Rochelle Hudson
Pub. Date
1934.
Edition
Standard format (1.33:first, 1934 version) & widescreen format (1.85:first, 1959 version).
Language
English
Description
1934 version: Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.
1959 version: Two single mothers-- a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman-- attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1167
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
Series
Language
English
Description
1934 version: Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.
1959 version: Two single mothers, a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman, attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard format.
Language
English
Description
"On a mission to unmask the leader of a military uprising in Tong Moi, Mr. Moto finds himself deep in the darkest jungles of Asia posing as an archaeologist. But when his excavation of a local temple unearths a massive cache of weapons and explosives, Mr. Moto is compelled to join forces with a beautiful -- but mysterious -- adventurer whose interest in Tong Moi may not be as innocent as it seems" -- Container.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Big city blues: A free-wheeling chorus girl hooks up with the ultimate hick.
Hell's highway: A cool convict works the road crew for a corrupt warden.
The cabin in the cotton: Sharecroppers are taken advantage of by the planter who keeps them as virtual slaves.
When ladies meet: A female novelist whose latest work extols the virtues of extramarital amour has a fling with her married publisher.
I sell anything: A Second Avenue auctioneer gets played...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: First, Bill and Jack are railroad men. When Bill comes to stay with Jack and his wife, Bill and Lily fall in love. Jack confronts Bill about his suspicions and the two fight, leaving Jack seriously injured. Last, Joan Gordon is a singer tiring of her relationship with Eddie. She flees to North Dakota to become a mail-order bride. Happiness is threatened by her stubborn husband, a lecherous neighbor and the appearance of Eddie.
Disc 2: First,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
You're telling me!: Sam Bisbee is an inventor who is the laughingstock in his small town. After demonstrating another failed invention, he meets a princess who promises to use her celebrity to turn his luck around.
The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields is the Great McGonigle, manager of a theatrical troupe. Notorious for skipping out on bills and failing to pay actors, he next descends on a small town where he sets his sights on the hospitality of a...
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