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1) Ballet shoes
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
2) Pollyanna
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Gold crown collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent from their home in India to the English estate of a distant family friend. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident occurred there. With the help of a local boy and Colin, her guardian's invalid son, Mary's spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
4) Pollyanna
Publisher
Matinee Classics
Pub. Date
[1996?]
Physical Desc
1 video cassette (57 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Sentimental story about a little orphan girl who brings happiness and romance to unhappy and unloved members of her community with her philosophy of "gladness."
5) The kid
Series
Criterion collection volume 799
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (53 min.) : silent with sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
The Tramp and his ragamuffin sidekick triumph over life's hard knocks in the landmark film that changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be.
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young Louisa Ginglebusher is recruited from a local orphanage to become an usherette at a movie theater. Encouraged by her kindly guardian to spread her wings, Louisa decides to lead the life of a fairy tale angel & in her quest to do good she tries to redirect money from a rich playboy to a struggling lawyer.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young English boy, orphaned in a foreign land and terrorized for his political belief, turns to boxing. As he grows up fighting with his fists and leading with his heart, he takes on the system and the social injustices around him--finding that one person really can make a difference.
Series
Language
English
Description
Meet the most unforgettable characters and embark on a thrilling adventure with Mowgli as he journeys deep into the jungle and learns 'The Bare Necessities' of life from happy-go-lucky Baloo the bear. Meet Bagheera, the wise old panther, and crazy King Louie, the orangutan. But watch out for the cunning tiger Shere Khan and Kaa, the sneakiest snake in the jungle! It is an extraordinary adventure and a heartwarming tale that celebrates the true meaning...
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
25 year old orphan, Lester March is a radio and TV repairman who dreams of someday becoming a private detective like his friend and old role model Pete Flint. One night, Lester sees a report on TV about the elderly owner of a successful electronic empire who's searching for her missing nephew, the heir to her estate. When Lester pays a visit to the woman's estate, more than one person remarks that he looks an awful lot like her missing nephew.
10) The 7th victim
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mary Gibson, a naive orphan, goes to Manhatten to find her missing sister Jacqueline. Her investigation leads her to Jacqueline's secret husband, and also to a strange cult of Diabolists who are also hunting Jacqueline.
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A classic adventure of a young orphan sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle and his crippled son. Led by a strong will and a stubborn temperament, Mary Lennox discovers the existence of a secret garden, the history of which slowly reveals the mystery of her uncle and his son's embittered lives. Eventually, the beloved garden becomes the only hope for their happiness and restoration from the haunting grip of the...
12) Despicable me
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
13) Queen Kelly
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Deluxe collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
A gothic romance in which a convent girl is seduced by a prince and inherits a brothel in Africa before he finds her again.
14) Curly top
Series
Shirley Temple volume 2
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Edward Morgan, rich trustee of an orphanage, meets and is entranced with little Elizabeth and her older sister Mary. He adopts them and they come to adore Edward. Mary falls in love with Edward, and he has the same feelings; Elizabeth plays matchmaker.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old girl inherits a fortune when her father dies. Six different uncles vie to adopt the child, but does any want to for any reason but her money? Jerry Lewis plays all six of the uncles.
16) The geisha boy
Publisher
Olive Films under license from Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Struggling magician the Great Wooley (Jerry Lewis) and his lop-eared partner Harry Hare plan to dazzle audiences with magical feats during their USO tour of Japan and Korea. Jerry combines his trademark antics with a compassionate central story: an orphaned Japanese boy is drawn out of his shell by the magician's humor and caring"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Enchanted musical edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An amateur witch, along with three precocious orphans, flies into one fantastic adventure after another aboard a bewitched bed to save the country from hostile invaders.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A runaway orphan, young Sonora persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's traveling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl, " but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream. With the help of a loving friend, Sonora proves that if you want something badly enough,...
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When business partners, friends and housemates Lou Henry and Bud Flick become involved in a money-laundering scheme, they risk not only their partnership and friendship, but jeopardize the welfare of the two orphaned children who they have taken into their home to raise. Add to the mix the hot-on-their heels welfare worker Miss Mayberry who considers the living arrangements to be less than ideal for the children.
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A conman is entrusted to take care of a young orphan girl until he can return her to her grandparents, but learns that the grandfather of the girl is a judge who despises conmen.
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