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1) Raffles
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
2) Episode 1
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
A fascinating and revealing view of life inside Iran, with NYTimes correspondent Thomas Erdbrink. With humor and curiosity, he shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders.
3) Episode 2
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
The chaotic aftermath of the collision brings more twists and surprises. Why did van driver Danny Rampton flee the scene? What has secretary Karen Donnelly stolen from the chemical company where she works?
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the 'barbarians' and the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
5) Episode 5
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
The secret of Sidney’s computer is unlocked and at last we find out what made him swerve. Jane prepares to run away with Richard, and Tolin finds closure with Ann. The truth about the collision is revealed.
6) Episode 4
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
The release of prisoner Harry Canwell horrifies Tolin and reveals the tragedy in his own life. Christine struggles to come to terms with her mother’s death. The search for Daniel Rampton comes to an unexpected conclusion.
7) Episode 3
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
DI Tolin already knows that there’s more to the collision than meets the eye. But as the mysteries pile up, he has to deal with his own tangled relationships and secret past.
10) Frontera
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miguel crosses the Arizona-Mexican border illegally and is accused of murdering the wife of a former sheriff. His pregnant wife gets involved with Mexican smugglers trying to help him. They find life changing information as they search for answers.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales." **Academy Award** nominee.
13) The Ring
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
Jack 'One Round' Sanders is a young boxer traveling the country with a boxing booth in a fair. After his ex wife dumps him for the reigning champion, he falls in love with the beautiful cashier, his only goal being to beat all challengers, in and off the ring. *"Arguably the finest of Hitchcock's silent films." Geoff Andrew, **Time Out***
14) Connecting Rooms
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
The touching story of two older people (Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave) whose lives are linked when they become lodgers in the same seedy boarding house in London. Both are down on their luck. James has been wrongfully dismissed from his post at a British public school. Good-hearted Wanda is a cello player driven to busk on the streets. They find sympathy and understanding as they share their misfortunes. "*...a compelling and often heartbreaking...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness), laboratory dishwasher at a textile mill, is secretly at work on the invention of a new fabric that will never get dirty and never wear out. After many trials, the invention succeeds and it is brought to the notice of his employer, who invests money and facilities to develop it. However, when the news of Stratton's invention breaks, industry is threatened with chaos. The trade unions and the mill owners find themselves...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
Professor Willingdon is a scientist engaged on highly secret Government research. When he sends a letter to 10 Downing Street threatening to blow up the Houses of Parliament within 7 days unless the Prime Minister agrees to his demands, it is at first dismissed as a hoax. When Willingdon disappears, however, alarm bells ring, and soon all of London is hunting for this modern day Guy Fawkes. Winner of Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards**. Nominated...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
A Czech concentration camp escapee takes the identity of a dead British officer to avoid execution. In a German POW camp with other Englishmen, he is forced to keep up a correspondence with the officer's estranged wife, Celia. She notices a difference in her husband's letters but wants to believe that he has changed for the better. His fellow POWs begin to suspect him of being a German spy as he is a little too English but his conspicuous courage...
18) Song of Freedom
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Language
English
Description
Based on the popular Wallace novel, Bosambo (Paul Robeson) is used by Sanders, the British administrator, to keep the other natives in line and satisfied with British governance. Later, Bosambo is rewarded for his efforts by being proclaimed King over all the tribes.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
The story of aviation exploration and of the human problems which beset those on earth who can only sit and wait. John Ridgefield, pioneer airman and visionary, manufactures jet planes designed to fly faster than sound into a new world, where speeds of two thousand miles an hour may be commonplace. But his daughter, Susan, believing that human life is more important than human progress, condemns her father's aims and endeavors as senseless ambition....
20) Champagne
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
In this silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock early in his career, the daughter of a millionaire disagrees with her father over a love affair, whereupon he pretends to have lost all his money, making it necessary for her to earn her own living. She gets work in cabaret, where her job is to sell the champagne out of which her father made his fortune.
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