John Gielgud
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During a round of golf on a cliff-top course in Wales, Bobby Jones discovers a man lying gravely injured on the rocks below. His last words, "Why didn't they ask Evans?," leads Bobby and his friend on a quest to find out what happened to the man.
22) Secret agent
Publisher
Laserlight DVD
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An espionage thriller set in Geneva, seasoned with romance. Two British Intelligence Service agents pose as husband and wife in an attempt to eliminate an agent for the Central Powers.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous trains Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive.
Series
Anton Chekhov collection volume disc 6
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (258 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Madfame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction....
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Isabel Archer is a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her head-strong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle and the devious Gilbert Osmond.
Series
Criterion collection volume 830
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Prince Hal must choose between loyalty to Sir John Falstaff or to his father, King Henry IV.
27) The loved one
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bemused would-be poet gets himself entangled with an unctuous cemetery entrepreneur, a mom-obsessed mortician. Also includes a featurette: Trying to Offend Everyone.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c1988
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (ca. 6.5 hrs.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One week after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, sweeping the United States into World War II, the Henry family is forever changed by the war in the Pacific, and the horror of the Holocaust. Features spectacular reenactments of the event at Midway, Yalta, Guadalcanal and El Alamein.
29) Richard III
Series
Criterion collection volume 213
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterwards, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and mustering a final defense for his realm at the Battle...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (182 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process...
32) Richard III
Series
Criterion collection volume 213
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (158 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Description
Richard, Duke of Gloucester through a set of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward.