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Publisher
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection)
Pub. Date
1940.
Description
In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish "Tomainian" dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Foyle, a veteran detective is persuaded to remain on duty at home rather than join the troops at the front as World War II begins. But home is on the vulnerable southern English coast and the chaos, danger and venality of war seep into everyday events.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"Each monument represents the utmost in engineering, design and vision. They all stand as mighty symbols of American ingenuity, courage and sacrifice. Find out how these famous structures came to be, who conceived of them, whose sweat built them, and who dismissed them as fantasy. Find out why the Washington Monument took 100 years from conception to execution, why skeptics thought the Brooklyn Bridge wouldn't survive the first gale, and why it...
4) For a woman
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2014], ©2014
Description
The unexpected arrival of a brother who supposedly perished during World War II upsets the lives of a Jewish tailor and his pretty bride.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Description
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Description
Memphis Belle: Based on a true story about the famous plane of World War II, the Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle is about the crew of one of the B-17s flying their last mission before they can go home to a hero's welcome.
Miracle at St. Anna: August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World...
Publisher
Viva Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Honor Flight is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. Volunteer₂s race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2004, nearly 60 years after their epic struggle.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Description
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Description
Jezebel : Julie, a New Orleans beauty whose constant attempts to goad her fiance to jealousy backfire when he leaves town and returns home married. Then her vengeance explodes.
Gone With the Wind : A period romance and Civil War epic. Based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
The Philadelphia Story : Voted one of the Top 100 American Films of All Time. A faultfinding bride-to-be socialite who gets her comeuppance.
Casablanca : Set...
13) For a woman
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
After her mother's death, Anne discovers old photos and letters that convince her to take a closer look at the life of her parents. Soon, Anne's research into their Jewish history reveals the existence of a mysterious uncle. As she gradually closes in on the discovery she didn't know she was looking for, her father grows ill, and may take the secret that kept them apart for so long to his grave.
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes DVD
Pub. Date
2001
Description
The U.S. military's response to the attack on Pearl Harbor including actual wartime footage. Also included are Target Tokyo, a 1945 documentary which follows the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortresses, and another World War II short film, Air war against Japan. Appointment in Tokyo, a 1945 documentary, features enemy film taken from captured Japanese newsreels, and depicts General Douglas MacArthur's long struggle to fight his way back...
Description
The Caine Mutiny: During World War II, onboard a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experienced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the trial of the mutineers unfold, it comes to light that Captain Queeg was mentally unstable, perhaps even insane. The Navy must then decide if the Caine Mutiny is a criminal act...
Description
An Affair to Remember: Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn.
Casablanca: Set in World War II Morocco within a city filled with European refugees....
17) Memories of war
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes DVD
Pub. Date
[2001], ©2001
Description
"Fifty years after Japan brought the U.S. into World War II, former adversaries met for the first time in friendship at a retrospective symposium and air show re-enactment ... mixing the aviation images of contemporary artists with interviews and historic footage, this is a unique fiftieth anniversary tribute"--Container.
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