Clark Gable
2) The Tall men
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The Allison brothers, Ben and Clint, are ex-Confederate soldiers now trying their hands at robbery. But one attempt to get rich quick leads them into the company of Nathan Stark, a Texas cattle baron with a huge herd to get to market. Along the dangerous journey both bullets and fists are flying as these rough and ready cowpokes take on anything standing in their way, while Ben and Nathan compete for Nella's affection.
Series
Criterion collection volume 736
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A rich heiress running away from her father rides a bus across the country to join her new husband, and is befriended by a reporter looking for a good story.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food,...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In 1789, the English ship H.M.S. Bounty begins a two-year mission. The ship travels to Tahiti to obtain breadfruit plants that will provide cheap food for slaves in the West Indies, the Bounty's final destination. The captain is William Bligh, a vicious taskmaster who doesn't flinch at giving two dozen lashes to any malcontent on board, for the most minor of infractions. The first mate is Lt. Fletcher Christian, who despises Bligh but has somehow...
9) Dancing lady
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
A Broadway chorine needs a little help with her hoofing, so her dance director gets an idea. A good idea. "Do you feel like going through that opening number with Mr. Astaire?" And Fred Astaire, making his screen debut, shows the lady how it's done. Three film icons give the backstage musical a jolt of superstar electricity in a song-, dance-, and romance-filled extravaganza.--Container
Series
Criterion collection volume 736
Language
English
Formats
Description
Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight, about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The magnetic screen team of Clark Gable and Sophia Loren strikes romantic sparks in this comedy romp set amid the beautiful city of Naples and the Isle of Capri. Gable portrays stuffy Philadelphia attorney Michael Hamilton, who must travel to Italy to wrap up the estate of his deceased, philandering brother. Not only is he taken aback by the noisy and spontaneous Capri nightlife, he is further shocked to discover that his late brother has left a...
13) Command decision
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
General Casey of the U.S. Army Air Forces in England must fight congressional representatives and his own chain of command to be allowed to complete an important mission.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An epic story of the South's fight to maintain it's way of life during the Civil War years. It starts out as Scarlett O'Hara and her family are amongst the ladies and "chivalrous" gentlemen at the Twelve Oaks Plantation's ball before the Civil War begins. How Scarlett's love for one man keeps her from seeing the love that another man truly has for her. As the South finally crumbles down around her, Scarlett devises a way to overcome starvation in...
16) The misfits
Series
Language
English
Description
Following her divorce, a lonely young woman befriends a couple of down-on-their-luck cowboys. Both men desire her, but she longs for only one, who represents for her the freedom she's never had. Teaming up with a weather-beaten rodeo rider, the foursome goes into the mountains on a quest for rare and elusive wild horses. There they come to realize that, for all their differences, they share fundamentally similar needs and desires.
17) San Francisco
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Blackie Norton is a gambler with a big heart, and Father Tim Mullin is Blackie's childhood friend. Nob Hill snob Jack Burley, vies with Blackie for the attentions of beauty Mary Blake.
19) Boom town
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In search of black-gold fortunes, two men will dream, scheme and team up to become rich. Things between the friends get rough, as one man steals the love of a woman from the other.
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