Little Women is an outstanding achievement of nineteenth-century American literature, and the first children's novel written in the United States to have become an enduring classic. The March girls are shown throughout as real people and not mere moral examples as we follow them from childhood through Little Women and Little Women Part Two (known in Europe as Good Wives). The portrayal of the strains and delights of family life is unsurpassed in literature...

The five motherless Bastable children struggle to save their inventor father from financial ruin.

Father's Little Dividend (1951): Discover the original that was later remade as "Father of the Bride 2," starring Steve Martin. Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) has no sooner gotten over the trauma of his daughter's wedding when he discovers that she is expecting a baby. He definitely feels that this is a really bad idea, and so the fireworks begin between him and his daughter's in-laws. Also starring Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Bennett. Utopia (1951):...

The General (1927): Railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) is refused enlistment in the Confederate army because his civilian job is too valuable. However, Union soldiers steal his train, "The General," to provision their troops in a surprise raid on the Confederates. Now it's up to brave Johnny and the love of his life, Annabelle Lee, to recapture The General, make their way back through enemy territory, and warn the Confederates about the...

The Iron Mask (1929): One of the most stirring silent epics, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., shines as the brave young Musketeer D'Artagnon who is sworn to protecting the welfare of the future king of France, regardless of the cost. Academy Award nomination for Best Interior Decoration. The Lost World (1925): Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) faces a skeptical press corps when he asserts that giant dinosaurs are alive and flourishing in the farthest depths...

Little Lord Fauntelroy (1936): This heart-warming story features a spunky Freddie Bartholomew as the little boy from Brooklyn, New York, who discovers that he is really an Earl. With a personality no one can resist, he melts the heart of his ill-tempered grandfather. He soon transforms into a friend to all in a sailor suit--destined to draw derision. He must fight the local hooligans to demonstrate that he isn't a sissy. Mickey Rooney stands out as...

My Favorite Brunette (1947): Bob Hope stars as hapless baby photographer Ronnie Jackson. From his cell on death row in San Quentin, he tells newsmen the story of his unlikely route to misery. While office-sitting for his private detective neighbor, he is commissioned by femme fatale Baroness Montay to find the whereabouts of her missing husband. From a bleak mansion to a private sanitarium, Ronnie encounters just about every cliche from the world...

A Star is Born (1937): Young Esther (Janet Gaynor), an ingenuous country girl, arrives in the city of glitter to try and break into the movies. Reduced to serving guests at a Hollywood soiree, she is notice by Norman Maine, the brilliant but alcoholic star, who invites her to take a screen test. From that moment on she is swallowed up by the town's star making system. After foolishly marrying her mentor, she sees Norman's career go into freefall while...

The Time of Your Life (1948): The movie is a joyful and raucous interpretation of William Saroyan's Pulitzer prize winning play that depicts the drama and bi-play between the flawed but fascinating patrons of Nick's Saloon, Restaurant, and Entertainment Palace, a notorious waterfront hangout. Star: James Cagney. A Farewell to Arms (1932): A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry (Gary Cooper) and Nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes)...

A boy yearns for two redbone coon hounds, which his parents can't afford during the hard times of the Depression in the Ozarks.