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Feature films Interracial dating United States Drama New York (N.Y.) Drama New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century Drama New York (State) New York Racism United States Drama Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama United States Race relations Drama Upper class New York (State) New York Drama Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 Film adaptationsFilter By Subjects
Feature films Interracial dating United States Drama New York (N.Y.) Drama New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century Drama New York (State) New York Racism United States Drama Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama United States Race relations Drama Upper class New York (State) New York Drama Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 Film adaptationsSummary: "Set in the 1890s, West plays a brash barroom entertainer with a soft spot for men in trouble, especially the mission director, young Cary Grant. She unknowingly gets caught up in a murder, as well as a white slavery ring, and sets about clearing things up as only Mae can. In between rescues she manages to perform some of her heated, hip-swinging classics including a steamy belting of 'Frankie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SHESummary: Tells the story of Newland Archer, whose engagement to an innocent socialite binds him to the codes and rituals of his upbringing. When her cousin arrives in town on a wave of scandal after separating from her husband, she ignites passions in Newland he never knew existed. Swelling with exquisite period detail, this film is an alternately heartbreaking and satirical look at the brutality of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pioneer Artists 1998