Fred Astaire
Publisher
Classic Media/Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Where does Santa's suit come from? Why does he slide down the chimney? Why does he live at the North Pole? The answers to all these questions and the origins of our favorite holiday traditions are revealed in this classic about Kris Kringle, the world's most famous gift-giver.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1955
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Millionaire playboy Jervis Pendleton III becomes enamored with a young woman living in a French orphanage, and decides to anonymously sponsor her college education in America. When they finally meet face-to-face two years later, romance blossoms but is complicated by Jervis's hesitance towards their age differences.
8) On the beach
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere, with the exception of Australia. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
9) Swing time
Series
Criterion collection volume 979
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While trying to make $25,000 to convince his prospective father-in-law that he is capable enough to marry his daughter, gambler Lucky Garnett falls in love with a beautiful dance teacher.
13) Shall we dance
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A ballet star (Astaire) and a musical revue sensation (Rogers) decide to wed and publicly divorce to quash persistent rumors of a secret marriage. Once tied, however, perhaps they shouldn't call the whole thing off.
14) Silk stockings
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stern lady Communist comes to Paris to retrieve three wayward comrades and a Russian composer, but instead warms up to capitalist attractions.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Acunas family is a family of tradition. The family holds the ritual of making sure that their daughters get married in order of age. When the second daughter does not follow the tradition quick enough, her sister resort to finding her a lover.
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Burgermeister has outlawed toys from the children of Sombertown. Now, Kris Kringle will get his start as the world's most famous gift giver - Santa Claus - by struggling to bring toys and happiness to children.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (3 hr., 48 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Going my way (127 min.): When old and fading St. Dominic's Church gets a new priest (Crosby), things are bound to change. For starters, young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who doesn't think much of him or his ideas. The two have their differences but O'Malley is able to inspire some neighborhood roughnecks to open their hearts and minds in a way the old priest simply could not do.
Holiday Inn (101 min.):...
19) Funny face
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Cinderella story about an inconspicuous salesgirl who is whisked off to Paris by a group of fashion magazine sophisticates and transformed into a dazzling model with whom the magazine's photographer falls in love.
20) Easter parade
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Astaire is trying to forget ex-dance partner Miller while rising to stardom with Garland. Too good to watch just at Easter time.