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1) Nanny McPhee
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nanny McPhee can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick. Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower Mr. Brown. He is under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide. His love for scullery maid Evangeline remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs. Quickly, but Brown's raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right, especially...
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a newly widowed man struggling to raise his little girl, and the woman who brings magic and laughter back into their lives when she comes to be their housekeeper.
3) The intern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ben Whittaker is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
About to miss her storybook Christmas Eve wedding and with no transportation in sight, a fashion photographer accepts the kindness of a man and his young daughter, who offer her a ride.
Publisher
Cinedigm Enertainment Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A no-nonsense professional organizer learns that opposites do attract when she begins to fall for her client, a frazzled widower who spends his time inventing toys.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents.
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2010, c2009?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Frank Goode's grown children cancel a family reunion, the recent widower sets off on a cross-country journey to reconnect with each of them. A family separated by physical and emotional distance finds a way to come together.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Collector edition.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Language
English
Description
The story of rifle-toting Lucas McCain and his son, Mark, ranchers striving to maintain a small spread in North Fork, New Mexico during the late 1880s.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Firefighter lieutenant Dan Farrell is a widower and single dad who isn't looking for love. But a few weeks before Valentine's Day, his team responds to a fire at a local florist and he can't help but notice the pretty owner, Kate. But her ex, Gavin, has returned to win her back with a marriage proposal. Will Dan suit up to fight for love, or let the flame with Kate burn out?
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Addie Mills is a smart and strong-willed young girl living in Nebraska in the 1940s with her sensible but stubborn father, James, and her loving, quirky Grandma. In The House Without A Christmas Tree, all Addie wants is to have a Christmas tree for the first time. But James refuses due to a painful family memory. Trouble ensues in The Thanksgiving Treasure when Addie tries to invite James' sworn enemy over for Thanksgiving dinner in the hopes of ending...
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (34 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"John's family is struggling to face Christmas without his loving wife. However, six-year-old Emily is full of faith. Even though her older sisters try to gently lower her expectations, the young girl truly believes her mother will visit on Christmas Eve. In fact, she is so certain her mother will come that she puts a candle in the window to guide her mother on her journey home. Before she passed away, their mother made sure the most cherished holiday...
14) Gran Torino
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's Gran...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (588 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Your favorite sheriff Walt Longmire is back. Tensions run high and loyalties are tested in Longmire's fifth season with more mystery, drama and dark secrets from Absaroka County, Wyoming.
16) Martian child
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
17) The visitor
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
DVD only.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Mary Poppins departed London, Jane and Michael Banks grew up into loving and responsible adults. When Michael becomes a single father of three children after the death of his wife, Mary Poppins revisits the Cherry Tree Lane home again to try to help Michael and his family cope and move beyond their grief. Time passes quickly for most normal mortals. Mary Poppins has never been normal. Although it's now the 1930s, she looks exactly the same....
19) Safe haven
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[Widescreen version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, a young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
20) Dan in real life
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dan Burns is a local newspaper advice columnist. He has three daughters and is a widower. He brings the family to his parent's house for a family gathering. When Dan goes to a local bookstore, he meets Marie. When he gets home, he finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother Mitch. Dan's mother Nana announces that she met an old acquaintance of Dan's, Ruthie Draper and that she has set up a date between Dan and Ruthie. Dan refuses to go. Mitch...
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