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Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
One woman's romantic entanglements have historic repercussions. Dorothea 'Dolly' Payne is torn between her affection for Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson and something of a scoundrel, and James Madison, a political idealist soon to be known as the "Father of the Constitution".
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After aspiring playwright Stanley Krown's new play is optioned, his producer insists he rewrites the script to allow his middle-aged ex-wife to play the lead role, that of a ninteen-year-old ingenue. But the role wasn't meant for her, and despite constant changes, Krown's play can't seem to win over critics.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The timeless magic of Cinderella returns with Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1965 version of the classic tale filled with music, singing and magic. A poor and mistreated servant girl is transformed into a beautiful princess with the help of her fairy godmother, a pumpkin, a glass slipper and belief in impossible things in order to attend a lavish ball and find her prince!
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Unemployed Polly Parrish impulsively picks up a baby left at orphanage doors at Christmas. Everyone assumes the foundling is hers, including Polly's playboy ex-boss, who offers her a job if she'll live up to her maternal duties. A paycheck would be handy, so Polly complies. Then the boss's tycoon dad assumes the infant is his secret grandson, and things really spin out of control.
Series
Astaire and Rogers collection volume 1
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a band in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca, " "Orchids in the Moonlight, " and the title song. Pilot and band leader Gene Raymond woos Dolores Del Rio, and then learns that she is engaged to a friend of his, after he flies her home to Rio. Fred & Ginger provide the musical moments. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings...
7) Swing time
Series
Criterion collection volume 979
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens laces their romance with humor and clears the floor for the movie's showstopping dance scenes, in which Astaire and Rogers take seemingly effortless flight in a virtuosic fusion of ballroom and tap styles. Buoyed...
8) Stage door
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Stars galore shine in this nominee for 4 Academy Awards including best picture. A fast, witty story of aspiring actresses living at a theatrical boarding house. Based on an Edna Ferber/George S. Kaufman play, the tale was considerably rewritten for film, so much that Kaufman quipped it should be called Screen Door. What matters most to an acting hopeful is an open door. With humor and heart, this excellent movie suggests some things that matter...
10) Top Hat
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
11) Shall we dance
Series
Astaire and Rogers collection volume 1
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A male ballet dancer and a female singer enter into a phony romance to generate publicity for their careers.
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