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""Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me." With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester wears a scarlet "A" upon her breast, the sign of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name, her husband begins his vindictive search for her lover, determined to expose what Hester is equally determined to protect. Defiant and proud, Hester witnesses the degradation of...
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Everyman's library volume 157
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A poignant portrayal of the thoughts and events that comprise one day in a woman's life.
Pub. Date
c2012
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A young divorcee, Mildred Pierce, rises up out of poverty to become a successful business woman in spite of hardships and her selfish daughter. This five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years, as she struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the...
4) Match point
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
©2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Former tennis pro Chris Wilton stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the sister of one of his tennis students, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola, a much deeper passion is stirred. His desire isn't deterred even after he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe's brother. But when their affair threatens Chris's increasingly cozy lifestyle, Chris begins to consider a drastic solution....
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MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A year after the death of his brother Tom, Jack is having trouble coming to terms with his loss and has hit a wall, both personally and professionally. An intervention in the guise of his best friend Iris results in a planned week of solitude in the country at her family's cabin.The problem is, Iris's sister Hannah, raw from a breakup with her longtime girlfriend, had the same idea and she and Jack inadvertently have a night of drunken confessions...
6) Shopgirl
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
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1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ray Porter is a buttoned-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle, a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away in a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter...
7) Married life
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In a late 1940's suburban world, middle-class wives, like Pat, build their lives around their husbands. Pat and Harry seem happy, but Harry confesses to his pal, Richard, that the spark is gone. He plans to leave Pat for vibrant young war widow Kay. Once Richard, a notorious ladies man, gets a look at the platinum blonde, he secretly sets out to win her affections and Harry continues to plot to take Pat out of the picture.
8) Leaving
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011
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1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After a married women meets the builder who is converting a shed into an office for her, she falls in love with him and decides to leave her family behind to pursue her newfound passion.
Series
Criterion collection volume 552
Publisher
Criterion Collection
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A caustic inside look at the Washington news media, stars Holly Hunter in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter. James L. Brooks' witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing.
10) Black swan
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
c2011
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1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Nina is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company. Her life, like most in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her mother Erica, a former ballerina who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: new dancer Lily, who impresses...
11) Jules and Jim
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Before World War I in Paris, a girl alternates between a French student, Jim, and a German student, Jules. After the war, they meet again and form a constantly shifting triangle.
12) Maggie's plan
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.
14) The duchess
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
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1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Chronicles the life of aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who became the style icon of late eighteenth-century England. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter...
15) Holiday
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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Johnny gets engaged to the girl of his dreams, only to find out she's a millionaire's daughter whose father wants to be in control of their lives. Add to that a sister who is falling for Johnny, and he needs to decide who to marry and what to do.
16) Maggie's plan
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.
17) December bride
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A proud Irish servant girl rebels against her strict upbringing by having love affairs with two brothers at the same time. Sarah and the brothers risk happiness, reputation, and safety for their daring love.
18) Chloe
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Catherine is suspicious that her husband David is having an affair, and hires Chloe, an alluring young escort to test his fidelity. Their arranged weekly meeting allows Catherine to hear the explicit details of the encounters Chloe has with David. As Catherine becomes caught up in a web of sexual desire herself, she begins a journey that will put her family in grave danger. Is it too late to stop Chloe?
19) Dear John
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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While John, a young soldier, is home on a temporary leave, he meets and falls in love with Savannah, a college girl on her spring break. Savannah promises to write to John when he is sent overseas. Over the next seven years, the couple continues to be separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments. Though they meet only sporadically, they continue to stay in touch through love letters that eventually bring fateful consequences.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 198 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Set in Victorian Ireland, The Real Charlotte is the story of two cousins- one young and attractive, the other older, plain and pragmatic. Unfortunately they both fall in love with the same man, a fate that leads to heartache and tragedy.
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