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A blue Christmas appears to be in store for the Pink Panther, alone, cold and hungry on a Central Park bench in New York City. Tightenin his belt another notch, he sets out in search of a meal, concocting a wild array of harebrained ploys and disguises along the way. This work also includes Olym-Pinks and Pink at first sight.
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A love story in reverse: 'How I met your mother' is a comedy about Ted and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall and Lily decide to tie the knot, it sparks the search for his own Miss Right. Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping "wing-man" Barney, a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild scemes for picking up women. Ted's sights are set on the charming and independent Robin, but destiny may have something different in mind. Told...
4) Titanic
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The story of a passionate romance aboard the doomed ocean liner Titanic, framed by an account of a present-day salvager's efforts to investigate the ruins of the ship.
5) Holiday Inn
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A song and dance man leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. A former partner joins him and the two find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady.
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Maryann Lowery is a beautiful, blind cellist and music teacher at the Milford Conservatory of Music. She enjoys her quiet, comfortable life with her friend and widowed neighbor, Oliver. When Gregory Pavan, a world-famous musician, visits the Conservatory to record an upcoming album, he sees undiscovered talent in Maryann. Gregory promises fame and convinces her to undergo a risky eye operation. As the two fall for each other, it will take a life-changing...
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Monty is a blue-collar mechanic who enlists the help of a successful-but-lonely attorney while trying to gain custody of his three daughters from his treacherous ex-wife and her larcenous boyfriend. Along the way, the working relationship between the blue collar dad and his uptown attorney grows into something more. As these two people try to overcome their different backgrounds, they find love. Monty struggles to protect his children from abuse and...
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The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fiancaee rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him in a dramatic challenge of wills, Eisenheim prepares...
9) The holiday
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Amanda lives in Los Angeles and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey, England and is a journalist. The two live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but both are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda just broke up with her cheating boyfriend. Iris has pined for her ex. Amanda comes upon a website that advocates home exchange and the two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both with a goal to forget their troubled...
11) Jane Eyre
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Story of a misunderstood and mistreated orphan who grows up to be a strong willed woman. She takes the job of governess at an estate, comes to love and be loved by the master of the house and they nearly marry, but the existence of his insane wife stops the wedding. She leaves, finds family, his estate burns down, his wife dies and he is blinded. She returns to tend and love him.
12) Breaking dawn
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Twilight saga volume 4
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Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.
13) Black snake moan
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Lazarus is an extremely religious man who is broken hearted after his wife leaves him for his own brother. Rae is the town slut, apparently afflicted with the "disease" of uncontrollable nymphomania. After a night of hard partying and sleeping around, Rae, is beaten up and left by the roadside near Lazarus' house. Lazarus takes her in and chains her to his radiator while trying to "cure" her insatiability. Eventually, the two become friends and help...