Edvin Laine

The Wool Children

Alone and with no roof over her head, Granny knits a house and two little children out of her wool. Her children are so different from the norm that the school, the entire village and even the authorities reject them. Di

Le Bas de laine

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

La Pelote de Laine

La laine du pays

This film restitutes, from sheep farming, the steps, vocabulary and ancient techniques of a largely forgotten process: sheep shearing, wool carding, spinning, weaving, natural dying, and making of clothes, sheets and bla

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

"Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer" is a feature-length documentary. In this entertaining look at the legendary singer's life, hosted by two-time Grammy award singer Lou Rawls, Frankie tells his own story. Classic archi

Law of the Lamb

While driving along a road in the Tunisian desert in an old battered van on their way to market to sell their sheep, an old man and his grandson are stopped by two policemen. In order to be allowed to leave, they have to

Cleo Laine at the BBC

A special celebration of Dame Cleo Laine’s finest moments on the BBC to coincide with her ninety-fifth birthday. Britain’s ‘First Lady of Jazz’ became a star after joining The John Dankworth Seven in the 1950s and then m

Magnet of Doom

Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country whe

Nouvelle Vague

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.

The Forest of Wool and Steel

High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a pia

The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Yarn Maker

Ainsley McGregor, a former Chicago criminologist, has moved back to her hometown of Sweet River, Texas, to teach criminology at the local university while also being the owner/operator of Bless Your Arts, a shop for comm

The Shirley MacLaine Show

Shirley MacLaine in concert, featuring highlights from her films like Sweet Charity and Irma La Douce. There's also a dramatic reading from The Turning Point and an entertaining illustration of how the styles of some of

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pix

Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

Musical Special featuring Shirley MacLaine in her tribute to chorus dancers, colloquially known as "gypsies." Produced by Cy Coleman and Fred Ebb, the special uses a self-referential show business plot in which the sta

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

A speculative look forward at the United States' next 200 years.

The Unstoppable Shirley MacLaine

With her short red hair, expressive face, vitality, and playful acting style, Shirley MacLaine stands out in the Hollywood pantheon. Driven by a volcanic personality and iron discipline inherited from classical dance, sh

Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

Shirley MacLaine sings and dances in a one woman show featuring special guest Carol Burnett.

Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

A salute to movement in various forms, both literal (the physical movement of a dancer or gymnast) and figurative (movement in a relationship between two people).

The Thread and the Kitten

Late at night, when all household members had gone to bed, a kitten woke up and felt that it overcohasmes insomnia. How to have fun? The playful kid went to investigate. It turned out that coiled balls of yarn did not sl