Preston Sturges
Series
Criterion collection volume 292
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A world-famous symphony conductor, consumed with the suspicion that his wife is having an affair, entertains elaborate visions of vengeance, set to three separate orchestral works.
4) The lady Eve
Series
Criterion collection volume 103
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naive snake enthusiast-- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to their gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart.
Series
Criterion collection volume 118
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
A Hollywood director wants to abandon comedies and make serious films. In order to feed his creative flame, he travels onto the street disguised as a hobo in order to endure real hardship.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1944.
Language
English
Description
A small-town girl goes overboard with war-time patriotic zeal and marries a soldier she's only met once. He disappears after one night, then she thinks she's pregnant... but she just can't remember her husband's name. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** *"Great verbal gags and non-sequiturs, fast paced action, and a thorough irreverence for all things deemed respectable...make it a lasting delight." - Geoff Andrew, **Time...
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume DVD 2
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Hope springs eternal when an office clerk mistakenly believes he's won a coffee slogan challenge and spends the 'prize money'.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Classy shoplifter Lee Leander, on trial for swiping a diamond bracelet, has her case postponed by Assistant District Attorney John Sargent until after Christmas. Taking pity on her, he bails her out of jail. He's driving home to Indiana for the holidays, and when he finds Lee's a Hoosier too, offers to drop her at her mother's on the way. When she's rejected by her mother, he brings her home to his place where his mother, his aunt and their farmhand,...
12) If I were king
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Romantic adventure set in 15th century Paris about rogue poet François Villon who matches wits with a crafty king and leads the Empire to victory.
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to The freshman, Harold Diddlebock, former football star, slaves for twenty years in the bookkeeping department of an advertising agency and is fired. After recklessly placing a large bet and winning at the race track, he buys a circus and embarks on a series of adventures with his new pet, Jackie the lion.
14) The Lady Eve
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume DVD 3
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
It's the ultimate battle of the sexes when a wealthy heir (Henry Fonda) falls (literally!) for a con woman with a shady past.
16) The great moment
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume DVD 6
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
This stirring biopic follows the fascinating life of W.T.G. Morton, a 19th century dentist who successfully develops the first anesthesia.
17) I'll be yours
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A small-town girl tells a small fib to a wealthy businessman; complications ensue"--IMDb