Robert Lord
Series
Criterion collection volume 810
Language
English
Formats
Description
A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele, who has a history of violent behavior, becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing him...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The era of bootlegging is over. But liquor runner Bugs Ahearn has a plan for what he will do now that Prohibition is over. He decides to mingle with the upper classes. His destination is California's posh, polo-playing Santa Barbara. Class and atmosphere are what Bugs wants. Swindlers, gold diggers and great fun is what he will get.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed campaign to Ireland. When he and his troops return in...
6) Dames
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Three relatives stand to inherit a multi-millionaire's money if they turn against his pet hate, the theater.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
New doctors Mary Stevens and Don Andrews launch their practices in the same medical building, where Mary dedicates herself to her patients while facing constant prejudice for being a woman. Despite Mary's love for him, Don falls for Lois Rising, the daughter of a powerful politician, and the two eventually marry, leaving a brokenhearted Mary to move on and focus on her work. As Mary becomes a successful pediatrician, Don's marriage deteriorates, driving...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After the dawn of sound and before the Production Code, Hollywood ran wild and free. Fearlessly and frankly tackling subjects and scenes that would quickly become forbidden to a generation of filmmakers, these seldom-seen pre-Code wonders are both revelatory and sin-sational. This fifth volume takes a walk on the wild side.
Hard to handle: Con leads to con when the prize money for a rigged dance marathon is stolen.
Ladies they talk about: "Nan Taylor,...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The seas are calm and the ship is sturdy, but the shipboard romance is doomed. Dan does not know that Joan is dying of an incurable disease. Joan does not know Dan is a convicted murderer en route to San Quentin. Still, they have four weeks to find happiness in each other's arms. Or will Dan forsake the love of a lifetime for his own life, using the vessel's Honolulu layover as a chance to escape the law?"--Container.
10) Dive bomber
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A new flight surgeon and a Navy pilot overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of altitude sickness which causes blackouts at high altitude. The real stars of the film are the pre-World War II Navy aircraft as well as the USS Enterprise featured in full color.
11) Five star final
Series
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A jaded newsman laments that some reporters furnish the manure while some grow the flowers. Editor Joe Randall's newspaper is suddenly in the manure biz. To increase readership and revenues, he's pressured against his principles to come up with a sensationalist tale or two. So Randall revisits a love-nest murder of years past. Circulation soars. But living people, real people, involved in the story are suddenly victimized. Randall could never imagine...
12) Bordertown
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Just on the other side of the California border you'll find it -- the posh casino that's the Monte Carlo of the desert. There, enterprising Johnny Ramirez continues his up-from-the-barrio rise. And there, Marie Roark continues her desperate attempt to make Johnny hers, a gambit that includes murdering her naive hubby"--Container.
13) 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...
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
LOVE AFFAIR (1932) -- Here he is enterprising, modest and occasionally perplexed as a working class aircraft engineer who is pursued and eventually seduced by a wealthy but jaded socialite (Dorothy Mackaill). Typical of the Pre-Code era, the film is notable for scenes of sexual suggestiveness and moments of refreshingly frank dialogue courtesy of Jo Swerling and Ursula Parrott.
KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (1949) -- A tense courtroom drama with undercurrents...
15) On with the show
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Tonight will be a hit ... or tomorrow will be a bust! ... backstage musicals became one of the staples of the era and amid all the voh-de-oh-doing and tap-tapping came this movie that Time called 'the most interesting of its type to date.' Adding to the interest: a narrative structure that cuts between the onstage production of a make-or-break show and the in-the-wings scrambling to mount it -- and to find out who heisted the night's gate receipts...