Leading Ladies Collection, Vol. 2: A Big Hand For The Little Lady / I"ll Cry Tomorrow / Rich And Famous / ...

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(A Big Hand For The Little Lady/I"ll Cry Tomorrow/Rich & Famous/Shoot The Moon/Up the Down Staircase Life. Laughter. Love. Success. It"s a Woman"s World! Leading Ladies of Hollywood come together in one fabulous package collection! The Volume 2 series includes 5 all new to DVD titles for the first time! Collection includes Academy Awardr winner Sandy Dennis, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Best Actress Oscarr nominee Susan Hayward. Meg Ryan"s film debut! (Rich & Famous). All new gift set (a $49.92 value). Special features include 2 Vintage Lillian Roth Music Shorts, Vintage Featurrette and Theatrical Trailers. "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" Synopsis: As the biggest high-stake poker game in the West begins, compulsive gambler turned homesteader, Meredith, is drawn into the game. With the entire family fortune at stake, he suffers a heart attack when dealt a winning hand. Mary, his pluck penny-pinching, long-suffering wife, steps in. As she plays the hand, she assails her rivals with fortitude and guts. Each is transformed into a model of sensitivity. But a twist ending reveals Mary has had more than fortitude up her sleeve all along. "I"ll Cry Tomorrow" Synopsis: Susan Hayward gives a stunning, Oscar-nominated portrayal as Broadway"s Lillian Roth in this true story of an alcoholic"s wretched decline and her eventual, courageous recovery. "Rich & Famous" Synopsis: Liz and Merry Noel become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes, too: so-called trash fiction that becomes enormously successful. Their story begins in college and jumps ahead some years at a time to show their relationship with each other and those in their orbits as they grow and mature. "Shoot The Moon" Synopsis: After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners. "Up The Down Staircase" Synopsis: Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher with a can-do attitude at New York"s inner city Calvin Coolidge High. Crowded classes, broken windows, lack of chalk and books are a few of the problems facing Sylvia, yet she carries on - even as a promising student drops out, another sleeps through class, a girl with a crush on a male teacher gets suicidal, and a bright but troublesome student misunderstands Sylvia"s reaching out.