James Stewart
3) Vertigo
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered, and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman
Language
English
Formats
Description
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Philadelphia story (1940, 112 min.):A sophisticated romantic comedy about a rich, spoiled socialite who learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage
Bringing up Baby (1938, 102 min.): Comedy about an heiress who is determined to catch a stuffy zoologist and uses her pet leopard, Baby, to help get his attention
Adam's rib (1949, 100 min.): A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends...
13) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored by his home state's crooked political machine. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Jefferson takes to the Senate floor to prove his innocence
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Morning glory: An aspiring actress is mentored to success by several Broadway veterans
Little women: Follows the lives of the four March sisters living with their mother in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is ministering to Union troops during the American Civil War
Stage door: A group of aspiring actresses share a boardinghouse in New York City
Philadelphia story: A socialite's wedding plans are complicated by the appearance of her ex-husband...
16) Ziegfeld girl
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Success and heartbreak are awaiting three young women chosen for the Ziegfeld follies
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck
"To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
As Destry, a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns, Stewart is called to restore order to the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottleneck. Though reluctant to undertake such an enormous task, he's soon roped into action after meeting the seductive Frenchy (Dietrich), an alluring saloon girl who belts out unforgettable show-stoppers like "The Boys in the Back Room," while winning the hero's heart