Del Roy
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, Benedict Society members Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance follow clues on an adventure that threatens to separate them from their families, friends, and even one another.
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.
Author
Language
English
Description
Topper (Roland Young) is once again tormented by a fun-loving ghost in this horror-comedy sequel. This time, it's Gail Richards (Joan Blondell), who was mistakenly murdered while staying at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Carole Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
6) Kid Millions
Author
Language
English
Description
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but must go to Egypt to claim it.
Author
Language
English
Description
What do you do with a pitcher whose dominance has helped his team claim two world-championship banners? If the pitcher is burly lefty George Herman Ruth, you banish him from the mound, put a bat in his hand and watch him clout one record-setting home run after another. William Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder and Sultan of Swat in a movie that mixes fact, fiction and more fiction in a way that makes it a...
Author
Language
English
Description
A psychopath stalks Paris. Beautiful young women are being murdered. The city is terrorized. And an innocent psychology professor is framed for the crimes of the Phantom of the Rue Morgue. At the dawn of the20th century, a murdering zookeeper (Academy Award winner Karl Malden) uses a savage animal to exact lethal revenge from women who are guilty only of spurning his romantic advances. Now, when handsome professor Paul Dupin (Steve Forrest) tries...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
"A Navy submarine docks in New York, and three sailors (a singer, a dancer and a funny guy) go ashore. They meet a musically talented actress named Powell who deserves to be a star, and they pool their efforts to make her the star of a hit Broadway musical (as sailors do)"--IMDb.
12) Lady killer
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
His picture is on magazine covers, his name in lights. Ex-con artist and gangster Dan Quigley is "doing all right in this movie racket," a big man in Hollywood. But if his criminal past resurfaces, he could end up in the big house.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The hatchet man: A Tong executioner allows his wife to run off with a gangster only to learn she's been sold into prostitution.
Skyscraper souls: A financier stops at nothing to gain control of a 100-story office building and a naive young woman.
Employees' entrance: A tyrannical department store manager chases after profits and a young woman.
Ex-lady: An artist who doesn't believe in marriage reluctantly weds her lover only to discover he's seeing...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After the dawn of sound and before the Production Code, Hollywood ran wild and free. Fearlessly and frankly tackling subjects and scenes that would quickly become forbidden to a generation of filmmakers, these seldom-seen pre-Code wonders are both revelatory and sin-sational. This fifth volume takes a walk on the wild side.
Hard to handle: Con leads to con when the prize money for a rigged dance marathon is stolen.
Ladies they talk about: "Nan Taylor,...
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Blonde crazy: A bellhop and chambermaid are out to enjoy each other, while conning criminals.
Strangers may kiss: A desperate lady is on a love trek across the continent.
Hi, Nellie: A newspaperman gets demoted to being a column writer, and finds comfort in a glass.
Dark hazard: A gambling addict is torn between a good girl and a glamour girl who bets it all on one special pooch.