Baby Prodigy (DVD)
Help your child to become smarter in those important first thirty months of life with this entertaining informative video program. Featuring a mix of classical music, visually stimulating images and the friendship of duck puppet host Dookie Duck, your child will be dazzled and captivated to discover a life-long love of learning.NR"
Blood and Sand (DVD)
Rudolph Valentino stars in this silent era drama as Juan, a young Spaniard who wants to become a famous toreador. Determined to escape poverty and support his widowed mother, Juan quickly rises to national prominence as a bullfighter and marries Carmen, his longtime love. However, as Juan celebrity grows, his devastatingly good looks and growing appetite for everything leave him vulnerable to the throngs of women who want him. When Doqa Sol (Naldi), an beautiful and exotic society woman, seduces Juan, it marks his fall from grace as, gradually, his fame, wife, and mistress desert him.NR"
Director: Fred Niblo
ACTORS: Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, Nita Naldi, George Field
Mr. Ace (DVD)
When a ruthless congresswoman and a powerful political boss, Mr. Ace unintentionally form a romantic alliance, it threatens to destroy their individual quests for power. Is it possible that their love for each other could make them both winners?NR"
ACTORS: George Raft, Sara Haden, Stanley Ridges, Jerome Cowan, Sylvia Sidney
Evil Under the Sun (DVD)
Peter Ustinov is Hercule Poirot, the master detective, in this Agatha Christie murder mystery film. An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star. Is the killer one of the many rich and famous patrons in attendance, or is the answer even more diabolical? Before the final curtain call, Poirot must find the truth.PG"
Director: Guy Hamilton
ACTORS: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, James Mason, Diana Rigg, Roddy McDowall
Biograph Shorts (DVD)
This enjoyable collection showcases the diverse styles of films that director D.W. Griffith made for Biograph in the early days of cinema. Theres the comedy of THOSE AWFUL HATS, the suspenseful action of AN UNSEEN ENEMY, THE LONEDALE OPERATOR and THE LONELY VILLA, and the social commentary of THE NEW YORK HAT. THE MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY is an early look at gangsters and New York tenement life, while THE YAQUI CUR--one of the last films Griffith made for Biograph--is a Native American drama starring Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore, and Robert Harron. Other fine and recognizable actors in these films include Dorothy and Lillian Gish (who make their starring debuts in AN UNSEEN ENEMY), Mary Pickford, Mae Marsh, Mack Sennett, Blanche Sweet, Donald Crisp, and the Biograph Girl, Florence Lawrence.Containing over 15 films recorded during Griffith`s five years at the Biograph Studios, these shorts are a testament to Griffith`s vision as a filmmaker that, after so many years, they are still vibrant with excitement and emotion.NR"
Director: D.W. Griffith
ACTORS: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Harron
