Franchot Tone
1) Stage mother
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pre-Code melodrama about a mother's twisted love, based on a book by backstage tell-all master Bradford Ropes of 42nd Street fame. Vaudeville star Kitty Lorraine is forced to give up her infant daughter to her in-laws after her husband's death. Years later, when she has outgrown the boards, she sends for her innocent daughter, Shirley, and grooms her, Pygmalion-style, to be the stage sensation Kitty never was.
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
He walked by night: Film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop. The man on the Eiffel Tower: In Paris, poor medical student Johann Radek is paid by Bill Kirby to murder his wealthy aunt. When a simple knife grinder is wrongly accused, Radek taunts the police until they realize that he is the killer.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009, c1933
Edition
Full-screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. President Judson Hammond, a corrupt politician, survives an auto accident to miraculously become virtuous, proclaiming himself dictator, curing the Depression, subduing organized crime, and attaining world peace.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John J. Bramble, the sole survivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner and chambermaid who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel and his German staff. Posing as the hotel's waiter, Bramble attempts to infiltrate Rommel's inner circle and report the general's plans to the Allies.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A poignant love story centered around the lives of three young, disillusioned returned soldiers caught up in the turmoil of post-World War I Germany. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis
7) Dancing lady
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Broadway chorine needs a little help with her hoofing, so her dance director gets an idea. A good idea. "Do you feel like going through that opening number with Mr. Astaire?" And Fred Astaire, making his screen debut, shows the lady how it's done. Three film icons give the backstage musical a jolt of superstar electricity in a song-, dance-, and romance-filled extravaganza.--Container
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1935
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1789, the HMS Bounty sets sail under Captain William Bligh. Bligh is the cruelest taskmaster and his cruelties become more than first mate Christian can bear. After the Captain causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stage a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh is set adrift in an open boat with a handful of his loyal officers and limited supplies.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (178 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
My favorite blonde: It's all aboard for intrigue, laughs and romance as Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll contend with German spies during a daffy but dangerous cross-country chase. Star spangled rhythm: A young sailor thinks his dad is a studio boss, when in fact his father is a gatekeeper.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (271 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Glass key: "Ed Beaumont ... is the loyal right-hand man of Paul Madvig ... , a slightly corrupt politician who is accused of murder"--Container. DVD format.
Phantom lady: "Carol Richman ... attempts to clear her boss ... of a murder he did not commit"--Container. DVD format.
Blue dahlia: "A WWII veteran ... is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger"--Container....
12) Bombshell
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Remastered ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lola, whose life is a dizzy whirlpool of studio expectations, adoring fans, familial leeches and most of all, a firecracker of a freewheeling press agent who'd do handsprings through a minefield if it would keep Lola's name in the tabloids. But Lola is ready to provide a final headline herself. She's quitting the biz. Leaving. Abandoning the sham and the glam for the pitter-patter of tiny feet.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
24 videodiscs : sd., b&w (some col.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of 100 mystery films with intrigue and suspense. Combining its popular Mystery and Dark Crimes 50 Movie Packs, Mill Creek Entertainment returns you to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of grey. Deception, betrayal, corruption, larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation....
Series
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Definitive ed.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 870 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Complete second season, 1960-1961, of Rod Serling's classic, groundbreaking series exploring the fantastic and frightening.
