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Set in the world of theater, with its temperamental and insecure personalities and actors who don't know when to stop acting, this is a story of pretense and fantasy. Breathless fan Eve Harrington worms her way into the confidence of Broadway star Margo Channing. Eve becomes first her secretary, then her understudy, then her rival. Only one person sees through Eve's act: Birdie, Margo's wardrobe woman. Survivors of Eve's savage climb to the top include...
2) Patton
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Soldiers' Stories on Film (Bedford)
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Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
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A plain, middle-aged married man, Richard Sherman sends his wife Helen and his young son Ricky off to vacation at the seashore in Maine during a sultry summer in New York City. They escape but he must remain behind in the heat, to make money. He sees them off at the train station, promising to eat properly, and neither smoke nor drink. He will be sensible, not play around as soon as his wife leaves like so many other men. That is until he meets his...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2006
Description
"Jack Thornton is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. When he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strength of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. A winning $1,000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the rewards that his friendship with the canine will bring. When the pair, along with Jack's friend Shorty, happen upon a woman who's lost her husband in the wild they begin their greatest adventure yet in this rousing...
8) Jesse James
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The story of Jesse James, how he started his gang and became both an infamous outlaw and a hero.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Matt Calder, released from jail, returns to the Northwest to find his son. Trying to establish a peaceful life as a farmer, he has a violent encounter with gambler Harry Weston who leaves to file a mining claim, abandoning his girlfriend. Calder is forced to take his son and the woman down the perilous river, past rampaging Indians.
11) The Tall men
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The Allison brothers, Ben and Clint, are ex-Confederate soldiers now trying their hands at robbery. But one attempt to get rich quick leads them into the company of Nathan Stark, a Texas cattle baron with a huge herd to get to market. Along the dangerous journey both bullets and fists are flying as these rough and ready cowpokes take on anything standing in their way, while Ben and Nathan compete for Nella's affection.
12) Anna Karenina
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Beautiful Anna Karenina is comfortably married to a Russian statesman until she falls in love with a dashing young soldier. When she runs away with the officer, she is ostracized by society, denied a divorce by her husband and forbidden to see her son. The hopelessness of her situation prompts Anna to believe life is no longer worth living.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
The gallant young D'Artagnan comes to Paris to join the famed Musketeers and thinks he's found them-- except these three buffoons are cooks who have stolen the drunken Musketeers' clothing! Now, the four are on a madcap mission to save the queen's honor, rescue a lovely lady and defeat a dastardly villain-- all before the next meal needs to be prepared.