Howard Da Silva
Author
Language
English
Description
With the failure of President Hoover’s policies at the end of 1929, marked by the stock market crash on October 24, 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, the decade that began with the dream of endless progress and prosperity came to an end with millions unemployed. American industrial workers who had lost their jobs lined up in the streets for a bowl of soup and hunk of bread. Depression, new technology and foreclosure by the banks drove more...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2004, c1974
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962. Looks at the tension and decision making process President Kennedy and his staff endured trying to make a firm point about Cuba while keeping the US out of nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
3) 1776
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
1776 is a delightful musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around the familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from Mother England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Painfully shy Lisa can communicate only through rhyme, and David cannot bear being touched. They meet in a mental institution and are strongly attracted to each other. They develop a deep bond that changes both of their lives.
7) Unconquered
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Peace-loving Chris Holden is a militiaman who buys and then frees beautiful indentured servant Abby Hale. When a supplier of illegal firearms covets Abby for himself, he sparks a vicious battle between an Indian tribe and a few brave colonists.
9) The outrage
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[c2009]
Language
English
Description
A notorious bandit confesses to rape and murder. But when witnesses offer different versions of the crime, the truth becomes more and more elusive.
10) The Blue Dahlia
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A World War II veteran is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger.
11) Border incident
Series
Film noir classic collection volume 3
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The Mexico-California border is the power-keg setting for a tale of government agents versus greed and murder. -- box.
12) 1776
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch her subjects' freedom-loving spirit! It's up to John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to convince a stubborn congress of British colonists to unite as American patriots turn the inevitable war with England into a Declaration of Independence!
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Crime reporter Mike Reese has a nose for news, and an eager hand under the table in return for spinning the truth in favor of moneyed perps. But after he tries to cash in on a story involving a maid accused of a society murder, Reese ultimately finds the courage to reveal the truth and make amends for his tainted past.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
They live by night: Three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Kitty. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid"...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Glass key: "Ed Beaumont ... is the loyal right-hand man of Paul Madvig ..., a slightly corrupt politician who is accused of murder"--Container.
Phantom lady: "Carol Richman ... attempts to clear her boss ... of a murder he did not commit"--Container.
Blue dahlia: "A WWII veteran ... is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger"--Container.
