Ambassador's Daughter
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DVD12
When a senator and an ambassador decide to test the character of a typical American serviceman in post-war Paris, they discover all's fair in love and war. A sophisticated romantic comedy with John Forsythe, Olivia De Havilland, Myrna Loy and Adolphe Menjou. 1956
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Bird of Paradise
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DVD16
On a voyage through the South Seas, a young American (Joel McCrea) falls in love with an island princess (Delores Del Rio). The two elope to their own special paradise and live happily - until the island's volcano erupts and the princess's people come for her, needing a sacrifice to appease their angry gods. Thirty good love scenes, shark attack, giant whirlpool, exotic dancing and a volcano - this movie has it all! 1932
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Happy Go Lovely
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DVD47
When flamboyant impresario John Frost (Cesar Romero) throws a tantrum at rehearsal, chorus girl Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) quits. But a misunderstanding with Scotland's richest businessman (David Niven) leads Frosty to coax Janet back as the lead in his new show. A charming romantic comedy with wonderful music. 1951
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Honeymoon in Bali
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DVD28
The course of true love definitely does not run smooth when a highly motivated, all-work-and-no-play New York business woman (Madeleine Carroll) finds himself falling for an easygoing, fun-loving, South Sea island plantation manager (Fred MacMurray). A deft romantic comedy. 1939
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Jamaica Inn
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DVD49
In the early 1880s, on the remote coast of Cornwall, destiny leads a lovely young woman seeking refuge to a gang of cutthroats who lure ships to their death and steal their cargo. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Charles Laughton, Robert Newton, Maureen O'Hara. A murky melodrama - the cast makes this movie! 1939
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Jane Eyre
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DVD50
After years of ill treatment in an orphanage, Jane Eyre (Susannah York) becomes a governess in the home of Edward Rochester (George C. Scott). Despite the rigid social order that separates them, they fall in love. But a dark secret threatens to destroy their happiness in this superb adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic. 1970
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My Dear Secretary
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DVD77
A best-selling author (Kirk Douglas) hires an aspiring writer (Laraine Day) as his new secretary. She soon discovers he's more interested in womanizing than working. When she tries to change his playboy ways, the battle of the sexes escalates into full-scale war in this fast-paced romantic comedy. Keenan Wynn is delightful. 1948
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Swing High, Swing Low
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DVD115
In Panama City Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard are a romantic and music sensation, but when he accepts an invitation to New York, high times and fast friends threaten their relationship. 1937
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Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
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DVD217
Did Lord Byron kill an obscure English poet in a duel? Was Fermat's Theorem first solved by a 13-year-old in 1809? Part detective story, part love story, and part comedy of manners, Arcadia is also a crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature and chaos theory, leapfrogging across 200 years in the life of an eccentric aristocratic family. 2009.
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Two of Hearts
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DVD129
Veterinarian Molly Saunders (Gail O'Grady) meets sentimental sportscaster Jake Michaelson (Rob Stewart) at the wedding of their former spouses. When the two fall in love, their families meet and mix like oil and water. Despite their strong mutual attraction, can they stay together? 1999
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Waltz Time
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DVD170
Maria, the beautiful young Empress of Austria wants to marry a dashing count, but he balks at the conditions imposed by her council of ministers. Complications abound when Maria, in disguise, finds her count kissing another woman. Starring Carol Raye and Peter Graves. 1956.
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