All three of the world's major religions share a bond in holding the city of Jerusalem close to their hearts. Learn the background stories behind each of the eight gates of Jerusalem, including a comprehensive history of the Holy City itself. Many believe the spiritual gateways that surround Jerusalem will eventually play a vital role in the future of the world.
Trust has the ability to accelerate any business, organization, or relationship. Lack of it can easily destroy the same. When trust is high, salespeople generate more sales, brands create greater loyalty, and leaders build more productive teams. When trust is low, problems, skepticism, attrition, stress and costs all increase. In this practical, easy to follow seminar, David Horsager shares 8 fundamental traits of trusted people and organizations. They include consistency, clarity, compassion,...
An exquisite jazz pianist plays out a story of surreal intrigue and horrific brutality in this neo noir whodunit. A lawyer and his wife stiff through painful conversations, at a residents only champagne party; with a dark and bewildering author, a flirtatious fiance, a Machiavellian psychiatrist, an artist with a blank canvas, and a neglected son and his group of youthful friends who seem as out of place as the furnishings. The party, hosted by the lottery winning owner of the penthouse...
When the coolest kid in high school is one class shy of graduating, a nerdy guidance counselor strikes a hilarious deal. If he completes the list of "things she never did" (like date the quarterback and be a cheerleader), she will let him graduate.
Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire The A-Team. Relive every explosive episode of The A-Team: The Complete Series as B.A. (Mr. T), Hannibal (George Peppard), Face...
A former intelligence officer, detective Dave Hatcher (Robert Wagner) is hired by a Bishop (E.G. Marshall) to help verify reports that a devout young girl has miraculous spiritual powers, a possible modern day saint. If true, Hatcher is expected to kidnap the girl, who is being held captive in the home of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin, whose associates will stop at nothing to keep her imprisoned. Based on the novel "The Issue of the Bishop's Blood" by Thomas Patrick McMahon.
Academy Award winners William Hurt and Geena Davis star with Kathleen Turner in this touching story of a travel writer who hates to travel, a man who lives a well-ordered life in his well-ordered world until suddenly everything changes for the Accidental Tourist. When Macon Leary's (Hurt) wife, Sarah (Turner), leaves him, Macon withdraws even further into his protected world. But an event that Macon did not plan and cannot control occurs: He breaks his leg. Now into his well-ordered life...
Why do some succeed while others fail? It starts with eliminating excuses, eradicating justifications and taking personal accountability for choices, actions and results. It starts with accountability. In this practical program you'll learn the four phases of accountability and the five critical, but often overlooked, ways to be proactively accountable. You'll learn how to increase your success and significance, both in business and in life, and you'll take an honest look at yourself and...
Suspense and suspicion power this absorbing postwar drama from writer-director Michael McCarthy. When Col. Charles Price (Donald Wolfit) receives a phone call from a man claiming that one of the former German resistance members gathered in his home is responsible for a friend's death, Price asks him to the house. But when the informant arrives, he is stabbed to death before he can name the traitor! When an American intelligence officer, Major Shane (Robert Bray) then arrives under mysterious...
Loretta Young and Robert Cummings star in film noir classic The Accused, a story about one woman's successful self-defense during an struggle which leads to the death of her attacker. Dr. Wilma Tuttle (Young), a beautiful psychology teacher allows a male student of hers to drive her home. While en route, he attempts to rape her but is killed when his teacher fights back. After fleeing the scene, Wilma is overcome with feelings of guilt while following the murder investigation by Homicide Lt....
What are the limits of justice? Of social responsibility? The Accused takes a powerful and thought-provoking look at human nature and individual moral conscience, and a judicial process that treats the victim like a criminal. Jodie Foster gives an Oscar -winning performance* as the hard-living, fiercely independent Sarah Tobias, who is gang raped in the back of a neighborhood bar. But that is only the beginning of her ordeal. Now Sarah finds herself battling the legal system, not once but...
A secret society of political malcontents is dedicated to the assasination of individuals they deem a threat to their plans. A deck of cards is dealt at their weekly meetings, and whomever draws the ace of hearts must commit murder - whether or not that puts their own life in danger. Forrest and Farralone are both in love with the society's sole female member, Lilith. When Forrest draws the ace of hearts, he is struck with fear. To embolden him, Lilith agrees to become his wife. After a night...
They're goofy and kooky, they're curious and spooky they're The Addams Family! In this animated series based on cartoonist Charles Addams' characters, one of America's wackiest and friendliest families are animated and ready to share their adventures with you, from their seemingly macabre mansion to the moon. Featuring Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, Pugsley (voiced by a young Jodie Foster!), Uncle Fester, Granny, Lurch, Thing and more, this is one family that is so charmed by life and their...
Post-World War II, four ex-servicemen are doing everything they can to avoid work in this zany, fun-filled comedy. That is, until they're called upon to keep an eye on a pretty, young ex-WAVE officer who they nickname "The Admiral"-- and with whom they all fall in love! Edmund O'Brien and Wanda Hendrix are adorable, while Johnny Sands and Steve Brodie provide endless comic relief in this unlikely gem!
Stateside life after World War II poses a challenge for pretty ex-WAVE Jean Madison (Wanda Hendrix). Jilted and jobless, she is taken under the collective wings of four ex-airmen who show her the ways of the non-working world. Master scroungers, led by their old bomber captain Jimmie Stevens (Edmond O'Brien), the boys have a big brother feeling for the girl, though Jimmie is feeling much more than brotherly. Jean holds them, and especially Steve, at arms length, hoping that her no-show cad of...
In this laugh-a-minute, post-World War II comedy, Wanda Hendrix (Prince of Foxes) stars as Jean Madison, a former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) ensign taken under the wings of a rowdy group of former airmen, who affectionately dub her the "Admiral." Handily directed by veteran filmmaker Albert S. Rogell (Li'l Abner), the film is bolstered by the crackling chemistry between Hendrix and her co-star, Oscar winner Edmond O'Brien (The Barefoot Contessa).
Beautiful heiress Marian Dorsey gets herself hired as a shipping clerk in order to learn her father's business from the ground up. She falls in love with her handsome manager, George Mason, who knows her as only as working girl Marian Collins. She and George are invited to the boss's mansion for a weekend party. George enjoys living the good life for a few days, but when an expensive necklace disappears from the safe and is discovered in his jacket pocket, it appears that his weekend retreat...
If there's a vice or deceit that doesn't roll across the screen as you watch this Harold Robbins' extravaganza, just wait a few minutes! Candice Bergen, Olivia de Havilland, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi,Charles Aznavour and more star in The Adventurers, an irresistible mega-movie directed by Lewis Gilbert (Shirley Valentine, Moonraker) and loaded with all the trappings and treacheries, power plays and passions, intrigues and in-fighting of the world's super-rich. At the center of the...
In the 1880s, great herds of wild horses thundered across the vast plains of the American Southwest. A magnificent wild stallion, graced with great speed and intelligence, befriends a twelve-year old boy named Ricky North, who names him Champion. The boy lives on a ranch with his Uncle Sandy and Rebel, his pet German shepherd. Just a call or a whistle from Ricky can summon Champion from the free-running herd. On the wild frontier, that ability can mean the difference between life and death.The...
Willie Dante (Dick Powell) deals cards - and he deals in danger. The back room of his restaurant "Dante's Inferno" is a gambling den for select customers and a magnet for lawbreakers. Watch him take on villains with his fists and his wisecracking wits in these four episodes from the 1950s TV classic Four Star Playhouse:High Stakes: An irate drunk tries to fill Dante with lead. Dante shoots him in self-defense and soon finds himself framed for attempted murder.The Stacked Deck: An ex-con forces...
Errol Flynn made his name portraying dashing heroes who clasped a sword in one hand and a maiden in the other. Audiences loved Flynn's devil-may-care bravado as much as they admired his athletic grace and astonishing good looks. Adventures of Don Juan was his first swashbuckler in nine years -- and a glorious reprise it is, directed with gusto by Vincent Sherman. In the title role, Flynn is a wiser, warmer, wittier version of his earlier characters as he rescues the Spanish queen (Viveca...
Home to extraordinary wildlife, the Hawaiian islands are also home to extraordinary people, like the veterinarian as unique as his name -- Buckeye Bottoms -- the official go-to guy in the Aloha State for all animals that grace the islands. Whether it's a Hawaiian green sea turtle, a feral mule, or a domestic dog, there is nothing Buckeye won't do to keep each animal on the island happy and healthy.