Pandro S. Berman
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Description
National Velvet: A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
The Story of Seabiscuit: An Irish horse trainer and his niece come to Kentucky after her brother's death in a riding accident. While the trainer takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit and tries to convince the owner that the ungainly little horse can become a champion,...
Pub. Date
1944.
Description
Taylor stars as a young English girl who wins an unruly horse in a raffle and goes on to enter him in the Grand National Steeplechase.
Velvet Brown, is a small English schoolgirl with very big dreams. In love with horses, she falls for one in particular, an unruly thoroughbred rogue known for his spectacular escapes from a high-walled pasture. When the owner raffles his horse off in disgust, Velvet holds the winning ticket. With the help of Mi Taylor,...
5) Top hat
Series
Astaire and Rogers collection volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Rogers and Astaire are caught up in a mistaken identity plot, in which Rogers assumes that Astaire is already married, and is alternatively charmed and repelled by his advances.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
7) Ivanhoe
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Description
Adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's classic tale set in England in the Middle Ages. Also includes a Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Two Mouseketeers, and a swashbuckler movie trailer gallery.
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Brewton's cattle empire includes a million acres of grazing land. Lutie marries him and they have a daughter Sara. Lutie goes alone to Denver where she and lawyer Chamberlain conceive a son Brock whom Jim later accepts with resignation. Long afterward Brock is killed by a posse and Susie brings Lutie and Jim together once more.
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
The gay divorcee: Oscar-winner The Continental revels in precision-dance joy, Cole Porter's Night and Day sways with timeless grace, and Fred and Ginger's first top billing sets the tone for more film hits to come. Top hat: Dale Tremont confuses showman Jerry Travers with another man, and is alternately charmed and disgusted by his advances, because she thinks he's married. Shall we dance: A George and Ira Gershwin score has Fred tapping to Slap That...
10) Swing time
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiancee back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight".
11) Stage door
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The film depicts the fears, setbacks and daily struggles of aspiring young performers, and, for the very few, stardom and success.
12) Sidney Poitier
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, and Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going...
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
[Disc 1]. In Arsenic and old lace, a drama critic about to marry discovers insanity runs in his family. In A night at the opera, a New York scandal, a riot on a ship, and an evening of insanity in a concert hall are some of the problems resulting from Groucho's outrageous business schemes. The goal-- to bring Milan's finest opera stars to Manhattan.
[Disc 2]. In The long, long trailer, newlyweds hit the honeymoon road with a 40-foot trailer in tow....
14) Elizabeth Taylor
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Cat on a hot tin roof: A story of deception which is destroying a patriarchal Southern family as its' members gather for the imminent demise of their "Big Daddy."
Father of the bride: Chaos reigns when the beautiful daughter of a family casually announces her plans to marry. What follows is a warmly humorous story, with wedding preparations, ruffled egos and the unavoidable meeting with the prospective in-laws.
Butterfield 8: A high-class call girl...
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