James Gleason
1) The clock
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
A soldier on a two-day pass meets an office worker who agrees to show him New York City. They spend the day together and find themselves falling in love.
Series
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
4) Suddenly!
Publisher
HD Cinema Classics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When the President of the United States makes a train stop in a sleepy California town, the town sheriff is notified by a team of Secret Service men who arrive to make sure the town is secure. But three assassins get there first and take over the house overlooking the train station, holding the family hostage while waiting for the President to arrive.
Publisher
LaserLight
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
"Overlong but interesting social commentary, with naive Cooper hired to spearhead national goodwill drive benefiting corrupt politician Arnold. Wordy idealism can't bury good characterizations; usual Capra touches exulting populism." --Maltin.
Gary Cooper on film : a biography: a video look at the life and films of Cooper, a Hollywood legend.
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Gary Cooper portrays a former baseball player whose misfortunes have changed his life. Barbara Stanwyck, a news reporter, interviews "John Doe" (Cooper). Her report falls into the hands of a crooked politician who exploits "John Doe" by making him a good will ambassador in a phony political drive, leaving Cooper on the brink of suicide. This film represents director Frank Capra at his best."--container.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home.
10) The last hurrah
Series
Publisher
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Frank Skeffington, the political boss of a New England town, fights his last campaign. This flavorful melodrama is based on Edwin O'Connor's novel of politics, loosely patterned after the life of Boston's Mayor Curley.
11) A guy named Joe
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The year was 1944. Overseas, World War II raged. Back home, a war-torn population suffered the loss of loved ones. Along came A Guy Named Joe, a fanciful, heart-warming tale based on the legend that pilots never die but return to guide fledgling airmen, and the public welcomed it with open arms.
12) Riding high
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Musical remake of Broadway Bill, this film follows it so closely that stock footage from that film is included. Crosby is a racehorse owner whose nag has yet to win. Oliver Hardy is fun in rare solo appearance.
13) What price glory
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Two American Marines are best buddies in competition for an alluring French woman, daughter of a local shopkeeper.
Series
Criterion collection volume 819
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
15) Suddenly
Publisher
Unicorn Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The small town of Suddenly is invaded by professional assassin John Baron and his henchmen. Taking a local family hostage, Baron sets up vigil at the second-story window of the family's home. Baron is hoping to become "someone" by killing the President.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1153
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts greet him with love, sweetness...and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal who's a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1153
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts greet him with love, sweetness...and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal who's a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery...
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this is an ethereal, expressionistic American classic.