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1) A small fire
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Samuel French acting edition.
Physical Desc
61 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
2) Bellissima
Publisher
E 1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Dreaming of a better life for her family, a star struck mother invests everything, including her last penny, into the dream that her daughter will be discovered at an open casting.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Jeanne lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise. The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job. Louise harbors the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein, a famous lawyer she knew in her youth. They are set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents, a lie that grows into the biggest news and political story...
Series
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big Bad Mama: Sexy, Depression-era Mama (Angie Dickinson) and her daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
Big Bad Mama II: Mama and her daughters return for a crime spree through the South as they seek to avenge the death of her husband.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
vii, 65 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A ... play about a family coming to terms with long held secrets. When a once-promising novelist returns home to Palm Springs to visit her parents conflict ensues after she announces the imminent publication of her memoir--a book that focuses on the politically explosive and tragic death of her antiwar-activist brother. With her parents trying to cling to their Reaganesque social status, the family is torn apart and must come to grips with its painful...
7) Rain
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Determined to find the mother who abandoned her, 14-year-old Rain leaves her secluded home after her grandmother dies. But her hopes for a loving reconciliation are quickly shattered when she discovers that her mother is now a drug-addicted prostitute living in the worst part of the city. Frightened, Rain must summon all her inner strength to survive. She turns for help to a kind-hearted track coach who encourages Rain to pursue her dreams.
Publisher
Lucky Penny Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
When Nicoletta was a little girl, her mother abandoned her and ran off to Rome to remarry. Now, 15 years later Nicoletta travels to Rome with the intention of ruining her mother's life. Before Nicoletta realizes it, her plans for vengeance start to fade, and she's swept up in the sweet romance of everyday Italian life.
10) The little foxes
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Regina Giddens is a woman who will stop at nothing to outwit her brothers in running the family business, even if it means sacrificing the health of her husband or the love of her young daughter.
11) The winter guest
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An inside look at the lives of eight people living in a remote and icy Scottish village. The story focuses on the relationship between a mother and a daughter, played by real-life mother and daughter Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.
13) Applause
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When talking pictures were first coming to the screen, theater director Rouben Mamoulain shatters the oppressive technical limitations and transforms a backstage melodrama into a stunning cinematic masterpiece. Tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in Mom's footsteps.
14) Tumbleweeds
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After her latest failed relationship, free-spirited, four-times married Mary Jo Walker hits the road and heads West with her 12-year old daughter Ava in search of greener pastures.
Author
Series
Publisher
AudioGO
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 CDs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Esme Allen is a well-known West End actress at just the moment when the West End is ceasing to offer actors a regular way of life. The visit of her young daughter, Amy, with a new boyfriend sets in train a series of events which only find their shape sixteen years later.
16) King of horror
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 479 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four terrifying, weird, diabolical horror films from Stephen King. In Dreamcatcher, while camping a group of friends are visited by parasitic aliens. In Dolores Claiborne a daughter returns to her hometown to find that her mother has been arrested for murder. Creepshow and Cat's eye both tell a series of short horror stories.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Standard and widescreen editions.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adele is a flashy, flirtatious dreamer. Her daughter Ann is a quiet, no-nonsense realist. On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they are two of a kind.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After her husband asks for a divorce, Diane, a New York City attorney, heads to Woodstock with her two teens to stay with her estranged flower-child mother. In this charming village, Diane and her city kids get a new perspective on life and love.
19) Steel magnolias
Publisher
Sony Pictures Television
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steel Magnolias is an American comedy-drama television film directed by Kenny Leon that premiered at Lifetime Network on October 7, 2012. It is the remake of 1989 film of the same name. The new film stars an all-African American cast.
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Remastered edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Aggie Hurley is making up for a lifetime of making do. Her daughter Jane is going to have a lavish wedding even if Jane wants a simple ceremony. And even if Aggie's husband Tom must give up his dream of owning his own taxi to finance the extravaganza.
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