Conflicts - The Hungarian Uprising 1956
Humphrey Bogart plays Saloonkeeper Joe Barrett in postwar Tokyo. With an interesting cast including Alexander Knox and an outstanding performance by Sessue Hayakawa (Bridge on the River Kwai) as the japanese gang lord. Florence Marly adds a european/international touch as White Russian Cabaret singer. The theme of postwar Japan is rarely touched on, and like Sam Fuller's 'House of Bamboo', Tokyo Joe takes a long, slow look at the underbelly of Japan's postwar milieu. Like Casablanca, this film has all the elements, haunting theme music, guns, girls and gangsters with a whiff of geopolitical intrigue.
Isaac Stern (1920-2001) was one of the most celebrated and influential violinists of the 20th century. His long and extensive performing career took him around the world and he remains one of the most recorded violinists in history. He was also a stalwart supporter of the arts in America; among his many distinguished posts Stern served as an originating member of the National Endowment for the Arts and as President of Carnegie Hall for more than thirty-five years. This 1967 recital recorded in the Montreal studios of Radio-Canada presents Stern in top form partnered by his long-time accompanist Alexander Zakin.Includes the following:Sonatina in G minor for Violin and Piano D 384 by Franz SchubertPartita in D minor for violin solo BWV 1004 - V. Chaconne - by Johann Sebastian BachAdagio in E Major K 261 Rondo in C major K 373 by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartFAE Sonata WoO Post. 2 - III. Scherzo by Johannes Brahms
An adaptation of Kaufman and Lardner's comic play starring Susan Sarandon and Stephen Sondheim.
Guy Van Stratten a convicted American smuggler leaves an Italian prison term with one asset a dying man's words about the wealthy mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart Van Stratten's investigation Arkadin claims amnesia about his early life and sends Guy off to investigate his ""unknown"" past. Guy's quest spans many continents and unearths eccentric characters who contribute information about the shadowy Arkadin. But the real purpose of Guy's assignment proves deadly - can he survive it? Orson Welles wrote directed and co-starred in this stylish serpentine mystery that carries echoes of his masterpiece 'Citizen Kane'.
Titles Comprise: 1. Plan 9 From Outer Space 2. Night Of The Living Dead 3. Carnival Of Souls
Jim can't work on his novel with all the postwar New York building troubles. Roberta (from Jim's army days) moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Their tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money he obtains from rich widows...
Someone is taking the Dr's past selves out of time and space placing them in a vast wilderness - a battle arena with a sinister tower at its centre. As the various incarnations of the doctor join forces they learn they are in the Death Zone on their home world of Gallifrey fighting Daleks Cybermen Yeti...and a devious Time Lord traitor who is using the Doctor and his companions to discover the ancient secrets of Rassilon the first and most powerful ruler of Gallifrey. The Five
After the visual fireworks of Sunrise and the now-lost splendour of 4 Devils F.W. Murnau turned his attention to this vivid painterly study of an impulsive and fragile marriage among the wheatfields of Minnesota. During a brief stay in Chicago innocent farmer's son Lem falls for and weds Kate a hard-bitten but lonely waitress. Upon bringing her home at the start of harvest time the honeymoon soon turns into a claustrophobic struggle as they contend with the bitter scorn of his father and the invasive leering jealousy of the farm's labouring community. Tenderly romantic and tough-minded in equal measure City Girl is one of cinema's great pastorals featuring some of the most delicate performances Murnau ever directed and influencing filmmakers such as Terrence Malick and Jean Vigo.
Road To Bali: Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour team up in their sixth ""Road"" picture Road To Bali which was the only film in the series to be shot in color. Hope and Crosby star as two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam. The two are hired by a South Seas prince as deep-sea divers in order to recover a buried treasure. They meet beautiful Princess Lala (Lamour) and vie for her affections. Of course the boys run into the usual perils such as cannibals a giant squid and numerous cameos from some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Director Hal Walker was no stranger to the three actors having directed the trio in Road To Utopia. The final ""Road"" picture Road To Hong Kong would be released 10 years later with Lamour only making a brief cameo appearance. My Favourite Brunette: Bumbling baby photographer Ronnie Jackson gets mistaken for a private detective and hired to find the missing Baron by Baroness Carlotta Montay. This is not a straight forward assignment however and Jackson soon finds himself involved in a murder and pursued by gangsters....
Includes phrase by phrase instruction for all the exercises and songs. Split-screen techniques are featured so that you can study and clearly see what each hand is playing. Topics Include: How to tune your guitar Left and right hand playing positions Basic chords Chord movements Right hand patterns and techniques How to play Nine Pound Hammer Freight Train Camptown Races and Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow Tree
World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
The Film Noir Collection: The Strange Woman
Preston Sturges lends his considerable script-writing talent to this Jerry Lewis comedy-vehicle where our Jerry is hired as a babysitter to look after a Hollywood starlets triplets!
Pierre Fournier was especially acclaimed for his performances of the music of Bach Brahms and Schubert; however these are only a handful of the composers whose styles he mastered. The remarkable contrast between his sonority and phrasing in the Bach Suite No.3 and the Kodaly Sonata on this DVD is a striking testimony to his command of differing styles.
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