Joan Plowright
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A genteel widow moves to London to start her life anew at the dowdy Claremont Hotel, which is not quite the picture of loveliness it was in the brochure. When she meets a young aspiring writer, she learns that real family ties can be chosen, not inherited. With echoes of Tuesdays with Morrie, the intimacy portrayed brings surprising layers and emotion, enveloping the viewer like a cozy shawl.
3) Widows' peak
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a stranger moves to Widows' Peak, she turns the town upside down with her devious lies and shocking secrets. She seduces the men, enrages the women, and unleases a major scandal, but its all part of an astonishing plan.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frankie (Mischa Barton) has studied ballet her whole life. Her grandmother (Joan Plowright) has raised her to be the next prima ballerina, but Frankie has other plans. Meanwhile, Frankie's best friend Hazel has plans of her own with dreams of becoming the town's youngest mayor. Together Frankie and Hazel set out to prove that all it takes is a little kid power to make a big difference.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1860's Venice, a young Venetian borrows money from a Jew who gives him the money on the security of one pound of flesh. Upon default the Jew insists on payment of his bond and the young Venetian is rescued by the heroine disguised as a male lawyer.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher is an elderly widow is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence. She jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a gorgeous flapper who has been grabbed one too many times and...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. Though she had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city, she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and gloom.
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the bizarre true story of a woman who tried to kill her husband four times! The woman is a devoted wife who discovers that her pizza-making husband is cheating on her and decides to kill him for breaking her heart. Her plot includes the help of her mother, an oddball busboy and two drug-addled cousins.
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, a English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends...
13) Widows' Peak
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Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, and Jim Broadbent star in this dark drama set in 1920s Ireland. When a mysterious young American woman, Edwina (Richardson), arrives in Kilshannon, a small town inhabited largely by widows led by Mrs. Doyle Counihan (Plowright), no one can get any information about her, including Mrs. Counihan's son, who is wooing Edwina. Miss Catherine O'Hare (Farrow) and Edwina immediately dislike each...
14) Mr. Wrong
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An outrageous comedy about love in the 90s. Martha, a producer of a morning talk show, is holding out for "Mr. Right" despite pressure from family and friends. While she has a casual relationship with a younger P.A., Walter, she is sure that the man of her dreams is out there somewhere. Her luck finally changes when she meets a handsome stranger, Whitman, at a local bar. The next few days are magical but gradually Martha realizes Whitman is far from...
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Ever since man and woman first discovered the romance of dining over a flickering campfire, fire and love have been inextricably entwined. after all, both are ignited, often suddenly and mysteriously. Both are affected by sudden shifts in wind or mood and each can, with little prompting, blaze totally out of control. "A Pyromaniac's Love Story," is a comic fairy tale, where six confused romantics can't quite find the words to tell each other about...