Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he takes care of his charge, Cecily Cardew. Cecily believes that Ernest is Jack's wayward brother and is keen on his raffish lifestyle. Algernon, seeing an opportunity, assumes Ernest's identity and sneaks off to woo Cecily.
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.
A quarry worker gets married and lives his marital bliss, until an explosion at his workplace, a mine, disfigures him...
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.
A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
Ashley na Vianoce uviazla na letisku, v zúfalstve preto prijíma ponuku na odvoz do Seattlu od Dasha, ktorý si práve prenajal posledné auto. Ashley sa živí predajom remeselných výrobkov, zatiaľ čo Dash tvrdí, že je maliar izieb. Hoci spočiatku to medzi nimi škrípe, počas dlhej jazdy si k sebe postupne nachádzajú cestu. Ako dvojica smeruje na sever, ich dobrodružstvá zahŕňajú problémy s autom, adopciu šteniatka a tajné sledovanie federálnych agentov, ktorí sa domnievajú, že Ashley je hľadaná teroristka. Skutočný dôvod Dashovej cesty do Seattlu však môže prekaziť ich rodiaci sa vzťah.
An ode to man's capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence, displayed through the homegrown remedies Tom and Debbie Nicholson create for disabled animals.
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
David a Gail trávia dovolenku na jednom z bermudských ostrovov. Pri potápaní objavia vrak lodi Goliáš, čo vzbudí pozornosť miestneho mafiána Henriho, keďže Goliáš sa potopil aj s obrovským nákladom morfia. David a Gail sa spoja s miestnym dobrodruhom, aby morfium za peniaze z lode vyzdvihli, v skutočnosti však hlbočina ukrýva ešte väčšie bohatstvo - vrak staršej lode so zlatým pokladom španielskeho kráľa Filipa. Pokusy o jeho získanie však budú životu nebezpečné, niektorí ľudia sa totiž pri honbe za bohatstvom nezastavia pred ničím...
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
A 29-year-old lawyer and her lesbian best friend experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship.