John Lee Mahin
1) Quo vadis
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Legion commander Marcus Vinicius's love for a Christian slave girl crosses the divide between Empire and a sect with a higher loyalty. Presiding over all is Nero. He is Caesar, madman, murderer -- an imperial ruler of the spectacular, and spectacularly doomed, glory that was Rome"--Container.
2) The bad seed
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video Inc
Language
English
Description
A mother makes the tortuous discovery that her cherubic eight year old daughter harbors an innate desire to kill and remembers the horrors of her own forgotten childhood. As Christine fits the puzzle pieces together, tension and menace build into a taunt cocoon of overpowering dread. And, unlike the earlier movie, this production includes the original ending, a chilling denouement considered too shocking for '50s audiences.
3) Show boat
Language
English
Description
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
4) Boom town
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"The ebony lifeblood of American industry and of mighty fortunes made and lost. In search of one of those black-gold fortunes, two bare-knuckle wildcatters dream, scheme, team up and square off in the make-or-break frenzy of a Texas boom town. As the oilmen and the women in their lives struggle through the personal upheaval of love and loyalties, wealth comes in a gusher and a rig bursts into an inferno that could turn dreams to dust"--Container.
6) Scarface
Series
Criterion collection volume 1239
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride because he's been drafted. Wearing a friendly, wide grin, he ambles into the U.S. Air Force, and most folk will never be the same, including pint-sized Ben, big-city bruiser Irvin and a jittery aptitude tester. Then there is Sgt. Orville King who is an old-timer driven crazy by Will's gee-whiz efforts at friendship.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The young bride accompanies her husband to his plantation called Elephant Walk, and falls for the overseer. This love triangle is soon dwarfed by a cholera epidemic and a drought that brings herds of elephants to the plantation in a thundering stampede.
10) Scarface
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most influential movies of all time, the original Scarface is an exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era [about] Tony Camonte, an ambitious criminal with a ruthless drive to be the city's top crime boss. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
11) Show boat
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A World War II Marine sergeant and a Roman Catholic nun are both marooned together on a South Pacific island, hemmed in by surrounding Japanese troops. The sergeant does his best to make the nun's ordeal less painful, but is torn by his growing love for her. The nun is equally fond of the sergeant, but refuses to renounce her vows. Their unrealized ardor mellows into mutual respect as they struggle to survive before help arrives.
14) North to Alaska
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The Klondike, 1900. A hard-drinking, hard-driving prospector must protect his claim to a gold-mine ... and a San Francisco beauty.
16) Tortilla flat
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Story of a group of Paisanos, descendants of early Mexican settlers in Northern California. They live in the tiny town of Tortilla Flat and spend their days eating, drinking and relaxing in the sun. When one of them inherits two houses the rest are soon living in the houses without paying rent. The situation is further complicated when the house owner falls for a beautiful woman.
17) My son John
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A drama about a conservative religious couple that suspects their oldest son to be a communist. The arrogant and intellectual young man, a worker in a federal agency, returns home from a long absence spouting pro-communism doctrine and deriding the beliefs of capitalism and religion. Things become very serious when an FBI agent shows up to tell the horrified parents that their son may be an enemy spy.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Of course Linda Stanhope trusts her husband Van. Their marriage is based on love and respect. Who cares if Van's secretary has the face of an angel and the body of a chorus girl? Who says a blonde bombshell can't type and take dictation? But people are whispering. And when Linda calls Van's hotel room late at night during his solo business trip to Havana, guess who answers?''--Container
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Ace newsreel cameramen Chris Hunter and Bill Dennis cover the globe, cracking wise and trying to scoop each other on the biggest stories in the hottest hot spots. But they're rivals in more than work. They both love a fearless aviatrix who may be too hot to handle"--Container.
20) Johnny Eager
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Johnny, a paroled gangster pretending to be reformed, seduces the district attorney's daughter for revenge before actually falling in love with her.