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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 107 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Two orphan vampires (Les Deux Orphelines Vampires) follows Henriette and Louise (Isabelle Teboul and Alexandra Pic), two blind girls of unknown origin, raised in an orphanage by two adoring nuns. Little do the nuns know, each night as the sun goes down, their "little angels" acquire night vision (they "see blue"), as well as an appetite for blood and teenage mischief.
2) Bright eyes
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A little girl is forced to live with her mother's employers after she is killed in an accident. An aviator who wants to adopt the little girl gets involved in a custody battle with the employer's uncle.
3) P
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Thai
Description
While growing up in rural Thailand, a young and beautiful orphan girl is taught the mysterious art of dark magic by her grandmother. When her grandmother falls sick, young Dau travels to Bangkok looking for work in order to earn enough money for medicine. She lands a job as an exotic dancer at a go-go club. Hesitant at first and ridiculed by the other dancers, circumstances force Dau to become an adult before her time and ultimately becomes the most...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 84 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A feature film examining the plight of Africa's 10,000,000 children orphaned by AIDS. Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children. Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent production from Zimbabwe's Media for Development Trust (MFD)....
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (330 min.) : silent, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jamaican Inn: An Irish orphan girl goes to live with an uncle who is discovered to be involved in a group of smuggling highwaymen ravaging the area.
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage.
The 39 steps: Character Richard Hanney stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors.
Easy virtue: A woman goes through a divorce and attempts...
7) Paper Moon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ryan O’Neal teams up with his daughter Tatum in this bright, warm, and funny period film for which Tatum won an **Oscar** for her first film role, making her the youngest actress to ever receive this honor. O’Neal plays the smooth-talking con man Moses Pray, driving through depression-era Kansas with a carload of deluxe bibles, a gold tooth behind a convincing smile, and a list of newly widowed prospects for his line. Addie (Tatum O’Neal) is...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version ; Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola's film of S.E. Hinton's novel struck a powerful chord with audiences. Coppola has revisited the film and reintegrated 22 minutes of character-enriching footage, including a new beginning and ending more true to the book.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 78
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Done with big-city living, Maggie Conway, moves to the small seaside town of Friday Harbor, Washington and becomes owner of a toy store and meets the proprietor of the local coffee shop, Mark Nagle. It's almost love at first sight, but Mark's number one priority is his six-year-old niece, Holly, whose single mom recently passed away and left Mark as her guardian. Their lives intertwine when Maggie and her toy store prove to be the magical key to opening...
11) Heidi
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2005, ©2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Heidi is sent away to the mountains to live with her grumpy grandfather, she gets a frosty welcome. Soon, with the help of her animal friends, the two grow to love each other.
Author
Publisher
Videomax Entertaiment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Lotte y Anna no tenian idea de los designios que el destino les tena̕ preparandos. Separadas trg̀icamente a una tierna edad, la vida las llevar ̀por diferentes caminos. Lotte crece al cuidado de una ta̕ holandesa de clase media, mientras que Ana es adoptada por un to̕ alemǹ. Con el inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, las hermanas verǹ sus existencias una vez ms̀ unidas de una manera que devastar ̀sus vidas y las de aquellos que los aman."--Envase....
Series
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (580 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
A sixteen-year-old orphaned girl is invited to live with the cursed Sohma family where certain members turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac when they are hugged by someone of the opposite sex.
15) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
16) Epic Movie
Publisher
20Th Century Fox Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This latest satirical comedy from the directors of Date Movie and Scary Movie has no shame as it parodies some of today's most popular films.
Centers on four not-so-young orphans: one who was raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks); another was a refugee from Mexican "libre" wrestling; the third was a recent victim of snakes on her plane; and the fourth a "normal" resident of a mutant "X"-community. Together, the hapless...
18) Lost Angel
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A little girl named Alpha looks like a typical six-year-old. But to the professors she's an experiment: an orphan raised to be a genius. After newsman Mike Regan interviews the prodigy and gets her thinking about life beyond ivy-clad walls, Alpha flees her 'home' for adventure. The enterprising tot tracks Mike to a boxing match and soon gets involved with his job, his love life and, maybe, his future, if the irresponsible Mike ever realizes that what...
19) The geisha boy
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Struggling magician, the Great Wooley (Jerry Lewis) and his lop-eared partner Harry Hare plan to dazzle audiences with magical feats during their USO tour of Japan and Korea. Jerry combines his trademark antics with a compassionate central story: an orphaned Japanese boy is drawn out of his shell by the magician's humor and caring"--container.
Author
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.
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