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2) King Lear
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Language
English
Description
He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy has studied are babes and booze. But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president/weasel Eric Gordon, Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school with hilarious results.
7) A New leaf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Henry Graham is a man with a problem: he has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry, refuses to give him a dime, so Henry devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler to make his money the old-fashioned way, he can marry it.
Language
English
Description
While settling his father's estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse 50 thousand dollars. His dad knew her for less than two months before he dies. Just before Christmas, Finn wants to reclaim what he considers his family's money, going undercover to investigate the bed and breakfast nurse has recently taken over. When Fin meets Willa, he discovers she's not a conniving gold digger at all, but a woman in need who put the...
10) It's in the bag
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune, if he can find which chair it's hidden in. Based on the Russian novel 'The Twelve Chairs'.
Series
Language
English
Description
When small-town innocent Longfellow Deeds (Cooper) heads to New York to collect a $20 million inheritance, he ends up a target of ridicule thanks to Babe Bennett (Arthur), a cynical reporter whose demeaning stories have made him the joke of the city. So when he discovers his sweet and unassuming new girlfriend is actually the hardboiled Bennett in disguise, a disillusioned Deeds decides to give his fortune away, an act of charity his crooked lawyer...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Meet handsome Archie MacDonald, a reluctant young Scottish laird torn between his trendy London life and the call of his wild Highland ancestry. Tricked into returning to Scotland by his eccentric father and dotty mother, Archie discovers he is now the Laird of the decaying family estate, Glenbogle.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Librarian Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues and solve the murder before she becomes the next victim.
14) Tommy boy
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Holy schnike edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma -- and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real "10," and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say "Who killed the keg?," the family business starts tanking. Now Tommy's got to hit the road with his dad's right-hand...
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Full screen format.
Language
English
Description
An art teacher, hired to teach two young English women, is startled by a chance encounter with an ethereal woman dressed in white as he travels to his new job. Things become even more mysterious when one of his new students bears a resemblance to the ghostly woman.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Gents without cents (1944): The Stooges are given a chance to perform their vaudeville act and win over the delighted audience. They also win over and marry three gorgeous dancers named Flo, Mary and Shirley. Healthy, wealthy and dumb (1938): When Curly wins $50,000 in a jingle contest, the Stooges check into a swank hotel and begin living the high life ... at least until they get the lowdown on exactly how much money they are left with after taxes....
17) Andaz apna apna
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Language
Hindi
Description
A comic farce involving two young men, Amar and Prem, who want to get rich quick. Both set out to woo Raveena, a pretty young heiress, hoping to marry her and acquire her wealth. The plot is further complicated by Raveena's uncle, her father's twin, who has designs on his brother's millions for himself.
19) Moon over Miami
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters and their aunt come into a small inheritance. They decide to use the money to travel to Miami in hopes of landing rich husbands. Kay (Betty Grable) poses as a wealthy heiress, her sister Barbara (Carole Landis) pretends to be her secretary and Aunt Susan (Charlotte Greenwood) acts as their maid.
20) Peg o' my heart
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A plucky Irish lass is taken from the village life in Erin to claim a two-million dollar inheritance if she lives three years with a snooty family of destitute British bluebloods.
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