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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford scholar and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's Adventures...
3) Spaceballs
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The fearless and clueless Lone Starr and his half-man/half-dog sidekick race against time to free a Druish princess from the evil clutches of Dark Helmet. Along the way, they meet the wise Yogurt, who teaches them the mystical power of 'the Schwartz' in order to bring peace and merchandising rights to the galaxy!
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How far will a man go to climb the corporate ladder? C.C. 'Bud' Baxter, a lowly insurance clerk, has a trump card: his apartment. He "loans" it out to married company executives for secret trysts. In return, he's well looked after, although he does grapple with his conscience. One day he asks out one of the elevator girls, Miss Kubelik, but she stands him up because of a crisis in her relationship with the big boss, Mr. Sheldrake. On Christmas Eve,...
5) Elmer Gantry
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One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt.
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"[In] Robert Altman's fascinating and original send-up of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story, The Long Goodbye is a gloriously inspired tribute to Hollywood with an ending that's as controversial as it is provocative. Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster and a suitcase of drug money. But as Marlowe stumbles...
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Hollywood royalty Shirley MacLaine gives one of her greatest performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon's Broadway hit inspired by Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Director Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually stunning story of a lovelorn New York dance hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine, who dreams of old-fashioned romance but gives her heart to one undeserving guy after another.
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"Set in the early 1900s, [it] follows the highs and lows of San Francisco aristocrat Roger Grant, who changes his name to Alexander and leads a band with a whole new sound -- swing! As Grant meets with musical successes and failures, he also conducts an on-again, off-again love affair with Stella Kirby, his lead singer"--Container.
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Studio classic volume 26
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An extremely possessive woman will do whatever it takes to keep her husband all to herself, even murder.
12) Raggedy man
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A young divorced woman and her two children try to forge a life for themselves in a small Texas town during World War II.
13) Zorba the Greek
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Studio classic volume 21
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When shy Englishman, Basil, lands on the isle of Crete seeking his fortune, Zorba sets out to teach him the ways of the world ... Zorba's world. Through it all, Basil learns there's only one way to deal with life's triumphs and tragedies, never stop dancing!
14) Orchestra wives
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Studio classic volume 35
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Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbott. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour, and learns about life as an orchestra wife.
15) The Black Swan
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A buccaneer tries to stop the pirate ship the Black Swan, a ship on which he was once an officer.
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Studio classic volume 38
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Pirate Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica on one condition - he must stop his fellow pirates from doing their criminal actions.
17) Blood and sand
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Juan is the naïve son of a once-famous bullfighter who tries to recapture the glory of his family's name. Though he is branded fifth rate, he soon becomes Spain's greatest matador and returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart. But when a beautiful, passionate aristocrat seduces him, Juan succumbs to her temptations, only to see his own happiness and sucess crumble.
18) Man of the West
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When the train he is on gets robbed, Link Jones finds himself unwillingly reunited with some old acquaintances. Dock Tobin, the gang's sadistic half-crazed patriarch, was like a father to Link some twenty years ago and welcomes him back into the gang. To survive, Link must take up his old killing ways. But what was once his family has now become his hell.
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