Jane Powell
Author
Publisher
William Morrow and Company, Inc
Pub. Date
©1988.
Language
English
Description
"Jane Powell appeared in only nineteen movies, yet she is one of the best-known and most affectionately remembered actresses from the golden era of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals. [This book] is a vivid and compelling account of her life. As a small child she had a startlingly beautiful voice, and began performing at the age of two. She was encouraged and supported by her hardworking parents, who made many sacrifices to provide her with dancing, singing,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Royal wedding: A musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance.
Pied Piper of Hamelin: The famous children's fairy tale is retold with warmth and understanding as the mysterious ratcatcher comes to the town of Hamelin and promises to rid the town of its unwelcome guests for a price.
Wild guitar: Bud Eagle leaves rural South Dakota on his motor scooter...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does Milly discover that Adam has six other brothers all living with him in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading a story, Adam develops an idea that will create the solution to his brothers' loneliness - kidnap...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1850 Oregon, Adam, a backwoodsman and the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does Milly discover that Adam has six other brothers all living with him in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading a story, Adam develops an idea that will create the solution to...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Judge John Deed is on a mission for justice and he's prepared to break the rules to deliver it. In his red robes and wig, Deed might look like every other High Court judge, but his passionate belief in justice sets him apart from his peers. To the police force, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Lord Chancellor's Department and even many of his colleagues, Deed is a man more concerned with justice than the letter of the law.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Show boat (1951, 108 min.): When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not knowing she is pregnant. Annie get your...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Rachel is part of an eccentric family. Rachel's father, Norman, is a dairy farmer who dreams of being an orchestra conductor. Norman makes a surprise announcement that he's putting together a classical concert. Everyone must wait to see if this family can win over the townspeople or end up as the town's laughingstock.
15) A date with Judy
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Language
English
Description
This MGM musical comedy, filmed in Technicolor, is typical wholesome family entertainment and is as a result, a corny and cheery story about teenagers. Based on a popular radio show which began in 1941, this merry outing follows the adventures of Judy Foster, a young woman determined to attend the big school dance with an impressive date. Judy and her lifelong friend Carol fall out when they both fall for a suave older man. A high-spirited teen, Judy...
17) Royal wedding
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
[Royal wedding]: Tom and Ellen are a pair of siblings whose London stage engagement overlaps Princess Elizabeth's royal wedding.
[The belle of New York]: A free-spirited playboy attempts to prove his worth to a delectable Bowery mission worker through dazzling song and dance routines in this lavish turn-of-the-century musical.
19) Royal wedding
Publisher
FunnyMovies.tv
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Step into the glitz and glamour of Royal Wedding, where Fred Astaire and Jane Powell light up the screen with their electrifying dance moves and irresistible charm! In this enchanting musical, Astaire and Powell play a brother-and-sister dance duo who find themselves swept up in a whirlwind of challenges and romance when they're booked to perform in London during the highly anticipated Royal Wedding. So, grab your dancing shoes and join the festivities...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Teens Patti and Melba turn a 1900s family vacation in the Catskills into 'two weeks with love'. Patti is fluttery over a suave older man and thinks romance will bloom if her disapproving parents let her wear a corset. With that longed-for garment, eighteen-year-old Patti is sure she'll look like a more mature woman. Meanwhile, Melba stalks a local boy with lovestruck determination"--Container.