Maureen O'Hara
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English
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In an acting career of more than seventy years, Hollywood legend Maureen O'Hara came to be known as "the queen of Technicolor" for her fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent thinker and champion of causes, particularly those of her beloved homeland, Ireland. In 'Tis Herself, O'Hara recounts her extraordinary life and proves to be just as strong, sharp, and captivating as any character she played on-screen....
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"The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, and ample belly, and a snowy bread is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soon fills everyone with Christmas spirit... except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daughter to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane, and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test"--Container.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
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English
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Doris Walker, a no-nonsense Macy's special events coordinator, desperately searches for a new store Santa. She hires Kris Kringle, who insists that he's the real Santa Claus. When Kris is committed to Bellevue after a confrontation with the store's psychiatrist, Doris's friend attorney Fred Gaily agrees to help Kris try to win his freedom in court.
4) McLintock!
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English
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In this legendary John Wayne film, the cattle rancher McLintock puts his brand on the territory and every woman in it! The lovely Louise Warren plays a widow who moves with her two children onto McLintock’s ranch to serve as cook, while Maureen O’Hara plays the estranged wife. Every great Western staple is accounted for: Cowboys, Indians, gun battles and fistfights. Plus, that pair of (now infamous) spanking scenes!A western version of "Taming...
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The parent trap: Susan and Sharon are identical twins that are separated by birth. Once they realize who they are, they make a plan to switch place with the high hopes of getting their parents back together again.
The parent trap II: Now grown up, Sharon is a single mom whose daughter meets Mary and the girls turn into scheming matchmakers.
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Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Hayley Mills stars as two young girls who, while at summer camp, discover that they are long-lost twin sisters, separated shortly after birth. Reunited at last, they launch a coast-to-coast campaign to rekindle romance between their estranged parents.
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Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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John Ford's The Quiet Man celebrates one of Hollywood's most romantic and enduring epics. The first American feature to be filmed in Ireland's picturesque countryside, Ford richly imbued this masterpiece with his love of Ireland and its people. Sean Thornton is an American boxer who swears off fighting after he accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. Returning to the Irish town of his youth, he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, and ample belly, and a snowy beard is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soon fills everyone with Christmas spirit; except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daughter to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane, and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test.
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Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
11) Only the lonely
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English
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Comedy about a 38-year old Chicago cop who still lives with his mother, a domineering widow used to controlling her son's life. When he meets and falls in love with a young woman, Mama sets out to break up the romance.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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"When world-weary St. Louis banker and father Roger Hobbs suggests to his wife that the two of them enjoy a quiet vacation at the beach, she thinks a family reunion is a better idea. So, they compromise -- and no less than ten family members show up on their not-so-romantic getaway! From antiquated plumbing in the rental house to feuds between their married daughter and her husband to out-of-control kids and crazed teenage love, it begins to seem...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Vacuum cleaner salesman Jim Wormold is recruited by the British Secret Service. He becomes an unlikely agent in Cuba. To avoid working while cashing the checks, Wormold spins a web of lies about foreign government secrets. When the local coppers decode his fake messages, all hell breaks loose in Havana and Wormold must become the spy he dreads in order to survive his own swindle.
15) Big Jake
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Big Jake McCandles, is a husband who hasn't seen his wife in over 18 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious outlaw gang. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout and a box of money--even though paying a ransom isn't how Jake plans to exact good old frontier justice.
16) Sitting pretty
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As part of his research for a book on suburban life, the self-described genius Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a babysitter for three hard-to-handle children.
17) The quiet man
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Publisher
Republic Pictures Home Video
Language
English
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
19) The rare breed
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Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A cowhand must deliver a Hereford bull to a Scottish cattle baron looking to create a new breed.