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2) House of D
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
By working through challenges stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a troupe of entertainers stranded in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca," "Orchids in the Moonlight," and the title song. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings of flying airplanes, the movie was the musical that broke with the rather contrived Busby Berkeley production and moved toward a closer integration of musical and...
5) For the boys
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Incorporated
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A USO singer teams up with a song and dance man to entertain the troops, and For The Boys follows them through 3 wars and 50 years of music and memories.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As their relationship suffers, Alfred takes a younger lover. Georgia's search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings, and ultimately her own voice, in the New Mexico landscape.
8) El jilguero
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld.
Al empezar El jilguero,...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In New York City in 1969, nineteen-year-old art student Noriko fell in love with 41-year-old avant-garde artist Ushio Shinohara and put her career on hold to marry and support this rising star of the Manhattan art world. But 40 years later and still struggling, Ushio remains consumed with reinforcing his legacy via his 'boxing' paintings, while Noriko is now finding her own creative voice through a series of drawings.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give them, but there are prices for fame and fortune-- addictions...
13) Pal Joey
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
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Description
Relates the story of a nightclub entertainer who is also a heel. He romances a wealthy socialite to get her to finance his own nightclub, then falls for a chorine he hires for the club.
14) Selena
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer Selena, whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music into mainstream America.
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