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Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
: :A Hollywood actor who has risen from vaudville to become a silent film star must make the difficult transition to sound.Genre: MusicalsRating: GRelease Date: 24-SEP-2002Media Type: DVD essential video:Decades before the Hollywood film industry became famous for megabudget disaster and science fiction spectaculars, the studios of Southern California (and particularly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) were renowned for a uniquely American (and nearly extinct) kind of picture known as The Musical. Indeed, when the prestigious British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts its ...
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The Naked Jungle
:Description:In THE NAKED JUNGLE, Charlton Heston plays the powerful, brooding owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle, while Eleanor Parker plays his charming American mail order bride. He is wary of this beautiful and talented woman, and wonders why she would leave America for the rigors of jungle life. But with the advance of relentless killer ants making their way across the jungle, the two find their relationship changing as they fight to save the jungle.
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Miracle of the White Stallions
:Description:In THE NAKED JUNGLE, Charlton Heston plays the powerful, brooding owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle, while Eleanor Parker plays his charming American mail order bride. He is wary of this beautiful and talented woman, and wonders why she would leave America for the rigors of jungle life. But with the advance of relentless killer ants making their way across the jungle, the two find their relationship changing as they fight to save the jungle.
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Walking Tall
: :Based on true events in the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser who 'removes' corruption in his county with a four-foot-long wooden club. When the criminals attack his family Buford shoots a whorehouse manager in the head and runs hillbilly gangsters over with his car. System Requirements:Run Time: 124 minutes Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 097360609745 :Weirdly marketed as a right-wing screed upon its initial release in 1973, Walking Tall is really a tragic, shockingly violent post-noir film based on various legends surrounding real-life ...
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The North Avenue Irregulars
: :No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: GRelease Date: 6-JUL-2004Media Type: DVD :Typical of Disney's 1970s output, this squeaky-clean comic adventure about a group of church volunteers and soccer moms who take on local gangsters is packed with slapstick humor, sight gags, and nonlethal car crashes. Curiously enough, it's based on the true story of Reverend Albert Fay Hill, who wrote a book about his efforts to stop mob-run gambling in his city. Edward Herrmann plays the fictionalized Presbyterian minister Mike Hill, ...
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Seven Faces of Dr. Lao
:Description:A mysterious traveling circus unleashes a torrent of magic and mysticism in a dusty Arizona town. 'In what may be the finest performance in a fantasy film' (Guide for the Film Fanatic), Tony Randall charms and spellbinds as ringmaster Dr. Lao and his multitude of faces, a virtuoso turn that earned a special Oscar for Outstanding Makeup Achievement. Step inside the tent...and marvel.
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Battleground
: :Van Johnson Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy star in this remarkable war film nominated for six Oscars(R) (including Best Picture) about courageous American G.I.s caught up in the battle at Bastogne. Year: 1949Running Time: 118 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/MILITARY & WAR UPC: 012569675216 :Director William Wellman (The Big Heat) offered up this 1949 treatment of the Battle of the Bulge, which won Oscars for best screenplay and best cinematography. The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops ...
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
:Description:Tyrone Power stars in this 'must-see' (TV Giude) film as a free thinking classical musician who wants the world to dance to a different beat. Set in the early 1900's this extravaganza of music, story and romance follows the highs and lows in the life of Roger Grant, a high-brow-born San Franciscan who changes his name to Alexander and conducts a band with a whole new sound - Swing! And just as Grant meets with musical successes and failures, he smolders ...
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Mighty Joe Young
: :A slick nightclub owner (King Kong veteran Robert Armstrong) discovers the giant ape frolicking in Africa as the beloved pet of a young girl (Terry Moore). He brings both to Hollywood as a floor-show sensation until some no-goods ply Joe with booze and the blitzed behemoth goes bonkers. Highlights such as Armstrong's henchmen trying to lasso Joe cowpoke style Joe playing tug-of-war with musclemen and plenty of Joe-to-the-rescue action make Mighty Joe Young mighty fine entertainment.Running Time: 94 min.Format: DVD ...
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Cat-Women of the Moon
:Description:An expedition to the moon discovers a subterranean cavern of ferocious, love-starved cat-women who have not seen men in centuries. This is probably why they are ferocious. The air supply is escaping from the caves and the moon maidens must capture the crew and escape to Earth. An Atomic Age classic with legendary sultry 'noir' star Marie Windsor and the purr-fectly sexy 'cat-women.'
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