Isabel Jeans
1) Gigi
Language
English
Description
A musical set in Paris in which a girl trained as a high society courtesan falls in love with a rich and handsome boulevardier.
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An idealistic clergyman is accidentally assigned to a wealthy parish where he insists on ministering to the rich and poor alike, infuriating the town, the religious hierarchy, and the government.
3) Blackmail
Publisher
LaserLight DVD
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 165 min.) : sd., si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
[Blackmail] A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killers identity, but so has someone else. First produced as a silent film, then in this version with dialog.
[Easy virtue] "After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past"--Container.
4) Gigi
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010], ©1958
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy Gaston finds out he prefers a young Parisian girl to be his wife rather than his mistress. This title has been repackaged.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy legend Peter Sellers portrays Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world. One day he whimsically adopts a young homeless man who he happens to meet by chance during a stroll in the park. Together they set off on a series of madcap escapades and comically attack the snobbery and hypocrisy of modern society as they go from one hilarious misadventure to another. Featured are Paul McCartney's hit song Come and Get It and the Monty Python regulars...
Publisher
St. Clair Vision
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (898 min.) : sd. & si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The ring throws three lovers into the hazardous world of boxing and walks the fine line between love and danger. A young woman is married to a fighter but when she loses interest she flees into the arms of his rival. It takes a near lethal punch to put things into perspective.
Easy virtue paints a chilling picture of social claustrophobia in a drama about a young woman and her plight for pleasure in a world of social taboo. She just wants to be happy,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 885
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Language
None
Description
"With his third feature film, The Lodger: a Story of the London Fog, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the...
