William Holden
2) Network
Language
English
Formats
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
5) Stalag 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two worthy **Academy Award** nominees from 1950's *Sunset Boulevard* - actor William Holden and director Billy Wilder - re-teamed three years later for the gripping World War II drama, STALAG 17. The result was another Best Director nomination for Wilder (his fourth), and the elusive Best Actor Oscar for Holden. Holden portrays the jaded, scheming Sergeant J.J. Sefton, a prisoner at the notorious German prison camp, who spends his days dreaming up...
6) Sabrina
Language
English
Formats
Description
Humphrey Bogart and William Holden play the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie’s all work, Holden’s all playboy. But when Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of the family’s chauffeur, returns from Paris, the stage is set for some family fireworks. Nominated for six **Academy Awards**. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the **Golden Globes.** *"It's a Cinderella story that gets turned on its heard, a satire about breaking down...
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in SUNSET BOULEVARD. Winner of three **Academy Awards**, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of this bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence - a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
9) Picnic
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1955
Language
English
Description
The story covers one Labor Day week-end in a small Kansas town, and tells about the impact a virile drifter has on the lives of several women in town.
10) Union Station
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Returning to the city from her wealthy employer's residence, Joyce Willecombe spots two armed men on the train. She reports them to the conductor who radios the station's police. Once at Union Station, she points out the men to Lt. William Calhoun, who discovers that the gunmen are members of a gang who have kidnapped her employer's blind daughter, and are seeking a ransom. The Chicago police, headed by inspector Donnelly, and the FBI are both called...
12) Network
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness.
13) The country girl
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A story of an alcoholic has-been actor who is given a chance to star in a new show. When his wife appears to be dragging him down the director tries to force her to leave. Based on Clifford Odets' play.
14) Born yesterday
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals, she refuses to cooperate.
15) The moon is blue
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a chaste young TV-commercial actress who is romanced by a playboy architect. Despite all sorts of temptations, the girl refuses the architect's invitation to become his mistress, holding out for marriage or nothing. Meanwhile, a middle-aged rake tries to move in on the girl himself, with an equal lack of success. So why was this harmless little comedy so controversial? It seems that director Otto Preminger decided to film the...
16) Fedora
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A film producer travels to the Greek isles to coax a Garbo-like screen idol out of seclusion. But the deeper he infiltrates the remote villa, evading an overprotective countess and a mysterious plastic surgeon, the closer he comes to discovering the terrible secret behind the actress's timeless beauty.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
A film producer awakes to read in the headlines of Variety that his recently completed musical is a 30 million dollar failure. He decides to transform the musical into a porno film and convinces his wife to shoot some extra nude footage.
18) Sabrina
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 3
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
David and Linus are brothers running the family corporation. When the chauffeur's daughter comes back from Paris she finds she has the attention of David, whom she has always liked, but starts to fall in love with Linus. Includes bonus features.