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1) Ninotchka
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1972]
Physical Desc
vi, 114 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
3) Titanic
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America. Her husband Richard also arranges passage on the doomed luxury liner in order to gain custody of their two children. Their problems soon seem minor when the ship hits an iceberg.
4) Ball of fire
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up assisting a beautiful singer get away from the mob.
5) State fair
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
60th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (218 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small-town family travels to the Iowa State Fair. The father is looking for a blue ribbon for his prize hog, Blue Boy, mom is looking for glory in her cooking, and the kids are looking for love. Lyrics and music by Oscar Hammerstein.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a ship carrying three American fortune hunters strands them in Mexico, fate deals them a great hand - from the bottom of the deck. In exchange for a fat payday, they must journey into the heart of evil to rescue a trapped miner. With death surrounding them and murderous Apache warriors at their heels, it will take all their cunning, ingenuity and bravery to excape with their reward, as well as their lives.
7) Ninotchka
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Garbo plays a dour, severe Soviet official who comes to Paris on business involving the sale of some czarist jewels. But soon business turns to pleasure as she discovers the special magic of Paris and finds herself succumbing to the charms of a suave Frenchman named Leon D'Algout (Melvyn Douglas). The plot bubbles merrily as Ninotchka chooses between romance and duty--and must even confront a rival for Leon's affection in the exiled Grand Duchess...
8) Ninotchka
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism, the show was almost never released because of the poor reaction by preview audiences unaccustomed to such stark realism from Hollywood. It has since gone on to be regarded as one of the all-time great dramas in movie history, featuring Milland₂s haunting portrayal of a would-be writer₂s dissatisfaction with life that leads to a self-destructive three-day binge.
10) A foreign affair
Language
English
Formats
Description
Phoebe Frost, an upright Republican member of Congress, travels to Berlin to look into reports of corruption among the occupying American forces. She enlists an Army captain in her crusade and finds herself falling for him, unaware that he is the man romantically involved with a German cabaret singer who can lead army investigators to a high-level Nazi war criminal.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.
12) The virgin queen
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sir Walter Raleigh wants Queen Elizabeth I to give him a fleet of ships to sail and make a name for England. A young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton, is strongly attracted to Raleigh and he returns the attraction. The Queen wants Raleigh for herself.
13) The king and I
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs + 1 Blu-ray (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After traveling to nanny the king's children, Anna, an English widow, finds an unlikely friendship with the king. Based on a true story.
14) Midnight
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
15) Blue denim
Series
Publisher
Twilight Time, Red Jam, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (7 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm).
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers faced with the coming of an unwanted baby attempt to find a solution to the problem. Their situation is complicated by their inability to confide in their parents.
16) Sunset Boulevard
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad,...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
American gramophone salesman Virgil Smith wants to sell his wares in pre-WWI Austria. To get the ball rolling, he hits on the idea of going straight to the top and selling one to Emperor Franz Joseph. First off, the palace guards think he's carrying a bomb and he's arrested. He subsequently meets Countess Johanna von Stolzenberg-Stolzenberg and, after the usual misunderstandings, falls in love with her. She falls in love with his dog, Buttons. The...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John J. Bramble, the sole survivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner and a French chambermaid who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel and his German staff. Posing as the hotel's waiter, Bramble attempts to infiltrate Rommel's inner circle and report the general's plans to the Allies.
20) The uninvited
Series
Criterion collection volume 677
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Two siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price and they are soon caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night, this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.