Edward Arnold
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored by his home state's crooked political machine. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Jefferson takes to the Senate floor to prove his innocence.
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Red is an accident-prone inventor of safety gadgets who winds up driving a cab to prove the worth of his latest brainchild, Elestiglass. But while he is falling in love with the cab company's claims adjuster, a crooked lawyer and a phony psychiatrist are plotting to steal his secret formula. One attempt results in a hilarious truth-serum sequence that sends Red back to the playpen and his famous 'mean widdle kid' characterization.
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Comedy about the Sycamores, an eccentric family of free spirits, and the problems that arises when Alice, the one stable member, falls for her boss's son.
Series
Criterion collection volume 214
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jabez Stone is a hard-working farmer trying to make an honest living, but a streak of bad luck tempts him to do the unthinkable: bargain with the devil himself. In exchange for seven years of good fortune, Stone promises "Mr. Scratch" his soul. But when the troubled farmer begins to realize the error of his choice, he enlists the aid of the one man who might save him: the legendary orator and politician Daniel Webster. Directed with stylish flair...
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biography of American actress and singer Lillian Russell, from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To further his presidential aspirations, oil tycoon D.B. Norton buys a newspaper, renames it, and tells managing editor Connell to downsize. After being fired, cheeky reporter Ann Mitchell retaliates in her final story by creating John Doe, who writes a "Letter to the Editor," describing his disgust at the state of the world, capped by a threat to commit suicide on New Year's Eve in protest. John Doe's story causes an instant media sensation, so Ann...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (489 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pardners: Martin and Lewis are sons of former ranch partners. Lewis, raised by his millionaire mother, follows visiting Martin back to the old West to learn how to be a cowboy. The ranch where Martin is foreman is in financial trouble, and with Lewis's unorthodox help, the good guys win out.
Hollywood or bust: Malcolm Smith is a movie buff who yearns to go out to Hollywood to meet Anita Ekberg. Steve Wiley is a gambler with some bad debts. They both...