Studio classic | Upper Skagit Library District

Volume

10

Earliest Publication Date

2003

Description

Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director.

2) Desk set

Volume

18

Earliest Publication Date

1957

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A classic Hepburn-Tracy romance, about the head of the research department at a TV network and an absent-minded computer genius.

3) Alexander's ragtime band

Volume

22

Earliest Publication Date

2004

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Roger and his friend Charlie audition at a saloon in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. The number "Alexander's ragtime band" proves to be a sensation. Charlie soon falls in love with Stella who is the singer of the band. When Roger returns from World War I, he meets Stella and learns she and Charlie have married.

4) How to steal a million

Volume

25

Earliest Publication Date

2004

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A woman and a burglar hatch a scheme to swipe a forgery from an art museum to conceal her father's art forgeries.

5) The best of everything

Volume

31

Earliest Publication Date

2005

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Four typists at a publishing company fight to have their own careers and find true love in the ruthless New York business world.

6) The rains came

Volume

36

Earliest Publication Date

2005

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An adaptation of the best-selling novel, this powerful drama features a star-studded cast and spectacular Oscar-winning special effects. Set in mythical Ranchipur, India, this visually thrilling epic is in the classic tradition of films about the aftermath of nature's fury. When lashing monsoon rains, massive flooding and a destructive earthquake strike, a handsome surgeon, Major Rama Safti (Tyrone Power) and his consort, the beautiful Lady Esketh...

7) Two for the road

Volume

37

Earliest Publication Date

1967

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Joanna is in a touring girl's choir and Mark is a struggling architect when they first meet on the road in Europe. The film follows their life together - through courtship and marriage, infidelity and parenthood - all on the road.

8) The black swan

Volume

38

Earliest Publication Date

2006

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Pirate Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica on one condition - he must stop his fellow pirates from doing their criminal actions.

9) The flight of the Phoenix

Volume

76

Earliest Publication Date

2003

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A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.

10) All about Eve

Earliest Publication Date

1997

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From the moment she glimpes her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the place of the great actress Margo Channing. As Eve causes turmoil in the lives of those around her, only a cynical drama critic sees her true nature.

11) The day the earth stood still

Earliest Publication Date

2002

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A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., but the alien emissary it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government. This refusal leads to distrust and violence. One young woman and her son befriend the alien, realizing that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.