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Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the true story of William Douglas "Chameleon" Street, a quick-witted, self-tutored young man from Detroit who barely managed to earn a high school diploma, yet in the 70's managed to pull off a series of high-profile hoaxes.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bankrolled by an Italian count with a taste for practical jokes, streetwise bargirl passes herself off as an aristocrat as a posh Alpine resort. There she plans to land a wealthy husband pronto, even though she's drawn to the town postman.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A struggling New York actor is kidnapped and forced to impersonate the late dictator of Parador, a Caribbean nation. The actor gets better and better at the role, with the help of the dead leader's sultry mistress, until guerilla fighters strike, and he wonders if it might not be a good time to move to a new role!
Publisher
CJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Korean
Description
Amid national chaos and fear for his life, tyrannical King Gwanghae orders his trusted counselor to find a royal body double. He recruits a crude, working-class peasant, Ha-seon, a village performer who bears a startling resemblance to the ruler. When the king falls into a coma from poisoning, he is secreted away to recover and Ha-seon reluctantly assumes the throne, forced to pull off history's biggest masquerade.
Publisher
Frank Capra Productions
Pub. Date
©2001, ©1933.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Apple Annie, a fruit peddler, throws a party for Count Romero, whose son is engaged to her beautiful daughter. With a little help from a big-time gambler and a few other instant "members of society, " she keeps the imposture going-- for a while.
7) Magic town
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ambitious pollster finds a small town whose citizens' opinions accurately reflect those of America at large. On discovering this oddity in the darling town of Grandview, Smith plots to exploit this mathematical miracle. Posing as an insurance salesman along with his two sidekicks, Ike Sloan and Mr. Twiddle, he romances the local newspaper editor while trying to keep her from discovering his true intentions.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
9) Paheli
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Lachchi is married to Kishan, whose only interest is money. On the night of their marriage, he leaves to pursue his business interests. However a ghost has fallen in love with Lachchi and he takes on Kishan's appearance and wins everyone's heart. When the real Kishan finally returns five years later, confusion abounds until finally a wise old shepherd devises the three tests to resolve the paheli that has baffled everyone.
10) Mumford
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford comes to the idyllic town of the same name, and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch.
11) Zelig
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
12) Chameleon street
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
It recounts the improbable but true story of Michigan con man William Douglas Street Jr., the titular 'chameleon' who successfully impersonated his way up the socioeconomic ladder by posing as a magazine reporter, and Ivy League student, a respected surgeon, and a corporate lawyer.
13) Housesitter
Publisher
MCA/Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1992, 1998.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after an architect's girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, he encounters a woman who decides on her own to move into his empty dream house and pass herself off as his new wife--with hilarious and romantic consequences.
14) Tartuffe
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (63 min.) : silent, color tint ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A religious hypocrite insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian family.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Manhattan art dealers take a young man into their home believing him to be a friend of their children and Sidney Poitier's son, he leaves them with a lasting impression.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this is an ethereal, expressionistic American classic.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After returning from World War II, a young G.I. finds he has little in common with the wife he left behind. Disillusioned, he heads north to work as a travelling salesman where he meets the daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner. On her way home, she is terrified of what her father will do when he learns she is unmarried and pregnant. The young man gallantly offers to help by posing as her husband for one night, unaware that doing so will change both...
Publisher
Itv Studios Global Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Under the sinister influence of Minister of Finance Fouquet, Louis rules with wasteful opulence. His brother Philippe, the rightful heir, lives in obscurity with no knowledge of his birthright. But the captain of the Musketeers, D'Artagnan, has plans to restore the declining fortunes of the throne by secretly substituting Philippe for the King.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 703 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join fake psychic detective, Shawn Spencer, and his best friend, Burton Guster, as they consult on some of the most bizarre police cases to date: from infiltrating a ring of street thugs to advocating for a polar bear.
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