Darryl Francis Zanuck
Pub. Date
2005
Description
During World War II, the Far East island of Borneo is captured by the Japanese. Based on true events this is the story of American author Agnes Newton Keith who along with her husband, a British administrator, is arrested. Their family is separated and placed into different prison camps. The camp commander takes an avid interest in the authoress, but does not intervene when she is subject to torture, starvation and humiliation at the hands of the...
Description
The story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860s. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another.
Series
Pub. Date
1947
Description
Magazine writer Schuyler 'Phil' Green, a widower who has just arrived with his mother and young son in New York, is assigned the task of writing an expose of anti-Semitism. As he searches for a new angle on the topic, he decides to pass as a Jew for several months, which causes no end of trouble for his ailing mother and young son. This film puts the 'gentleman's agreement' among gentiles to discriminate against Jews directly in the spotlight.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
All about Eve: From the moment she glimpses her idol on Broadway, Eve Harrington strives to upstage Margo Channing. Using false charm to sway those around her, Eve steals Margo's role and disrupts the lives of anyone close to the actress.
Cleopatra: In this epic about power, love and betrayal, Elizabeth Taylor stars as the beguiling Queen of the Nile, who, in seducing two of Rome's greatest soldiers, Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, changed the course...
11) All about Eve
Series
Studio classic volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
13) Brigham Young
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
The story of the Mormon pioneers' long wagon train west to the Salt Lake Valley, led by Brigham Young (Jagger). A subplot involves a trail scout (Power) who falls in love with a non-Mormon (Darnell) on the way.
Series
Studio classics volume no. 17
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Appears on list
Description
A collection of six war movies all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
300: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700...
17) The Blue bird
Series
Shirley Temple volume 13
Pub. Date
1940.
Description
A woodcutter's two children are led by a fairy through the past, present, and even the future to find the Bluebird of Happiness.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
A tuneful Irving Berlin musical that depicts the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. Molly and Terry Donahue start out as a duo and keep adding kids to the act until they finally become The 5 Donahues. Their busy and tumultuous lives aren't always easy, but the Donahues have plenty of love to get them through the hard times and more than enough talent to keep them on top. Highlighted by one classic Irving Berlin song after another...
19) All about Eve
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
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