RKO Radio Pictures
Series
Criterion collection volume 952
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when an aristocratic Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
They say crime doesn't pay. Private detective Philip Marlowe knows better. The fat wad of folding money warming his breast pocket is the kind of thing that keeps him going through thick and thicker as he wades chin deep into a mystery involving a missing necklace and a missing hoodlum's moll named Velma.
7) Pinocchio
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will require some guidance, and Jiminy Cricket agrees to act as his...
8) Suspicion
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.
Series
Criterion collection volume 214
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain.
11) The big street
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Haughty nightclub singer Gloria Lyons doesn't have time for the little people, including Little Pinks, the busboy who adores her. Then Gloria is paralyzed when a mobster knocks her down the stairs, and those little people are the only ones who help her.
12) Bringing up Baby
Series
Criterion collection volume 1085
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made--a high-wire act of invention that took American screen comedy to new heights of absurdity. Hoping to procure a million-dollar investment from a wealthy society matron for his museum, a hapless paleontologist (Grant) finds himself entangled with a dizzy heiress (Hepburn) as the manic misadventures pile up--a missing dinosaur bone,...
13) Out of the past
Series
Publisher
Turner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to lead a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him and he finds himself framed for murder.
14) Stage door
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The film depicts the fears, setbacks and daily struggles of aspiring young performers, and, for the very few, stardom and success.
15) Citizen Kane
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud. So ends the odyssey of a life, and begins a fabulous tale of the rise to wealth and power, and ultimate fall, of a complex man.
16) Dumbo
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.
17) Born to kill
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A classic film noir featuring a cold-hearted killer named Sam Wild who kills two innocent people and actively pursues the woman who finds the bodies, all while being married to the woman's half-sister.
18) The set-up
Series
Publisher
Turner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An over-the-hill boxer thinks he can still win a bout, despite doubts from his wife and his manager. He goes into his next fight determined to beat his opponent, not realizing his manager has taken money for a 'dive' from a tough gambler.
19) Back to Bataan
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After the fall of the Phillipines in WWII, Colonel Joseph Madden of the U.S. Army stays on to organize guerrilla fighters against the conquerors.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Features Disney characters: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket and Goofy. When Bongo the circus bear is mistreated, he escapes to the forest and finds true love. Mickey, Donald and Goofy find adventure up the beanstalk and meet Willie the Giant.