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William Shakespeare's comedy about Helena, the new wife of Count Bertram, who resorts to chichanery to win the respect and affection of her husband.

The Harvey girls

On a train trip West to become a mail order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers. When Susan and her bashful suitor fi...

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Young Biff Grimes is the son of an Irishman who's better at blarney than at holding down a job. Determined to make something of himself, Biff takes a mail-order course in dentistry and practices his handiwork on dear old dad. In his spare time he manages to fall for Virginia Brus...

King John

Shakespeare's play about the weak and despicable King John, who tries to fend off the royal claims of Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who is supported by the King of France. In spite of the support of Faulconbridge, John alienates the English nobility and runs afoul of the Pope. In the...

Concludes the King Henry VI chronicles with the War of the Roses. York, as victor at St. Albans, contemptuously forces Henry to give him succession to the crown. The merciless Margaret captures and kills York, only to be captured herself and compelled to watch as the Yorkists sla...

Presents the second of Shakespeare's historical trilogy, covering the early years of the Wars of the Roses. After marrying Margaret of Anjou, Henry is dominated by her and by the Duke of Suffolk, who plot the overthrow of the Lord Protector, the Duke of Gloucester. Meanwhile, Hen...

The best-ever movie version of Mark Twain's classic Royal mix-up. Errol Flynn duels into action in Warner Bros.' spectacular, spirited film of Mark Twain's classic novel. Amid 16th-century England's pomp and poverty, two look-alike lads, one a beggar and one young Edward VI, exch...

The blood feud between the elite vampires and their slaves is traced in this prequel story. Lucian, a young Lycan, leads the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Sonja, Lucian's secret lover, accompanies him in his quest against the ...

Romeo & Juliet

This stylized film of Shakespeare's masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical imagination. In this contemporary retelling, a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the tale of two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and h...

Worlds lie between the marketplaces of India and the halls of a magnificent country estate like Highland Hall. Will Julia be able to find her place when a governess is neither upstairs family nor downstairs help? Missionary Julia Foster loves working alongside her parents, minis...

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