William Holden
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English
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A chance encounter on the streets of San Francisco changes the lives of Matt, a successful businessman from Boston, and T. J., a young homeless man forced to live on the street. Though from two very different backgrounds, both men seek the same thing: love, companionship, and a sense of belonging. Matt is already in a relationship but it hasn't been going anywhere for years, and T. J. has his own relationship demons, too. Will their differences prove...
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Due to an unexpected snowstorm, Joe finds himself stranded in New York City on Christmas Eve. After a lonely day, he returns to his hotel room to find a box of truffles and a note from Alan, a sexy and flirtatious barista. The note sends Joe on a once in a lifetime scavenger hunt touring some of the best pastry shops and chocolatiers in the city. The hunt ends in Alan's apartment, and when the two finally find themselves alone, things heat up. They...
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Adam, an assassin for the Dutch Army, has specific instructions to infiltrate the pirate ship The Libertine at any cost and ensure the pirates will be defenseless when the army attacks. Using his body and his seductive charm, Adam captures the attention of Captain Blair. With the battle of Willemstad days away, and The Libertine's weapon expert suddenly murdered, Adam is placed aboard the ship to assure their arsenal can outlast the Dutch Army. As...
4) Freelance
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English
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When Jeremy, a high-profile photographer, agrees to take on Alan, the most popular male underwear model in the business, things are bound to develop. After their first freelance gig in Morocco, they spend a drunken night together. Was it more than a one-nighter for one of them? Six months later they find themselves in Provincetown. While there, Alan meets Dylan, an adoring young fan who ends up getting the night of his life in Alan's bedroom. Unable...
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Victor Kane isn't an ordinary funeral director. He's a vampire, and not an ordinary one, either. He doesn't drink fresh blood, but rather the lifeless blood from corpses that come into his family-run business. Despite the benefits of dead blood, there's one side effect he hasn't come to terms with -- dead blood caused erectile dysfunction. Cliff a handsome young man who loses his husband unexpectedly in the heat of passion and calls After Care Funeral...
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Together forever, no matter what life throws at us. It's a phrase used from the moment two people realize it's true love, and it was no different for Steve and Hank. That instant spark when they first touch. The lingering tingle of their first kiss. Their family and friends told them the odds were against them, but they never questioned their love. They built their life from that love. Stacking memories up brick by brick to house and protect what...
8) Our Town
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English
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Based on a three part Pulitzer-Prize winning play by Thornton Wilder, this story is set in New Hampshire. It is a depiction of the everyday lives of the citizens of Grover's Corners.
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Richard Quine directs George Axelrod's acerbic script (adapted from Julien Duvivier's La Fête à Henriette) in this romantic comedy that reunites William Holden and Audrey Hepburn for the first time since 1954's Sabrina. Holden plays Richard Benson, a Hollywood screenwriter being pressured by movie producer Alexander Meyerheimer (Noël Coward) to finish his script entitled "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower." Meyerheimer gives Richard a two-day...
10) Sunset Boulevard
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English
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Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in "Sunset Boulevard." Winner of three Academy Awards®, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of the bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence -- a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
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English
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A Ranching Saga tells the story of father and son pioneer ranchers in the Southwest. Around the turn of the century, William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell were integral to the growing ranching industry in Texas and Oklahoma. Through newspaper accounts, legal documents, personal correspondence, and interviews with family members, friends, and acquaintances, A Ranching Saga recounts the lives of these two keen businessmen, proud civic leaders,...
12) Stalag 17
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English
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Two worthy **Academy Award** nominees from 1950's *Sunset Boulevard* - actor William Holden and director Billy Wilder - re-teamed three years later for the gripping World War II drama, STALAG 17. The result was another Best Director nomination for Wilder (his fourth), and the elusive Best Actor Oscar for Holden. Holden portrays the jaded, scheming Sergeant J.J. Sefton, a prisoner at the notorious German prison camp, who spends his days dreaming up...
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Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Screenwriter Richard Benson (William Holden) has a script due in three days. When he asks secretary Gabrielle Simpson (Audrey Hepburn) to help concoct ideas, she acts out a potpourri of preposterous plots in this classic romantic comedy.
14) Sunset Boulevard
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in SUNSET BOULEVARD. Winner of three **Academy Awards**, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of this bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence - a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
15) Sabrina
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 3
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen format.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David and Linus are brothers running the family corporation. When the chauffeur's daughter comes back from Paris she finds she has the attention of David, whom she has always liked, but starts to fall in love with Linus. Includes bonus features.
16) Golden boy
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Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young and gifted violinist earns money for his education by prizefighting.
17) Sabrina
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English
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Humphrey Bogart and William Holden play the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie’s all work, Holden’s all playboy. But when Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of the family’s chauffeur, returns from Paris, the stage is set for some family fireworks. Nominated for six **Academy Awards**. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the **Golden Globes.** *"It's a Cinderella story that gets turned on its heard, a satire about breaking down...
18) The wild bunch
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Outlaws on the U.S.-Mexican border face the march of progress, the Mexican army and a gang of bounty hunters led by a former member as they plan to rob a U.S. Army train.
19) Network
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English
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
20) Arizona
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Fullscreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tough pioneer woman stands up to attacks by business rivals and Indians but falls for a drifter.