John M. Stahl
Series
Studio classic volume 39
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A young priest, Father Chisholm, is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
Series
Studio classic volume 39
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A young priest, Father Chisholm, is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese.
Series
Studio classic volume 26
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An extremely possessive woman will do whatever it takes to keep her husband all to herself, even murder.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
1934 version: "A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way"--IMDb.com.
1959 version: "An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white"--IMDb.com.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2006, 1943]
Language
English
Description
"Colin Spence has never been a brave man -- in life or in love. But when he impulsively enlists in the Army, he comes face to face with his worst nightmare. Lost behind enemy lines, and in reluctant command of his platoon, Colin begins to see that the only thing that can save his unit is the one weapon he never knew he had ... courage"--Container.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
12) Parnell
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to free his country from English rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the relationship with married Katie O'Shea which threatens to bring all Parnell's plans to ruin. Moderately accurate historically --IMDb.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The emotionally charged story about two widows -- one white, one black -- and their daughters. In the 1934 version, the women start a pancake business, in the 1959 version, one is an actress, the other out of work. In both versions, trouble begins when one daughter falls for her mother's beau and the other decides to pass as white.