Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4+7260+4294966969 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1089139 Dennis Cromwell (Bottoms) is the all around California kid-grown up: handsome, athletic, accomplished & well liked. A civic leader, he still lives in his hometown with Jill (Eichhorn), his wife & their newborn child. He befriends a newcomer in town, Enrique Vasquez (Rodriguez) & helps his beautiful daughter Angela by offering her a baby-sitting job & by getting her into gymnastics. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1089144 Frannie Vaughn has had a fun-loving life. She manages to elude responsibility until she comes home to the North Carolina town of Silk Hope where she grew up, only to find that her mother has recently died. Whats more, her sister, Natalie, has decided to sell the family house and divide the profits. Frannies new goal is to save the remnants of her family life, but her quest leads to love and the unlocking of a family secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1132286 A pot-smoking video game addict loses his girlfriend when she travels to Mexico for an archaeological dig. He realizes that hes just lost the love of his life and decides to follow her to the dig and try to win her back. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1089143 On a business trip to Venice, Vanessa, a beautiful American woman who is engaged to be married, meets Bill, a television reporter from Ireland. Though she tries to resist her attraction to him, they soon become embroiled in a passionate love affair. After her return to the States, and inevitable break-up with her fiance, she discovers that Bill has been sent to a war zone and is now presumed dead. Hope prevails when the identity of the scarred body found is in question. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732767 Two years after the death of her best friend, Wei Ching (Candy Lo) remains locked in her bedroom. Her only way of contact to the outside world is through the internet ICQ, where she meets Lek (Richie Yen) online. Despite being paralyzed from the waist down, Leks genuinely warm personality touches Wei Ching deeply. When another accident threatens to leave Lek fully paralyzed, Wei Ching must do all she can to save the love of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732769 From the action director of The matrix, Crouching tiger, hidden dragon and Hero, Yuen Wo Ping, comes this exciting tale of love and heroism. Corrupt officials are polluting China with Opium, a young, righteous Tai Chi master (Jacky Wu) must use his invincible Tai Chi fist to defeat the enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758481 A story of romance and suspense in Puerto Rico, year 2006. Angela, star reporter of Teledigital TV Network, is married to Armando and they have an 8-year old son, Ivan. When their marriage fails, Armondo kidnaps Ivan and takes him to the United States, but Angela, aided by Pedro, a lawyer, recovers her son in the end. The outcome of their love story remains open to the viewers interpretation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716000 Muriel, a country girl brought up by an unloving father, was once promised eternal love by another child. When her father dies she sets off in search of her dream love which she finds in aspiring actor David. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732788 This silent comedy classic from Mack Sennett has William Collier Sr. as a hen-pecked husband who has to deal with a domineering wife as well as having his mother-in-law and brother-in-law living with him. When he takes the family car out for a ride as a treat for his stenographer, the family believes the car has been stolen. With the police and his family on his trail, the man desperately tries to get the car back home without being caught by either party. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732612 A psychotherapist decides to try and rehabilitate an ex-convict by inviting him into his home, in order to work with him in exchange for not turning him into the police, for his attempted break-in. The therapists wife is, at first, resentful of his presence in her home and treats the man poorly. Eventually, the woman grows intrigued by the man and his past and she then throws herself at him, in the hopes he will take her away from her mundane life. When the ex-convict decides to rebuke her advances and try to live a straight and honest life, the wife takes steps to gain revenge for her rejection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758482 Defense lawyer, Jake Jorgensen, learns of his wifes infidelity when he hears her orgasmic escapades on an audiotape made by a former client. As Jake tries to reclaim the life he prized by killing his wifes lover, his carefully constructed faade begins to unravel. His former client refuses to do the hit because it will violate his parole; instead, he brings three amateur hit men into the mix. The simple job turns complicated, raising the stakes for Jake and forcing him to take matters into his own hands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758472 A sexy comic drama set at a Brooklyn house party on a hot summer night. It starts when a sarcastic loner named Bobby shows up uninvited at a party thrown by roommates Susan and Rose. Bobby came to the party to reconnect with another guest, his free-spirited ex-girlfriend Harper, who he hasnt seen in years. But Harper is more interested in stealing away the object of Roses affections, a motor mouthed salesman named Tommy. Stranded among strangers Bobby latches on to Susan. But the plot keeps thickening as Susans ex-boyfriend shows up and a tense ensues in this laid-back comedy drama about sex, love and relationships paced into a two-story brownstone one summer night. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732484 Andy, the single schoolteacher has a crush on Dora, the local baker and she is proud to show him her perfected donut, one that soaks up your coffee and floats. Andy thinks that she could help her failing business by advertising on the radio so he convinces her to buy time on a local station and put on a show. Using his class as the entertainment, Andys intentions to have a perfect radio show go awry, with the help of little Shirley (Shirley Temple). http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732756 Hyo-jin is the manager of a dating service company who ironically cant find a partner for herself. When her latest client, the handsome and charming Hyun-su, turns out to be her most difficult one in finding a partner, Hyo-jin finds herself falling for him instead. As the Singles Christmas Ball approaches, she must decide whether to express her true feelings for him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716040 An insane husband with a heart problem terrorizes his wife because he suspects her of infidelity with the family doctor. After writing a letter denouncing the couple as his murderers, he tells his wife that he is about to kill himself and that they will be blamed for his death. After a frantic day, the letter is returned and the wife escapes her psychotic husband. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758448 Mike has a secure job, a steady relationship with his girlfriend, Sarah, but a feeling that his life could be more. His life begins to spins out-of-control when he starts a relationship with Amy, who happens to be his best friend Eddies girlfriend. Mikes life with Sarah is in ruins and with Eddies immanent discovery of betrayal, his life is definetly more than he can handle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716005 Douglas is at his brash and charming best as a rowdy, brawling lumberjack who abandons his roguish ways and some rather unscrupulous business practices when he falls in love with a beautiful young Quaker woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758473 Delilah Miller is an explosive 23 year old painter who struggles to reconcile her insatiable appetite for both men and women in her search for a real relationship. She starts a romance with rock musician Ryland Yale, a sexy, possessive and undependable heroin addict, and finds herself torn between her emotional needs and physical desire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732782 This is the earliest surviving film of Stan Laurels solo career, prior to his partnering with Oliver Hardy. Stan portrays a man down on his luck trying to get something to eat and also romance a young woman. His efforts in both areas fall far short of his expectations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732640 Three former Broadway showgirls are looking to attract wealthy gentlemen for husbands. Their plan is to rent a luxury penthouse together, dress extravagantly, dine in the finest restaurants and attend all the social functions with the hopes that they will attract the attention of some rich gentleman. If the men think the ladies have money, they wont be afraid to pursue them. The three ladies put their plan in motion but they find that things dont go as planned or appear as they seem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732563 A prostitute decides to make a break from her lifestyle and travels to a small town, where she meets the sheriff and has a tryst with him, causing him to order her out of town. In stead, the woman decides to get a legitimate lifestyle and ends up working in the childrens ward of the local hospital, where she meets the handsome son of the towns rich family and friend of the sheriff. The woman tells her newfound boyfriend about her past, which doesnt seem to upset him at all, but some bizarre occurrences threaten to unravel the new-found happiness of our former call girl. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749964 Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle directed and starred in this Keystone short. Our hero wishes to impress a pretty girl by taking her to a fancy dress ball but, he doesnt have a proper suit for the occasion. His rival for the girls affections does have a suit so he steals in from him, even though the suit is too small for him. While attention the ball, the rival slips in to the event and secretly rips open the seam in the dress pants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716049 Drama about the young wife of a psychiatrist who becomes increasingly disturbed as reminders of her troubled childhood come back to haunt her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732536 An architect and real estate developer who was swidled by his former partners is introduced to a beautiful real estate agent. She proposes that he join her in a business venture which her husband will finance. He is seduced by both her and the business proposal, seeing a way to repay his debtors, restore his reputation, and start a new life. However, a major condition of the partnership causes him to be suspicious of the offer and fear for his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758487 Set in a small Polish town, Louder than bombs tells the coming-of-age story of Marcin, a 21-year-old with a penchant for James Dean and The Smiths. After the death of his father, Marcin must contend with the funeral arrangements while hosting his baffoonish out-of-town relatives who disparage his small town life as a mechanic in his fathers garage. In addition, Marcin must face the news that his lifelong girlfriend has decided to leave Poland to live in the US. If he doesnt act quickly, he may never see her again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732807 You will laugh out loud watching this fun film! One Christmas Eve two men, going through relationship problems, meet at a restaurant and plan a strange agreement: the first man will avenge his wife while the other wants to steal diamonds from his ex wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732773 An aspiring dancer takes a summer job while practicing for an important audition. With the help of a handsome gym teacher, she trains a group of less than perfect kids for an upcoming singing competition. Will she get the part and become a star? And, will she fall in love? Whatever will be, will be! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732582 A young couple about to be married is robbed and the leader of the gang, whose member robbed them, takes pity upon them. The gangster takes the couple under his wing and helps them out, much to the chagrin of the gang members, who plot to dispose of their boss. When the young groom-to-be is implicated in a murder and is sentenced to die in the electric chair, the gang boss must choose between helping the man or letting an innocent man die in order to have the bride for himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732568 Heading to a darkened theater for a romantic rendezvous with a married woman, actor Philippe Martin (Francis Lederer) mistakenly sits in the wrong seat and kisses the wrong woman, Monique Pelerin (Ida Lupino), the daughter of a powerful publisher. Martins innocent mistake turns into a national scandal by the Purity League and culminates into a courtroom trial where he decides to protect the married womans reputation with a bold and unique defense. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758484 Acey (Sarah Paulson) is a beautiful teen imprisoned in a brutal existence, virtually invisable to her alcoholic adopted dad, abandoned by her adoptive mom, and plagued by a creepy, mystical condition in which she levitates off her bed while she is sleeping, only to wake and plummet back to the mattress and her dreary life. Acey sets out to find her real mother. On her journey she encounters downbeat (Ernie Hudson) a blues radio disc jockey and a luminous young man named Bob (Jeremy London), who seems to watch over Acey wherever she goes and with whom she falls in love with. She succeeds in finding her biological mom (Ann Magnuson) in a bitter confrontation at the same time as she discovers the world behind her magical abilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732553 Jack Benny is the smooth-talking, traveling medicine man peddling his health tonic through the dusty Midwest towns in the 1930s. He falls in love with the beautiful Betty Bronson but soon is being chased out of town by the local sheriff. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=715994 In the beautiful Mexican province, Too and Rosendo are rivals in almost everything. When their disputes get them into trouble with the authorities, their parents, longtime political enemies, always get involved. Soon their political fights quickly begin to take control of the situation. Nevertheless, it takes a kidnapping to prove them and their parents, that there are important things in life than politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732783 This silent classic, from Keystone Studios and directed by Mack Sennett, is considered one of the better Keystone Kops shorts. When his friend Walrus is shot, Ambrose brings him to his house to treat him. Once there, Walrus begins to flirt with Ambroses wife and eventually runs off with her. Ambrose chases them on horseback and the pursuit is joined by the fabled Keystone Kops where it comes to a climatic ending on a bridge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758556 A department store song-girl dances her way to the Ziegfeld Follies, but loses her boyfriend in the process. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732740 A down-on-his-luck traffic cop suddenly discovers that his life is actually a film scenario in which he plays a character and that the actress playing his girlfriend is his wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716050 On a trip to France, Ollie falls in love with an innkeepers daughter and asks her to marry him. Georgette (Jean Parker) gently refuses the proposal which makes Ollie wish to commit suicide, with Stan in tow. Before they can make their attempt, they are stopped by Francois (Reginald Gardiner), an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Francois convinces Stan and Ollie to join the Legion to help Ollie forget about Georgette. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749967 Enlivened by star turns from James Caan and Sammy Davis, Jr. we follow the tale of a not-so-reputable hero, Jud McGraw and a less-than-innocent Indian maid, known as Little Moon. They have both come to the deserted town of Black Miller to settle old scores. Out of the smoldering cinders of the town love finds a way in this delightful romantic western. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716310 To get rid of a group of gangs, three undercover cops do whatever they can do to win the confidence of the gangsters boss. However, there is also an undercover gangster working in the police force. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732762 The lovable, butt-kicking kids from Dragon from Shaolin are back in this delightful martial arts romp for the whole family! A poor school boy (Taiwanese pop star Jimmy Lim) falls for the principals beautiful daughter. The only problem is that she has a rich boyfriend who is making life extremely difficult for the love struck youngster. Helps arrive when he meets up with two little monks from the Shaolin Temple, who uncover the snobs evil scheme and vow to take him to justice! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732592 Mahlon Keane (Robert Armstrong) is a mobster who befriends Rhoda Philbrooke (Carole Lombard) at a charity event and assists her in winning some money she intends for her ailing concert violinist friend. Keane promises to help promote the violinists comeback in exchange for Philbrookes hand in marriage. Complications arise for Philbrooke when the violinist, now recovered and preparing for his concert, professes his love for her on her wedding day. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732490 Welcome to the Civil War where fighting caravans of freight wagons struggle to make their way west. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732808 The critically acclaimed hit at the 2004 Miami Film Festival, No Sabe, No Contesta is a fresh and youthful comedy that catapults us into a wild weekend in the life of Joaquin. Neither Marcos, Damian nor David help the situation as Joaquin best friends, by constantly complicating love and needing help to get out of trouble. By living each scandalous situation with them, one can learn about the importance of the carpe diem mentality of seizing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732600 Recent West Point graduates and friends J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George Custer (Ronald Reagan) are beginning their careers in the military and are sent to Kansas to bring the peace in this pre-Civil War tale. Along with the risks and dangers the two men face with the abolitionists and those supporting slavery in the territory, they find themselves as rivals for the affections of Kit Carson Holliday (Olivia de Havilland). http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749969 Sonny (Jack Palance) is one very unhappy gunslinger. Coburn (Bud Spencer) has seduced the gunmans sister, and now Sonny is insistent that the young punk marry her to escape the shame and stigma of their behavior. Once the shotgun wedding occurs Sonny plans to kill the kid. In the meantime Coburn has taken a little boy, whose uncle was gunned down, under his wing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=715997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732508 A young woman is suffering from the unwanted advances of an admirer and wishes to end them once and for all. In her desperation to get away from her unwanted suitor, she steals a car and drives off to find some seclusion. Unfortunately, the car contains the body of a murdered gangster and the young woman must now deal with this situation along with the trailing would-be suitor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732611 A seaplane transporting an eclectic band of passengers to China is blown off course by a storm and crash lands in the South Pacific near an uncharted island. With the pilots killed and the plane destroyed, the passengers make their way to the island to seek refuge and assistance in getting rescued. The only inhabitant of the island is a convicted murderer who came to the island some time ago to escape from his past and to find himself. While the passengers contend with their own past misdeeds and must find it in themselves somehow to move past them and work together to make it back to civilization, our beachcombing criminal must decide if hes to let them use his boat to make it off the island while he struggles with his growing feelings for one of the passengers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732635 After developing a case of hiccups, a married woman visits a psychiatrist to help her with the problem. The psychiatrist believes the hiccups are caused by marital problems which are believed to be a result of his inattentiveness. A chance encounter with another of the psychiatrists patients springs thoughts in the housewife of leaving her husband, in spite of the fact that they both still love each other. The husband comes up with a unique solution that leads to some comic results. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716017 A clown falls in love with a hooker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732799 A magic and charming town in Veracruz (Mexico) is the backdrop of this story; this is the best place to enjoy traditional festivities, Fiestas de la Candelaria a yearly celebration that Bartolom wants to partake again. As writer and poet Bartolom is having rough times and he decides to comeback to his hometown, looking for Lia, his teenage love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732559 Gail Allen (Madeleine Carroll) is a no-nonsense businesswoman with little time left for any personal life. Bill Burnett (Fred MacMurray) is in love with Allen and hopes to share his feelings with her during a trip to Nassau. Allen begins to warm up to Burnetts charm but a misunderstanding forces her away from him and back to New York. Burnett returns to New York with the determination to finally win her over. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716333 Life is seemingly perfect for Eun-su, her husband Ho-jin, and Ho-jins younger brother Dae-jin. But tragedy strikes one fateful day when two separate car accidents put both brothers into a coma. Ho-jin dies and Eun-su is left to restart life without her husband. However, events take a strange twist as Dae-jin awakes from his coma and demonstrates more and more of Ho-jins behavior, leaving Eun-su to question if her husbands soul is trapped in the body of her brother-in-law. Addicted is a cruel and twisted story of love and betrayal with an award-winning performance from Lee Byung-heon, star of JSA and 3-IRON. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732781 The stage-struck girlfriend of an acting troupes prop man instantly falls for the groups leading man while walking down the aisle to marry her fianc. She decides to leave her man at the altar to pursue the actor while also attempting to start a career in show business. Bitter from the rejection, the prop man sabotages their stage performances for revenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732495 The romantic triangle between vaudeville performer The great Flamarion and his two assistants leads to betrayal and murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=776466 A Civil War soldier vows to never use a gun again after seeing and participating in the horrors of the war. Upon returning home, he discovers a local rancher is forcing other land owners off of their property in order to take it and sell it to the railroad. When the rancher also threatens the local newspaper editor and his daughter in order to keep his plans quiet, the former soldier decides that enough is enough. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732389 Three wealthy men decide to share their Christmas with some less fortunate people. They settle on two down-and-outers, a man and a woman who then fall in love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732779 Mabel and Fatty are blissfully wedded, only Fatty seems to be paying too much attention to the maid. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758453 Since mankind has evolved out of the caves and into tract homes, what has survival of the fittest come to mean? This question is hilariously and disturbingly examined in The fittest, a darkly comic tale of survival of the fittest suburbanites. Freddy Grant has an infertility problem and this puts increasing strain on his marriage. He strikes up an affair with a co-worker. Insecurity and biological imperatives lead to some bad choices and Freddys world begins to unravel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732515 This is the story of a conniving newspaper editor who does not want to let his ex-wife retire from reporting just to marry someone else. He tricks her into covering the hottest story in town, the execution of a murderer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732739 Adrian, a young wealthy man with mental problems, returns home to look for its father who has gone away to live with another woman. It is also the story of Gonzalo, an adolescent who cannot seem to obtain the love of his mother. The real story takes place the night with Adrians and Gonzalos paths cross. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732532 The mysterious Mrs. Erlynne almost causes a scandal in London society. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732795 A young man becomes a local legend in Spain when he fights and kills three bulls in one day. After wedding his sweetheart and moving to Madrid, the bullfighter has become financially successful and a national hero. The bullfighter is pitted again Spains deadliest bull in the last fight of the season, all the while risking his marriage over the affections of a woman with a questionable reputation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=760237 Alluding to the famous college dorm flyer 101 ways to make love without having sex, the film introduces its audience to Watson: a beautiful, independent and fresh out of school girl and her attempts to balance romance and career. For her, it really boils down to keeping a job, affording her Volvo and experimenting with occasional boy subjects surfing in and out of her life. With star cast performances, set to a backdrop of Connecticut suburbia, 101 Ways is a slice-of-life, behind-the-scenes look at the girl next door. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732544 Its love at first sight and a pack of domestic troubles for the appealing team of James Stewart and Carole Lombard in this bittersweet tale of the trials and tribulations of a young married couple. Beset with mounting financial woes, meddling in-laws and a critically ill child, they turn to each other for love and support in this classic Hollywood soap opera, for it is only their mutual devotion that will see them through the toughest times. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732576 Two friends discover an infant boy left in an abandoned wagon train camp. They argue over who should take responsibility for the child and their fight leads to a bitter feud that lasts for years, made worse by the fact that the men own adjacent ranches. Years later, the now grown boy decides to bring to an end this feud by speaking to his fathers rival, where he discovers that the man has a beautiful daughter. Things seem to go fine at first but problems at a mining project threatens to ruin his work in patching up the mens friendship and his potential romance with the daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732634 In spite of the ribing he gets from the rest of the East End Kids, Mugs (Leo Gorcey) wants to become a jockey to impress his girl. Mugs seems to be in luck when a stablehand agrees to have him ride his thoroughbred horse in exchange for the gang raising the entrance fee for an upcoming race. Things get a little complicated when Mugs loses his jockey position to another more qualified rider. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732534 A reporter covering the VE day celebration in Paris meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl. Married shortly after the war, the couple lives on his meager wage he earns as a news-wire reporter while he works on his novel. After giving up on his job and living for a while on his oil well earnings, the couple grows apart until a tragic event brings the man out of his self-destructive behavior. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732803 Gabriel has not had good luck meeting women, so when he falls head-over-heels for Alejandra, he knows he has to do whatever it takes to make her his. But, when he loses sight of her in a packed nighclub, he is left finding ways to meet her again. His Cyrano bumblings and pack of stooges for friends take them on an emotional roller coaster ride. She becomes his inspiration to write a song that becomes a popular hit song. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732810 Nominated for Best Film Award at the Malaga Film Festival, Nubes de Verano is an emotional thriller with a brilliant mixture of passion, mystery and comedy. Set in the beautiful resort town of Costa Brava, Spain, Ana and Daniel, a supposedly happy marriage, confront the act of infidelity. Never before has the feeling of betrayal and vengeance been portrayed so realistically. Trapped between their truth and lies will not only leave you reflecting on how complicated we can make our lives, but also how happy we can be, if we allow ourselves to feel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716339 Pop superstar Andy Lau (Running out of time) leads an all-star cast that includes Anita Mui (Rouge) and Sandra Ng (Portland street blues) in this sizzling musical comedy directed by Andrew Lau (The Storm Riders). Wah (Lau) is a superbly gifted ballroom dance instructor who appears to be kindhearted, but in reality, he is a mean and stingy crook. With dwindling attendance at his studio, Wah is therefore overjoyed to have rich social queen Tina (Mui) as his latest student. At the same time, frugal and dull-looking waitress Kam (Ng) also joins Wahs dance class. Only one of them will eventually change Wahs life, and make him realize that dancing is much more than just making money. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732738 Idiot Love begins as Pere-Lluc drowns his sorrow with alcohol after learning of the death of a close friend in Buenos Aires. Wandering home after his bender, he slams into a ladder being used by a young woman hanging banners on the street. When he attempts to wake up from his stupor, all he can see is the woman. Mesmerized, he claims hes in love with her and sets out to win her affection, even though shes married. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749972 Chatita (Steffi Duna), a Mexican cantina singer, is in love with the cantinas lead dancer Pancho (Don Alvarado). A famous Mexico City theater owner comes to their small town to audition Pancho for a contract with his company. Chatita decides to mess up the audition in hopes that Pancho will not get the job and stay at their cantina. Hilarity ensues as Chatita plans go awry. This live-action film from Pioneer Films was the first to use the new 3 strip Technicolor process, far superior to the old 2-color process. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=758587 A law-abiding citizen borrows a few dollars to go out on a date. As fast as quicksand, his first minor criminal act turns into a tragedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732630 This Oscar nominated film stars John Barrymore in a riveting performance as Maestro Svengali, a music teacher who uses his hypnotic powers to control his students for his own pleasure and gain. Svengali becomes enamored with his latest student Trilby OFarrell (Marian Marsh) and uses his abilities to completely control her. Empowered by his hypnotic manipulations, OFarrell abandons her family and boyfriend and embarks on a singing tour of Europe. Suspicion of his girlfriends disappearance, the boyfriend, Billee (Branwell Fletcher), tracks down the pair with the hope of freeing OFarrell from the control of Svengali. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732794 Buster Keaton goes to the city to make it big so he can marry the woman he loves. He promises his future father-in-law that he will shoot himself if he does not make it. The film ends wth Buster Keaton being thrown out of the window by his father-in-law. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732708 A man just released from prison moves out to the quiet and serenity of the woods. Due to his temper problems, which caused him to be put in prison, he has decided to live alone in the hopes that he can find peace and stay on the straight and narrow path. His idyllic life is shattered when a young woman bursts into his cabin and begs for help. Shes on the run from a possessive and abusive boyfriend and desperately needs help, since the man is trailing her. Our former convict attempts to help the woman and ends up in trouble with the law once again, in spite of the good reason for his involvement in the matter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732526 This classic tale features our heroine coming to the home of Sir Rochester to act as his governess. Having grown up an orphan, Jane shows compassion for her charges and comes to care for the children as well as fall in love with Sir Rochester. After a shocking discovery drives the two apart and Jane into the arms of another man, a tragedy brings the two back together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732797 With the Cherokee Strip to be opened up to settlers as part of the Oklahoma land rush, a ranch hand helps his employer move his ranch out of the territory. Meeting up with a kind young woman and her family, who are waiting for the rush to begin, he falls in love with her and decides to try and make a claim on his bosss former ranch. When he heads back to check for strays on the ranch, he is accused of being a Sooner and is thrown in jail. Our ranch hand must now try to clear up the misunderstanding and get out of jail before the land rush commences and his rival gets the ranch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=749955 Walter is packing. The days of living with his wife Martha shall end in a few hours. Martha is disoriented; confused and far from being the woman Walter married. She doesnt recognize him, believes him to be someone else, acts aggressively. The changes in Marthas nature have forced Walter to come to a decision, he no longer wants to live with his wife. Walter has already chosen a nursing home for Martha. The day of goodbye has arrived. In a few hours, Martha will leave for her new home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732624 Hat check girl Betty Hutton mysteriously becomes wealthy in this fanciful music-comedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732619 After being mistakenly informed of a $750,000 he will not actually inherit, nave Professor Potts (Buster Keaton) decides to live a little by quitting his university job, withdrawing his life savings and travel. Meeting a traveling vaudeville troupe on the train and being convinced by Jimmy the piano player (Jimmy Durante) that the show is a success, Potts decides to use his money to buy the show and bring it to Broadway. After discovering what type of show he bought during opening night, Potts attempts to apologize to the audience but instead becomes the hit of the show by accidentally stumbling into the production number and show effects. Potts must now contend with the show, the creditors looking for money as well as the affections of his home town sweetheart and the shows leading lady. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732541 Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) is a young heiress from a family of idly rich eccentrics who finds herself at the city dump due to a scavenger hunt. Once there she meets Godfrey (William Powell), a hobo who resides at the dump along with his fellow derelicts. Inspired by her meeting with Godfrey, Bullock brings him home and installs him as the familys new butler. While Godfrey finds himself surrounded by a family of lunatics, he sees them as kind people with a need for some direction. Complications arise for the new butler when the young heiress finds herself falling in love with him and issues from his past come to light. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732705 A woman returns to her small hometown from Chicago, where she has made a success of herself. Upon her arrival, she looks up an old love of hers and discovers that hes still the listless small-time gambler she remembers he was when she left for the big city. The woman settles back into town and begins a romance with a local nightclub owner, an unsavory character that is also friends with her former love. A rivalry for the womans affection begins between the two men and the nightclub owner decides to take some steps to eliminate his competition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=732616 A small Balkan country is in the grips of a cruel despot, Count Gurko Lanen (George Sanders), who has taken over the throne from the rightful ruler, Grand Duchess Zona (Joan Bennett). The visiting Count of Monte Cristo (Louis Hayward), acting as an epicene dandy banker, works to help the Grand Duchess is her cause by becoming a masked avenger who battles the Counts forces for the good of the people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716235 A May-December couple tries to hold their relationship together despite the twenty-three year gap in their ages. Scott Wardman (Charles Bronson), a middle aged writer of pornographic novels, meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl named Twinky (Susan George). With her parents disapproving of their relationship, the age gap plays out in differences that become apparent and the trouble (and fun) really begins when Scott brings his new bride to New York City to meet his friends http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706462 The story of a desperately independent city-bred woman who gives up the comfort of her cosmopolitan life shes accustomed to for the sake of her man and eventual husband. Joining her husband in the African countryside where he is trying to make his way, she is unprepared to deal with the reality of country living. Gradually farm life begins to unnerve her, and after a series of events she loses her self-control and becomes sexually involved with another man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716136 Un divertido y simpatico cupido hace gala de sus artes en esta singular comedia. Piporro no deja sosiego a los tortolos que se resisten. Mucho tendra que afinar la punteria, pero como siempre sucede, los que parece que no quieren, al fin caen: la bella en brazos de el macho, y cupido, atras, disfrutando. Muchos otros artistas nos llevan al cielo, igual que a esos dos corazones. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706474 This Republic musical focuses on a New York City boarding house in which reside aspiring actors, dancers and artists trying to make it big. A songwriter becomes upset when his girlfriend becomes the model for an artist living next door. This title features several musical numbers performed by Jane Frazee, William Marshall, Janet Martin and Kenny Baker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716254 An elusive, rich bachelor wiggles off the hook on his wedding day for the umpteenth time by begging insanity, but his strong-willed bride calls his bluff and has him committed to the loony bin. He manages to escape with another inmate and joins a traveling carnival, only to fall in love with the leggy owner and gets involved in one slapstick mishap after another. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=699631 Juan (Rudolph Valentino), the son of a poor widow in Seville, goes against his mothers wishes and pursues a career as a matador. He rapidly gains national prominence, marries his childhood sweetheart Carmen and begins bullfighting in the finest venues. Juans increased popularity brings him to the attention of the Marquis daughter Dona Sol, and he falls in love with her. A bullfighting accident causes him to return home to recuperate under the tender care of his loving wife. When Juan is recovered and returns to the ring for the first time after his accident, a momentary distraction may spell ruin for the handsome matador. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716085 A party girl wakes up to discover shes not only brought home, but slept with Jesus Christ, the Son of God! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=715975 An ex G.I. returns to England to look up a wartime girlfriend and rekindle their romance. He soon realizes that she has become involved with racketeers but before he can untangle her mess, he helps the local police track down a deadly sniper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706475 Frances Langford is the star of this PRC musical about a Kansas City girl wishing to make it big on Broadway. Joan Terry (Langford) arrives in New York and settles down in a theatrical boarding house filled with others trying to find their way onto the stage. In spite of the efforts of Terrys fianc to prevent her from achieving her dream in hopes that she would return home to him, Terry lands a lead role in a musical that becomes the hit of the Broadway season. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716163 A biologist in an insemination clinic unexpectedly falls in love with a free-spirit trapeze artist and the idea of fathering her child. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716151 Esta pcara pero realista historia es protagonizada por tres parejas que en diferentes momentos de su relacin se enfrentan a la infidelidad, cediendo a la seductora lucha de poderes entre la tentacin y el amor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706431 Ahmed the thief is happy to be a vagabond rogue until he falls in love with the beautiful Princess. He must prove himself worthier of her hand than his rival, the evil Prince of the Mongols, who has come to seize the Princess, and Bagdad, for his own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716281 Circus star (Neagle), meets the son of a weathly automobile manufacturer (Carroll), and they promptly fall in love. Some members of his upper crust family disapprove, and try to break up the wedding. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706476 Cab drivers Amos n Andy (characters from the radio show Amos n Andy) contract to transport Duke Ellington and his band out to Blair estate, where they meet Richard Williams who is in love with Jean Blair. Richard must find the deed to his family property before he can marry Jean. Meanwhile, Amos n Andy, after spending the night in a haunted house, find the deed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=699635 The true story of a boy born without natural immunities and forced to grow up a prisoner in the physical and emotional confines of a germ free plastic room. A special astronauts suit gives the boy freedom to move around and he eventually falls in love with the girl next door. He must then choose between confinement and life, or the freedom to love at the risk of fatal infection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=716229 James King Kelly (Guy Robertson) is a theatrical producer traveling to Europe to put on his latest show. While aboard ship, Kelly falls in love with Catherine (Irene Ware), who is really Princess Tania of Belgardia traveling in disguise. Upon arriving in Belgardia, Kelly takes the guise of an efficiency expert and impresses the local government by saving the local mop industry from ruination by the on set of vacuum cleaners. Meanwhile, with Belgardia in debt to rival country Moronia, Princess Tania is forced to agree to marry Prince Alexis, the aging leader of Moronia. Kelly discovers his loves true identity and must come up with a plan to save the country and Princess Tania.