Claudette Colbert
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this inimitable, beloved classic -- graceful, lucid and lyrical -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindberghʹs musings on the shape of a womanʹs life bring new understanding to both men and women at any stage of life. A mother of five, an acclaimed writer and...
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Just after she has said 'I do,' Betty learns that her new husband, Bob, has left his white-collar job with plans to raise chickens on a rustic farm located miles away from civilization. Betty tries to make the best of her situation in their ramshackle house but never-ending repairs, a malevolent wood-burning stove, rain, ornery livestock and a seductive neighbor do not make it easy! Bonus materials included.
6) Boom town
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In search of black-gold fortunes, two men will dream, scheme and team up to become rich. Things between the friends get rough, as one man steals the love of a woman from the other.
8) Parrish
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, a ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Love parade: In mythical Sylvania, Queen Louise's cabinet are worried that she will become an old maid, and are delighted when she marries the rougish Count Renard. Unfortunately, he finds his position as Queen's Consort unsatisfying and without purpose, and the marriage soon runs into difficulties. The Love parade introduced the screen operetta genre.
Monte Carlo: A wealthy count passes himself off as a hairdresser in order to meet an impoverished...
10) Cleopatra
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In an effort to preserve her monarchy and solidify her empire, Cleopatra seduces Julius Caesar, and after his death she turns her attention to Marc Antony." --
11) No time for love
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"After a working-class man falls in love with a fashion photographer, he loses his job and accepts a new position as her assistant."--
Publisher
ClassicFlix
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Soon after the end of World War I, Elizabeth MacDonald receives a telegram that her husband John has been killed in action just before peace was declared. She later succumbs to a fainting spell, not as a reaction to her husband's death, but because she's expecting a child. Twenty years later and on the eve of World War II, the remarried Elizabeth is about to get a shock, John is not dead!" --
14) Three came home
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
During World War II, the Far East island of Borneo is captured by the Japanese. Based on true events this is the story of American author Agnes Newton Keith who along with her husband, a British administrator, is arrested. Their family is separated and placed into different prison camps. The camp commander takes an avid interest in the authoress, but does not intervene when she is subject to torture, starvation and humiliation at the hands of the...
Series
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Hiltons are an average family living in a Midwestern town. The father of the household has waived his 3A status and enlisted to go overseas. His wife must now act as father and mother to their two daughters and keep their father's memory alive.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"While on patrol, Lieutenant Nikolaus Niki von Preyn winks at his beautiful love interest, Franzi. However, a frumpy princess named Anna mistakenly believes he is flirting with her. Niki soon finds himself walking down the aisle at his own royal wedding and being whisked away to a neighboring kingdom. When Franzi follows the newlyweds, she finds herself tangled between her old love and a new friendship with Anna."--
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The true story of the lives of three U.S. Army nurses who leave San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives. Led by Lt. Janet Davidson, the nurses are sent to Bataan, in the Philippines. Faced with untested nurses, the group quickly become battle-weary veterans. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find...
20) Midnight
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A penniless showgirl, impersonating a Hungarian countess, quickly adapts to her new lifestyle with the help of an aristocrat. But she finds herself from falling in love with yet another poor man.
