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1) El Dorado
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A gunfighter comes to the aid of a cattle baron, but switches sides when he meets up with his old friend, the alcoholic sheriff.
Publisher
Hen'S Tooth Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Former serviceman Monty Brewster learns that a wealthy unknown uncle has died, leaving him eight million dollars. A stipulation in the will demands that he spend the first million in just two months or forfeit the entire inheritance. Desperate to get rid of the money, he starts businesses and makes deliberately bad investments. But things go awry as the ventures begin earning rather than losing money.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Professor Joseph Elsner takes his protege Frederic Chopin to Paris after Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor and must flee the country. There he eventually comes under the influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan boasts he 'can lick any man in the world.' That was before he fought 21 fateful rounds against challenger James C Corbett. Corbett, whose style in and out of the ring helped bring acceptability to what had been an unsanctioned, backroom sport.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A woman decides to go home to Iowa from New York, but only has enough money for a child's half-price train ticket. She passes herself off as a 12-year-old, but runs into problems when a man decides to take care of her until her mother arrives.
"***1/2...has lots going for it..."--USA Today
8) Mame
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
She'll coax the blues right out of your heart. Madcap Auntie Mame is suddenly her nephew's guardian in this sparkling adaptation of the Broadway hit.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A neurotic American ventriloquist performing in Europe is unable to control the words coming out of his dummy, resulting in a near-nervous breakdown. His manager, and best friend, orders him to see a famous psychiatrist in Zurich. What follows is a zany adventure involving secret weapons, international spies, and the beautiful Dr. Ilse Nordstrom.
10) Jailhouse rock
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Elvis stars as a small-time convict who uses his time in prison to practice music, then goes on to become a big-time performer. Includes featurette and Elvis photo scrapbook.
11) Show boat
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Based on Edna Ferber's novel and the play by Oscar Hammerstein about the lives and loves of a Riverboat Theatre Troupe.
12) Red Shoes
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A young ballerina is torn between love and success. Includes commentary, documentary, interview, theatrical trailer, booklet, and more.
"...wonderful classic..."--Library Journal
"****...greatest ballet film ever made...Highly recommended. Editor's Choice."--Video Librarian
13) The quiet man
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
John Ford's The Quiet Man celebrates one of Hollywood's most romantic and enduring epics. The first American feature to be filmed in Ireland's picturesque countryside, Ford richly imbued this masterpiece with his love of Ireland and its people. Sean Thornton is an American boxer who swears off fighting after he accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. Returning to the Irish town of his youth, he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery...
16) Hondo
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Louis L'Amour story The Gift of Cochise, this sparkling Western has Wayne as a half-Indian cavalry scout. Includes a special introduction by Leonard Maltin, featurettes, commentaries, and much more.
"***1/2...John Wayne and Geraldine Page is a teaming you don't get every day."--USA Today
"***1/2...script and acting that really carry the day...highly recommended."--Video Librarian
Author
Language
English
Description
John Wayne returns for his latest adventure in, the Lawless Frontier! Notorious outlaw Pandro Zanti has met his match in John Tobin! After murdering Tobin's parents Zanti attempts to kill a local man and kidnap his daughter. Fueled by the desire of revenge and affections for the young lady, Tobin saddles up, and prepares for the fight of his life as the two square off in an confrontation the likes of which Texas has never seen!
18) Rainbow Valley
Author
Language
English
Description
The locals of Rainbow Valley are in need of a road, but a heinous gang is preventing them from making any progress. John Martin, an undercover agent with an assignment to stop the gang, happens upon the small town of Rainbow Valley. They believe this fearless man could be the answer to all of their problems, but does Martin actually have what it takes to save the town and get the girl?
Author
Language
English
Description
Chris Morrell (John Wayne), the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father, so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Meanwhile outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well, looking to steal the oil lease for himself. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Sam Black, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate her...
20) Blue Steel
Author
Language
English
Description
Undercover federal marshal John Carruthers is suspected by the local sheriff, Jake, of stealing the town’s payroll, but his suspicions are sidelined when young Betty Mason announces that her father, an important businessman, has been murdered. Without him, supplies will not reach town, and homesteaders will starve. When town leader Malgrove offers to buy the locals out, John and Jake get suspicious and uncover a land-grabbing conspiracy.
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