Donna Reed
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Glenside 2022 Winter Holiday Movies
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St. Charles Public Library - Winter Holiday Movies
Glenside 2022 Winter Holiday Movies
Librarians in Books & Movies (WPL-ADULT)
St. Charles Public Library - Winter Holiday Movies
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George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
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Dorian Gray is an innocent young man who has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after he falls under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian soon jilts his fiancee, which leads to her suicide. This is the start of a life of increasing debauchery. Dorian realizes that the outward signs of this are apparent only in the portrait. Eventually the picture, secreted in his childhood playroom, becomes almost hideous to behold. But Dorian...
3) Backlash
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Hard-bitten wanderer Jim Slater rides the range seeking to avenge his father's death. Along the way he meets frontier widow Karly Orton. The unlikely duo endures various hardships as Slater comes to suspect his fatehr died from something more sinister than an apparent Apache ambush.
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Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
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"During the Golden Age of Radio, all the top programs helped put listeners in the Christmas spirit with special holiday episodes. Programs such as Lionel Barrymore's 'A Christmas carol' and Jack Benny's hilarious shopping trips were radio staples during the 1930's and 40's. Now Radio Spirits continues this tradition with 10 hours of classic yuletide programming, including legendary holiday broadcasts from the era's most popular shows. This one-of-a-kind...
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Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
12) Thousands cheer
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An aerialist-turned-G.I. romances a colonel's daughter. But the real story is the most spectacular camp show in military history, featuring skits and songs.
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This romantic drama is set during post-WWII high society Paris. Writer and war veteran Charles Wills returns to the Left Bank to reminisce about his life after the liberation of the City of Lights. There he meets wealthy American eccentric James Ellswirth and his daughters, Marian and the beautiful but frivolous Helen. Although Marion loves Charles, he marries Helen instead, and the two begin a family. Their happiness soon spirals into tragedy when...
17) The far horizons
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This adventure drama portrays the Lewis & Clark Expedition's trek through the Pacific Northwest with guidance from the Native American maiden Sacajawea.