Mia Farrow
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Mia Farrow does all the voices in this timeless story of breath-taking enchantment and fairy tale romance. To save her beloved father, a beautiful young girl agrees to become the companion of a brutish--and very unhappy--beast. But as time passes, love works a miraculous change on both their lives.
2) Pegasus
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Mia Farrow does all the voices in the complete story of the magical winged horse Pegasus. Adapted from the Greek myths, this brilliantly and classically animated feature begins with Pegasus' wondrous birth; the great battle with the multi-headed Chimaera; his appointment by Zeus as thunder bearer and his final glorious transformation into the majestic constellation that bears his name today.
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1974.
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The '20s never roared louder than in this sumptuously romantic retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic. Robert Redford stars as Jay Gatsby, who had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow), then lost her to a rich boy. But now Gatsby is mysteriously wealthy... and ready to risk everything to woo Daisy back. A winner of two Academy Awards, THE GREAT GATSBY features a stellar cast and an elegant script by Francis Ford Coppola....
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
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Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's, 1904 New York City, world changes when Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and two little sisters move in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger, and grow to be as close as two sister could ever be. But life is full...
11) Rosemary's Baby
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The classic novel of spellbinding suspense only the mind of Ira Levin could have imagined. She is a housewife - young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor - charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sun-filled apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side is their dream home - a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare... Enter the chilling world of Ira Levin - where terror is as near as your new neighbors and where evil wears the most innocent...
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Finding Your Roots volume 3
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Henry Louis Gates helps comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash decode scandals and secrets that have lain hidden within their roots for generations, revealing stories that their ancestors went to great lengths to conceal. Along the way, Gates and his guests also explore the larger meaning of family bonds-and celebrate the virtue of accepting one's relatives, whoever they may be.
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Finding Your Roots volume 5
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Henry Louis Gates traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis-two people who overcame traumatic childhoods, revealing that they aren't the first in their families to face enormous odds. From workhouses in Scotland to slave plantations in South Carolina, long-lost records reveal the stories of ancestors who laid the groundwork for Brian and Viola's success by fighting so hard to survive.
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Finding Your Roots volume 4
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Henry Louis Gates explores the family trees of pop star Cyndi Lauper and actors Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo, introducing them to ancestors whose stories were lost when their families immigrated to the United States. Drawing on long-lost records from Italy, Korea, Mexico, and Switzerland, Gates helps his guests to re-imagine their families and connect to history in a deeply personal way.
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Finding Your Roots volume 6
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Henry Louis Gates uses DNA detective work to solve haunting family mysteries for actor Joe Manganiello and football star Tony Gonzalez. Sifting through stories of the Armenian Genocide, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Jim Crow South, slavery, and the American Revolution, Gates unravels deep secrets and uncovers lost ancestors--compelling each of his guests to rethink their own identities.
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Finding Your Roots volume 10
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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley, traveling back generations into the past to trace lineages from the Europe and Africa to the shores of the New World. With Gates' guidance, his guests re-imagine significant events in history-from the American Revolution to the journey of the Mayflower-and encounter surprising ancestors they never knew they had.
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Finding Your Roots volume 8
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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected roots of activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Johnson, inspiring both to reconsider their understanding of the Black experience and their preconceptions of America's past. Using DNA and the historical record, Gates maps the deep histories of families that are more diverse-and far more complicated-than either of his guests ever expected.
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Finding Your Roots volume 9
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Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them. Exploring archives across Europe, America and the Caribbean, Gates takes his guests from cotton plantations in Arkansas to rural villages in Cuba, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that, one day, their descendants might thrive.