Thelma Ritter
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Formats
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. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
2) Pillow talk
Series
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of an uptight interior decorator who must share a party line with a laid-back playboy. But the real connection is made when the two meet and he starts wooing her with late-night calls while pretending to be someone else.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Musical retelling of the extraordinary life of 1940s songstress Jane Froman. When an overseas flight crashes off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal, Jane barely survives the wreck. Ripped from the spotlight into a series of life-threatening operations, hope seems a distant memory for Jane as she sets out on a journey of recovery that's more than heroic-- it's what music is made of.
Series
Criterion collection ; 224
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Petty crook Skip McCoy has his eye set on the big score. When the three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy, he finds a haul bigger than he ever could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by the Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption.
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about Tony Manetta, a small-time Miami Beach hotel operator barely able to make the payments on his own modest inn, who dreams of one day opening a million dollar resort. In addition to bill collectors, Tony must contend with his beatnik girlfriend and his well-meaning but conservative brother and sister-in-law. Through thick and thin, however, one thing remains constant: the love between Tony and his young son who admires him even if he isn't...
7) Rear window
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal--taking the place of the great actress Margo Channing, and as Eve causes turmoil in the lives of those around her, only a cynical drama critic sees through her audacity and pattern of deception." --
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
John Hodges works a hand press at a ACME Printing Company and is forced to retire when he turns sixty-five. When it is discovered that no one at the company knows the parent company's president, John decides to dye his hair and mustache, and gives a convincing impersonation to the executive officers to ignore the mandatory retirement clause. John soon finds himself giving a creditable speech on the dignity of man and gaining national attention to...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Pillow talk: Two single professionals find themselves sharing a party line - and a whole lot more - when they get their lines crossed.
Lover come back: Business gets mixed with pleasure when two advertising executives go after the same account.
Send me no flowers: A hypochrondriac gets the wrong diagnosis and decides to arrange for a 'future' husband for his very confused wife.
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Guys and Dolls (c1955, color, 149 min.) (DVD c2000) When a slick New York gambler bets his friend he can't seduce a pretty missionary, he doesn't expect his pal to fall for her.
A Hole in the Head (c1959, color, 120 min.) (DVD c2000) A broke swinger asks his brother for a loan, and is asked to hand over his son as collateral.
The Manchurian Candidate (c1962, b&w, 127 min.) (DVD c2004) A Korean War GI uncovers threads of diabolical plot orchestrated...
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Birds: Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless.
North by Northwest: Enemy...
