Barbara Stanwyck
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A female newspaper columnist who writes about being a housewife scrambles to keep her job when her publisher invites himself to her alleged home for the holidays, and must find a "Husband" and family in short order.
2) A lost lady
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When tragedy shockingly strikes on the eve of her wedding, socialite Marian Ormsby falls deep into despair and bitterness. Sent north by her family in an attempt to free her from her malevolent malaise, Marian suffers a bad fall on the slopes of the Canadian Rockies. Rescued by successful lawyer Dan Forrester, Marian is gently coaxed out of her shell by the smitten Dan, many years her senior. Dan eventually surprises her with a unique proposal, a...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Even after her marriage to well-bred Stephen Dallas ends, irrepressible Stella is determined to give their daughter the life she never had. When it comes down to her child's happiness versus her own, Stella's sacrifice is the epitome of bravery.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Walter Neff is a smooth talking insurance salesman who meets the very attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband's automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and have an affair. They scheme together to murder Phyllis' husband for life insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does not go as planned. Barton Keyes is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out.
5) Ball of fire
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up assisting a beautiful singer get away from the mob.
6) Titanic
Description
Determined to remove her family from the superficial, high-society world in which her husband is engrossed, a woman flees to America along with her children on the R.M.S. Titanic. Learning of her plan her husband buys a steerage ticket in the hopes of reconciling with his family. But when fate steps in, the family faces an unimaginable challenge and the possibility of separation from each other forever.
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A genial homeless unemployed baseball pitcher is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will, and John Doe clubs are formed. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero, but he is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of the clubs to bludgeon his...
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sierra Nevada Jones, a feisty young woman, attempts to stake her claim in the cattle business despite threats from greedy land grabbers and their hired killers. Undercover agent Farrell comes to her rescue, even though he is in the midst of a separate investigation to find out who's been provoking the local Indian tribes into attacking the whites.