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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
4) Pollyanna
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
An orphan who believes that things are better than they seem changes the hearts of an entire town.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invited the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one....
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
Behind the walls of an English castle, three brothers try to win their father's favor - as well as his crown. King Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, engage in a battle of royal wits that pits elder son Richard against his brothers, while the cunning King Phillip of France takes advantage of the internal fracturing in his bid to destroy their kingdom.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invited the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one.
"Essentially,...
Pub. Date
1994
Description
Behind the walls of an English castle, three brothers try to win their father's favor - as well as his crown. King Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, engage in a battle of royal wits that pits elder son Richard against his brothers, while the cunning King Phillip of France takes advantage of the internal fracturing in his bid to destroy their kingdom.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom are qualified to rule the monarchy.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt ... and his wife, Eleanor ... , invite the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable...
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A deft politician and skillful diplomat, TR's magnetic personality and genius for publicity made him a legend in his own time. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, this is an engaging portrait of the private man and the president who created the modern American presidency