Maureen O'Hara
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Capt. Laurent Van Horn, a Dutch trader in the Caribbean is wrongly imprisoned by the Spanish governor and sentenced to hang for trespassing. But Van Horn stages a breakout with other unjustly incarcerated prisoners, resurfacing as the rakish Barracuda to command the pirate waterways, rescue fair Francesca from marriage to the governor and avenge the wrongs done to him.
4) McLintock!
Publisher
GoodTimes Home Video
Language
English
Description
A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action and adventure in a western setting.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, an ample belly, and a snowy beard is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soom fills everyone with the Christmas spirit, except for his boss, Doris Walker, who's raising her daugher to not believe in Santa. But when Kringle is declared insane, and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test.
Series
Language
English
Description
"Cmdr. Frank 'Spig' Wead was a pioneer aviator, renowned screenwriter (whose works included John Ford's They Were Expendable) and a man of war. The skies beckoned Spig to action; a crippling injury ultimately left him powerless to act, propelling him to discover the power of his pen. He was talented, driven, flawed, and a friend of Ford's--and the subject of this compassionate biography"--Container.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A vacuum cleaner salesman takes a job as a British Secret Service agent to support his teen daughter's spending habit. With nothing to report he starts making up cases and agents. Things start to fall apart when he discovers that he has been targeted.
9) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Edition
75th anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
In this dark period drama, a young woman discovers her uncle heads a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire, wickedly played by Charles Laughton. Her efforts to stop their wicked ways leads her down a path filled with murder and betrayal.
12) The rare breed
Publisher
Universal Studios
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A cowhand must help an Englishwoman and her daughter deliver their prize Hereford bull to a cattle baron looking to create a new breed.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1940
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Edition
Full screen version; special edition.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman to work as a director in the Hollywood studio system of the '30s and early '40s, brings a subversive feminist sensibility to this juicily entertaining backstage melodrama. A behind-the-footlights look at friendship, jealousy, and ambition in the ruthless world of show business, Dance, Girl, Dance follows the intertwining fates of two chorus girls.
15) McLintock!
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Authentic collectors edition, widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A cattle baron has trouble controlling his wife and daughter.
16) McLintock!
Publisher
Delta
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action and adventure in a western setting.
17) The parent trap
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions ; second-movie collection edition.
Language
English
Description
"Parent trap": Susan and Sharon are identical twins that are separated by birth. Once they realize who they are, they make a plan to switch place with the high hopes of getting their parents back together again. "Parent trap II": Now grown up, Sharon is a single mom whose daughter meets Mary and the girls turn into scheming matchmakers.
18) Sitting pretty
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
As part of his reseach for a book on suburban life, the self-described genius Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a babysitter for three hard-to-handle children.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
A man looks back on his life as a boy in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of his closely knit family, while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time.
20) The black swan
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Pirate Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica on one condition - he must stop his fellow pirates from doing their criminal actions.