Adolphe Menjou
Language
English
Formats
Description
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a shot at stardom, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamour machine . She and her idol Norman marry; but as her star rises, his comes crashing down.
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A king in New York: A king fleeing a revolution takes refuge in the USA. He is led by an advertising agent to make commercials, is suspected of being a communist, testifies before the Un-American Activities Committee and returns to Europe ; A woman of Paris: When her elopement to her beau fails, Marie winds up in Paris as a kept woman whose attempt at reconciliation with her true love only leads to more grief and, finally, tragedy.
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Police are baffled by random killings of women; Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion takes on a powerful crime syndicate; plans to rob a casino as a hoax by a group of friends go awry when one of them takes it very seriously; two hit men must explain the disappearance of a heroin stash to their boss; a normally pragmatic hit man finds he has misgivings when his next job is to kill a woman who is about to give evidence against his boss.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Little Miss Marker: Shirley Temple melts the hearts of a gang of hardened gangsters when she's left as an IOU for a debt.
Now and Forever: Shirley Temple stars as a little rich girl whose father, a jewel thief, comes to claim her from his late wife's relatives.
11) Golden boy
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A young and gifted violinist earns money for his education by prizefighting.
12) Paths of glory
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyzes Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.
16) The hucksters
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Remastered edition.
Language
English
Description
The Hucksters (1947) is a considerably sanitized version of the best-selling novel by Frederic Wakeman. Directed by Jack Conway, the film is a slick but still powerful, and at times darkly funny, indictment of the seamy side of advertising, radio, and big business. Clark Gable plays a World War II veteran who gets a job in advertising, and finds that his work requires him to often abandon his principles. Deborah Kerr, in her American film debut, plays...
19) Paths of glory
Series
Criterion collection volume 538
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray special ed.
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In fur-trapping country, a man depends on his single-shot rifle and his courage. One of those men is Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable), who heads into Blackfoot territory with his fellow mountain men -- and with his new Blackfoot bride (María Elena Marqués) who may be the key to their safety in the dangerous land. Mitchell is a rough, buckskinned man of action and Gable shows he's more than rough enough to portray him in a brawling, breathtakingly...
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