Adventure In Washington - DVD

A genteel ladies' art institute is definitely no place for a free thinker. So the school boots independent-minded Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) back to Baltimore. There, the scandalized townsfolk don't know which is more shocking, that Dinah is a suffragist or that she painted her beau (Temple's then-husband, John Agar) in - gasp! - nothing but a loincloth and a manly expression. Thank goodness there's one person Dinah can depend on: h

Tired of stuffy New England, Prudence Bell (Suzanne Pleshette in her first major film role) longs for a Rome Adventure. So she heads for the Eternal City and encounters a handsome student (Troy Donahue), a dashing older man (Rossano Brazzi) -- and competition from a wily woman of the world (Angie Dickinson). In his fourth collaboration with Donahue (the first was A Summer Place), writer/director Delmer Daves again proves his skill at br

Colonial Virginia, 1753 21-year-old George Washington (William Franklyn-Miller)-denied entrance into the British Army-obtained a commission with the state Militia. Entrusted to journey to Ohio and demand that French forces withdraw, the mission would have fateful repercussions... and the ensuing crucible of the French and Indian War would forge the strength of character that would one day lead a new nation. Inspiring biopic co-stars Ben Kingsley, Kelsey Grammer, Andy Serkis, Mary-Louise Parker. 125 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.