Edwin Maxwell
1) Grand Hotel
Language
English
Formats
Description
Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he misses the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls, but ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats his lowly bookkeeper, Kringelein, but in the end it is Kringelein who holds all...
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume DVD 6
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Español
Description
"This stirring biopic follows the fascinating life of W.T.G. Morton (Joel McCrea), a 19th century dentist who successfully develops the first anesthesia."
Publisher
Roan Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Louisiana is the setting as young Tim Reid's (Breen) substantial inheritance is covered by a crooked attorney. Breen teams up with a Cajun innkeeper to foil the villain and sing some songs. Co-written by Clarence Muse with African-American poet Langston Hughes, who were also responsible for writing the songs, which include "Louisiana", and "Good Ground."
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"While his boss is on vacation, reporter Alvin Roberts has been writing a snappy gossip column featuring announcements of 'blessed events, ' impending births of both the married and unmarried. Although the column is not very respectable, circulation jumps, so Alvin is assigned a regular position. Soon, he is so powerful that gangster Sam Goebel sends his gunman, Frankie Wells, to threaten him. Instead, Alvin tricks Frankie into confessing to murder...