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(0)Ray Collins
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English
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H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Defense attorney Perry Mason induces climactic witness-stand confessions that always clear his clients, usually with the help of confidential secretary Della Street and sidekick Paul Drake. As they work against DA Hamilton Burger and Lt. Arthur Tragg to clear a client, is it any surprise they succeed every time?
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Attorney Perry Mason, along with the help of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, takes on seemingly indefensible cases. With outstanding courtroom skills, Mason will often use tricks or traps to unwittingly get people to admit their guilt.
Series
Studio classic volume 26
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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An extremely possessive woman will do whatever it takes to keep her husband all to herself, even murder.
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English
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A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
9) Citizen Kane
Publisher
Turner Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Orson Welles' controversial film, hailed as best American film ever made, is a portrait of Charles Foster Kane, revealing America's love of power and materialism and the resultant corruption. The film earned eight Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar for best screenplay.
10) Citizen Kane
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English
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Although based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, the movie was deemed so controversial that it was recalled from distribution and not released until after Hearst's death. It introduced many original and revolutionary techniques that have since been adopted as film standards.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Ã2003.
Language
English
Description
Erik Toresen, a simple Norwegian fisherman, finds his quiet coastal village shattered by the Nazi invasion. Untrained in the ways of war, the villagers use only their cold, sullen hatred as defense until Erik mobilizes the villagers and trains them to fight.
Series
Criterion collection volume 952
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Orson Welles's beautiful, nostalgia-suffused second feature--the subject of one of cinema's greatest missing-footage tragedies--harks back to turn-of-the-twentieth-century Indianapolis, chronicling the inexorable decline in the fortunes of an affluent family. Adapted from an acclaimed Booth Tarkington novel and featuring restlessly inventive camera work and powerful performances from a cast including Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, and Agnes Moorehead,...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Laura Partridge, a small-time stockholder creates havoc at a a board meeting, falls in love with the former chief executive officer, and wrests control of the corporation from its selfish, corrupt board of directors.
15) Summer stock
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Romance blooms during the summer in New England when Jane Falbury's sister shows up with a theatrical troupe and convinces her to let them stage a musical in the barn.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A sadistic Civil War vet (Ford), now a judge, teeters on the brink of insanity-- and a town is on the edge of revolt. Only one man, the marshall (Holden), stands between them in this powerful western which delves into the devasting psychological effects of war.
17) Command decision
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
General Casey of the U.S. Army Air Forces in England must fight congressional representatives and his own chain of command to be allowed to complete an important mission.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For me and my gal: Musical comedy about a vaudeville song-and-dance team who buck tough times and World War I on their way to success in show business.
The Harvey girls: Susan meets a cheery group of young women traveling out to open a 'Harvey House' restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers.
In the good old summertime: A musical version of "The shop around the corner" tells the story...
