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William Perlberg
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, an ample belly, and a snowy beard is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soom fills everyone with the Christmas spirit, except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daugher to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane, and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"William Reardon (Academy Award winner Melvyn Douglas, 1979, Best Supporting Actor, Being There) leaves his cushy job with the District Attorney to open up a private detective agency. But when things get tough, he goes back to the D.A. office, leaving his wife Sally (Academy Award nominee Joan Blondell, 1951, Best Supporting Actress, The Blue Veil) to close up the agency. When a woman comes in with what seems like an easy case, Sally takes it on herself,...
7) Coney Island
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A saloon entertainer is transformed from a raucus song-and-dance girl into a refined chanteuse.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Frank Elgin is an alcoholic actor and singer who gets a second change at stardom. His long suffering wife, Georgie, and their marriage is put to the test. Frank is desperate to make a come back and Bernie Dodd is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a "name" star for his new stage production. Georgie is both weary of her husband's weaknesses and Dodd's motives. When Georgie appears to be dragging Frank down, Bernie tries to force her to leave....
10) Charley's aunt
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Charley and Jack pressure fellow student Fancourt to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
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...
12) State fair
Pub. Date
c2006]
Language
English
Description
On the first day of the Iowa State Fair, both Margy Frake and her brother Wayne find romance. Will their new-found relationships continue after the fair is over? (1945 version). The story shifts from Iowa to Texas in the 1962 version.There's a country-mouse feeling as the Frake family journeys to the big city for the annual harvest celebration. Young daughter Margy has her eye on something more exciting than her bore of a fiancé, while her brother...