Robert Young
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Veteran journalist John Davis is covering the war in London. When his pregnant wife Nora is injured in an air raid there, the couple is robbed of their chance of ever becoming parents. Then John picks up an assignment that changes their lives, and the lives of two orphans, forever.
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"A compelling and complex drama of jealousy, grief, madness, lust and love. A woman haunted by the death of her sweetheart and by her father's unnatural obsession marries a man she doesn't love and has a child through an adulterous liaison with a handsome doctor, a secret they keep throughout their lives"--Container.
24) Secret agent
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An espionage thriller set in Geneva, seasoned with romance. Two British Intelligence Service agents pose as husband and wife in an attempt to eliminate an agent for the Central Powers.
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After befriending American Tommy Randall in Shanghai, tiny Chinese orphan Ching-Ching falls asleep in Tommy's car, which soon becomes cargo on a ship bound for San Francisco. Along the way, Ching-Ching plays matchmaker to Tommy and Susan Parker, who eventually marry and adopt her. But when the couple's clashing personalities lead them to divorce court, the one-time orphan must again work her magic to try to keep her new family together.
26) GBH
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It begins innocently enough: a politician calls a strike, and the headmaster of a local school inadvertently sabotages it. Soon the men are caught in a power struggle of epic proportions.
27) Western Union
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While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw, an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
29) It's love again
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Peter is a gossip columnist on a paper, and is attracted to Elaine, a young actress. He decides to invent a character to write about, an English beauty from India, who instantly becomes a celebrity. Since no one has ever seen this person, Elaine impersonates this fictitious woman to gain attention, and Peter is mystified that his creation is 'real.'
30) Tugboat Annie
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Tugboat Annie pilots her beloved Narcissus around Puget Sound, constantly on the lookout for the shenanigans of her drunken husband.
32) Three comrades
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A poignant love story centered around the lives of three young, disillusioned returned soldiers caught up in the turmoil of post-World War I Germany. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.
33) The second woman
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Ellen (Betsy Drake) meets a stranger on a train (Robert Young) and is immediately taken by his charm. She soon discovers that his wife was mysteriously killed on their honeymoon and he is haunted by dark visions of her death.
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"A dirty rotten scoundrel sponges off his wealthy wife, seduces and abandons another woman and runs off with a third. Returning home, he plots to murder his wife and get away with her money, but a series of ironic plot twists leave him battling for his life"--Container.
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A fully restored and enhanced digitally mastered collection of Hitchcock's early works. It includes thirteen films on five discs.
The lady vanishes: "When a kindly old lady disappears on a train, an acquaintance searches for clues to the missing woman's disappearance"--Container.
Sabotage: "A woman who works at a movie theater suspects that her quiet husband might be the terrorist planting bombs around London"--Container.
Blackmail: "The story...
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The gilded lily: 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.
The bride comes home: A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine.
Family...
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This collection contains twelve of the greatest comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos 'n' Andy, Robert Young in Father Knows Best, Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, Eve Arden as English teacher Connie...
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"Volume Six turns the spotlight on adultery, alcoholism, prostitution, and racism, issues that the Production Code would soon ban from the screen. The Wet Parade:... Demon whiskey brings ruin to two families in this all-star adaptation of Upton Sinclair's impassioned novel. Downstairs:... A philandering chauffer creates havoc in an upper-class household. Mandalay:... A Russian refugee seeks revenge upon the ex-lover who sold her into slavery....
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"When working girl Peggy Evans from humdrum Hotchkiss Falls gets a makeover, she does more than change from prim brunette to racy blonde. She gets a whole new life, leaving behind what everyone thinks is a suicide note and resurfacing in New York City, where she passes herself off as Carole Burden, the long-lost amnesiac child of a millionaire. But Peggy's boss, accused of driving her to suicide and desperate to prove his innocence, is on her trail....