Nancy Olson
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Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in "Sunset Boulevard." Winner of three Academy Awards®, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of the bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence -- a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
2) Pollyanna
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English
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"Meet Pollyanna, the orphan who brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets. But her strict Aunt Polly is too concerned with appearances, propriety and local politics to appreciate her effervescent niece. It isn't until the town almost loses their "Gald Girl" that Aunt Polly realises the power of love and lightheartedness."--Container.
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The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar-nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time. Livingston shares...
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Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Returning to the city from her wealthy employer's residence, Joyce Willecombe spots two armed men on the train. She reports them to the conductor who radios the station's police. Once at Union Station, she points out the men to Lt. William Calhoun, who discovers that the gunmen are members of a gang who have kidnapped her employer's blind daughter, and are seeking a ransom. The Chicago police, headed by inspector Donnelly, and the FBI are both called...
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Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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A college professor develops an anti-gravity substance by accident and equips his Model T and his college's basketball player's shoes with it. He tries to convince the Pentagon of its value but has problems with a local crook who wants to profit from the idea.
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Disney DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Absent-minded professor: A college professor develops an anti-gravity substance by accident and equips his Model T and his college's basketball player's shoes with it. He tries to convince the Pentagon of its value but has problems with a local crook who wants to profit from the idea.
Son of flubber: In this sequel to 'The Absent-Minded Professor, ' the scientist has now invented Flubbergas, and anyone who inhales it floats away.
9) Battle cry
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Marine Corps heroism in the Pacific theatre during World War II: the training, the trial by combat, and their wives and sweethearts who waited for them to return.
10) So big
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[LA Entertainment Worldwide]
Pub. Date
[2019?]
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English
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"After her mother dies, Selina Peake's father takes her to Chicago, where she attends a finishing school. When her father is killed, leaving her penniless, Selina's friends learn that he was a gambler and drop her. Only Julie Hemple helps her, persuading her father, August Hemple, to get Selina a job as a schoolteacher in a small Dutch community near Chicago. There, Selina lives with a farm family, helping their adoring son Roelf with his lessons....
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
Description
Battle cry Americans answer the nation's call to war in this salute to young Marines who went to war and the women they left behind.
Battle of the Bulge Five months after D-Day, most American soldiers think the German army is broken. The Germans think otherwise. To buy time for their invincible new jets, they launch a furious offensive.
12) Big Jim McLain
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break up a ring of Communist Party troublemakers who are a worldwide terror ring headquartered in Hawaii.