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This episode of HBO's Composers' Special television series for children features Michael Riley as Johann Strauss, Jr. Master composer in 1868 Vienna of the waltz, Strauss is portrayed here at a point when he feels overwhelmed by the pressure to top himself. In a fictional vignette, Strauss meets a stable boy who's being terrorized by a sadistic father, and they help each other solve their problems. Music includes The Blue Danube, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Explosions Polka, Roses from the South, Perpetual Motion, and Vienna Blood.DVD Features:Region (Unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Orphaned siblings learn the true meaning of family in the melodrama ON OUR OWN. Upon the death of his mother, oldest son Mitch Robbins (Scott Warner) gathers his three siblings and sets out to find a long-lost uncle to avoid being sent to separate foster homes. While on the road, the runaways fend off danger, hunger, and pursuing authorities in their quest for family unity.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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A.J. Raffles is a gentleman burglar: socially well-bred and well-connected, but at night he dons a mask and cracks safes and burgles apartments. The rest of the episodes are collected on RAFFLES - COLLECTION SET 1.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene AccessText/Photo Galleries: Complete novels by E.W. Hornung: THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN, THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN.
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Legendary director D.W. Griffith (INTOLERANCE) delivers another sweeping historical epic with this film, based on the d'Ennery and Corman play, THE TWO ORPHANS. Sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish are the girls who become separated in the streets of eighteenth century Paris during the dramatic upheavals of the French Revolution. As Henriette (Lillian Gish) searches for her blind adopted sister Louise (Dorothy Gish), she falls in love with a kind and concerned young member of the aristocracy, Chevalier (Joseph Schildkraut). Unfortunately their love is doomed by her commoner status, and his callous uncle (Frank Losee), who railroads her off to prison to keep them apart. The revolution occurs, and Henriette is liberated, but then there's more trouble when mob rule causes chaos in the streets, the guillotine awaits Chevalier, and Louise remains just out of reach.Griffith captures the class injustice at the heart of this story by contrasting scenes of lavish parties at the houses of the nobles with the abject poverty of the beggars outside. The thrilling use of crowds and meticulous historical accuracy make this an epic comparable in scope and theme to BIRTH OF A NATION, which is how Griffith undoubtedly meant it. The film is silent, with tinted scenes and film score.Keep Case
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A made-for-TV movie about a career woman who struggles to overcome the loss of a failed love relationship, and together with a young widower learns to love again.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Cast ProfilesInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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