Miriam Hopkins
1) The heiress
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bette Davis plays established writer Kit Marlowe, whose friend Millie, a melodramatic writer of trashy novels, is envious of Kit's husband and child. The 20-year friendship endures until Kit meets an exciting new man, and their friendship is put to the test.
3) The chase
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The moral foundation of a small Texas town is torn apart by power, violence and greed.
Series
Criterion collection volume 170
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
RSDL dual-layer edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet. But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women"--Container.
5) The old maid
Series
Bette Davis collection volume 3
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Headstrong, beautiful Tina has nothing but disdain for her Aunt Charlotte. Tina does not think that her aunt has any understanding of a young girls heart, but Charlotte knows more than Tina thinks. For unloved, unlovable Aunt Charlotte is really Tina's mother, whose romance with a Civil War soldier who didn't return resulted in Tina's birth.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1864 and the Confederacy's last hope is an infusion of gold to buy war materials. The gold is available, if someone can smuggle it from a town far west of all the fighting - Virginia City, Nevada. An undercover Union officer is determined to stop a gold-laden train from rolling into Dixie.
Series
Criterion collection volume 592
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Full screen version; Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
A trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult 'gentleman's' agreement, in this continental pre-Code comedy freely adapted by Ben Hecht (Notorious) from a play. A risque relationship comedy and a witty take on creative pursuits, it concerns a commercial artist unable, or unwilling, to choose between the equally dashing painter and playwright she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 27 hr.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock continue their trek across North America, hopping from town to town and giving aid to anyone in need. Buz eventually stops traveling the road and Tod is joined by a new traveling companion, Lincoln Case.