The Prince and the Showgirl (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
The Prince and the Showgirl (DVD)
Laurence Olivier is the Carpathian prince visiting England for the coronation of George V. Marilyn Monroe is Elsie Marina, an American actress doing a musical review at a nearby theater. When an old flame of the prince`s turns out to be Elsie`s boss at the theater, their paths cross--and Elsie`s determined not to let them uncross. After the prince confirms her worst fear--that he`s interested only in a quick seduction--she nonetheless finds herself falling for him. As his mother-in-law takes a shine to Elsie, she finds herself attending every official function of the coronation--to the chagrin of the prince and her jealous boss. The crusty prince must decide whether to let love into his duty-bound life, and Elsie must decide if happily-ever-after ever really comes true. Olivier shines in his dour, bumbling straight-man role, while Monroe is at her charming, luminous, naive best.NR"
Director: Laurence Olivier
ACTORS: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Jeremy Spenser, Esmond Knight
Lonely Hearts (DVD)
A 50-year-old piano tuner suddenly finds himself alone after years of caring for his mother. When he meets a sexually insecure spinster through a dating service, they both experience their first romance. Winner of the Australian Academy Award for Best Picture.R"
Director: Paul Cox
ACTORS: Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Julia Blake, Jon Finlayson
One Christmas (DVD)
A young boy in rural Alabama is reunited with his errant father at Christmas, 1930, in this bittersweet adaptation of the Truman Capote short story.NR"
Director: Tony Bill
ACTORS: Swoosie Kurtz, Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, Julie Harris
Billy`s Hollywood Screen Kiss (DVD)
Billy tries to recreate famous on-screen Hollywood kisses, with Gabriel!R"
Director: Tommy O`Haver
ACTORS: Sean Hayes, Brad Rowe
Paid in Full (VHS)
Set in the early 1980s, this entry in the African-American urban gangster genre puts character development in the front seat for a change as it rolls through the Harlem streets on its usual rise-and-fall route. Ace (Wood Harris) starts out a laundry delivery guy, but thanks to a chance encounter with a Latin coke dealer (Esai Morales), he quickly works his way to the top of a drug empire. Mitch (Mekhi Phifer) is his more extroverted, colorful pal, the born hustler whose bravado hides a tragic family life. For a while the money just keeps rolling in and everyone`s happy, but then comes the inevitable turn to tragedy, heralded by the arrival of the brash, trigger-happy Rico (rapper Cam`ron in his screen debut). A sensitive script and moody direction by Charles Stone III allows PAID IN FULL to sidestep a lot of the cliched glamour of similar films. The violence is realistically depicted, and the ultimate emptiness and paranoia of the lifestyle is allowed to manifest slowly through a nice, low-key performance by Harris. Roc-a-Fella mogul Damon Dash produced, based on the true story of Harlem drug lords he remembers from his childhood, one of whom even served as a technical advisor.R"
Director: Charles Stone
ACTORS: Wood Harris, Cam`ron, Mekhi Phifer, Chi McBride, Esai Morales
