Lauren Bacall
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The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to project an audacious spirit and pursue on-screen excellence. The product of an extraordinary mother and a loving extended family, she produced, with Humphrey Bogart, some of the most electric and memorable scenes in movie history. After tragically losing Bogart, she returned to New York and a brilliant career in the theatre. A two-time Tony winner, she married and later divorced...
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Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall stars in this stylishly updated version of a classic comedy. High-strung social-climber, Millicent Jordan and her husband plan an elaborate dinner party. Their celebrity guest list includes a romance novelist, a ruthless tycoon and his brassy young wife, and a Hollywood has-been. But a rash of cancellations and unexpected events turn the Jordans' elegant soirée into a first-rate disaster.
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Is our First Amendment right as protected as we think? Telling the story of the Hollywood 10, this classic documentary explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee was able to summon before it American citizens of the motion picture industry and interrogate them about their political affiliations and beliefs. Featuring interviews with Dalton Trumbo and other prominent screenwriters.
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If teenaged Ethan and his younger sister Hallie put every toy in Macy's on their Christmas list, it still wouldn't include what they want most. They want a miracle - they want their divorced parents back together! With lots of humor, heart and yuletide sparkle, All I Want For Christmas is all you could want in a family film treat. Ethan Randall (Dutch) and Thora Birch (Patriot Games) play the siblings who come up with a hilarious plan to reunite...
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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[2006]
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A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise...
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Paramount
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[2004], c1974
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Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous trains Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive.
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Set on the North West Frontier of colonial India in 1905. A British Army Officer, Captain Scott (Kenneth More) is sent to rescue a five year old Indian Prince (Govind Raja Ross) and his American governess, Catherine Wyatt (Lauren Bacall) certain death at the hands of rebel tribesman.
9) The Portrait
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Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall star in this story of the changing relationship between two successful but aging parents and their adult daughter, who is on the cusp of achieving success herself as an artist.
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Hosted by Henry Fonda, himself a beloved and iconic star, this fascinating and informative documentary tracks the complex creation, development, and eventual demise of the Hollywood studio star system. Tracing the evolution of the studio system from the Silent Era, when megastars like Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks shaped the face of cinematic celebrity, to the Golden Era of the early sixties, when famous faces like Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole,...
12) Diamonds
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A funny and touching comedy with a shining cast of great stars. Harry Agensky is a feisty ex-boxing champ who shows that he still has some punch left when he talks his son and grandson into taking a road trip from Canada to Reno, Nevada! There, the trio take up the search for 13 missing diamonds that Harry was promised for throwing a fight years ago!
13) Presence of Mind
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Adapted from Henry James' classic novel, The Turn of the Screw, a young woman is hired to take care of two children, Miles and Flora, as their governess. When the governess starts seeing ghosts, she's led on a path that allows her to uncover the home's dark past involving the children's previous governess.
15) All at Sea
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When retired sailor Wally's best friend Skipper dies, he vows to bury his comrade at sea. Wally enlists fellow retirement home residents to join him on a madcap adventure to carry out the burial before anyone can put an end to his scheme.
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DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century, an enduring icon whose influence changed the face of fashion, beauty, art, publishing and culture forever. During her fifty year reign as the "Empress of Fashion," she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie O and coined some of fashion's most eloquent proverbs such as "the bikini is the biggest thing since the...
17) The Shootist
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About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne) "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty". In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) and Marshall Thibido (Harry Morgan) and reaches out to new friends (including feisty...
18) Pret-A-Porter
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At the world's hottest fashion show, there's been a murder. Now, everybody's a suspect – including two guests who end up sharing much more than a hotel room and a hilariously inept TV reporter on the trail of her most shocking interview yet!