Shirley knight
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Living in a comfortable retirement community in Southern Oregon, estranged from her family, unsatisfied with her surroundings, and generally not happy about life, Marie (Shirley Knight) decides to journey 80 miles on foot to the coast of Oregon to revisit the ocean of her past for the first time in 45 years. Once reluctant to attend her granddaughter’s wedding, she now arrives as an unexpected guest. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary cast...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness--along with waitress Carol Connelly--helps put Melvin back in the human race.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894, and first performed in London in 1902. The title refers to prostitution. The story centres on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs. Warren, a former prostitute and current brothel owner, is described as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman." Vivie, an intelligent and pragmatic young woman who just graduated...
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1950's Houston, an affluent couple is transformed by tragedy when their son dies under mysterious circumstances and the husband loses his job of 40 years. Shirley Knight recreates her Tony-nominated performance in this 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Phyllis Applegate, Jamie Hanes, Shirley Knight, Lynne Marta, Ronan O'Casey, Daniel Passer, Kenna Ramsey, David Selby and Tom Virtue.
Author
Language
English
Description
Like a salmon leaving the ocean and swimming upriver, we are on a journey in which we must learn how to fly, at least for brief intervals. As we navigate the rapids in life, we grow stronger and more skillful. If we don't make it up the waterfall though, we swim in circles where cynics stagnate. Joy and clarity are ahead if we continue to progress. While every person's journey is unique, it is also universal. Any path that involves honesty and integrity...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Adult - American Classics
Adult - Author Birthday's List
Adult - Banned Books
Adult - California Fiction
Adult - Author Birthday's List
Adult - Banned Books
Adult - California Fiction
Description
The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Six phenomenally sophisticated Noel Coward comedies in one beautiful collection: Blithe Spirit; Design for Living; Fallen Angels; Hay Fever; Present Laughter; Private Lives. Six full-cast performances featuring: Annette Bening, Joe Mantegna, Eric Stoltz, Yeardley Smith, Shirley Knight, Ian Ogilvy and many more.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
By day, 35-year-old Alex is the world's oldest video game tester, but at night he is privately developing the next big game for the X-Box generation. When one of his roommates spends all the rent money on Filipino hookers, Alex gets kicked out of his apartment. He finds himself forced to live with his grandmother and her friends Grace and Bea. To save face with his friends and co-workers, he brags about the three hot babes living with him.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paul Blart is a mild-mannered, dutiful family man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. He has applied to become a cop for years, but he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes trapped inside and because of he feels that it is his sense of duty, refuses to leave. He becomes the police department's eyes on the inside and attempts...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paul Blart is a mild-mannered, dutiful family man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. He has applied to become a cop for years, but he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight and has hyperglycemia. One day a gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and takes hostages. Blart becomes trapped inside and because he feels it is duty as a security guard, he refuses to leave. He becomes the police department's...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Full-screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After nearly two decades under the wing of an aging, avuncular husband, dutiful mother and housewife Pippa Lee undergoes a midlife breakthrough. Unearthing the sexually curious wild child of her teens, middle-aged Pippa sparks a relationship with a divorcee loner. Pippa Lee is a resilient woman, refusing to let life pass her by.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9 ; 2.35:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.