Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.

The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

Returning from the battlefields of World War I, an impoverished young soldier learns the love of his life has married into a wealthy family and moved to Long Island's fabled Gold Coast. Obsessed with rekindling their romance, he reinvents himself as the mysteriously prosperous Jay Gatsby, throws scandalously lavish parties at his glittering mansion, and waits for his chance.

In 1929, just as the Depression has hit, newlywed couple George and Serena Pemberton, move from Boston to North Carolina to build a timber empire. Although Serena proves herself to be an important part of their success, overseeing crews and handling every bit of trouble that comes upon them, when Serena discovers she's unable to bear children, it sets her on a path of destruction. "Lawrence plays her role like a virtuoso violinist; sweeping, soaring...

A 12-year-old girl leaves Chicago to search for her single father, who has gone to Washington State to look for work during the Great Depression. Along the way, she forms a close bond with two traveling companions, a protective wolf and a hardened drifter.

"Today we are still feeling the effects of the Great Depression and Prohibition. The 30s, with its work projects, breadlines (superhero comics, color movies) was a formative period for our country. With mounting global tensions and domestic despair, the roar of the 20s faded quickly. This sweeping DVD collection remembers the lows: the Great Depression."--History Channel website.

Richard Thomas plays the key role of John-Boy Walton, a youth on the verge of manhood during the Great Depression and a fledgling writer whose observations are filled with the growing-up lessons and love he receives from his family.

After two years in jail, Homer Hobbs returns to his bleak urban home during the depths of the Great Depression. With no job, no prospects, and no hope, Homer finds a kinship with four strangers. On Sunday nights, in a dingy hall, the men of the neighborhood piece together the finest attire their meager lives can beg, borrow, or steal to compete in an unusual fashion contest. The big winner will go home with the five dollar prize. The real prize is...

"Oscarª-winners Lee Marvin (The Wild One) and Ernest Borgnine (Marty) face off in an epic battle of wills in this riveting thriller 'full of outrageous challenges, impossible predicaments and improbably escapes!' (The New York Times). Directed by Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen), and boasting 'gripping, action-packed suspense [and] one of the most spectacular fights in a long time, Emperor Of the North is one helluva film!' (Genesis). Set on the...

Musical-fantasy film, starring Martin as a Depression-era sheet-music salesman who believes that life is like the lyrics of his songs. Peters plays his schoolteacher-mistress.