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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 667 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Woman of substance: the story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world.
Hold the dream: continues the saga of Emma Harte, who rose from servant girl to head of an international retail dynasty. At 80, Emma passes control of the Harte-McGill empire to her beloved granddaughter Paula.
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3) The notebook
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A boy from the wrong side of the tracks falls in love with a rich girl, and it seems no one approves of the relationship.
4) Ganja & Hess
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An archaeologist is stabbed with an ancient dagger that gives him immortality and an insatiable thirst for blood, which he then shares with his assistant's wife, and the two of them form a troubled partnership.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Talented carpenter Robert Bradley leaves the Jarrow shipyards in 1913 for a better life in the country and a job in his uncle's furniture business. But he soon finds himself at odds with his God-fearing uncle, and his cousin Carrie is a teenage time bomb waiting to explode. For solace, he escapes to the grounds of a dilapidated country estate, where he meets the ethereal Millie Thorman, known locally as "The Moth""--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On a summer afternoon in 1854, rag and bone lady Aggie Winkowski rescues 10-year old Millie Forester from the streets as the pretty child's unfortunate mother is hauled off to jail. Aggie fully expects to be rid of her amusing but talkative little charge by morning. But the child's tragic circumstances and vulnerability soften the old woman's heart, and the two develop a relationship that changes Aggie's life and shapes Millie's destiny"--Container....
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In turn-of-the-century South Tyneside, John O'Brien is the good-hearted, eldest son of a family torn apart by the drunken brawling of his father and brothe. John works long hours in the docks and adores his talented little sister, Katie. A chance meeting with Katie's teacher, Mary, gives him a glimpse of the life he longs for"--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On Christmas Eve, 1913, Agnes Conway is working in her family's confectionery shop when she meets well-to-do Charles Farrier. Despite their different backgrounds, Agnes and Charles are immediately attracted to one another. But Agnes soon becomes preoccupied with a family crisis that has consequences far worse than any of them could imagine"--Container.
Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This heartwarming and inspirational film tells the story of a young woman growing up in the 1950's who devotes her life to the service of God. However, her faith is tested with each tragedy endured on an extraordinary life journey.
12) Three ages
Series
Publisher
Kino On Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 63 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
A parody of D.W. Griffith's 1916 film 'Intolerance', which follows Buster's hard-luck romantic misadventures throughout world history: from the dawn of man in the Stone Age, through the gladiatorial arenas of Ancient Rome to the city streets of the American Jazz Era. Keaton's first feature film.
13) Seven chances
Series
Publisher
Kino On Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : silent, tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
Forced to marry to win a large inheritance, Keaton must corner his sweetheart while contending with hundreds of would-be brides.
14) My reputation
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the recent death of her husband, Jessica is lonely and out of sorts. She meets two men who are very different. As Jessica debates the merits of passion versus security, she becomes the subject of mean-spirited gossipmongers.
15) The gay divorcee
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit The Continental.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rose still lives with her mother and desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory is a mathematics professor who has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect. Fate brings these two together and without physical attraction to complicate matters they become best friends and soon agree to an unconventional marriage built on intellectual passion instead of sexual heat. Then they fall in...
17) Living out loud
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A newly divorced woman is consumed by vindictive fantasies of her ex-husband and his young bride until she finds unexpected companionship in a bold and sassy jazz singer and a down-on-his-luck elevator operator in her fashionable Fifth Avenue building.
18) Sweet land
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand--Container.
19) Pygmalion
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A stuffy professor of phonetics takes a bet that in six months time he can turn a Cockney flower seller into a lady he could pass off as a duchess.
20) Torrid zone
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steve Case knows only one man who can shape up his troubled banana-republic plantation--fireball foreman Nick Butler. However, Nick is a little distracted when he meets a woman who can hold her own at a card table, especially if she's dealing.
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