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Her Own Rules
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Jean Simmons, Jeremy Sheffield
Director: Bobby Roth
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Meredith Sanders returns to the English village where she was born to find her that her friend Agnes is dying and her mother is still alive. A chain of events follows propelling Meredith on a journey enabling her to find the courage to love again... Based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
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How To Make An American Quilt
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
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Director Jocelyn Moorhouse's film adaptation of the novel by Whitney Otto stars Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd, a Berkeley graduate student on summer hiatus at her grandmother's home to work on her thesis and ponder a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Sam (Dermot Mulroney). Finn's grandma, Hy (Ellen ..read more »
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Dominique is Dead
(1978)
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter
Director: Michael Anderson
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Wealthy and greedy David Ballard wants his wife Dominique out of his life... permanently. He begins subjecting her to cruel mind games, hoping to drive the poor woman insane. Convinced that she is actually being tortured by malevolent spirits, Dominique is eventually pushed to suicide. Far from ..read more »
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Heidi
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Jennifer Edwards, Maximilian Schell
Director: Delbert Mann
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This is a made-for-television version of Johanna Spyri's timeless classic about a young orphan girl named Heidi living with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. At first Heidi finds him to be a cold and distant man, but soon her heartwarming nature sheds light and a newfound happiness on her once ..read more »
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Divorce American Style
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards
Director: Bud Yorkin
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In this dark Norman Lear comedy about the debilitating process of divorce, an average American ex-couple (Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds) realise that, after matchmaking hell, alimony-avoiding schemes, and commiserations with fellow divorcees, married life doesn't seem so bad.
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from 38 members
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The Grass Is Greener
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Donen
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When American millionaire Charles Delacro (Robert Mitchum) stumbles into the private quarters of Victor (Cary Grant) and Hilary (Deborah Kerr), an English aristocratic couple who allow public tours through their stately mansion, he brings a whirlwind of trouble with him. Hilary's dissatisfaction ..read more »
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Spartacus - HD DVD Version
(1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ..read more »
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Spartacus
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ..read more »
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Elmer Gantry
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Dean Jagger
Director: Richard Brooks
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Elmer Gantry is a charming, fast-talking con, working the road as a traveling salesman in the 1920s. Burt Lancaster stars as the elusive Gantry in this charismatic adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel. When Gantry runs across a group of traveling evangelists, he charms their saintly leader, ..read more »
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from 426 members
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The Big Country
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Gregory Peck
Director: William Wyler
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Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his ..read more »
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Footsteps In The Fog
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers
Director: Arthur Lubin
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Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons star in this compelling thriller set in the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London. As he buries his wife in a rain-soaked London churchyard, Stephen Lowry (Stewart Granger) thinks he has committed the perfect murder. He's wrong. His quick-witted young maid Lily (..read more »
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Guys And Dolls
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Based on the Broadway show from the Damon Runyon short story and filled to the brim with Frank Loesser tunes such as "Luck Be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat," this outrageously comic film featuring Marlon Brando's bold musical debut is a colorful tale about gamblers, a feisty ..read more »
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The Robe
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie
Director: Henry Koster
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THE ROBE is one of the finest Biblical epics of all time, based on a best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film tells the story of a Roman, played by Richard Burton, who was in charge of the Crucifixion of Christ and who later is converted to Christianity. This was the first movie to be ..read more »
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Angel Face
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Director: Otto Preminger
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Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team in this outstanding example of classic Noir. Directed by Otto Preminger (Laura, The Man with The Golden Arm). Mitchum is at his best as Frank Jessup, an ambulance driver, driven and ensnared by Simmons who demonstrates her own brilliant talents in this ..read more »
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The Clouded Yellow
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Barry Jones, Trevor Howard, Maxwell Reed
Director: Ralph Thomas
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A retired spy takes a job cataloguing butterflies in the English countryside but is pulled into fresh intrigue when an innocent young local woman is accused of murder. A superior Hitchcockian thriller starring the eminently watchable Trevor Howard, THE CLOUDED YELLOW is British cinema at its best.
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Hamlet - BLU-RAY Version
(1948)
Starring: Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway
Director: Laurence Olivier
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Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of 'the man who could not make up his mind'. In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son ..read more »
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway
Director: Laurence Olivier
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In the opening scene of Hamlet, Laurence Olivier describes the play in a voice-over as "the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind". But Olivier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. The contradictions and ambiguities of the title ..read more »
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later ..read more »
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Great Expectations - BLU-RAY Version
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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Lean's definitive version of the Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In nineteenth century London, in the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years ..read more »
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Shadows In The Sun
Starring: Jean Simmons, James Wilby, Jamie Dornan
Director: David Rocksavage
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Set in a remote house on the East Anglian coast in the 1960's, Hannah (British-born Hollywood actress Jean Simmons - Spartacus) lives a perfectly happy life with her poetry, garden and much younger friend Joe (Jamie Dornan)
When Hannah's son, Robert (James Wilby) arrives with his teenage ..read more »
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Thornbirds, The - Season 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Jean Simmons
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Australian drama set in the out-back, where a priest called Father Ralph De Bricassart and Maggie Cleary come to know a forbidden love. Based on the novel by Colleen McCullough. Made for television. Please Note: Disc 1 and 2 are double-sided, please flip the disc over for the complete feature.
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All The Way Home
to Watch Now
(1963)
Starring: Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle
Director: Alex Segal
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Run time: 97 minutes
A seven year old and his mother cope with his father's death in an auto accident. His grieving mother is in denial, and the rush of well-meaning relatives fails to help the situation. The boy observes the reaction of adults to the death of his father, taking refuge in the world and games of ..read more »
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A true classic 14 May 2004
...ome and destroyed several legions along the way. Great support comes from lover Jean Simmons, nemesis Laurence Olivier, hero worshipping Tony Curtis, senator Charles Laught...
guys and dolls - a thoroughly modern musical 16 July 2004
Elmer Sinks with a Fudd 27 June 2005
