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Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this pre-code classic, Death, intent on entering the human world for a holiday, takes the form of a prince visiting a family of wealthy soclialites and encounters all of the pleasures and pains that go with a flesh-and-blood existence.
4) Resurrection
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A woman who experiences clinical death as the result of a car accident returns to life with the amazing ability to heal others. Attributing her powers to human love rather than divine intervention, she begins to aid the residents of her childhood town.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2014, 1961.
Language
English
Description
First shown as a school teacher placed under arrest by state troopers, the story recounts how the untrained, uneducated, yet brilliant young man, Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr., assumes the identity of a college professor, Trappist monk, prison warden and surgeon in the Canadian navy. The unbelievable hide-and-seek story mixes suspense with humor, as Demara attempts to outwit and outrun the FBI, the police, a priest and several girlfriends.
6) Crackers
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2011
Language
English
Description
A crazy bunch of off-the-wall characters all frequent the pawn shop of the meanest, money-hungriest man in town -- who just happens to have a safe that holds the answer to the prayers of these "customers."
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Jeff Butler, overseer of the Union Pacific's construction, finds a network of schemers bent on sabotage. Most prominent are gamblers Sid Campeau, Jack Cordray and Dick Allen. Dick is a forrmer pal of Jeff's, but their relationship changes as they fight over the railroad and over Mollie Monahan, the railroad's spirited postmistress." -- Container.
9) Pure luck
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Eugene Proctor, an unlucky, mishap-prone man, is sent on a mission with a no-nonsense detective, to rescue the equally unlucky daughter of his boss.
10) Blue collar
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[c2009]
Language
English
Description
Whatever became of the "American Dream"? Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto star in the powerful, critically acclaimed drama Blue Collar. Three auto assembly line workers, fed up with union brass and tired of scraping by, hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters. Disappointed with their measly bounty, they realize they've made off with something much more valuable than cash. Their unexpected swipe suddenly envelopes the three autoworkers...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Jealousy, loyalty, and a family feud between two brothers are all at play in this story. Can the two join together or are the families destined to repeat the mistakes of the past and live out the curse of their ancestors?
12) Angel
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the unfaithful wife of a foreign diplomat entangled in an intricate love triangle.
13) Blonde Venus
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. Wife Helen returns to night club work to attempt to raise the money and becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner, she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011, ©1978
Language
English
Description
The true story of Olympic hopeful Jill Kinmont, who was paralyzed in a skiing accident while competing in a pre-Olympic competition in the 1950's. Left paralyzed from the neck down, she overcame self-pity and helplessness to become a teacher on a Paiute reservation.
16) The black cat
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Honeymooners Joan and Peter Allison are stranded and forced to spend the night at the home of the sinister Hjalmar Poelzig. They soon learn they are being held captive in the mausoleum and that Poelzig is the high priest at Black Mass. He has chosen Joan to be the devil's bride. David races to save his wife from Poelzig's unspeakable treachery.
17) Tobruk
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Based on a real-life, little-known incident, this epic follows a convoy of British and German-Jewish commandos as they cross 800 miles of Libyan desert to blow up a key Nazi fortress at Tobruk guarded by General Rommel's best troops.
18) The Chalk garden
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a family conflict over possession of an emotionally troubled child which comes to a climax after the hiring of a mysterious Nanny.
19) Morocco
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Marlene Dietrich is a cabaret singer who arrives in Morocco and continues her wicked career by enslaving all the men in sight; but true love reaches her at last.