Henry Fonda
21) Gideon's trumpet
Description
"Henry Fonda portrays Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history... Tells the remarkable human story behind the landmark 'right to counsel' Supreme Court case [of Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963]" -- Container.
23) Almos' a man
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
David Glover, a poor southern black youth, feels the world is denying him the respect he needs to be a man.
24) Fail safe
Series
Criterion collection volume 1011
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
26) Jesse James
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Tyrone Power stars as the daredevil bandit who galloped out of the Ozarks and into American folk history with his guns blazing. Jesse James is forced outside the law after ruthless agents for the coming transcontinental railroad kill his mother and steal his family's land. Together with his brother Frank, Jesse forms a gang of masked outlaws to strike back at the railroad company and the banks that swindle oppressed farmers.
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Set in 18th Century Italy, this is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl. Beatrice 's strange and unearthly beauty masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni tragically discovers. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the effect she has on him, he...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Granny Weatherall is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control. Yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring her to the realization that of all her accomplishments, she cannot console herself for the shame-filled day she was left standing at the altar. Still, her indomitable will to live and act independently infuses the last...
35) The longest day
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Complete story of the D-Day landings at Normandy through the eyes of all its participants.
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Hollywood, the golden years: a look at the golden age of silent films via footage from studio films, museums and private collections.
Hollywood, the Selznick years: Portrait of film producer, David O. Selznick, and of the thirties and forties which allowed him to produce romantic epics. Clips from his films, including David Copperfield, The prisoner of Zenda, A tale of two cities, Rebecca, and Gone with the wind are intercut with comments from directors...
37) The lady Eve
Series
Criterion collection volume 103
Description
Barbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fonda bumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoon worthy romance that Sturges wrote, directed, and produced.
38) Madigan
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
A veteran New York City detective is given only a few hours to track down a vicious killer
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
c2005
Description
Young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and running off to glamorous New York City. Once there, Paul experiences everything he ever dreamed of, from a luxurious hotel suite to his first taste of champagne. However, when reality finally comes crashing down around him, Paul realizes the desperate course he must now take.