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Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The music of Benny Goodman comes to life in this musical biography of the famed King of Swing. Featuring all the outstanding songs and instrumentals made famous by the immortal clarinetist, the story follows the innovative musician from his childhood in Chicago to his historic concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938.
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English
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Description
The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him-- except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Set during the Cold War, this charming comedy based on Shakespeare's classic love story follows a tiny European country's President who holds the deciding vote in a United Nation's debate. Determined to remain neutral, he orchestrates a romance between the American ambassador's daughter and the Russian ambassador's son. If the two opposing world powers can't successfully join forces, there just may be a plague on both their houses!" -- Container....
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Scott Carey encounters a mysterious radioactive mist on a boating trip, he soon finds his life taking on a bizarre and frightening twist. His physical size begins to diminish as he shrinks to a mere two inches. Suddenly, ordinary household situations loom over him with lethal intensity, a playful cat becomes a demon, and a spider is a gargantuan monster.
12) Tarantula
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A biochemist has a plan to feed the world by using a growth formula on plants and animals. But instead he creates a spider of mammoth proportions with an appetite to match!
13) Touch of evil
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An elaborate mystery involving a corrupt police official in a squalid town on the Mexican border and a murder that ensnares a narcotics agent and his wife.
14) Winchester '73
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
An engaging frontiersman attempts to track down his father's murderer and the whereabouts of his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a rogue's gallery of owners including a crazed highwayman, an immoral gunrunner, a young Indian chief, and Stewart's own murderous brother.
15) Hollywood story
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The successful producer Larry O'Brian arrives in Los Angeles to found a motion picture company. He buys an old studio which was unused since the days of silent movies. He's shown the office where the famous director Franklin Farrara was shot. The case hasn't been solved until now, although there were many suspects. O'Brian becomes fascinated by the subject and wants to shoot a movie about it. He investigates himself and soon gets into danger himself....
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Mark Fallon (Power), a riverboat gambler on his way to New Orleans, meets Angelique Dureau (Piper Laurie), a Southern belle who spurns his charm and advances. Using his winnings to build a casino, Fallon's card skills make him a fortune, while his pursuit of the fiery Angelique leads to knife fights, suicides, family feuds and duels over personal honor"--container.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Texas Rangers: MacMurray and Oakie play two devil-may-care outlaws who roam the Texas frontier. Their days are numbered, however, when the Texas Rangers sweep through to bring law and order. The two decide to join the Rangers in order to stay one jump ahead of the law, but as they become heroes, they are suddenly in conflict--with themselves and their old partners in crime.
Canyon passage: Multi-plotted western set in Oregon in the 1850s mixing action,...
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Creature from the Black Lagoon: In the upper reaches of the Amazon River, a scientific team discovers a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The creature is captured and falls in love with the female assistant of the leader of the research team. When the lonely creature escapes and kidnaps her, the scientist mounts an effort to reclaim his sweetheart and return the creature to his watery home.
Revenge of the creature: The Gill-Man...
Series
Criterion collection volume 457
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from a rescue team. They have to use the town's only resuscitator. At that same moment the beloved, local doctor has a heart attack and dies while waiting for the life-saving device. When Bob learns about the doctor's secret - to give selflessley and in secret - he decides to give it a try. He alienates the doctor's widow, Helen, with whom Bob has now fallen in love....