A TREASURE-TROVE OF MOVIES, JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.Byline: Stephen Whitty Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire I try to stay out of bar fights. But I love settling bar bets. "How many Oscars did Peter O'Toole Noun 1. Peter O'Toole - British actor (born in Ireland in 1932) O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland win?" "Is Christopher Reeve related to George Reeves George Reeves (January 5,[1] 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman and his controversial death at the age of 45. ?" "Who turned Lon Chaney Lon Chaney may refer to:
Those are the sort of questions I get on the phone, and I'm glad to answer them. After all, sometimes there's money involved. And sometimes there's someone's peace of mind. (And, just for the record, the answers are None, Of course not, Bela Lugosi Noun 1. Bela Lugosi - United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956) Bela Ferenc Blasko, Lugosi ). I like helping out. As a long-time late-movie watcher, believe me, I know what it's like to try to recall the title of something you saw once, a thousand nights ago. And when I can offer a few consoling words ("No, you are not going crazy, and yes, there was an all-midget western"), I'm glad. I can't answer every question, though. For example, I can't tell you the best place to rent that Sonja Henie video you've been searching for. I can tell you a terrific place to buy it, though. Movies Unlimited, a huge Pennsylvania company, has a 24-hour hot line, a huge catalog and literally thousands of movies on tape. They even - very dangerous, this - take credit cards. What makes the company special, though, is just how unlimited their choices are. Who else lists 15 vintage Yiddish films, or two pages of movies from Poland? Who else sells all of Paul Robeson's movies, a nine-part documentary on Toscanini and "Love Moods," a bit of bubble-bath burlesque burlesque (bûrlĕsk`) [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. featuring "the incomparable Lili St. Cyr Lili St. Cyr (June 3, 1917 or 1918 – January 29, 1999), was a prominent American burlesque stripper. [] [1] [2] [3] Early years She was born as Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis, Minnesota [0] "? Of course, you can get mainstream movies here, too. Like your local video store, Movies Unlimited sells MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. classics, music videos and adult titles. If, however, you prefer to avoid the lines at Tower, or to buy your copy of "Nude Bowling Party" without showing your face in public, it's a fine alternative. But if you're a real movie buff - if you're the sort of person who's looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a letter-boxed "Yojimbo," planning a personal Maria Montez retrospective or searching for a cheap print of "Blood Simple" - Movies Unlimited is the first place to turn. Call (800) 466-8437 to get a $10.95 catalog ($5 of which is refundable with your first order). And get that hot-air popcorn maker ready. Odds and ends: Expect to see Kim Basinger in even more bad movies, now that she needs to pay off that $3.8 million settlement for reneging on her "Boxing Helena" contract. ... This spring, Disney will be releasing one of its last holdouts to video: "The Aristocats." "Song of the South," however, remains safely locked up. ... Meanwhile, people still complain that Hollywood movies (and movie critics) don't honor "family values." So, let's mention, just for the record, that this year's box-office top 10 included "Apollo 13," "The Santa Clause," "Pocahontas" and "Casper," and my own favorites included "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". " and "Toy Story." All of these are movies you could take a grandchild or grandmother to without a wince - and every one was a hit. |
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