Anne Revere
Language
English
Formats
Description
National Velvet: A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
The Story of Seabiscuit: An Irish horse trainer and his niece come to Kentucky after her brother's death in a riding accident. While the trainer takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit and tries to convince the owner that the ungainly little horse can become a champion,...
2) Fallen angel
Series
Fox film noir volume 14
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"June Mills and her sister Clara live a quiet life in a small coastal town until Eric Stanton, a smooth-talking con man, comes into their lives. He seems to fall hard for June, but Clara believes he's interested only in the family fortune. Meanwhile, sultry waitress Stella catches Stanton's fancy and thinks he might be her ticket out of town. The local cop knows more than he's telling about his fellow citizens and their tangled relationships, which...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A poor young man is determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite. A factory girl has dark secret that threatens his professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, he is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charley Davis, a strong-willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a corrupt boxing syndicate. But when faced with the chance to regain his self-respect, Charley climbs into the ring one last time - in an unforgettable climatic fight scene.
5) Dragonwyck
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Gothic tale of a country girl who falls in love with and marries an eccentric, mean-spirited man.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philip Green, a highly respected writer, is commissioned by a national magazine to write a series of pieces on anti-Semitism in America. Unsure how to approach the subject, Green ultimately decides to assume the role of a Jewish man and write the story from that view. As his story unfolds, Green begins to experience first hand the bigotry and hatred Jewish people face daily.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Romantic adventure set during the turbulent years of Colonial and Revolutionary America about a conservative bride and her democratic husband who are forced to choose between their love for each other and their political beliefs.
Series
Studio classic volume 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Magazine writer Schuyler 'Phil' Green, a widower who has just arrived with his mother and young son in New York, is assigned the task of writing an expose of anti-Semitism. As he searches for a new angle on the topic, he decides to pass as a Jew for several months, which causes no end of trouble for his ailing mother and young son. It also puts his new society girlfriend on the spot, since despite all her intellectual convictions, she cannot quite...
12) Remember the day
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An elderly schoolteacher reminisces about a nominee for president who use to be her student.
14) Double door
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
The female of the species is more deadly than the male! In a spooky New York City mansion, the Van Brett matriarch rules her clan with an iron hand. The sinister spinster schemes to ruin any chance her siblings might have for happiness. Evil lurks around every corner of this old dark house, and especially in a secret room behind a double door.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Morocco: A cabaret singer arrives in Morocco and continues her wicked career by enslaving all the men in sight, until she finally falls in love. Blonde Venus: An aspiring young actress gives up the stage to marry a scientist who becomes afflicted with radium poisoning. She returns to cabaret life and meets a wealthy playboy who gives her the money for her husband's treatment. The devil is a woman: At the turn of the century, in the port town of Seville,...