Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4+4294118700 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713490 Its wartime, and young people are rushing into hasty, sometimes unwise, marriages. But not pretty, level-headed Alice. Then she meets Joe, a G.I. on a two-day pass, and falls heart-over-level-head in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670768 Marie de Flor, a glamorous Canadian prima donna, is renowned for her beauty, exquisite voice and fierce temperament. When news arrives that her brother Jack has been wounded in a prison escape, Marie realizes she must go to him despite the danger. Lured into the wilderness, she encounters Sgt. Bruce, who is hunting the fugitive. Sgt. Bruce is soon hot on Maries trail as well! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670766 Based on the inspiring operetta about a beautiful young French heiress and a dashing revolutionary nobleman irresistibly drawn together in 19th century New Orleans--container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713426 Combatants are captured and held in a POW camp after Nazi troops overrun France. A former cab driver is chained to a wall in solitary confinement because of his defiance of prison authorities. His will to fight is crushed by the torment of solitary confinement. But his passions rekindle when, after being smuggled out of camp as part of a POW escape, he witnesses courage of fellow escapees and resistance partisans in combat against Nazi troops. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713538 Big changes were in the air for the legal crew of Night Court as the smash hit show entered the seventh season of its epic nine-season run. Status quo is MIA for the court as the season begins with a visit from Harrys estranged dad, former mental patient Buddy that results in the two shacking up. Meanwhile, Dan begins a season-long quest for new lodgings, a quest complicated by Judge Harrys new roomie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656978 While his boss is on vacation, reporter Alvin Roberts has been writing a snappy gossip column featuring announcements of blessed events, impending births of both the married and unmarried. Although the column is not very respectable, circulation jumps, so Alvin is assigned a regular position. Soon, he is so powerful that gangster Sam Goebel sends his gunman, Frankie Wells, to threaten him. Instead, Alvin tricks Frankie into confessing to murder and records it on his dictaphone. He warns Frankie that if someone kills him, Frankie will be executed painfully. Alvins nemesis, singer Bunny Harmon, is opening a new nightclub and vows that Alvin will not be admitted, ever. Alvin, on the other hand, insists that he will be there no matter what. When singer Dorothy Lane begs Alvin, who has no scruples when it comes to his column, not to print the news that she is pregnant, he promises not to, but even though she is not married and will not name the babys father, he runs the story, disregarding the harm it may do to her. Alvin is in love with Gladys Price, another reporter on the paper, who despises his column. When Alvin discovers that Goebel is Dorothys lover and threatens to expose him, Goebel decides he must be killed. Frankie warns Alvin that Goebels men will be looking for him at Bunnys nightclub. Gladys begs him not to go, but Alvin sneaks in through the back. Although Goebels men shoot at him, Alvin is not harmed. Dorothy, however, shoots and kills Goebel. Later Alvin agrees to give up his column for Gladys, using his last column to defend Dorothy and announce his engagement. ... Contemporary sources note that the character of Alvin was based on columnist Walter Winchell--AFI catalog, 1931-1940. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704868 The story takes place in Skull Creek, a 1870s Montana gold camp. Dr. Joseph Frail arrives, setting out his shingle near the camps boom-or-bust hubbub of adventurers, ladies of fortune, mountain men and just plain decent folks. As skilled with a six-gun as with a scalpel, Frail will need both. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713488 In an era when women were allowed to be ornaments, mothers or drudges, young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of something more. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and, with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband, to make one of the greatest breakthroughs in 20th-century science. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670767 One of the top-grossing films of 1937, Maytime is the poignant, glorious musical that has long been acknowledged as a supreme masterpiece of its genre. See and hear Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy at the height of their vocal powers and popularity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585528 They are rugged pioneers, Indian fighters and brave trailblazers who tame the wild west. These are the women of the great frontier. Buck Wyatt is a tough, experienced scout who leads a wagon train comprised of two ex-show girls, a hearty widow and fifteen men who act as guides. When one of the men disobeys Bucks orders not to fratenize with the ladies, Buck shoots him, causing the others to desert. The determined women insist on going on, learning to ride, shoot and drive mules. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594999 Traces the collapse of the Hitler regime from the invasion of Russia in 1941 to Hitlers suicide in Berlin in 1945. Shows the concentration camp system and examines the reasons for the collapse of the Nazi army. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729424 Tessa is a teenaged free spirit locked in battle with her complicated, sophisticated cousin Florence over the love of Lewis, an impoverished, gifted composer. Lewis is married to Florence, but young Tessa loves Lewis so completely he finds himself drawn to her more and more. Tessa is soon transformed, first into Lewis muse, and then into something more; while Florences jealousies cage her in a competition with a child she cant hope to win. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677820 The story finds young Andy dazzled by a picture in a society magazine of a glamorous debutante. When Judge Hardys crusade to save an orphanage takes him to New York City, Andy tags along in hopes of meeting his dream girl. But The Big Apple shows little sympathy for a cocky, small-town boy. Each one of Andys hair brained schemes to break into high society backfires, with disastrous but humorous results. Finally, its his old pal Betsy Booth who lends Andy a hand, and a tuxedo. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656982 Fyodor Karamazov is the wealthy father of four grown sons: Dmitri, a callous Russian officer; Ivan, the intellectual; pious Alexey; and half-brother Smerdyakov. Tensions erupt to a murderous end when libertine father and romantic son find themselves vying for the affections of the same woman, the wild Grushenka. Finding themselves adrift without the dark anchor that held them together, the four brothers must now find peace, each in their own way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677823 On vacation with his family on Californias Catalina Island, Andy Hardy falls head over swim fins for a sophisticated young beauty. Judge Hardy warns his son that she is too fast for him. But to Andy, that just means he should run after his golden girl a little faster! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621165 A school librarian falls for a star football player in this lighthearted musical set in the gone-but-not-forgotten college days of the 20s. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656984 An American historical drama about a group of settlers known as Rogers Rangers--led by Major Rogers (Spencer Tracy)--and the hardships of survival and battles with hostile Indians, they encounter in trying to settle the upper New York state area for their families in the late 1750s and early 1760s. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713431 A sophisticated comedy concerning a young Albany girls romantic misadventures with a man who she meets one rainy Sunday in New York. Complications result from the appearance of her airline-pilot brother and her home-town beau. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729423 The story of an assistant manager/gofer who is given a big chance after the leading actress hurts her ankle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677819 Andys gone and done it this time. All set to graduate from high school and he flunks his English exam, in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656983 Set in Nazi Germany in 1936, this is the story of George Heisler who along with six others escapes from a concentration camp. One by one the others are captured while George keeps one step ahead and is aided by others who risk their own lives to help him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475505 The Palazzo Vecchio. The Uffizi Gallery. Michelangelos David. Meg Johnson is eager to discover the glories of Italy with her beautiful daughter Clara, who was mentally impaired in a childhood accident. But Clara discovers something more--love--with an ardent Italian who mistakes her limitations for charming naivet. Clara is so happy and fulfilled. Should Margaret reveal her daughters secret?--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677818 After graduating from high school, the irrepressible Andy heads for New York, giddy with visions of high finance, chic women and posh nightclubs. But the big city is tough on a small-town boy. Jobs are hard to come by. Broadway babies arent impressed by the boys gosh-and-golly charms, especially when his savings dwindle to a lone quarter. Then, too, Judge Hardy isnt just a room away with his ever-present wisdom and moral support. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621170 The dramatic portrayal of an alcoholic actors redemption and rehabilitation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713427 Broke and with a family to support, charter-boat skipper Harry Morgan makes a desperate gamble. For cash that will save his boat from creditors, he ferries gangsters to safety after a racing-track heist. But when you gamble, sometimes you lose. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670773 A French princess flees to New Orleans to avoid marrying a nobleman she doesnt love. In bayou country she falls for a swaggering soldier, who wards off pirates and a king to keep her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554758 Combine the spy-against-spy Cold War era with 60s cool and the result is the trendsetting series that became a cultural touchstone. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656985 Lola, whose life is a dizzy whirlpool of studio expectations, adoring fans, familial leeches and most of all, a firecracker of a freewheeling press agent whod do handsprings through a minefield if it would keep Lolas name in the tabloids. But Lola is ready to provide a final headline herself. Shes quitting the biz. Leaving. Abandoning the sham and the glam for the pitter-patter of tiny feet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583788 Set in 1920s Kansas, the film traces one year in the life of young Newt, in which he learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and his own capacity for honor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1508916 My Wild Irish Rose stars golden age of Hollywood tenor Dennis Morgan as turn-of-the-century tenor Chauncey Olcott, who brought When Irish eyes are smiling, Mother Machree and more beloved airs to eager theater audiences. Olcotts rise from tugboat skipper to minstrel man to star and composer, his relationships with two women--Lillian Russell (Andrea King) and true love Rose Donovan--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656990 Brewster McCloud is a strange young man who lives under the roof of the Houston Astrodome and is secretly building a pair of giant wings. A ruthless killer is on the loose in Houston, and some of the citys richest and most illustrious citizens are among the victims. Is it the killers bizarre trademark or merely a coincidence that each corpse is marked with bird droppings? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729421 This tantalizing tale posits what may have happened to the famed writer during her real-life 11-day disappearance in 1926. The world doesnt know and Dame Agatha never told. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252249 The seas are calm and the ship is sturdy, but the shipboard romance is doomed. Dan does not know that Joan is dying of an incurable disease. Joan does not know Dan is a convicted murderer en route to San Quentin. Still, they have four weeks to find happiness in each others arms. Or will Dan forsake the love of a lifetime for his own life, using the vessels Honolulu layover as a chance to escape the law? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208717 Hes a private eye on the run from a conspiracy rap in a phony murder case. Shes a dizzy poet he takes hostage, and takes on the adventure of her life to track down the real killer. Naturally, despite constant peril and the PIs penchant for goofball disguises, romance blooms. Join two iconic stars in a comic world thats wacky, witty and completely wonderful. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696779 Story of Englands memorable 16th century monarch, Elizabeth I and her tumultuous rise to power. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729419 Steel separates 1873 Pittsburgh into rich and poor, master and worker, powerful and powerless. On one side is Paul Scott, the progressive son of a steel mill owner. On the other is Mary Rafferty, daugher of an imbittered laborer who was crippled in a mill accident. When Mary takes a post as a housemaid at the Scott mansion, she and Paul fall desperately in love. But a bloody strike may tear the city - and the lovers - apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252250 Takes place among the Norwegian immigrants in a Wisconsin farm town. Told from the viewpoint of little Selma and explores grand childhood adventures: making friends, a pet calf, Christmas, a terrifying trip down a flood-swollen river, a barn fire and a ride on a circus elephants trunk. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656994 Filmed amid the actual bombed out ruins of Frankfurt and Berlin after World War II, this film recounts the dangerous attempts to unify Germany as four post-war heroes from Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. battle die-hard Nazis to rescue an anti-fascist German statesman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229178 Newly arrived in small-town Arizona from New York city, Axel plans to stay only long enough to be best man at his uncles wedding, but he soon discovers that desert life has its charms - including an attractive older woman and her intriguing daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363569 Rising reporter Michael Ward is a key witness in the murder trial of young Joe Briggs, who is convicted on circumstantial evidence while swearing innocence. Mikes girl Jane believes in Joe and blames Mike, who (in a remarkable sequence) dreams he is himself convicted of murdering his nosy neighbor. Will his dream come true before Jane can find the real murderer -- Internet Movie Database. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729418 Tough-talking reporter Torchy Blane always broke the case and got the story-if not her man, a police detective always a crimesolving step behind her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740516 Tough-talking reporter Torchy Blane always broke the case and got the story-if not her man, a police detective always a crimesolving step behind her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229015 A heartwarming look at family and friendship, and the poignant story of high school student Homer Macauley and the lives he touches while delivering telegrams throughout his small California town during the troubling years of World War II. Moving and timeless, a masterful celebration of the American way of life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1547707 A successful but self-centered attorney, Jack Sturgess finds himself in the same boat as his clients when his long-suffering wife sues for divorce. Hurt and angered by his wifes allegations, a vengeful Jack begins to question his values when the frequent pain and endless process of separation finally begins to hit home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696781 In this comedy, meet Quincy and Jason, two likable swindlers whove come up with a way to make a bundle by bamboozling slave owners. Posing as master and slave, Quincy and Jason ride into backwater prairie towns where, after Quincy intones and Jason moans, Jason is sold to the highest bidder. Then Quincy springs him loose and they split town, split the cash and head down the road looking for the next sucker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394375 During the reign of 15th century Frances King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349737 The story of Dr. Paul Ehrlich, whose medical research led to breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, diphtheria, and syphilis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349738 A brilliant cast brings to life this penetrating portrait of a dissolute wanderer and his idolizing young brother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623360 Drill instructor Sgt. Moore has the job of turning raw Marine recruits into lean, mean fighting machines, but can he reform both one young man who cant seem to take the pressure, and his own private life? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1423881 The teenage years of brilliant inventor Thomas Alva Edison as the young man troubles his family and his school teachers with his great quest for knowledge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208687 Views Lincolns life, from his early days as a young woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and his debates with Stephen Douglas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656995 When Death comes for Gramps Northrup, Gramps isnt ready to go because that would leave his grandson alone, so he uses magic to trap Death in a tree. But with Death on hiatus, others whose time has come and who are in ill and in pain, cannot be released from their suffering. Gramps begins to wonder if he has done the right thing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229179 Set in the tawdry underbelly of 18th century London, a sordid world of bandits, cut throats and corrupted officials, The Beggars Opera follows the raffish escapades of Captain Macheath, a reckless, brooding, adventurer and notorious highwayman, and the seething plot to have him hanged. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363586 Russian and American spaceships race to land the first manned spaceship on the moon. Attracted by the power and the glory of being the first man on the moon, Astronaut Steigler is willing to risk everything for this singular honor, including his marriage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729413 Natalie has hit the road. Unsure of herself, she is two months pregnant and feeling trapped. She leaves her sleeping husband a note and drives away from her Long Island home one rainy morning to find herself. While on her search, she meets a lonely man who brings tenderness and tragedy her way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1423911 Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink Dink Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his hatred of women because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher--Website: www.imdb.com. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229014 This story of music professor Adam Lemp, his four daughters and the men that love them aims straight at the heart and scores an unerring hit. Poignant, laced with laughter and flawlessly acted, it catches viewers up in the quiet but powerful lives of ordinary people--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113869 In 1888, a reign of murderous terror struck East London. To this day, the case is unsolved. And the killer is known only by his infamous nickname. But the truth may at last have been found. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363756 Andr Louis Moreau, a law student, vows to fight against the aristocracy when his friend, Philippe, is killed in a duel with the Marquis de la Tour. Andr joins the Revolution and becomes a leader. Subsequently, he discovers that his real father is the hated Marquis de la Tour and his mother is a countess, both of whom, with his sweetheart, Aline, are at risk from the angry revolutionary mobs. Andr conducts his mother and Aline to safety, but the Marquis dies bravely at the hands of the mob. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229166 The story of a boy breaking through the shackles of adolescence in 1906. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363581 For 300 years the ghost of Simon de Canterville, entombed alive by his father for cowardice, has been roaming his castle in search of a kinsman to free him by performing a brave deed. In 1943, from a troop of American soldiers billeted in the castle, comes new hope: Sir Simons long lost nephew. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1508745 Sally and Alex Farnham (Kim Darby, Jim Hutton) have inherited a lovely old Victorian home that harbors a deadly secret. In the bowels of a closed-off room lurks a horde of hideously evil creatures, just waiting for a chance to get out--to claim their next victim. Curiosity gets the best of Sally and she unlocks a forbidden door in the downstairs study. Suddenly violent poltergeists are able to roam the house in the dark--and their target is their liberator. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261230 Dick Thorpe (Nelson Eddy), a West Point football hero, falls in love with Princess Rosalie (Eleanor Powell), who is studying at Vassar. Thorpe does not know that Rosalie is a princess. After graduation, he flies to Romanza to visit her not knowing she has become engaged to another. The romantic entanglements are eventually straightened out in this zany musical. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229165 Drama about a teenager who dreams of a theatrical career after being mesmerized by a performance of The Pink Lady in a Boston theater. Her father would rather she continue her education but, after realizing how much this means to her, decides to support her goal if she finishes high school. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621177 On the same day that Prof. Roth celebrates his birthday, Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. This causes a tragic rift among the guests at the professors party. Politics come between Roths daughter Freya & her fiance. Freya finds herself falling in love with an old friend, but their only hope for a future together is to escape to freedom across the Austrian border. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442141 A young doctor in a Welsh mining village runs up against the medical establishment when he tries to explore the cause of a cough disabling miners; he abandons his humanitarian goals for a London practice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229158 Tommy Connors, a cocky tough guy, is sent to Sing Sing but is confident that he will not have to follow the rules of prison life. When his smooth lawyer, Joe Finn, tries unsuccessfully to bribe warden Paul Long, however, it becomes clear that Connors is now just another number. Connors and Long battle in a contest of wills, in which Long practices his modern theories of reform. Long begins to see results when Connors does not participate in an escape attempt designed by educated convict Bud Sauders. Eventually, Long puts his honor system to the test when he trusts Connors outside the walls. Hoping to help, Connors girl friend, Fay Wilson, makes friends with Finn, but when he attacks her during an automobile trip, she jumps from the car and is badly injured. Long allows Connors to visit Fay, who is critically ill, but upon discovering that Finn is responsible for her injuries, he initiates a fight. Fay shoots and kills Finn, but it is Connors who is convicted for the murder. After Fay recovers, Connors is sentenced to death, and the couple is briefly reunited on death row. Fay attempts to confess her crime to Long, but her pleas are in vain. Connors is left alone to face the electric chair, asking only for one last cigarette--AFI catalog, 1931-1940. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713491 Story telling how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. Apollo 11 goes to the moon and the first step is to be televised around the globe. But right before the landing, the dish flatlines. Its up to the unconventional Aussie crew and the by-the-book NASA supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing occurs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208690 This is Babes story, from her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold Medal triumphs at the 1932 Olympics, from her remarkable career as a champion golfer to her fulfilling marriage to wrestler George Zaharias to the final battle with cancer.