Charles Lane
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the story of the Reconstruction-era Secret Service and its battle against the KKK's effort to suppress the emancipated African-American vote, sharing particular insights into the career of controversial Secret Service chief, Hiram C. Whitley. In the years following the Civil War, a new battle began. Newly freed African American men had gained their voting rights and would soon have a chance to transform Southern politics. Former Confederates...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where Negroes and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more than sixty Negroes who had occupied a courthouse. Now, journalist Charles Lane transforms this nearly forgotten incident into a historical saga. Seeking justice for the slain, one brave U.S. attorney,...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Jim Gannon (Clark Gable) is a school-of-hard-knocks newspaperman who despises journalism schools, until he sees who's doing the teaching. Attracted to lovely professor Erica Stone (Doris Day), he masquerades as a novice in her class. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Gig Young) and Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actor (Clark Gable) and Best Supporting Actor at the **Golden Globes.** *"...a light comedy with a surprising...
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Figuring the answers to a murder mystery lie in the old Simmons mansion, so Luther Heggs visits the estate at the witching hour of midnight. Certain he's seen a ghost, Luther writes a story which makes front page news - and brings on a libel suit from the mansion's owner. When the trial judge orders an investigation - and no apparition appears - Luther is branded a fraud. That is, until he and his devoted girlfriend team up to uncover the mystery...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Garrisons, who raise dachshunds, are convinced by their vet to take in a Great Dane pup named Brutus, who thinks of himself as a dachshund, and whose identity confusion causes a series of humorous household crises.
11) Sadie Thompson
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Stranded passengers on Pago Pago during an epidemic including Sadie Thompson, a prostitute and a reformer whose lust for her masquerades as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, Alfred Davidson cuts his throat and Sadie goes to Sydney with an admiring marine.
Publisher
Kino Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Dr. Jekyll, an idealistic London doctor, has a weakness for experiments which take him to the boundaries of human consciousness and experience. When Sir George Carew, father of the girl Jekyll loves, accuses him of being afraid of temptation, he finds a drug which allows him to separate the evil side of his personality from the good; as Edward Hyde, he embarks upon a career of crime.
