George Macready
1) Gilda
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Johnny Farrell goes to work for Ballin Mundson, the proprietor of an illegal gambling casino in a South American city and quickly rises to become Mundson's 'main man.' All is well until Mundson returns from a trip with his new bride, Gilda-- a woman from Johnny's past. Mundson, unaware of their previous love affair, assigns Farrell the job of keeping Gilda a faithful wife. Fraught with hatred, Gilda does her best to antagonize, intimidate, and instill...
2) 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.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
In this influential crime drama, an embittered cop, Det. James McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife. But while McLeod fights crime on the streets, his wife suffers from neglect at home. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from *Hill Street Blues* to *NYPD Blue*. Nominated for Best Actress (Eleanor Parker), Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant), Best...
Publisher
Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The desolation, cynicism, and futility of war are embodied in this film based on a novel that took as its subject a real incident from World War I. Three innocent French soldiers are tried and convicted of cowardice, after their battalion fails to take a heavily fortified German position. Colonel Dax, a lawyer in civilian life, attempts to defend the men, who were chosen by a random drawing of lots. The General Staff, comfortable and safe behind the...
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Troubled by the death of her twin sister, a young woman unwittingly falls in love with an ambitious man. As she investigates her sister's death, she discovers that what she doesn't know about her boyfriend may kill her.
6) Gilda
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A deceitful woman plays with the lives of her husband, his crimelord boss, and his right-hand man.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
After he disappears on their wedding day, a young wife tracks her new husband to his ancestral home in the bayous of Louisiana. There she finds he was saved from death by an experimental medical procedure involving serum derived from alligators, but now he is developing horrible side effects.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sir Richard Shelton is a young man returning home from the War of Roses. When his ruthless uncle Sir Daniel Brackley informs him of his father's recent murder at the hands of a rival family, Shelton immediately sets out to discover the truth behind the accusation. He uncovers a trail of deception and intrigue that leads him straight to his own unscrupulous uncle.
10) Taras Bulba
Series
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Set in the Ukraine of the 16th century, a powerful Cossack chieftain is determined to regain his land from treacherous Polish invaders. Despite bitter dissension in the ranks, he is soon leading his soldiers into savage warfare. But further conflict erupts when his headstrong son, Andrei, falls deeply in love with a Polish girl. Spectacular battle scenes highlight the nonstop action, arriving at a shattering climax in which father and son must ultimately...
11) Gilda
Series
Criterion collection volume 795
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A deceitful woman plays with the lives of her husband, his crime lord boss, and his right-hand man.
12) Alias Nick Beal
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Joseph Foster is an honest district attorney who wants to run for governor in order to clean up the criminal underworld. Blocked by corrupt political forces, Foster would practically have to make a deal with the devil to reach his goal. Enter Nick Beal, a diabolically handsome gent with a slick line of patter and a smooth, infallible method of getting things done. Foster agrees to a deal, and to bind the bargain, Beal sends out one of his most trusted...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"When a Cuban man is killed on a New York street, the investigation leads to Havana and the man known as Palinov running an alien smuggling ring. Pete Karczag is the immigration detective assigned to the case in Havana. To infiltrate the ring, he poses as a Hungarian refugee desperate to gain passage to America. While negotiating his trip, he meets and falls for beautiful Marianne Lorress, who is also hoping to make the illegal journey. It's a Latin...
Series
Publisher
Turner Classic Movies
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Coroner Creek (1948): In a departure from his usual roles as an upright hero with an inviolate moral code, Scott plays a man hell bent to avenge the murder of his fiancée, no matter the cost. Starring Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman and George Macready. Color film directed by Ray Enright.
The walking hills (1948): A lust for gold drives a ragtag band of travelers into the shifting sands of Death Valley, where their true characters will be revealed....
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Presents two vampire cinema classics starring Robert Quarry as a modern day vampire who terrorizes the City of Angels with plenty of villains and victims and a castle just minutes from the freeway. In the second feature, he moves from his castle next door to an orphanage where he can teethe on toddlers and their teachers, all while shopping for a bride.
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...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tarzan's magic fountain: Tarzan discovers an aviatrix, who has been missing for over twenty years, living in a nearby village that wants to continue to live in isolation. The surprising twist is that she has not aged, and Tarzan must keep outsiders ignorant of the fountain of youth.
Tarzan and the slave girl: Tarzan and Jane struggle with kidnappers, an epidemic and a nurse who is smitten with Tarzan, to Jane's chagrin.
Tarzan's peril: Tarzan helps...
20) Rock Hudson
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Has anybody seen my gal (88 min.): "[A] faithful soda jerk finds his attentions to the lovely Millicent turned down after her family gains a large sum of money"--Container.
A very special favor (105 min.): "The war of the sexes heats up when a sleek businessman attempts to seduce an attractive psychiatrist who seems immune to his charms"--Container.
The golden blade (81 min.): "[An] epic adventure of a brave warrior who uses the magical Sword of...