Art Smith
Series
Criterion collection volume 810
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele who has a history of violent behavior becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing them...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
.Lassie: The Painted Hills — After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep (played by Lassie) with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Jonathan's new partner, Lin, isn't interested in sharing the gold, and lures Jonathan to his death. 68 minutes.
Snowbound — Based on a true story. When traveling through the mountains...
Pub. Date
p1948
Description
A brooding, romantic tragedy set in Vienna and told in flashback. Lisa Berndia is a woman with a lifelong unrequited love for the dashing, yet callous, concert pianist, Stefan Brand, who betrays and forgets her. On her deathbed, she writes him a letter, which he reads on the eve of a duel with Lisa's jealous husband.
Description
Secret of the Andes: "A young girl who is always in trouble travels to Argentina with her archeologist father"--Container.
Hollywood safari: "An animal-training family loses their lion who is then blamed for the actions of a wild look-alike"--Container.
Lassie: the painted hills: "After Jonathan Harvey strikes gold, he goes with his new partner to sort out his findings and leaves his collie Shep to care for the orphaned son of his former partner"--Container.
River's...