King Vidor
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, tells the harrowing story of a young man's (John Gilbert) front-line experiences in World War I. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James' determination to return to the village girl he loves faces the ultimate test.
6) Love & money
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"There are two sides to L.A. banker Byron Levin's character, one the helpful co-worker, the other the risk taker. The latter wins when Byron is tempted by love and money into a dangerous love affair and a dangerous business deal involving Latin American silver mines." --
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
None
Description
The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, tells the harrowing story of wealthy James Apperson (John Gilbert) who deploys as a soldier to the front lines in France in World War I. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James' determination to return to the village girl he loves faces the ultimate test.
8) Ruby Gentry
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Ruby is a tempestuous girl who lives with her family in the southern swampland. When her heart is broken by a local 'refined' man, she is picked up on the rebound by a local businessman. Now she is using his money to ruin the whole town.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Even after her marriage to well-bred Stephen Dallas ends, irrepressible Stella is determined to give their daughter the life she never had. And when it comes down to her child's happiness versus her own, Stella's sacrifice is truly the epitome of bravery"--Container.
10) The champ
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Wallace Beery plays a washed-up prizefighter making a ring comeback to provide for his son.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An American historical drama about a group of settlers known as Rogers' Rangers--led by Major Rogers (Spencer Tracy)--and the hardships of survival and battles with hostile Indians, they encounter in trying to settle the upper New York state area for their families in the late 1750s and early 1760s.
12) Hallelujah
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Infused with spirituals, folk songs, blues, and jazz, Hallelujah follows the fortunes of Zeke, a poor cotton farmer. Love, loss, passion, redemption, make this cinematic milestone the first all-black feature from a major studio.
13) Comrade X
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Soviet streetcar conductor Theodore is as lovely as a Botticelli angel and as forbidding as a Moscow winter. American reporter "Mac" Thompson is hunky and self-confident. Together, in pre-World War II Russia, the two share an adventure involving secret identities, a marriage of convenience, hairbreadth escapes and a thrilling tank-chase as Mac tries to help Theodore leave for the USA one step ahead of the corrupt secret police.
14) The citadel
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"A young doctor in a Welsh mining village runs up against the medical establishment when he tries to explore the cause of a cough disabling miners; he abandons his humanitarian goals for a London practice." --
