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(0)Bette Davis
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the tale of a wealthy spinster Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) who lives with her eccentric maid in a decaying mansion, shunned by the townsfolk after the axe-murder of her late lover. When her jealous cousin (Olivia de Havilland) and her cousin's husband arrive for a visit, the two drive Charlotte insane, so they can sell off her estate.
Author
Language
English
Description
Adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's novel, this saga of unrequited love follows club-footed English art student Philip Carey on his quest to win the love of slatternly waitress Mildred Rogers, a vulgar beauty who holds Philip's deformity in contempt. Giving up art for medicine and vowing to shake his unhealthy obsession with Mildred, Philip romances a supportive writer but when pregnant and abandoned Mildred appears, Philip's self-destructive feelings...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Bette Davis rose from the ranks of Warner Bros. contract players to become a screen superstar when she was loaned out to RKO to appear in John Cromwell's adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage. Leslie Howard (Gone with the wind) stars as Philip, a British medical student who becomes infatuated with a most unlikely woman: a vulgar waitress named Mildred (Davis). Undeterred by Mildred's obvious contempt of him (and her disgust for his...
6) Hell's house
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Independently produced by Bennie Zeidman, Hell's house (1932) is a Pre-Code melodrama that captured Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien just before they were catapulted to superstardom at Warner Bros. An exposé of the American penal system (not unlike I am a fugitive from a Chain Gang and The mayor of hell), Hell's house stars Junior Durkin as a wholesome farmboy who moves to the city after the death of his mother. Dazzled by the smooth talk and beautiful...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Description
The touching story of two older people (Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave) whose lives are linked when they become lodgers in the same seedy boarding house in London. Both are down on their luck. James has been wrongfully dismissed from his post at a British public school. Good-hearted Wanda is a cello player driven to busk on the streets. They find sympathy and understanding as they share their misfortunes. "*...a compelling and often heartbreaking...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
2-disc special ed.
Language
English
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
50th anniversary special ed.
Language
English
Description
Blanche, a famous Hollywood star, is crippled in a car accident and must be taken care of by her sister Jane, a former child star jealous of her sister's fame. As the hatred between the two sisters grows, Jane begins to torture her ailing sister. This title has been repackaged.
10) Storm center
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A librarian refuses to remove a book called The communist dream from the public library when the city council tells her to do so.
11) All about Eve
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
[Full screen with English/French languages; English/Spanish subtitles].
Language
English
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
12) Dark victory
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
The life of a fast moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.
Author
Language
English
Description
Capricious, winsome, whimsical, and all together delightful! Superbly directed by the peerless Frank Capra ("A Hole in the Head"), this remake of "Lady For A Day" is pure Hollywood magic - an unforgettable combination of comedy, whimsy and romance that was nominated for three Oscars® including Supporting Actor (Peter Falk, "The Princess Bride"), Costume Design, and Original Song. Impoverished Broadway peddler "Apple Annie" (Bette Davis, "The Whales...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake; A young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it; It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating; When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home the answer arrives in the form of a killer on the run from the law; A young woman with...
17) All about Eve
Series
Criterion collection volume 1003
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Language
English
Description
Aspiring actress Eve Harrington preys on the life and career of her idol, Broadway doyenne Margo Channing.