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Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A young girl sets out to make her dream of becoming a great opera singer come true. After many false starts she ends up marrying into a rich family and telling the secret about her past which did not seem to matter to the groom. Includes two bonus short subjects: The toy shop (1928; 9 min.; col.) (A "Tiffany color symphony") and Hollywood the unusual (1927; 10min.; b&w) A travelogue of the Los Angeles area.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Deutsch
Description
Explorer Karl Lorenz is stranded on a steadily eroding iceberg. A rescue crew reaches him only to become stranded themselves. When his pilot wife arrives, she crashes her plane and is stranded too. They soon battle the elements and hope for a miracle.
Series
Criterion collection volume 197
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, the film contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Strong man: After a tour of duty in WWI, a witless young Belgian comes to America and seeks out his dedicated pen pal, but his quest for Mary Brown leads him from mishap to comic disaster. Tramp, tramp, tramp: When a destitute shoemaker's son enters a cross-country foot race with hopes of winning the $25,000 prize, spectacular comedy and destruction follow. Long pants: A sheepish young man springs into adulthood and is immediately smitten by the wrong...
Publisher
National Film Preservation Foundation
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
An anthology of films from 18 American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the earliest years of motion pictures (1893-1985).
14) A Christmas past
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
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Description
This collection of nine enchanting silent films offers a nostalgic view into the Yuletide pleasures of the early 1900s. Evoking the Victorian charm of Currier and Ives prints, these picturesque comedies and tender dramas were produced as cinematic Christmas cards offered to moviegoers of the silent era.
15) The red shoes
Series
Criterion collection volume 44
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the demands of career and love.
16) The Matinee idol
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
When Ginger Bolivar's amateur stock company is invited to join superstar Don Wilson's Broadway review, little does she know that recently hired bit-part actor Harry Mann and Don are one and the same. Don believes the Bolivar Players are unintentionally funny, and has brought them to the Big Apple as a comedy act. But when "Harry" falls for Ginger, Don soon learns that humiliating the woman he loves is no laughing matter.
17) Seven chances
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
[Seven chances] A romantically jinxed young man must marry by 7 PM to inherit seven million dollars. While fate seems to thwart his efforts to woo the object of his true affection, public announcement of his strange predicament provides him with a throng of would-be brides. [Neighbors] Buster tries to woo his tenement sweetheart in spite of the barriers that stand between them. [The balloonatic] Buster is carried by hot air from a cityside amusement...
19) The navigator
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
[The navigator] Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth, and surprisingly little common sense, who finds himself adrift on an immense 500 ft. yacht. [The boat] A slapstick comedy about the adventures of a land-lubber and his family in their homemade sailboat. [The love nest] Buster sets out to sea, forlorn about a lost love.
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Directed by William Wyler is a tribute to the great Hollywood director William Wyler. Film clips from some of his best loved movies are intercut with anecdotes and reminiscences from such legendary figures as Bette Davis, Billy Wilder, Lillian Hellman, John Huston and Wyler himself. The love trap is a part-silent, part-sound motion picture about a fired chorus girl who is rescued by a young businessman and then must set an elaborate trap for his uncle...
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