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1) Babylon
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Portuguese subtitles are available on the bonus features disc only.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the roaring twenties and prohibition hasn't stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules, and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, this ferociously funny mystery follows two neighbors: deeply conservative Edith Swan and foul-mouthed rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding. When Edith begins to receive wicked letters full of hilarious profanities, Rose is charged with the crime. However, as the town's women, led by Police Officer Gladys Moss begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss and Rose may not be...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It is the summer of 1927 and Bella Ainsworth is still devoting her considerable energies to the Hotel Portofino, which has overcome its early troubles and is starting to prosper. As Season 2 begins, Bella is looking forward to her son Lucien's imminent arrival for a vacation and the chance to discuss with him her plans for the Hotel. A shadow falls over Bella's plans, however, when her no-good husband Cecil turns up unannounced in Portofino. In the...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pear-handled pistol and dagger-sharp wit, leaving a trail of male admirers in her wake. Includes 8 episodes.
Eight all-new episodes of the glamorous, gun-toting lady detective Phryne Fisher. Along with her ever-faithful companion, Dot Williams,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In 1920s Toronto, the world is undergoing massive changes. Jazz is on the turntables as communism and prohibition are being hotly debated over hard drinks in speakeasies. Society will never be the same -- and crime has never had it better. A new age calls for a new kind of detective, and the women of Drake Private Detectives fit the bill"--Container.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The vaultingly ambitious, award-winning German series Babylon Berlin is a dizzyingly thrilling crime drama. Season 3 opens in the fall of 1929 in Berlin, during the tumultuous weeks before Black Friday₂s stock market crash. Inspector Gereon Rath and Charlotte Ritter are assigned to investigate the death of an actress, only to realize that the film industry is as rotten as the underworld.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Deutsch
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Description
"Babylon Berlin is one of the most critically acclaimed European televisions shows of the decade, a sumptuously paranoid thriller set in 1929 Berlin, a metropolis in turmoil. In Seasons 1 and 2, the glittering excesses of the city's nightlife sparkle while an army of the impoverished strives for a better life. Organized crime and political extremists take advantage, extending their power throughout town. Gereon Rath, a young cop from Cologne, is transferred...
14) The cat's meow
Series
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary look at a fateful excursion aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht in November 1924 that brought together some of the century's best-known personalities and resulted in a still-unsolved, hushed-up killing. As Hearst and his lover, Marion Davies, set sail from San Peddro Harbor early one Saturday morning hosting a small group that includes the brilliant but self-absorbed Charlie Chaplin, film pioneer Thomas Ince, ambitious...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A stylish and sexy period mystery stars Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher, a glamorous lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. In 'Murder under the Mistletoe," Phryne and company head to a chalet to celebrate Christmas in July, but when they get there, they find one of the residents dead, electrocuted while hanging festive lights.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Brimming with wit and Roaring Twenties flair, the classic British series follows a theatrical dynasty as they navigate their complicated personal and professional lives. Comedy and tragedy ensue as the family attempts to adapt to their rapidly changing world. Includes the complete Series 1 and 2.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
As the most opulent hotel in Manchester, England, during the decadent Roaring '20s, The Grand is more than a building. It's a nexus for schemes, scandals, romance and intrigue. For owner John Bannerman, The Grand symbolizes a tradition of luxury and elegance begun by his father. For Marcus Bannerman, it becomes a risky investment and a way to entice his brother's wife into bed. And for the maids and porters employed there, it represents a possible...
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