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Charles Laughton
1) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this dark period drama, a young woman discovers her uncle heads a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire, wickedly played by Charles Laughton. Her efforts to stop their wicked ways leads her down a path filled with murder and betrayal.
2) Rembrandt
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A video biography that captures the inner turmoil of the passionate 17th-century genius, Rembrandt Van Rijn.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Charles Laughton stars as a stuffy British butler, Marmaduke Ruggles, who is traded in a poker game from an English Duke to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud. Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by. Ruggles proves his newfound patriotism in one of the...
4) Spartacus
Series
Criterion collection volume 105
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The epic tale of the bold gladiator slave Spartacus (Douglas), the woman who believed in his cause, and the power-hungry Roman general who challenged his convictions.
6) Spartacus
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus, the bold gladiator slave and Varinia, the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus, Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of the Imperial Rome at its glorious height." --container.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling, conclusion.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
For 300 years the ghost of Simon de Canterville, entombed alive by his father for cowardice, has been roaming his castle in search of a kinsman to free him by performing a brave deed. In 1943, from a troop of American soldiers billeted in the castle, comes new hope: Sir Simon's long lost nephew.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In the year 64 A.D., the corrupt and maniacal Emperor Nero torches Rome, and is advised to blame the ensuing destruction on the unsuspecting Christians. Meanwhile, Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus falls for an innocent and beautiful Christian maiden, Mercia. When the seductive and wicked Empress Poppaea, learns that she has a rival for Marcus' affections, she conspires to send all Christians to a chilling death.
13) The bribe
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
The story of an incorruptible federal cop and a woman who could make any man change his mind.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1938, Paris has become a haven for refugees trying to escape growing Nazi power. Always one step away from being discovered and sent back to Germany, Dr. Ravic, a German surgeon practicing medicine illegally in France, seeks revenge on his enemy, a Nazi officer who tortued him. One night, he saves Joan Madou, a woman cast adrift after the death of her lover.
18) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Near Cornwall, a bank of smugglers and cutthroats lures incoming ships to a rocky inlet where they are dashed to pieces and then raided. An undercover officer joins the band with hopes of thwarting them, but they soon discover his real identity.
19) Advise & consent
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
A Senate subcommittee meets to confirm the President's controversial nominee for Secretary of State.
20) Because of him
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010].
Language
English
Description
A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star.