Claudette Colbert
Series
Criterion collection volume 742
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom and Gerry, a married New York couple who are on the skids, financially and romantically. With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry takes off for Florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner.
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
British and American families living in Borneo during World War II are packed into prison camps by the Japanese, where authoress Colbert catches the eye of the tough but cultured officer Hayakawa.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (69 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A romantic comedy about finding love (and hate) in the most unlikely places. When bored socialite Helen auditions for a coveted theater role, she is offered a seemingly impossible bargain: receive a marriage proposal from gruff big-game hunter Jack in the next three days and the part is hers. During their whirlwind (and disastrous) romance, Helen quickly discovers that love is not a game, its all-out war!
Series
Criterion collection volume 736
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...
7) 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.
8) Torch singer
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Sally Trent can no longer support her illegitimate child, she puts her daughter up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Roadshow edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (177 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With her husband Tim off to war, Anne Hilton struggles to be a pillar of strength for her daughters Jane and Bridget. During America's darkest hrs., she bravely steers her girls through heartbreak and hardships as she eagerly awaits news from overseas and wonders if life will ever be the same.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
He's a private eye on the run from a conspiracy rap in a phony murder case. She's a dizzy poet he takes hostage, and takes on the adventure of her life to track down the real killer. Naturally, despite constant peril and the PI's penchant for goofball disguises, romance blooms. Join two iconic stars in a comic world that's wacky, witty and completely wonderful.
11) The gilded lily
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newspaper reporter Peter Dawes and stenographer Marilyn David meet regularly on a park bench sharing popcorn along with their dreams. Their budding romance is soon threatened by a chance meeting between Marilyn and Charles Gray, an English nobleman visiting America. Marilyn's fantasy of landing a handsome millionaire becomes a reality as she is pursued by Charles in a whirlwind courtship, leaving Peter fighting to reclaim his love. When the press...
12) No time for love
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.
Series
Language
English
Formats
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...
14) Cleopatra
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (1 hr., 41 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (173 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
I met him in Paris: A successful designer must choose between three suitors: a creative playwright, a dashing playboy and a hometown boy.
Bluebeard's eighth wife: Mademoiselle Nicole is the lovely daughter of a destitute French aristocrat. She catches the eye of a dashing millionaire. After a brief courtship she accepts his marriage proposal. On their wedding day she is shocked to learn her betrothed has been married seven times before and determines...
Language
English
Formats
Description
The emotionally charged story about two widows -- one white, one black -- and their daughters. In the 1934 version, the women start a pancake business, in the 1959 version, one is an actresss, the other out of work. In both versions, trouble begins when one daughter falls for her mother's beau and the other decides to pass as white.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Colbert portrays Mademoiselle Nicole De Loiselle, the lovely daughter of a destitute aristocrat, who catches the eye of dashing millionaire Michael Brandon. After a brief courtship, she accepts his marriage proposal, but the bride is shocked to learn that her betrothed has been down the aisle before, seven times. Determined to teach him a lesson, she makes a mockery of their matrimony in a variety of sidesplitting situations; but alas, two can play...
19) Arise, my love
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ace reporter Augusta "Gusto" Nash poses as the wife of imprisoned American pilot Tom Martin to save him from execution by Spanish fascists. The gesture lands her a front-page story and the praise of her boss, Mr. Phillips. Of course, Tom tries to romance Gusto; but though she likes him, her career comes first, and Tom himself prefers freedom-fighting to settling down. Comedy becomes drama as their mixed feelings lead them on a circuitous path through...
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (177 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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.