Anatole Litvak
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Young, rich, bedridden Barbara Stanwyck dials a telephone number one night and overhears two men plotting the murder of an unidentified woman. She becomes frantic. Her terror is intensified by mysterious calls from an old college rival and a friend of her father. With time running out, Stanwyck pieces evidence together that leads her to suspect that it is her husband who wants her murdered.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The murder of a prostitute, who is also a German agent, draws the attention of Major Grau of German Intelligence, who discovers that the evidence points to three top-ranking Nazi generals. After following leads, Grau winds up in Paris and discovers that two of the generals are deeply involved in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Grau's case will go unfinished for twenty years until the true killer is brought to justice.
Series
Publisher
Madacy
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Bonus DVD: Commemorative D-Day documentary. War comes to America: Begins with a review of the history of the U.S. and description of the characteristics and beliefs of the American people. Examines the events from 1931 to 1941 that caused the United States to enter World War II. Normandy Invasion: The Coast Guard and Navy prepare for the invasion of France. D-Day minus one: A record of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 1O1st Airborne Divisions...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Working-class dreamers Jonah and Olaf fish the Brooklyn waters and ponder their glorious plan: buy a big boat and head for sunny Cuba. Then an amoral gangster puts the squeeze on the few bucks they've saved and puts the moves on Jonah's daughter, a restless good girl who'd just as soon be bad. And the two friends, the two gentle souls, begin a new plan: murder.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This Above All: an upper-class idealist joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and falls in love. Second Honeymoon: a recently divorced couple meets by accident on vacation and realize the spark is still there.
7) The sisters
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Louise is a most appealing type of person, a warm, intelligent woman who loses her heart to a charming ne'er-do-well who marries, then deserts her. It takes the pandemonium of the San Francisco earthquake and two years of heartache to reunite them.
8) Anastasia
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"For years, rumors abound that only Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, survived a Bolshevik attack on her family in 1918. Because a huge fortune awaits Anastasia, greedy expatriate Russian General Bounine attempts to groom a beautiful, destitute woman to pass for the empress. The woman becomes so convinced that even the General suspects she really is Anastasia. But in order to escape poverty, she must prove her identity...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Virginia Cunningham appeared to have had an idyllic life -- a nice home, a loving husband and prospects for a writing career. But something just wasn't right. Confusion, doubts about her husband's love, even violent outbursts led Virginia to be confined to a mental institution. She is put through a series of brutal treatments, including being forced into close quarters with patients whose disorders far exceed her own. The belief -- the shock of the...
10) Mayerling
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
A young baron's daughter begins a tumultuous affair with an Archduke that is heir to the Austrian throne. Based on the true story of the tragic events surrounding the life of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Henriette is the governess at the Paris home of the Duc de Praslin and his jealous wife. When governess and nobleman are drawn to each other, the Duchess erupts in fury and meets a bloody fate. Soon Henriette and the Duc face a world eager to believe the Duc murdered his wife and that the gentle Henriette was a willing accomplice.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Clitterhouse wants to find out what makes a criminal tick. Eager to study the physical and mental states of lawbreakers, he joins a gang of jewel thieves. Rocks Valentine is an ice-blooded tough guy the doc calls "a magnificient speciment of pure viciousness, " is part of the gang. Jo Keller is a savvy crime queen the doc hooks up with.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The FBI investigates a German international spy ring in the days leading up to World War II. The story is a brisk connect-the-dots tale that ties German-American Bund operatives (Francis Lederer, George Sanders and Paul Lukas among others) to Berlin. Chief among those connecting the dots: FBI Agent Edward Renard.
16) The journey
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A group of westerners try to leave the city when the Soviets occupy the country during the 1956 uprising.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
"Before directing his first feature, Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) spent ten years learning the ropes. During this prolific period as a screenwriter he learned cinematic grammar and began to forge his style. To better know and understand Henri-Georges Clouzot, you have to discover these rare films, of which he was one of the principal architects. Kino Classics is proud to present CLOUZOT: THE EARLY WORKS, which collects six...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"As the Third Reich declines in power, the Allies develop a radical new plan -- to employ German POWs as spies. Led by American Colonel Devlin and executed by Lieutenant Rennick, the plan is risky, and the tension builds as the Americans learn whether the former Nazis will help or betray the Allies"--Container.
19) Prelude to war
Publisher
The Film Detective
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Portrays events leading up to the entry of the U.S. into WWII. Prelude to war recounts the Japanese incursion into Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, the beginnings of the Nazi takeover in Eastern Europe, and the lack of military preparedness of the U.S.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Director Frank Capra, known to millions as the man behind [beloved] classics [also] used his talents in support of the war effort by directing, producing and acting as an advisor on a series of World War II propaganda films. Depicting the ravages of combat, the lives of soldiers engaged in battle, as well as those left behind on the home front, five of the films that Capra was involved in bringing to the screen are represented in this special edition...