Maurice Wright
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A childless couple agree to take a boy into their home after his mother is declared unfit. The mother is determined to take advantage of the man and tries to blackmail him. In the end, selfless love and charity are celebrated in this heartwarming movie.
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.
4) Virtue
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"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.
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
(Man of the world) A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. (We're not dressing) Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. (Hands across the table) A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance. (Love before breakfast) Kay bounces between boyfriend Bill and a Wall Street tycoon...