Marsha Mason
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Jason Cromwell (Albert Finney) is the highest-rated news anchor in the country. But when his latest investigation of a savings and loan association leads a bank president to suicide, questions start to arise. As evidence begins to suggest the man was wrongly accused, the media, and Cromwell in particular, appear to be more and more responsible for an innocent man's death."--Container.
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
There are no wars to fight. But Gunnery Sgt. Tom Highway, a dog-faced relic of past wars, still has a lot of fight in him. He is a Marine Corps lifer who started his last tour of duty before retirement, and sees the bumpy road his life has taken become more complicated, due to feisty recruits, by-the-book officers, and a salty ex-wife to whom he's still attracted.
Author
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The Cherry Orchard (1903) is Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov's final play. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Leonid Gayev, the bizarre and uninspired brother of Madame Ranevskaya. It has since become one of twentieth century theater's most important-and most frequently staged-dramatic works.
After five years of living in...
11) Chapter two
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A newlywed bride (Marsha Mason) must fight the ghost of her husband's (James Caan) first wife.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Kelly's heroes: A group of G.I.s decide to get something extra out of the war. Where eagles dare: Commandos parachute into a city to rescue a supposed Allied general from a Nazi hideaway fortress. The outlaw Josie Wales: A fast-drawing loner is on the lam pursued by killers. Pale rider: A stranger named Preacher defends independent miners when a corporate mining boss attempts to drive them away. Heartbreak Ridge: A Marine Corps lifer finds he still...
14) Nick of time
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
No sooner does accountant Gene Watson arrive at L.A.'s Union Station with his six-year-old daughter than he's plunged into a nightmare. Two shadowy strangers separate Watson from his little girl, slap a gun into his hand and present a devil's bargain: kill a top government official before she leaves a nearby political rally-- or never again see his beloved child.
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
Take one wrong turn in life and who knows where you'll end up. For Becky, it's waking up next to her murdered ex-husband. For Teddy, it's the tail end of a failed film career. For Allan it's being kidnapped by a crazy toupee-wearing Italian hit-man. For Lee and Helga it's letting that hit man get away alive. And for Wes and Alvin, two undercover cops cruising the valley for crime, it's just another day ... where everything goes wrong.
17) Babbitt
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When George Babbitt, a middle-aged, middle class man, becomes disenchanted with his life, he begins to rebel against the social customs that keep him feeling confined. Babbitt, written by a Nobel Prize winning author, Sinclair Lewis, satirizes American culture through the depiction of a man who is never satisfied, despite his good fortune.
18) McTeague
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1899, this graphic depiction of urban American life centers around its title character, McTeague, a dentist practicing in San Francisco at the turn of the century. While at first content with his life and friendship with an ambitious man named Marcus, McTeague eventually courts and marries Trina, a frugal young woman who wins a large sum of money in a lottery. The greed of the majority of the characters in the novel creates a chain...
19) The best man
Author
Pub. Date
1962.
Edition
Revised edition.
Language
English
Description
This darkly satirical drama by Gore Vidal finds two presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president, and explores how personal agendas can change the course of a nation's destiny. The political intrigues rampant in Vidal's 1960 setting are strangely similar what is going on today. Includes an interview with actors Fred Thompson and Marsha Mason.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Terrence Currier, Johnny
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