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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From her first theatrical roles as a teenager in York to her scene-stealing performances as 'M' in the James Bond films, Dame Judi Dench's professional life has consisted of non-stop acting, leading to numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. Behind the Scenes is a candid blend of reminiscences and photos, many of them never-before-seen from her personal collection. It's a uniquely...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Philomena’s son was trying to find her. Renamed Michael Hess, he had become a leading lawyer in the first Bush...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In this collection of final classic episodes, Alistair and Judith prepare for their wedding. Harry gets an offer to start a new life in Canada, but will Sandy be a part of it? A mystery woman and a surprise reappearance ensure things won't be dull.
5) All is true
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A look into the last years of William Shakespeare's life.
8) Red Joan
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An elderly widow is arrested by MI5 and charged with being a spy for the Soviet government.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Linda Radlett, daughter of Lord and Lady Alconleigh, follows her heart in and out of adventures, marriages, and dalliances, much to the dismay of her parents. Her dear friend Polly Hampton maintains a cooler head in her romantic entanglements. Seamlessly weaving together the two women's tangled love affairs.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed and well-to-do Laura Henderson needs a diversion to see her through war torn London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it. The two don't seem to get along at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres begin to copy the idea and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that...
12) Macbeth
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The original Royal Shakespeare Company stars in this classic, world-renowned production of the Great Bard's riveting tale of murder, revenge, and insanity from Tony Award winner Trevor Nunn.
13) A fine romance
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The stars play a pair of middle-aged, dating game dropouts as wary of romance as they are perfect for each other. Through rocky unsettling times, the pair lurch their way to companionship, friendship, and finally love. Contains all 26 episodes of this British comedy classic.
15) Philomena
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
"Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, PHILOMENA focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock--something her Irish-Catholic community didn't have the highest opinion of--and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn't allow for any sort of inquiry into the...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Shortly before World War II, a new teacher arrives at an English finishing school for the daughters of upper-class German families and starts investigating what happened to his suddenly disappeared predecessor.
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming...
18) Cats
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tribe of cats gather to decide who will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
The life-affirming tale of 10,000 children saved from Hitler's grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and decades-later rememberances of both the rescuers and the rescued.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and...
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