A conservative bigot clashes with family and neighbors with comedic results.

As the sequel to Harp in the South this film continues the story of the Darcy family but the era has changed. It is the 1950s and the Darcy children have grown up - however they still face the problems of their working class background. It is basically a story of their courage and Dola's journey of self-discovery.

Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies of...

An outstanding drama series about life behind the front doors of everyday working-class families on a street in Manchester, northern England.

When Leonardo, a wealthy businessman, has a yachting accident and develops amnesia, an ill-treated employee exacts some revenge. Kate is a single mom who manages to convince Leonardo that she is his wife. Hilarity ensues as Leonardo must take on the task of helping Kate raise her three daughters. Will Kate's plan succeed to perfection, or will she discover that Leonardo isn't such a bad guy after all?

"After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her memoir tackles such difficult, poignant, and fascinating family memories as her paternal grandfather's shellshock, her mother's evacuation from London during the Blitz; her soft-spoken animal-loving father's torturous assignment to an explosives team during...

This playlist includes the following special features from Kuhle wampe or Who owns the world, How the Berlin worker lives (dir. Slatan Dudow, 1930) Slatan Dudow: a film about a marxist artist (dir. Volker Koepp, 1974) original prologue, with Herbert Jhering, 1958.

When Nell was a girl, her parents were regularly evicted from the workers’ cottages they rented around Port Melbourne. Now a great-grandmother with 87 descendants, Nell still lives in the Port. But the cohesion of Nell’s extended family and neighbourhood is threatened by the pressures of modernisation and an influx of young professionals into the area. The old inner city suburb of Port Melbourne is the traditional home of working people whose...

When John Barton's wife dies, he is forced to raise his daughter, Mary, alone, while he grieves the love of his life. Though he is a hard-working man, John struggles to provide for his family. Realizing how unfair his financial situation is, John becomes very resentful towards the unethical distribution of wealth between the social classes. Against John's wishes, when Mary comes of age, she decides to help support their family by working in a dressmaking...