Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Hollywood legends Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake (The Glass Key This Gun For Hire) team up for a masterfully told tale of suspense & intrigue in the classic noir tradition When discharged navy officer Johnny Morrison (Ladd) comes home from war to his old stomping ground in the Hollywood Hills he is shocked to discover his wife Helen (Doris Dowling) having an affair with the proprietor of the glamorous Blue Dahlia nightclub But when Helen is murdered & Johnny is fingered as the prime suspect he is forced to prove his innocence aided by a woman harbouring a dark secret the beautiful & enigmatic Joyce (Lake) Directed by George Marshall (Destry Rides Again How the West Was Won) from a script by acclaimed hard-boiled novelist Raymond Chandler his only produced original screenplay The Blue Dahlia sparkles with wit & old Hollywood glamour showcasing some of the most celebrated talent of the golden age of the silver screen at their iconic best making its high definition debut in this feature-packed release from Arrow Academy ...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Offshore' comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis & his fiancee Sophie newly introduced by Candia Mc William The year is 1794 & Fritz passionate idealistic & brilliant is seeking his father's permission to announce his engagement to his heart's desire twelve-year-old Sophie His astounded family & friends are amused & disturbed by his betrothal What can he be thinking? Tracing the dramatic early years of the young German who was to become the great romantic poet & philosopher Novalis The Blue Flower' is a masterpiece of invention evoking the past with a reality that we can almost feel ...

The year is 1883 The stark Icelandic winter landscape is the backdrop We follow the priest Skugga-Baldur on his hunt for the enigmatic blue fox We're then transported to the world of the naturalist Friethrik B Friethriksson & his charge Abba who suffers from Down's syndrome & who came to his rescue when he was on the verge of disaster Then to a shipwreck off the Icelandic coast in the spring of 1868 The fates of Friethrik Abba & Baldur are intrinsically bound & unravelled in this spellbinding book that is part thriller part fairy tale ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nora is a pretty telephone operator engaged to a soldier overseas On her birthday she gets a Dear John letter from him Feeling despondent she agrees to a date with a wolf from her office He gets her drunk & leads her back to his apartment where she resists his advances & bludgeons him in self-defense She flees leaving behind the blue gardenia he bought her The next morning she&s can&t remember the details of what happened ...

From John Banville one of the world's greatest writers comes The Blue Guitar a story of theft & the betrayal of friendship Adultery is always put in terms of thieving But we were happy together simply happy Oliver Orme used to be a painter well known & well rewarded but the muse has deserted him He is also as he confesses a petty thief; he does not steal for gain but for the thrill of it HIs worst theft is Polly the wife of his friend Marcus with whom he has had an affair When the affair is discovered Oliver hides himself away in his childhood home From here he tells the story of a year from one autumn to the next Many surprises & shocks await him & by the end of his story he will be forced to face himself & seek a road towards redemption Shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2016 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The lush beauty & splendor of a South Pacific paradise is vividly captured in this version of Henry De Vere Stacpoole´s 1903 novel Two small children & a ship´s cook survive a shipwreck & find safety on an idyllic tropical island Soon however the cook dies & the young boy & girl are left on their own As time passes the kids enter puberty & begin to discover their sexuality Without realizing what&s happening to her Em becomes pregnant & gives birth With the baby comes responsibility & the wonder of discovery as the parents themselves still children learn what it means to have another human life dependent on them Actors Brooke Shields Christopher Atkins Leo Mc Kern William Daniels Elva Josephson Glenn Kohan Alan Hopgood Jeffrey Means & Gus Mercurio Director Randal Kleiser Certificate 15 years & over Year 1980 Screen 1851 Anamorphic Widescreen Languages English ; French ; German ; Spanish ; Italian
- Dolby Digital Surround Additional Languages Dolby Digital (10) Mono French ; German ; Spanish ; Italian Subtitles English ; French ; German ; Polish ; Czech ; Hungarian ; Hindi ; Turkish ; Danish ; Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Swedish ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Dutch ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Spanish ; Italian Duration 1 hour & 44 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Sergeant Dixon (Jack Warner) is shot & killed while teaching a new recruit (Jimmy Hanley) the ropes Police & some of the West London criminal fraternity hunt down his killer (Dirk Bogarde) in this classic British police story Sergeant Dixon was later resurrected to star in the long-running TV series & Dixon of Dock Green& ...

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Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures 64 pages full colour illustrations Herge ...

Herge&s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children&s books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world&s most famous travelling reporter is on the trail of the Blue Lotus In India Tintin gets drawn into a dangerous mystery revolving around a madness-inducing poison He traces its origins to Shanghai & a nefarious web of opium traffickers But can he outwit the crooks? The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar&s Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham&s Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art ...