Charles Dickens
Author
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Description
Southern Appalachia. He was born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Damon braves the perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes...
6) Bleak house
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 465 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. An all-star cast comes together for this Dickens classics.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ready to laugh, cry, sing, frolic, cavort and enjoy yourself beyond belief. Well, you're in luck, because this Great Gonzo₂s ₁From Chickens to Dickens' 20th Anniversary Edition of The Muppet Christmas Carol is guaranteed to put you in a holiday spirit that will stay with you forever, or at least until your Aunt Edna starts complaining that nobody is eating the fruitcake she brought, again!
8) Oliver!
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief--for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen--but must be earned. Arguably the last great old-fashioned movie musical to receive near-universal critical acclaim, Oliver! first hit screens more than 37 years ago. As transformed into a film,...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 videodisc (490 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bells Of St Mary's : Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned.
White Christmas : Two song-and-dance men team up in show business after the war. Joining forces with a sister act, they trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The real adventure starts...
Pub. Date
Ã2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (20 hrs., 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Santa Claus conquers the Martians: Martians kidnap Santa and two children. Upon returning to Mars, Santa and the children convert the Martian children to unstoppable Yuletide joy.
The littlest angel: Musical adaptation of the popular Christmas story by Charles Tazewell about a little angel who earns his wings only after he learns that the spirit of giving is really more important than the gift itself.
Scrooge: British film version of Charles Dickens'...