Singin’ In The Rain

December 1, 2010
Singin’ In The Rain
Call Number: DVD01148
by Gene Kelly; Stanley Donen; Adolph Green; Betty Comden; Arthur Freed; Donald O’Connor; Debbie Reynolds; Jean Hagen; Millard Mitchell; Cyd Charisse; Douglas Fowley; Rita Moreno; Nacio Herb Brown; Lennie Hayton; Harold Rosson; Cedric Gibbons; Randall Duell; Adrienne Fazan; Douglas Shearer; Conrad Salinger; Wally Heglin; Skip Martin; Jeff Alexander; Edwin B Willis; Jacque Mapes; Warren Newcombe; Irving G Ries; Walter Plunkett; Kathleen Freeman; Baz Luhrmann; Rudy Behlmer; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Loew’s Incorporated.; Warner Home Video (Firm); Turner Entertainment Co.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Warner Home Video, 2010.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1975 (138 mins). Based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Special features: Interactive menus ; production notes ; scene access.
Summary: A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
OCLC #: 683258320
Also: Availiable on VHS.
Added: December 1, 2010
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Night on Earth

November 23, 2010

Night on Earth
Call Number: DVD01068
by Jim Jarmusch; Winona Ryder; Gena Rowlands; Giancarlo Esposito; Paolo Bonacelli; Matti Pellonpää; Tomi Salmela; Tom Waits; Jay Rabinowitz; Kari Väänänen; Sakari Kuosmanen; Armin Mueller-Stahl; Rosie Perez; Isaach de Bankolé; Roberto Benigni; Béatrice Dalle; Frederick Elmes; Drew Kunin; Thom Andersen; Paul Auster; Bernard Eisenschitz; Goffredo Fofi; Peter von Bagh; Kathleen Brennan; Janus Films.; Nihon Bikutā Kabushiki Kaisha.; Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō Kabushi Kaisha.; Channel Four Films (Firm); Pandora Film (Firm); Pyramides (Firm); Studio Canal+; J.V.C. Company of America.; Locus Solus (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Notes:  Originally released in 1991 (128 min.);
Summary: A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles – A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver’s career. New York – An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn’t understand. Paris – A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome – A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki – an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.
OCLC #: 157051016
Added: November 23, 2010
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Day for Night

Day for Night
Call Number: DVD00762
by François Truffaut; Jean-Louis Richard; Suzanne Schiffman; Jacqueline Bisset; Jean Pierre Aumont; Valentina Cortese; Jean Champion; Dani.; Jean-Pierre Leaux; Alexandra Stewart; Niké Arrighi; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: French
Publisher:  Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.
Notes:  Originally released in 1973 (116 min.); Nominated for one 1974 Academy Award and three 1975 Academy Awards.
Summary: The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, trade unions threaten to walk, shooting must somehow finish before the insurance lapses and a cat needed in a scene can’t hit it’s mark. Is this any way to make a movie? “Day for night” is François Truffaut’s sly humorous bouquet to movies and the people who make them.
OCLC #: 75299910
Added: November 23, 2010
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Chasing Amy

Chasing Amy
Call Number: DVD00721
Director/Distributor: by Ben Affleck; Joey Lauren Adams; Jason Lee; Scott Mosier; Kevin Smith; Dave Pirner; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Miramax Films.; View Askew Productions.; Too Askew Productions (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, ©2000.
Notes:  Originally released in 1997 (113 min.);
Summary: The complications of love and friendship among three New Jersey comic book artists: Holden, his partner Banky, and Alyssa, the woman Holden falls in love with only to be thwarted by her sexuality.
OCLC #: 45607453
Added: November 23, 2010
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Chung Hing sam lam

Chungking Express
 
Call Number: DVD00727
 
by  Kar-wai Wong; Yi-Kan Chan; Chun-Wai Lau; Qingxia Lin; Tony Chiu Wai Leung; Fei Wang; Takeshi Kaneshiro; Miramax Films.; Rolling Thunder Pictures.; Jet Tone Production Company.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
 
Format: DVD
 
Language: Chinese  
 
Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2008.
 
Notes:  Originally released in 1994 (102 mins); Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; “Moving Pictures” [featurette] (12 min.); U.S. Theatrical trailer (2 min.); booklet includes the essay “Electric Youth” by Amy Taubin;
 
Summary: A greasy Hong Kong fast-food joint serves as the focal point for two off-kilter love stories about two cops, both told from multiple perspectives and exploring the fragility of human connections. Detective 223, dumped by his girlfriend, buys a can of pineapple every day which he will eat in a year, if she hasn’t changed her mind and returned to him. Meanwhile, he falls in love with a bewigged drug smuggler. Detective 663, also dumped, falls for nutty counter girl Faye. Possibly unhinged by her habit of constantly listening to an ear-shattering rendition of “California Dreamin’,” Faye falls for him and begins sneaking into his apartment, rearranging the furniture, cleaning the place up and further weakening his already-shaky grasp on reality.
 
OCLC #: 261565015
 
Added: November 23, 2010
 
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Modern Times

Modern Times
Call Number: DVD01043
by  Charlie Chaplin; Paulette Goddard; Charles Chaplin Productions.; Janus Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2010].
Notes:  Originally released as a motion picture in 1936 (87 mins, Black & White); copyright held by Charlie Chaplin. Special features: [disc 1] audio commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson; two new visual essays; new program on film’s visual and sound effects; interview from 1992 with Modern times music arranger, David Raskin; Chaplin today: “modern times” (2004); two segments removed from the film; 3 theatrical trailers; [disc 2] All at sea (1933), a home movie; The rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler; For the first time (1967), a Cuban documentary short; Chaplin today (2003) by Philippe Truffault.
Summary: The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
OCLC #: 665161080
Added: November 23, 2010
Also: Availiable on VHS at VHS00161
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Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket
Call Number: DVD00689
by  Wes Anderson; Owen Wilson; Polly Platt; Cynthia Hargrave; Luke Wilson; Robert Musgrave; Andrew Wilson; Lumi Cavazos; James Caan; Robert D Yeoman; David Moritz; Mark Mothersbaugh; Barry Braverman; Susan Arosteguy; Columbia Pictures.; Gracie Films.; Boyle-Taylor Production.; Criterion Collection (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2008.
Notes:  Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1996 (91 mins).
Summary: Focusing on a trio of friends and their elaborate plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
OCLC #: 261598934
Added: November 23, 2010
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Chu Chin Chow

November 16, 2010
Chu Chin Chow
 
Call Number: DVD00726
 
Directed/Distributed by George Robey; Anna May Wong; Fritz Kortner; John Garrick; Walter Forde; Oscar Asche; Edward Knoblock; Gaumont British Picture Corp.; Gainsborough Studios.; VCI Entertainment (Firm);
 
Format: DVD
 
Language: English
 
Publisher: [Tulsa, Okla.] : VCI Entertainment [distributor], 2005.
 
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934 (102 mins). “Original uncut British production”–Disc label. Special feature on disc 1: optional audio commentary by Jay Fenton; Anna May Wong photo gallery; poster and lobby card gallery; pressbook gallery; bonus musical tracks; cast & crew bios. Special features on disc 2: Ali Baba nights, the edited American version of Chu Chin Chow (76 min.); a classic cartoon, Popeye the sailor meets Ali Baba’s forty thieves; poster and lobby card gallery; cast & crew bios. Special features on disc 3: Abdul the damned, a 1935 film starring Fritz Kortner about a Turkish sultan faced with the threat of revolt (111 min.); cast & crew bios.
 
Summary: Musical retelling of the “Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves” Arabian Nights tale.
 
OCLC #: 61298226
 
Added: October 16, 2010
 
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The Devil Bat

November 9, 2010
The Devil Bat
Call Number: VHS01433
by Bela Lugosi; Congress Video Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  South Plainfield, N.J. : Congress Video Group, ©1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (69 mins. Black & white);
Summary: Lugosi, using his evil crafts, trains bats to prey on unsuspecting victims, sucking their blood at his command.
OCLC #: 13399209
Added: November 9, 2010
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The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Pee-wee Herman Show
Call Number: VHS01432
by Paul Reubens; Marty Callner; Reubens-Callner Productions.; HBO/Cannon Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  New York : HBO/Cannon Video, [1987?]
Notes: Originally released in 1981 (58 mins.);
Summary: The Pee-wee Herman Show premiered as a midnight show on February 7th, 1981 at the Groundlings Theatre in Hollywood and then moved to the famed Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip where it was filmed as part of HBO’s new series On location. This production features original music, puppets, a cartoon, a short educational film and Pee-wee’s hilarious live-action friends.
OCLC #: 70697315, 16127639
Added: November 9, 2010
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Palooka

Palooka
Call Number: VHS01429
by Jimmy Durante; Stuart Erwin; Memory Lane Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  [S.l.] : Memory Lane Video, South Plainfield, N.J. : Congress Video Group [distributor], ©1984 ; ©1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1934 (86 mins. Black & White);
Summary: This riotous comedy/melodrama stars the incomparable Jimmy Durante as the fight manager of young Joe Palooka, a country-bumpkin turned prize-fighter.
OCLC #: 20002619
Added: November 9, 2010
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Silent Slapstick Comedy Parade

November 4, 2010
Silent Slapstick Comedy Parade
Call Number: DVD00480
by Lige Conley; Paul Parrott; Snub Pollad; Ben Turpin; Fred Hibbard; Raymond Grey; Alf Goulding & Del Lord Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010
Notes: Originally released in 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926 (1 Hour, 15 Minutes)
Summary:

Air Pockets (1924): A wacky inventor tries to recruit investors for his folding flivver – the world’s first compact car. Starring Lige Conley, Earl Montgomery, Sunshine Hart and Olive Borden; Directed by Fred Hibbard.

Don’t Butt In! (1926): A laborer must defeat a huge, dim-witted bully in order to win the hand of the boss’s pretty daughter. Starring Paul Parrott, Ethel Broadhurst and Sunshine Sammy; Produced by Hal Roach; Directed by Raymond Grey.

Grab the Ghost (1920): Newlyweds are shocked to discover that their honeymoon home is haunted by ghosts. Starring Snub Pollard and Marie Mosquini; Produced by Hal Roach; Directed by Alf Goulding.

The Daredevil (1923): A movie director plucks reluctant Joe Magee from the rodeo, intent on turning him into his next cowboy star. Starring Ben Turpin, Kewpie Morgan and Madeline Hurlock; Directed by Del Lord.

OCLC #: 089218641199
Added: November 4, 2010
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Judge Priest

Judge Priest
Call Number: DVD00961
by Will Rogers; Tom Brown; Anita Louise; Henry B. Walthall Hattie McDaniels; Stepin Fetchit; Rochelle Hudson; Francis Ford; John Ford
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010
Notes: Originally released in 1934 (1 Hour, 14 Minutes)
Summary: A humorous judge in a small Kentucky town rescues his nephew from a matchmaking mother and ingeniously discovers an approach to helping out his friend, the town blacksmith, by keeping him out of jail.
OCLC #: 173698201
Added: November 4, 2010
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Rooster Cogburn

November 2, 2010
Rooster Cogburn … and the Lady
Call Number: DVD00441
by John Wayne; Katharine Hepburn; Stuart Millar; Richard Jordan; Anthony Zerbe; John McIntire; Paul Koslo; Richard Romancito; Tommy Lee; Strother Martin; Martin Julien; Laurence Rosenthal; Paul Nathan; Hal B Wallis; Charles Portis; Universal Pictures Corporation.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, ©1998.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975 (108 mins). Suggested by the character ‘Rooster Cogburn’ from the novel ‘True Grit’ by Charles Portis
Summary: A rough-edged deputy marshall teams up with a strait-laced missionary to track down a band of murdering bank robbers. During the pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty reverend’s daughter.
OCLC #: 45656579
Added: November 2, 2010
Also: see the original “True Grit” at VHS00965
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The World According to Garp

October 29, 2010
The World According to Garp
Call Number: VHS01428
by George Roy Hill; Robin Williams; Glenn Close; Mary Beth Hurt; John Lithgow; John Irving; Warner Bros. Pictures.; Pan Arts.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1982 (162 mins.); Based on a novel with the same title by John Irving; Nominated for two 1983 Academy Awards;
Summary: T.S. Garp’s life is filled with a strange assortment of characters–some violent, some humorous, and some of which reappear at oddly coincidental times. This film is an ironic statement about life in America during these anxious and casually destructive times.
OCLC #: 27778778
Added: October 29, 2010
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On The Town

October 28, 2010
On The Town
Call Number: DVD01076
by Gene Kelly; Stanley Donen; Adolph Green; Betty Comden; Leonard Bernstein; Arthur Freed; Frank Sinatra; Betty Garrett; Ann Miller; Jules Munshin; Vera-Ellen; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2000
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949 (98 min). Special features: theatrical trailer ; cast & crew biographies ; scene selection ; interactive menus. Nominated for one 1950 Academy Award
Summary: Three sailors have a 24-hour shore leave to enjoy New York. They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can’t resist the advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist’s “prehistoric man,” and Gabey finds the model who poses for the Miss Turnstiles advertisements, who isn’t quite the glamorous celebrity he envisioned.
OCLC #: 44510914
Added: October 28, 2010
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My Dear Secretary

October 27, 2010
My Dear Secretary
Call Number: DVD01058
by Kirk Douglas; Laraine Day; Keenan Wynn; Charles Martin, director.; Harry M Popkin; Leo C Popkin; Alpha Video Distributors.; United Artists Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [S.I.] : Vina Distributor, [2006?]
Notes:  Originally released in 1949 (94min. Black & White);
Summary: Douglas stars as a dashing, best-selling novelist who is even better at playing the ponies and chasing the women than he is at writing. His new wife, who happens to be his ex-secretary has written a best seller that’s even bigger than his.
OCLC #: 52111355, 71251243
Added: October 27, 2010
Also: available on VHS at VHS01349
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Handlebar

October 20, 2010
Handlebar: Steering Toward Disaster
Call Number: IND00001
by: Michael McCallum; Shane Hagedorn; Anthony E. Griffin; William C. McCallum; Marianne J. Bacon;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Rebel Pictures, New House, Entertainment, in association with UnSAFE Film Office and Vernacular Films
Notes: Originally released in 2010 (60 mins).
Summary: Dwayne and Benny are hired by Manny to send a message to a rival mobster. But when the boys mistakenly kidnap Manny’s daughter, Meghan, there’ll be hell to pay for certain with Rueben “The Cuban” hot on their trail.
OCLC #: [?] additional information from production website
Added: October 20, 2010
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

October 19, 2010
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Call Number: VHS 01424
by Frank Sinatra; Esther Williams; Gene Kelly; Edward Arnold; Betty Garrett; Jules Munshin; Harry Tugend; George Wells; Stanley Donen; Busby Berkeley; Arthur Freed; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Turner Entertainment Co.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [New York : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2000]
Notes: Originally released in 1949 (93 mins).
Summary: The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O’Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.
OCLC #: 45132334
Added: October 19, 2010
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Swing Time

October 18, 2010
Swing Time
Call Number: VHS01410
by Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers; Jerome Kern; Dorothy Fields; Howard Lindsay; Allan Scott; George Cooper Stevens; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.; Turner Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York, NY : Turner Home Entertainment, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1936 (103 mins).
Summary: A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.
OCLC #: 28297827
Added: October 18, 2010
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