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Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Language
English
Description
It is late in the Victorian era, and two branches of an upper-crust family--the "good" Forsytes, headed by well-meaning Old Jolyon, and the "bad" Forsytes, headed by crusty barrister James--are at odds, eternally squabbling. The 'saga' focuses on the younger generations - Young Jolyon, Soames, Winifred, June - and their struggles with emotional repression, the rejection of Victorian mores, and the sea changes taking place as a less repressive society...
Publisher
Distributed in the United States and Canada by Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Catherine Morland is a young woman addicted to Gothic romance novels. Her family sends her to Bath, and in its society of decadence and deceit, she makes the acquaintance of romantic Henry Tilney and his family. When she is invited to his ancestral home, Northanger Abbey, a mystery unfolds, and she wonders if the fantasies inspired by the novels she loves are coming true.
3) Billy Elliot
Publisher
Universal Studios
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand.
Series
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Language
None
Description
After losing the man of her dreams, Diana reluctantly weds another man. These dubious marital beginnings become even more questionable when her new husband takes his own life. Immediately, all eyes turn to Diana, and her free-spirited lifestyle is deemed his unofficial cause of death. Socially chastised, Diana decides to live up to her reputation and ventures on a series of foreign affairs. Things really begin to unfold when Diana is reunited with...
5) Persuasion
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about lost and found love. Anne is persuaded to reject a proposition of marriage from the man she loves due to his lack of fortune. Years later, they meet again, but now Captain Wentworth has returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent, while Anne's family has been forced to move to a smaller abode in Bath. While Anne now recognizes the mistake she made in being persuaded against him, she accepts that...
Publisher
BBC Video
Language
English
Description
Story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 19th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense. Outspoken, impetuous, emotional Marianne represents sensibility. Attracted to a man already promised to another, Elinor suffers silently to keep scandal away from her family. Marianne enjoys a flirtation with a handsome scoundrel that could lead...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Edition
Fortieth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
The lives of both the family and the servants in the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place are followed. Upstairs lives Richard Bellamy, the head of the household, and also a member of Parliament. His wife is a member of the titled aristocracy. Downstairs is Hudson, the Scottish butler who directs and guides the other servants concerning their tasks and proper places.
Language
English
Description
Peer into the drawing rooms of Victorian high society in these vintage adaptations of the writings of Henry James. This enchanting collection plays out the tensions and travails of late 19th-century romance, in which English accents encounter American attitudes to powerful effect. Follow the drama as it unfolds in six scintillating episodes.
11) Patrick Melrose
Publisher
Acorn
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.
12) Last holiday
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Told by his doctor he has no more than a few months to live, drab British workingman George Bird decides to spend his savings on lodging at a seaside resort. Once there, however, he finds his identity caught between upstairs and downstairs, the guest and the "help."
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centers on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr. Wickham, before realizing that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr. Darcy has blinded her to his real character.
15) Peg o' my heart
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A plucky Irish lass is taken from the village life in Erin to claim a two-million dollar inheritance if she lives three years with a snooty family of destitute British bluebloods.
16) The gilded lily
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
"Newspaper reporter Peter Dawes (MacMurray) and stenographer Marilyn David (Colbert), nicknamed Lynn, meet regularly on a park bench sharing popcorn along with their dreams. Their budding romance is soon threatened by a chance meeting between Marilyn and Charles Gray (Ray Milland), an English nobleman visiting America."--Set container.
17) Private peaceful
Publisher
Warner Home Video Inc
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Private Peaceful details the gritty rural lives and loves of Tommo and Charlie - two young brothers - and their poor Devonshire family from 1909 until 1916, when the outbreak of war destroys their country idyll. Both join up (one under age) leaving behind the beautiful Molly who is the love of both their lives. The young men survive gas attacks, shelling, German troops and the appalling deaths of their close friends. But one thing they cannot escape...
19) Howards End
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Edition
New 25th anniversary 4K restoration ; widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A tragic series of events occurs when two impulsive sisters become involved with a working-class couple and a wealthy family.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Edition
Keepsake edition.
Language
English
Description
Georgian England, where affairs of the heart are an exquisite game, and marriage the ultimate prize. But Elizabeth Bennet spirited, independent, and one of five unmarried sisters, is determined to wed for love, not money or privilege. Featuring over an hour of never-before-seen bonus features.
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