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Filmed during Cash's concert tour of the US in the late Sixties, this film offers a carefully airbrushed account of the star's life on and off stage. While attracting huge audiences wherever he goes, as well as winning awards, he remains eminently normal, the kind of man who willingly signs autographs, listens to pieces of doggerel composed by adoring fans, and poses for innumerable photos
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Adina's Deck volume 2
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Michael, an 8th grader approaches Adina's Deck with a big problem. His friend Ally has been talking to a guy online for over two months and it seems too good to be true- except the guy is 20! The club takes the case to track down Ally's mysterious crush.
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Un mari à la porte ( A Husband at the Door) is a one-act operetta which was recorded at the Teatro del Maggio in occasion of the 200th anniversary of Offenbach's birth. Premiered in 1859, this rarely performed work is a most amusing comedy of errors, which is the typical frameset that the composer used to represent and mock the quirks and vices of the French society of his times.
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Der fliegende Holländer was one of the operas that allowed Wagner to assert his place as the foremost German operatic composer of the time and to develop the foundations of his visionary mature works. Premiered in Dresden in 1843 its story is of the Flying Dutchman - the ghostly sea captain doomed to wander the seas eternally unless redeemed by love. This new staging was praised by seenandheard-international.com and for being 'a triumph in faithfully...
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Filmed as it happened; On June 4-6, 1942, a large Japanese force attempted to capture Midway Island in the Pacific but was defeated by U.S. forces with a loss ratio of 4:1. On hand was a crew of naval photographers; their documentary footage was edited together with narration by actors. The film covers the attack on Midway, aerial footage, the search for survivors, and aftermath of the battle.
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A wonderful retelling of the Nativity story in both song and words from the point of view of the Innkeeper's wife, her husband and their servants. General Electric Theater released a new story with different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electrics Department of Public Relations. Ronald Reagan appears with his family at Christmas.
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Adina's Deck volume 3
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English
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An 8th grader in Mr. B's class plagiarized their paper! Adina's Deck takes the case. In this who-done-it, there are four main suspects, and the club needs to investigate each of their alibis to help Dave get the grade he deserves. Who did it and why?
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Adina's Deck volume 1
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English
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When Skye is cyber-bullied, her best friend Melody approaches tech-genius Adina for help. Who would do this to Skye? And why? At this Silicon Valley school, texting is more than meets the eye. Adina, Skye, Clara, and Melody form a club and take the case.
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Typical Amos 'n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party. All the regular characters are here (or mentioned), including the famous Mystic Knights of the Sea. The only film appearance of radio's long-running characters.
13) Fluke
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Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis and Eric Stoltz come together in a romantic and remarkable tale about a man who must begin his life over ...as a dog!
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This classic film from one of the greatest directors of the 20th century (John Huston), boasts an incredible cast. Well-shot and well-acted, with a solid story to boot,...The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe. There is plenty of action and suspense with Indian fights, dramatic events, & more.
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Fun loving Pearl White, (played by Betty Hutton) working in a garment shop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play with a comedy act. Her brief stage career leads her into the "new" moving pictures, where she comes to love the world of silent films, becoming queen of the movie serials. But the consequences of movie stardom are more than her leading man can take.
16) 12 Angry Men
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The defense and prosecution have rested. The jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
18) Crime of Passion
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Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill (Sterling Hayden) but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a very dangerous path.
19) Of Things Past
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A young couple struggling to save their marriage moves to beautiful Mammoth Lakes, California. Filmed over thirty-five years, we see the couples journey through love, commitment, secrets, betrayal -- and forgiveness.
20) Beau Geste
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Beau (Ronald Colman) John (Ralph Forbes), and Digby (Neil Hamilton) Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who have been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon(Alice Joyce). When money in the upper-crust household grows tight, Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most-treasured jewel, the "Blue Water" sapphire. The household gets it out for one last look, before it vanishes.
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