Classic Movies

Die 21-jährige Emma Woodhouse ist wohlhabend, schön und der strahlende Mittelpunkt der Gesellschaft im beschaulichen Highbury...

We'll Always Have Casablanca is celebrated film historian Noah Isenberg's rich account of this most beloved movie's origins. Through extensive research and interviews with filmmakers, film critics, family members of the cast and crew, and diehard fans, Isenberg reveals the myths and realities behind Casablanca's production, exploring the transformation of the unproduced stage play into the classic screenplay, the controversial casting decisions, and the effect of the war's progress on the movie's reception.

A penetrating dive into the cultural phenomenon that changed horror forever. For forty years, Freddy Krueger has stalked not just our dreams but our collective imagination, becoming more than just a villain—he's become a mirror reflecting America's deepest fears. In WHY WE LOVE OUR NIGHTMARES, Dennis Santaniello confronts his own childhood terror of Freddy to uncover why this burned, wisecracking killer continues to endure. This insightful exploration reveals how "A Nightmare on Elm Street" transcended typical slasher fare to tap into profound cultural anxieties: the false security of ...

Night Vale is a small desert town where all the conspiracy theories you've ever heard are actually true. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge. Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked 'KING CITY' by a mysterious man in a tan jacket. She can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and no one who meets this man can remember anything about him.

Der Jugendliche Alex zieht mit drei anderen Rowdys durch die Straßen. Zum Spaß verprügeln sie hilflose Passanten, rauben Geschäfte aus...

From the annunciation by the angel through the birth of Jesus, this audiobook chronicles the journey of Mary and Joseph, the appearance of the shepherds, and the story of the wise men, in a way the Christmas story has never before been "told." Based off the Emmy nominated TV series watched by over 100 million people, The Bible, A Story of Christmas and All of Us is an audiobook that will take a deserved place among the finest celebrations of Christmas.

The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they called friends, Kirk and Anne is a candid portrayal of the pleasures and pitfalls of a Hollywood life lived in the public eye. Compiled from Anne's private archive of letters and photographs, this is an intimate glimpse into the Douglases' courtship and marriage.

Lukas der Lokomotivführer lebt mit seiner Lokomotive Emma auf der Insel Lummerland. Eines Tages bringt das Postschiff ein rätselhaftes Paket: ein Baby! Als Jim Knopf, der kleine Junge aus dem Paket, größer wird, ist bald nicht mehr genug Platz für alle Bewohner auf der kleinen Insel. So verlassen Jim, Lukas und Emma ihre Heimat und gehen auf große Abenteuerfahrt.

The Wizard of Oz, manager of the Marvels baseball team, wants desperately to play against the Serpents, led by Evillene, their manager, who is also known as the Wicked Witch of the West. But these two teams live on opposite sides of the Dimensional Gates, and have never met. Every day the Wizard pleads to the Great Wind, the tornado that controls the Gate, and begs the Wind to allow this to happen. Until finally the two teams, and the two most powerful entities on the planet, get to meet. Learn what happens when Dorothy from Kansas, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion play the ...

Living in the 19th century and facing the impact of Darwin's theory of evolution, H.G. Wells wrote this haunting masterpiece, an evolutionary fantasy. The story's title character, Dr. Moreau, is a shipwrecked naturalist who becomes involved in an experiment to "humanize" animals by surgery. Dr. Moreau has been expelled from his homeland for performing cruel vivisection experiments. On the isolated island, he finds the freedom to continue torturous transplantations and create hideous creatures with manlike intelligence.

Franz Kafka's profound and disturbing novella Metamorphosis was first published in German in 1915. In this recent translation by David Wyllie, Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, wakes to find himself "transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin". How he, his family, and others deal with this untoward situation is subsequently revealed.

Follow the fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders. She was born in Newgate, and during a life of continued variety for three-score years, besides her childhood, was 12 years a whore, 5 times a wife (where of once to her own brother), 12 years a thief, 8 years a transported felon in Virginia, at last grew rich, lived honest, and died a penitent.

Prima di Charlie, prima della Fabbrica di Cioccolato, c’è una storia piena di ingegno e fantasia... Ispirato alla folle magia di ROALD DAHL, il meraviglioso racconto di come Willy Wonka sia diventato il più grande inventore, mago e cioccolatiere del mondo. Scritto da Sibéal Pounder, basato sull’attesissimo film della Warner, creato da Paul King e scritto per il cinema da Simon Farnaby e Paul King. Un mix inebriante di magia e musica, caos ed emozione raccontato con un cuore e un umorismo senza pari.

More islands. More sharks. More women. Jack and the girls can't rest. There are more of their friends still out there. They'll have to journey to new islands and face new challenges as they search for a way to live and love in a hostile archipelago. With each new island discovered, they learn more about what came before them and what is coming for them. Plus, there is something out there, always watching.

"Loving a ghost is painful, improbable, and lonely." Peter took me to his world and Pan left me in mine. Now I'll do anything to get back to Neverland, to take back what was stolen from me. But nothing is what it seems. My friends are dying. My enemies expect me to trust them. And my heart...It's more confused than ever.

Mit den Schlümpfen erlebst du immer spannende Abenteuer! In diesen fünf aufregenden Geschichten erfährst du, wie Schlumpfine ins Dorf der Schlümpfe kam, welchen Unheil eine magische Pfeife anrichten kann und warum Purpurfliegen gefährlicher sind, als sie aussehen! Lass dich davon überraschen, wie die Schlümpfe einem verarmten Schlossverwalter dabei helfen, einen längst vergessenen Schatz zu bergen, und wie sie einem Riesen-Heulvogel eine dringend benötigte Lektion erteilen.

Ein junger Lehrer entschließt sich zu einem ungewöhnlichen Experiment: Er möchte seinen Schülern beweisen, dass wir alle immer und überall anfällig sind für faschistoides Handeln und Denken. Doch die "Bewegung", die er auslöst, droht ihn und sein Vorhaben zu überrollen: Das Experiment gerät außer Kontrolle. Morton Rhues packender Roman beruht auf dem realen Experiment, das der Lehrer Ron Jones 1967 im kalifornischen Palo Alto mit einer Highschoolklasse durchführte.

It's one of the greatest movie romances of all time. Yet the friction and controversy surrounding The Way We Were was so enormous, the movie was nearly never made at all. Drawing on Laurents's and Pollack's unpublished writings, as well as interviews with Streisand, Redford, and other key players, this is the definitive account of a film that changed the rules of moviemaking and defined romance ever since.

From the moment she came to live at Phantom Manor, a rotting pile of stone she had suddenly inherited, Jan Davis became the terrified victim of a series of “accidents.” The lurking murderer could be anyone whose life was tied to the dread secret of the eerie mansion: a homicidal, half-witted young man; a jealous relative who wanted the manor for herself; even a neighboring landowner with whom Jan had fallen in love. But the hidden villain of Phantom Manor could also be one of the “unliving” - the legendary ghost that stalked its shadowy corridors....

Schuhuuh! Jens Wawrczeck liest. Jede Nacht pünktlich zur Geisterstunde erwacht das kleine Gespenst. Vergnügt spukt es durch die Gemäuer der Burg Eulenstein oder besucht Uhu Schuhu. Aber wie aufregend wäre es, die Welt einmal bei Tageslicht zu sehen! Und dann wird dieser Wunsch unversehens Wirklichkeit... Schon als Kind wollte Jens Wawrczeck durch die Nacht fliegen können wie das kleine Gespenst - seine Begeisterung für Preußlers Klassiker springt mit jedem Satz über.