Fontaine, Joan 1917-Overview
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Joan Fontaine
Rebecca
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90 editions published between 1940 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 1,592 libraries worldwide A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.
No bed of roses
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15 editions published between 1978 and 1987 in English and Chinese and held by 1,291 libraries worldwide Autobiography of Joan Fontaine.
Suspicion
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44 editions published between 1941 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,175 libraries worldwide Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.
The women
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3 editions published between 1989 and 2005 in English and held by 1,028 libraries worldwide Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another.
Jane Eyre
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14 editions published between 1972 and 2007 in English and Chinese and held by 1,010 libraries worldwide A Hollywood production of the Bronte novel in which a harshly treated orphan girl becomes a governess in a mysterious Yorkshire mansion with a brooding master; features Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine.
Rebecca
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8 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 999 libraries worldwide A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, who still rules from beyond the grave.
Gunga Din
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3 editions published between 1939 and 2004 in English and held by 745 libraries worldwide Three English soldier comrades battle the punjabs in India while accompanied by their lowly water-bearer Gunga Din, who longs to be a fighter himself.
Ivanhoe
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2 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in English and held by 677 libraries worldwide Adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's classic tale set in England in the Middle Ages. Also includes a Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Two Mouseketeers, and a swashbuckler movie trailer gallery.
Ivanhoe
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18 editions published between 1951 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 301 libraries worldwide Adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's classic tale set in England in the Middle Ages.
Island in the sun
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4 editions published between 1957 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 277 libraries worldwide Four different love affairs simultaneously wreak havoc in the lives of the inhabitants of a tropical paradise. A wealthy plantation owner plots murder when he suspects his wife of having an adulterous relationship. At the same time, his sister-in-law is drawn to his enemy, a dedicated black labor leader, and a governor's aide is torn over his scandalous affair with a native woman.
A Damsel in distress
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9 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and held by 266 libraries worldwide Song, dance, and comedy accompany a tale of love between an upperclass English woman and a visiting American. Features George Gershwin's last completed score.
Letter from an unknown woman
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14 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in German and English and held by 255 libraries worldwide A story of unrequited love in which a woman is obsessed with a self-centered concert pianist.
The emperor waltz
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5 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in English and German and held by 241 libraries worldwide The emperor waltz: an American salesman melts the heart of a Viennese countess amidst Strauss waltzes and lush scenery.
The bigamist
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22 editions published between 1953 and 2009 in English and held by 239 libraries worldwide This film is considered by many critics to be the best work of Hollywood's foremost woman filmmaker of the 1950s. In this surprisingly sympathetic portrait, a traveling salesman played by Edmond O'Brien "comes across as a victim of his own sensitivity. Caught between two complementary spouses, O'Brien's dazed indecisiveness dominates the narrative. As always in Lupino's films, a strong social consciousness informs all choices: Joan Fontaine is an upper-crust 'lady, ' reverently attached to her dying father, while Lupino herself plays a tough-talking working woman, waitressing in a cheap Chinese restaurant"--Container.
Voyage to the bottom of the sea
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12 editions published between 1961 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 227 libraries worldwide Navy Admiral Nelson takes scientists in his futuristic atomic submarine to explode a belt of radiation.
Letter from an unknown woman
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11 editions published between 1948 and 2007 in English and French and held by 225 libraries worldwide A story of unrequited love in which a woman is obsessed with a self-centered concert pianist.
Voyage to the bottom of the sea Fantastic voyage
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3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide Voyage to the bottom of the sea: Admiral Nelson takes scientists in his futuristic atomic submarine to explode a belt of radiation. Fantastic voyage: Follows the treacherous voyage of five scientists who are reduced to microscopic size and injected into the bloodstream of an injured Czechoslovak scientist to remove a cerebral blood clot which must be repaired from inside the brain.
Casanova's big night
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7 editions published between 1954 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 168 libraries worldwide Bob Hope is a tailor who impersonates the swashbuckling lover Casanova and ends up in absolute boudoir bedlam.
Suspicion
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2 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 139 libraries worldwide Fragil, gently-reared young English heiress fears she has just married a murderer.
Irwin Allen's Voyage to the bottom of the sea
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 133 libraries worldwide A routine scientific expedition to the North Pole turns into a race to save all mankind when a radiation belt in space causes a fiery inferno on Earth. The crew of atomic submarine Seaview battle saboteurs, giant-sea creatures, and enemy submarines. more
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Aristocracy (Social class) Battlefields Biography Brides British Occupation of India (1765-1947) Brontèˆ, Charlotte,--1816-1855 Comedy films De Havilland, Olivia Detective and mystery films Detective and mystery films De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character) De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character) Divorce Drama Du Maurier, Daphne,--1907-1989 England England--Cornwall (County) Eyre, Jane (Fictitious character) Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Fontaine, Joan,--1917- Governesses Great Britain History Husbands India Ivanhoe, Wilfred of, Sir (Fictitious character) Kipling, Rudyard,--1865-1936 Knights and knighthood Luce, Clare Boothe,--1903-1987 Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Motion picture actors and actresses Murder Nevada--Reno Remarried people Science fiction films Soldiers Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Wives Women Working class women Young women
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German (54) French (39) No Linguistic content (22) Spanish (20) Multiple languages (18) Undetermined (17) Chinese (11) Italian (3) Covers
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