Stanley Holloway
Author
Language
English
Description
"As You Like It, Shakespeare's most lighthearted comedy and one of the best-loved and most performed of all his plays, was probably written in 1599 or 1600, though it was not printed until the First Folio of 1623. As its witty heroine is Shakespeare's longest female role, the play's performance history is marked by notable Rosalinds, from Hannah Pritchard and Margaret Woffington (giving rival performances in 1741), to Helen Faucit, Ada Rehan, Peggy...
2) My fair lady
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a sassy, working class London street vender whom an arrogant professor attempts to turn into a sophisticated lady through proper 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.
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alec Guinness plays a timid bank clerk with a perfect scheme to steal a million pounds in gold from the Bank of England. What can possibly go wrong? Everything, in this hysterically funny, madcap masterpiece.
Series
Criterion collection volume 76
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sir Alec Guinness as Henry Holland, a meek clerk, devises an ingenious plan to rob a fortune in gold bullion from his own bank. But their ingenious idea to melt the gold into souvenir Eiffel Towers and smuggle them to France turns their perfect crime into a disastrous caper and unexpected surprises.
Publisher
Sony Masterworks
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (73 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
English
Description
One of the most famous musicals of all time, composed by Frederick Loewe, this 1964 film version includes the popular track Wouldn't It Be Lovely.
"...among the most lovely of soundtracks..."--Entertainment Weekly.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the local railway is replaced with busses by the government, the citizens of Titfield decide to keep it running themselves. The owners of the new bus system try to sabotage their precious railway.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detonation of an unexploded bomb left from WWII German bombings uncovers an ancient document which reveals that London's Pimlico district really belongs to France. The community, eager to abandon post-war constraints, establish their independence as a ration-free state, but soon find that their action has consequences.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (451 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kind hearts and coronets: Following his mother's death, an Edwardian gentleman plots to avenge her by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family.
The Lavender Hill mob: A bank clerk devises a plot to steal a fortune in gold from his own bank.
The man in the white suit: An eccentric chemist one day invents a fiber that never wrinkles, wears out or gets dirty.
The captain's paradise: The captain of an international ferryboat secretly...
14) Brief encounter
Series
Criterion collection volume 76
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
