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(0)Charles Dickens
Publisher
VCI Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In 1836 young Charles Dickens was commissioned to write a series of humorous stories about the misadventures of the members of a fictional English social club. Dickens called this organization the PICKWICK CLUB, named after his central character, one Samuel Pickwick. He and his friends set out on a cross-country journey, and through a series of innocent misunderstandings, they wind up entangled in a comedy of errors that builds to monumental proportions....
Series
Charles Dickens collection volume 1
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
©2009.
Language
English
Description
In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
6) Micawber
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2002], ©2001
Language
English
Description
Set in Victorian England, the always optimistic Mr. Micawber is a man fond of large words and never uses one when several will do. Struggling to keep up appearances, Micawber is constantley enduring threats from vicious moneylenders or is forced to visit pawnshops. Despite eternally empty pockets, disapproving in-laws, less-than-honest employers and his own astounding bad timing, Micawber will not be discouraged.
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.
9) Oliver Twist
Series
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
©2009.
Language
English
Description
Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villainous Fagin and his gang of thieves. Temporarily rescued from the prospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, Oliver finds himself pursued by savage thief Bill Sikes and the enigmatic Monks.
10) Oliver & company
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009], ©1988
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a homeless kitten who roams the streets of New York City. There, he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.
12) Dickensian
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A bold reinvention of Charles Dickens' timeless novels, it takes familiar characters on new journeys as their stories intersect in the same world. Discover the events that lead up to Miss Havisham's wedding day, the true sacrifices made by a young Lady Dedlock, what happens to ruthless moneylender Jacob Marley and more. One doesn't need to know Dickens' novels to fall in love with these stories--packed with romance, scandal and intrigue, they deliver...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
It happened on 5th Avenue /
A Christmas carol /
Christmas in Connecticut / a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; screenplay by Lionel Houser & Adele Comandini ; directed by Peter Godfrey. Christmas in Connecticut (101 min.): A magazine columnist spends Christmas with her boss and a recently retired warhero.
The shop around the corner / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; screenplay by Samson Raphaelson ; produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The...