Charles Boyer
1) The Louvre
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Follows Charles Boyer as he takes the viewer on a tour of the Louvre. He discusses the history of the Louvre, describes the characters of the rulers who acquired through the centuries the great collection of art, points out the changes which have been made in the structure of the building, and explains that French civilization can be surveyed through the history of the Louvre.
Series
Criterion collection volume 445
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Français
Description
The wife of a 19th century General sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.
5) Fanny
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Fanny, a fishmonger's daughter with eyes for the barkeeper's son, Marius, has a powerful rival. Marius yearns for a life at sea, not one behind the bar in Marseilles with his blustery but devoted father Cesar. But after Fanny and Marius surrender to their desires, complications separate them, and a solution comes from an unlikely source: the wise, aging sailmaker Panisse.
6) Conquest
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A historical portrayal of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1807 through 1815 and his romantic involvement with Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who bore him a son, and the eventual parting of their relationship. The story begins in Poland in 1807 and continues through the departure of Napoleon from France in 1815.
7) Love affair
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Michel Marnet and Terry McKay meet on a ship on which he is sailing to marry a rich heiress. When they fall in love they agree to meet 6 months later at the top of the Empire State Building, if they are both still free. On the way Terry meets with crippling accident.
8) Gaslight
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Paula Anton is a beautiful and trusting 19th century English singer studying in Italy. She is slowly being tormented by mysterious happenings in her luxurious Victorian home. The suspect is her devoted husband. But viewing the world through the dim glow of the gaslight, it is difficult to tell what is real and what is imagined.
9) Liliom
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Liliom is a carefree young man working as circus barker, until he falls in love with Julie and loses his job. When Julie becomes pregnant, Liliom turns to crime to make ends meet, only to be presented with a supernatural chance to make things right for his child.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: Theodora goes wild: A small-time author whose racy bestsellers, written under a pseudonym, bring her notoriety when a New Yorker discovers her secret. Together again: The mayor's widow falls for a sculptor as he works on a statue of her late husband.
Disc 2: The doctor takes a wife: A feminist writer forced to pretend she's married to a man whom she loathes. A night to remember: A woman and her mystery writer husband take an apartment in...
11) Gaslight
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in their London home. She becomes the helpless victim as he drives her to the brink of insanity.