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Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Other countries built palaces for royalty; in the United States, we built them to watch movies. It celebrates the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them: Thousands of seats, giant screens, exotic and ornate interiors with balconies and lounges, in-house organs and orchestras, amazing marquees, and...
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed and well-to-do Laura Henderson needs a diversion to see her through war torn London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it. The two don't seem to get along at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres begin to copy the idea and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that...
3) Navy blues
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sailor beware! That sweet trick with the big eyes is looking for more than a good time. She wants a ring! This nifty little comedy-drama touting the value of a good woman's love. There is the girl who, after some heartache, ties a sailor's knot around Jack's heart. 'I ain't the marrying kind, ' Jack declares. Wanna bet, sailor?
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Easter time in Crisper County and cable news reporter Marlee Meade is hunting for a way to help others. On a tip that the old town theater will be shut down, Marlee cooks up a plan to save the stage and make a difference through the power of musical theater. With a cast of costume-clad townies, massive props and a twenty-foot robot rabbit, 'Up With Bunnies' is hatched!
5) Being Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Julia is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.
6) Sing
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of quirky film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free. The film is an award-winning underdog story about The Mahoning Drive-in Theater.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this twisted horror anthology, five strangers are drawn to an abandoned theater and forced to watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them. Lurking in the shadows is the Projectionist, who preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films. As each reel spins its sinister tale, the characters find frightening parallels to their own lives.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
2nd edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray 3D + 1 DVD : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An onscreen step-by-step guide to fine tune HD home entertainment equipment; includes 3D stereoscopic calibration, audio tests for speaker setup and A/V sync, motion patterns to evaluate 120Hz and 240Hz interpolation modes, and more.
11) Limelight
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director2s most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs.
12) Cabaret
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inside the Kit Kat Klub of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and an impish emcee (Joel Grey) sound the call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. Boasting a score by the legendary songwriting partnership of John Kander and Fred Ebb, Cabaret won eight Oscars including awards for Minneli, Grey and director Bob Fosse, who shaped a triumph of style and substance. Come to this cabaret,...
Publisher
Deutchman Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Donald Rugoff, the crazy genius who kicked art films into the mainstream in the 1960's and 1970's with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure.
15) Les girls
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cheeky musical variation on Rashomon, the film gives three flashbacks on the Parisian sojourn of a dance master and his featured artists.
16) Fitzcarraldo
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sil., color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
Papitou is a free-spirited, animal-loving native girl who falls in love with Andre, a sophisticated young man who has been sent to the Parisian Antilles as a prospector. She is unaware that he is betrothed to another, or that his work assignment is actually a perilous ruse concocted by his scheming boss. As the truth becomes known, Papitou finds herself pursuing Andre back to Paris.
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
[The general] A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War single handedly. [The playhouse] A comedy in which Keaton plays a stage manager, an actor, a monkey and other parts. [Cops] A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with an entire police precinct.
19) Just a gigolo
Publisher
Shout! Factory LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([32 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him. He has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
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