Joseph B Walker
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Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy to an insurance salesman, but not without a fight. The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell. The plot snowballs as Williams' friend Molly Malloy, the crooked mayor, and his mother get tied up in Walter's web.
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Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight, about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the...
4) Lost horizon
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Story of the men working for a South American mail and freight business in the 1930s. They are trying to win a lucrative government contract to carry mail, and must perform satisfactorily despite bad weather, injuries, poor cash flow and a woman trying to win the boss's heart.
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English
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"When Steve Emery (Glenn Ford) visit the steamy tropics of Trinidad, he gets more than he bargained for. Someone's murdered his brother, and his bombshell sister-in-law Chris (Rita Hayworth) might be the only one who can solve the mystery. Despite conflicting feelings of lust and loyalty, Chris and Steve must work together to track down the killer before the culprit catches them"--Container.
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Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
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[2003]
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English
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"Platinum blonde is a glorious spoof of the newspaper business in New York City during the Depression; Ann Schuyler, a wealthy socialite, meets reporter "Stew" Smith and the two fall madly in love. The comedy begins as she tries to transform him from a ruffian newsman into a convincing gentleman."--Container.
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Criterion collection volume 736
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The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the...
11) Lady for a day
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Inception Media Group, LLC
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2012.
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English
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"Apple Annie has a daughter, Louise, who was raised in a Spanish convent, and believes her mother is a society matron who lives in a fashionable New York hotel. When Louise announces that she plans to visit her mother to introduce her aristocratic fiancé, Apple Annie's friends and customers, including lovable gangster Dave the Dude, Judge Henry D. Blake and Missouri Martin rally around to transform her from a poor street peddler into the elegant...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2007]
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English
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Joe is a boxer who is headed for a championship fight when he is killed in a plane crash. Unfortunately for Joe, he was not supposed to die in the crash, but was instead brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. It is now up to Mr. Jordan, the angel's boss, to find Joe a new body and give him another chance to fight for the title. Joe meets an idealistic young woman to whom he is immediately smitten, and she gives him a reason to live beyond...
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
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Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Alice Sycamore, the stable member of an offbeat clan of free spirits falls for Tony Kirby, the down-to-earth son of a snooty, wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion, the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life"--Container.
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Criterion collection volume 806
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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A traveling entertainer gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome yet aloof daredevil pilot, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations.
16) The Jolson story
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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The film traces the meteoric singing/performing career of Asa Yoelson, a talented cantor's son determined to make it big in the "biz". After changing his name to Al Jolson, he captivated audiences everywhere with his minstrel and jazz performances.
17) Virtue
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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2012.
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English
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"This fast-paced comedy-drama features Pat O'Brien as an honest, enterprising cab driver and Carole Lombard as Mae, a prostitute he mistakes for an unemployed stenographer. After a whirlwind courtship and marriage, Mae's past comes back to haunt her when a duplicitous acquaintance implicates her in a sordid affair that she tries to hide from her husband."--Container.
18) Lost horizon
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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
19) Shopworn
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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Class conflict ensues when a waitress falls in love with a wealthy college student.
20) Born yesterday
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when--after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals--she refuses to cooperate