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1) Alice Adams
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In the wake of World War I, Alice Adams finds herself being pursued by a gentleman of higher social class. She and her family try various schemes to keep their inferior status a secret.
2) The bad seed
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"The bestselling inspiration for the chilling movie starring Patty McCormack and Nancy Kelly. What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This spine-tingling tale investigates a mother's concerned suspicion surrounding several mysterious accidental deaths that all connect back to her eight-year-old daughter, Rhoda. Tremendously impacting the thriller genre, this masterpiece of suspense generated a whole crop of...
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"The basis for Joseph L. Mankiewicz's cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg....
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"The basis for the epic Technicolor film starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. Lana and Gil Martin marry in 1776, just as the rumblings of war begin to echo throughout the wilderness of the Mohawk Valley. Though aided by strengthening relationships with fellow settlers, establishing their new home on the frontier is constantly threatened by conflicts with British Loyalists and the Seneca Indians, who use violence to drive people off the land....
5) Logan's run
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A republishing of the tale in which, "in 2116, it is against the law to live beyond the age of twenty-one. When the crystal flower in the palm of your hand turns from red to black, you have reached your Lastday and you must report to a Sleepshop for processing. But the human will to survive is strong--stronger than any mere law"--Page 4 of cover.
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Vintage Home Entertainment
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c2005
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Gamera the invincible: Gamera, the mutant terrapin who breathes fire, terrorizes the planet after an atomic explosion.
War of the monsters: After a group of adventurers steal a giant pearl from some local natives, they get more than they bargain for when the "jewel" hatches and spawns the freeze-ray spewing Baragon. It'll be monster versus monster as Gamera, now friendly to mankind, stries to save Tokyo from its inevitable fate.
Destroy all plants:...
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Vintage Home Entertainment
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[2004]
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"The yellow rose of Texas": Dale's father has broken out of jail where he was doing time for a robbery five years earlier. "Cowboy and the Senorita": Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father, and town boss John Hubbard is about to buy it. "Home in Oklahoma": Flying U Ranch owner Sam Talbot dies after a fall from a horse, a St. Louis reporter comes to check a rumor about murder. "The Carson City Kid": The Kid is seeking vengeance...
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Vintage Home Entertainment
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[2004]
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"The 39 steps": Richard Hanney gets more than he bargained for when he brings home a frightened young woman who confesses to be a British agent on the trail of foreign spies. "Young and innocent": Starlet Christine Clay washes up on a seaside beach and is found by Robert. As he is running for help, he is spotted by swimmers who report him as the murderer. "Rich and strange": Fred Hill and his wife, Emily are a small-town couple leading an ordinary,...
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