James Stewart
Publisher
Intercontinental
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Nothing sacred: Newspaper reporter Wally Cook tries to redeem himself after a hoax by writing a series of stories about a woman he believes is dying.
Made for each other: John Mason, an ambitious young lawyer, meets a beautiful young lady named Jane and marries her the same day. Their first year of marriage is plagued by money problems, a meddlesome mother-in-law, and a baby who falls gravely ill.
3) Shenandoah
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An engaging frontiersman attempts to track down his father's murderer and the whereabouts of his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a rogue's gallery of owners including a crazed highwayman, an immoral gunrunner, a young Indian chief, and Stewart's own murderous brother.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
11) Rear window
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
14) Vertigo
Series
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
15) Rear window
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. He suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden and actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events.
19) Harvey
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a good-natured fellow whose constant companion is a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. His sister is determined to marry her daughter off and decides to commit her brother to a mental hospital to get him out of the way. Due to a mix-up the sister is committed instead, and it is up to the kindly brother and his imaginary friend to straighten things out!
20) The mortal storm
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On the same day that Prof. Roth celebrates his birthday, Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. This causes a tragic rift among the guests at the professor's party. Politics come between Roth's daughter Freya & her fiance. Freya finds herself falling in love with an old friend, but their only hope for a future together is to escape to freedom across the Austrian border.