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61) The awful truth
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other's infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. But try as they might to move on, the mischievous Jerry can't help meddling in Lucy's ill-matched engagement to a corn-fed Oklahoma businessman (Ralph Bellamy), and a mortified Lucy begins to realize that she may be...
62) Road to Rio
Series
Publisher
Brentwood Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pair of down-and-out Hollywood musicians find themselves on a slow boat to Rio de Janeiro where they meet a beautiful woman whose sinister guardian is trying to marry her off to a swindler.
64) The happy poet
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill, a struggling poet who pours his heart, soul, and last few dollars into starting a healthy food stand, surprising friends and customers with his dry wit and offbeat passion. Motivated by help from a rag-tag group of supporters and a budding romance with a poetry-loving customer, Bill strives to make a difference in the world, until surprising complications jeopardize his new friendships and threaten Bill's dreams for a hot dog-free future.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 Blu-rays (approximately 12 hrs.) : sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
A five-disc collection of Keaton's 32 extant silent short films, presented in 2K restorations, newly scanned using archival film elements from around the world. This set includes the short comedies that Keaton made with pioneering silent comedy genius Roscoe Arbuckle, as well as all 19 of his independently-produced silent shorts that have cemented his reputation as one of silent cinema's most unique and respected artists. BUSTER KEATON: THE SHORTS...
66) Bad teacher
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Unrated edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is a foul-mouthed, ruthless junior high teacher who can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiance, she begins to woo a rich, handsome substitute. Competing for his affections is overly energetic colleague, Amy. Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic gym teacher. The consequences of her outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers and herself an...
67) In the soup
Publisher
Fantoma Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adolfo Rollo is in over his head. Before he met Joe, his excitement focused on spying on his neighbor Angelica. Joe helped Adolfo with his "spying" and now he wants Adolfo to help -- with stealing cars, burglary and romancing women.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
First comes love, then comes marriage, then come loads of laughs. As Mike and Susan prepare to walk down the aisle, the groom gets a case of cold feet. Turning to friends and family for support can send the couple running for matrimonial cover: Susan's father is fooling around with her mother₂s best friend; Mike's brother is divorcing his high school sweetheart; his parents are living a loveless lie. The rocky road to happily-ever-after has never...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era's most iconic leading lady--thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage play The Philadelphia Story, Hepburn acquired the screen rights, handpicking her friend George Cukor to direct. The intoxicating screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus (Chris Rock) and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion (Julie Delpy), live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. But when Marion's jolly father, her oversexed sister, and her sister's outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for an overseas visit, it initiates two unforgettable days of family mayhem.
71) The Family Stone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Everett brings his fiancé Meredith home to meet his family for the Christmas holiday. It's an instant disaster when Everett's parents, Sybil and Kelly, agree with their gay, deaf son Thad, pot-smoking son Ben and daughters Amy and Susannah that Meredith is way too uptight to be welcomed into their family. Wanting to please Everett and get along with his family, Meredith recruits her sister Julie to help her thaw the Stone family cold front.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
[Booby dupes] The Stooges decide to increase profits of their fish business by catching their own fish. [Crash goes the hash] The Stooges are mistaken for reporters and are sent to cover the patrician wedding of a beautiful socialite. [Dutiful but dumb] The Stooges are "expert" photographers on their way to the sinister Kingdom of Outer Vulgaria. [How high is up?] It's a life and death adventure when they decide to become "Jiffy Menders" and work...
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Remastered edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : sound, black and white. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Immortal film clown Buster Keaton ignites a big city free-for-all in this riotous "talkie." ... In a hilariously hapless attempt to collect the rent on one of his inner city tenements, wealthy uptown landlord Harmon is mobbed by unruly street urchins. But when he sets eyes on Margie, the beautiful older sister of a tough named Clipper, Harmon forgets all about his rent money. ... One of Keaton's earliest ventures into sound film, SIDEWALKS OF NEW...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 30 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This sequel to Three Smart Girls finds Durbin reprising her role as Penny, the youngest of three sisters. This time, she is determined to marry off her two older sisters; Robert Cummings and William Lundigan are the lucky fellas subjected to the affections and schemes of the charming sisters. This is the film in which Durbin sings "Because, " which became one of her biggest hits.
Series
Criterion collection volume 79
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This compilation of films pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W.C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ace Ventura, pet detective is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino, and whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man or beast!
77) The fairy
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A charming adventure about a hotel clerk who falls in love with a fairy who grants him three wishes. After the first two wishes come true, she mysteriously disappears. Determined to get her back Dom searches everywhere, hoping to reunite with his one true love. Belgium-based trio Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy follow their acclaimed ICEBERG and RUMBA with this wonderful candy-colored romp.
78) The Decameron
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Pasolini's rendition of 8 of Boccaccio's tales. Includes lusty nuns who perform sexual "miracles, " a cheating wife with a head for business, a dying con artist attempting a heavenly swindle, young lovers caught with their pants down, a servant who loses his head for love and a gullible farmer who tries to turn his wife into a mare.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
We find Xavier back after L'Auberge Espagnole and he is 30 years old now. Xavier's life is one disappointment after another. A chance meeting could be the answer for both his career and love life, but will it end up in heartbreak?
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Baya is a young, extroverted liberal who lives by the old hippie slogan 'Make love, not war'. She seduces right-wing men to convert them to her political causes - and so far she's gotten exceptional results. That is, until she meets Arthur, a middle-aged, middle-of-the road scientist, and the sparks fly.
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