Archive for Educational Movies
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
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“Being married is the normal way to live… isn’t it?” The note of doubt at the end of that statement is fully exploited in How to Murder Your Wife (1965), a barbed piece of war-between-the-sexes comedy. Cartoonist Jack Lemmon, an exponent of the Playboy philosophy, lives in the ultimate swinging bachelor townhouse (“Everything masculine and perfect,” manservant Terry-Thomas says approvingly) until a drunken evening leads to marriage with an Italian bombshell (Virna Lisi) (more…)
How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series) (2006)
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The popular 1973 kid’s book How to Eat Fried Worms gets a respectful, straightforward translation with this 2006 movie. When bullies put worms in his thermos, Billy fights back–and only gets in deeper trouble when he makes a stomach-churning bet that he can eat ten worms. Using a variety of cooking schemes, the pack of bullies make a slimy meal even more repulsive, but Billy–to his own surprise–takes on everything they throw at him. As the disgustingness escalates, he (more…)
Learn to Salsa Dance Video Series, Vol 1: Salsa Dancing Guide for Beginners (2004)
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How To Marry A Millionaire (1953)
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Nunnally Johnson’s Broadway comedy was brought to the big screen by director Jean Negulesco, built around a trio of female stars, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, and Betty Grable. They play friends who come up with a plan to find and marry rich men. They rent a lavish penthouse and use it as their launching pad to lure men with money in the bank. But each eventually finds that love is more important that material possessions, though it takes a while. One running joke has M (more…)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
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Audrey Hepburn was never more sleek and glamorous than in this delightful romantic caper costarring Peter O’Toole and directed by William Wyler. She’s the chic daughter of a renowned art collector and covert forger (the always eccentric Hugh Griffith) who’s deposited his best work, a famous statue, in a Paris museum. Trouble is, technology can now detect such forgery, so Hepburn plots to steal the statue with the help of O’Toole, an amateur thief and cover (more…)