Wilfrid Hyde-White
1) My fair lady
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this beloved adaptation of the Broadway stage hit, Eliza a sassy, working class London street vendor, and a professor who takes a wager to turn her into a sophisticated lady through schooling. But when the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London's elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself"--adapted from container.
2) My fair lady
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins. Higgins, in turn, bets with his companion, Colonel Pickering, that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, ready and willing to be turned into a lady.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
With good reason to believe that Captain Grant, skipper of the S.S. Brittania, is still alive, Lord Glenarvan, owner of the Steam Navigation Company, sets out to rescue him. They face a series of hair-raising incidents as they travel the 37th parallel.
Series
Criterion collection ; 294
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A moving drama about an aging English schoolmaster who comes to grips with his personal and professional failures.
Series
Criterion collection ; 64
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime-- and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.
Publisher
Cheezy Flicks Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
On the 20th anniversary of an eccentric millionaire's death, friends and relatives are finally summoned to the reading of his will. When it is read by his attorney, the old man lets it be known how much he despised and loathed his worthless kin. As a result, his will is structured in such a way as to set up a dogfight between his potential heirs as to who will collect his fortune. Assembled for the occasion are pharmacist Harry Blythe, sportswoman...
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Fiddler on the Roof: Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation.
Funny Girl: A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.
The King and I: An English governess is hired to teach the King of Siam's children,...
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
West Side Story: This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Fiddler on the roof: Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial...
