to her suicide. This is the start of a life of increasing debauchery. Dorian realizes that the outward signs of this are apparent only in the portrait. Eventually the picture, secreted in his childhood playroom, becomes almost hideous to behold. But Dorian...
7) Dead ringer
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Bette Davis plays estranged identical twins. Unmarried Edith has no money, no fudture. Widow Margaret has fabulous wealth -- all because of marriage to the man she stole from Edith years ago. Out of long-festering revenge, Edith kills Margaret and takes her place. But new friends and surroundings, a snoopy cop who was Edith's beau and the arrival of Margaret's secret lover may expose her masquerade"--Container.
8) Little women
Language
English
Description
The story of the March family of four daughters and a strong mother who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own: spirited Jo who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg; fragile Beth; and the romantic Amy. Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery as their mother's pride...
11) Exodus
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film...
12) Sergeants 3
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"When three unruly cavalry officers are sent to investigate an abandoned outpost, they come under attack from a tribe of Native Americans bent on keeping the white man from expanding farther into the frontier. Discovering the tribe's chief has big plans for the men in their regiment, the longtime friends must work together to escape and save the cavalry from riding to certain death"--Container.
13) Cluny Brown
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in England on the cusp of World War II, the final film by Ernst Lubitsch is a zany comedy of manners that sends up British class hierarchy with his famously light touch.
14) Son of Lassie
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Lassie's son Laddie sneaks onto his master's plane during WWII. When the plane gets shot down, the man parachutes out with Laddie in his arms. A sequel to 'Lassie Come Home.'
15) Advise & consent
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A Senate sub-committee meets to confirm the President's controversial nominee for Secretary of State.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Doris continues working as a reporter with editor, Cy Bennett, and secretary, Jackie Parker, for the "Today's World" magazine. Doris finds her love life heating up with boyfriend, Dr. Peter Lawrence and political candidate, Jonathan Rusk. Meanwhile, home life is never dull!
Publisher
St. Clair Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jamaica Inn: Mary is an Irish orphan girl sent to stay with her aunt and uncle, proprietors of the notorious Jamaica Inn. Mary soon discovers that the inn has a terrible secret, and the strange abode is about the claim its next victim.
Kangaroo: An Irish immigrant to Australia and his daughter settle in the Outback where they seek their fortune. But thievery and deception abound in the cattle-rich countryside.
The deadly companions: A dancehall...
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Suddenly: "The small quiet town of Suddenly is in an uproar preparing for the President's schduled arrival. Thinking they are ready for any surprises, John Baron manages to take over Ellen Benson's house for his cunning ambush. Now it is up to the sheriff and his gang to outwit the outlaws and save the day."--Container.
At war with the army: Two soldiers at an army base create havoc.
Royal wedding: "Brother-sister dance team, Ellen and Tom, go to...
19) Good news
Language
English
Description
A school librarian falls for a star football player in this lighthearted musical set in the gone-but-not-forgotten college days of the 20's.
20) Julia misbehaves
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Dancehall girl Julia Packett has not seen her daughter since shortly after her birth, forced to separate from the upper class husband by the snobby clan he calls family. Depending on her beauty, wiles and the kindness of a variety of gentlemen, she is startled to receive a wedding invitation in the post. An invite from the same daughter, Susan, she has not seen in 20 years.