Purnell Pratt
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...
2) 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.
Publisher
Alpha Home Entertainmenbt
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The incomparable George M. Cohan stars in the 1917 screen version of the hit Broadway play he adapted from the classic novel by Earl Derr Biggers (creator of Charlie Chan). Having just penned another best-selling novel, George Washington Magee is "the man of the hour." Magee accepts a $5,000 wager that he can write another best-seller in 24 hours. Seeking solitude, he checks into Baldpate Inn, a remote manor located in the sleepy town of Asquewan...