The Forgotten Films of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle

Call Number: DVD01225

Director/Distributor: Paul E Gierucki; Bruce Lawton; Roscoe Arbuckle; Minta Durfee; Dot Farley; Edgar Kennedy; Charlie Chaplin; Mack Swain; Phyllis Allen; Charley Chase; Alice Davenport; Mabel Normand; Harry McCoy; Al St John; Joe Bordeaux; Slim Summerville; Laughsmith Entertainment, Inc.; Mackinac Media (Firm)

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [S.l.] : Mackinac Media [distributor], 2005.

Notes: “Each film features completely restored titles, intertitles, and several films include previously lost or alternate footage. Silent titles feature newly created scores.”–Disc container.
Bonus feature: Slide show: original Arbuckle artwork from ILM animator Tom Bertino.

Summary: Presents the films of Fatty Arbuckle, the grown-up fat boy of American silent cinema, who dominated silent film comedy from the days of Keystone until tragic events in 1921 shattered his career, throwing his film triumphs into obscurity. Blacklisted by Hollywood, Arbuckle continued directing dozens of film comedies under the pseudonym “William Goodrich” for almost another decade.

OCLC #: 61136580

Added: 3/23/15

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

World War II: The German Front

Call Number: DVD01210

Director/Distributor: by Frank Capra; C Svilov; Westbrook Van Voorhis; Howard Goldin; United States. War Department.; United States. Army. Services of Supply.; Artkino Pictures, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [Dunellen, N.J.] : Digiview Entertainment, 2006.

Notes: “Special Service Division information film”–1st prelim. frame.
Some footage title information varies: The secret life of Adolf Hitler ; Howard Goldin presents “9 men in hell : the first full length film report of the famous trials.”

Summary:

Prelude to War, produced by the War Department

Nazi strike, directed by Frank Capra with the cooperation of the Research Council, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences ;

Nuremberg Trials, directed by Russian filmmaker C. Svilov (an Artkino release).

OCLC #: 77081595

Added: 5/13/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Up From Slavery

Call Number: DVD01193

Director/Distributor: by Coby Batty; Kevin R Hershberger; Baron Blakley; Mill Creek Entertainment.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [S.l.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, ©2011.

Notes:

Part 1: 1619 Virginia – The First African Slaves Arrive
Part 2: 18th Century Colonial America and Slavery Under the Rule of the British Empire
Part 3: Slavery in the United States after the Revolution
Part 4: Nat Turner’s Rebellion, 1831
Part 5: Abolition from the North Grows
Part 6: The Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation
Part 7: Aftermath of the Civil War and new “freedom”

Summary:

OCLC #: 759121089

Added: 5/13/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Susan B. Anthony

Call Number: DVD01176

Director/Distributor: by Monte Markham; Adam Friedman; Lee Fulkerson; Jon Wesslen; Peter Graves; Artur Rubinstein; Perpetual Motion Films.; Non Fiction Films Inc.; Arts and Entertainment Network.; A & E Home Video (Firm); New Video Group.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [New York, NY] : A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Group, [2005]

Notes: Originally broadcast as a segment of the television series Biography in 1995.

Summary: Looks at the life of Susan B. Anthony who fought for women’s rights, especially the right to vote. Combining archival photographs with dramatic recreations and interviews, shows how Anthony endured threats and ridicule for her efforts to reform unfair laws that governed women.

OCLC #: 61143302

Added: 5/13/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Paradise Lost: The Life & Times of John Milton

Call Number: DVD01091

Director/Distributor: by Gerry Malir; Julian Mallory Skinner; Artsmagic, Ltd.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [Ebbw Vale, Gwent, UK] : Artsmagic, ©2007.

Notes: Special features: John Milton & St. Giles Church, Cripplegate, London [featurette] (4 min.); The work of Milton [featurette] (4 min.); John Milton & the English language [featurette] (2 min.).

Summary: This film gives a brief biography of John Milton (9 December 1608–8 November 1674), English poet, author, polemicist and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England, and the genesis of his best known poem, Paradise Lost. Composed by the blind Milton from 1658-1664 through dictation given to a series of aides in his employ, it was published in 1667. It concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. As stated in Book I, Milton’s purpose is to “justify the ways of God to men” and reflects his personal despair at the failure of the Revolution, yet affirms an ultimate optimism in human potential.

OCLC #: 136971879

Added: 5/13/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Killing Lincoln

Call Number: DVD00973

Director/Distributor: by Tom Hanks; William Campbell; Jesse Johnson; Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: United States : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2013.

Notes: Based on the book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard.
Special features: Audio commentary featuring executive producer and screenwriter Erik Jendressen ; An interview with co-author Bill O’Reilly ; Uncovering the truth: the making of “Killing Lincoln” ; Promotional features: becoming booth, becoming Lincoln, playing Mary Todd, directing a new Lincoln story, “Killing Lincoln” preview.

Summary:

OCLC #: 841489150

Added: 5/8/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings

Call Number: DVD00960

Director/Distributor: by J R R Tolkien; Greg Hildebrandt; Tim Hildebrandt; Cromwell Productions.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Cromwell Productions

Notes:

Summary:

OCLC #: 49036640

Added: 5/8/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Jane Austin’s…

Call Number: DVD00953, DVD00954, DVD00955

Director/Distributor: Liam Dale, Sue Hosler, Judith French, Janet Auty; Artsmagic, Ltd.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [S.l.] : Artsmagic DVD, 2005, ©1997.

Films:

Jane Austen’s Life: This film presents a brief biography of Jane Austen (16 December 1775-18 July 1817), and explores the landscapes where she spent her life. Austen lived her entire life as part of a small and close-knit family located on the lower fringes of English gentry, and her works analyze the novels of sensibility of the second half of the eighteenth century. Austen’s biting social commentary was aimed at moral issues, principally the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Her whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature, while her historical importance hinges on her contribution to the transition to nineteenth-century realism. DVD00953

Jane Austen’s Society: This DVD explores the society which Jane Austen was very happy to be part of, looking beyond her novels to her sharp witty correspondence with her sister Cassandra, giving us Jane’s personal impression of life at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.  DVD00954

Jane Austen’s Works: Provides an overview of Jane Austen’s novels. DVD00955

OCLC #:  62172190, 795932206, 62172281

Added: 5/8/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

James Joyce & Jonathan Swift: Irish Literary Giants

Call Number: DVD00948, DVD00949

Director/Distributor: by James Joyce; Artsmagic, Ltd.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: U.K. : Artsmagic, ©2007.

Notes:

Summary:

James Joyce’s Dublin the Ulysses Tour: Explores the locations in Dublin written about by James Joyce in Ulysses. Organized by Ulysses chapters, and includes lengthy quotes from the novel. DVD00948

A Voyage into the Black and Bizarre Imagination of Dr. Jonathan Swift including Gulliver’s Travels & Other Obscene Creations: Gulliver’s Travels is probably the best-known work of the prolific Irish writer, satirist, and clergyman Jonathan Swift. With politics, religion, invention, and the monarchy numbering among his targets, Swift created a masterpiece that is a parody of the ‘travelers’ tales’ literary sub-genre and a scathing satire on human nature. This program presents a fascinating study of the man, his life and works, and the enduring effect he still has today. DVD00949

OCLC #: 171169088, 701928364

Added: 5/8/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Military History Collector’s Set: Hitler’s Germany/How Hitler Lost the War

Call Number: DVD00917

Director/Distributor: by Richard Bond; Robert R Denny; Diego Matamoros; Norman Rose; Alliance Atlantis (Firm); Lion Television Ltd.; AAC Fact (Firm); Channel Five (Great Britain); History Television.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); Varied Directions, inc.; United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.; United States. Army. Signal Corps.; Great Britain. Army Film and Photo Unit.; United States. Army Pictorial Service.; United States. Department of the Army.; Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [La Crosse, Wis.] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2009]

Notes: Compilation of two war documentary films originally produced in 1989 and 2002. How Hitler lost the war (1989); Hitler’s Britain (2002).

Films:

OCLC #: 624897630

Added: 5/8/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

George Eliot: Life and Literature

Call Number: DVD00866

Director/Distributor: by Liam Dale; Sue Hosler; Artsmagic, Ltd.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [United States] : Artsmagic, ©2007.

Notes: Recorded in Dolby Digital

Summary:

OCLC #: 171245413

Added: 5/8/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.

Discovering Ireland 

Call Number: DVD00788

Director/Distributor: Questar, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [New York, NY] : Questar, ©2001.

Notes: DVD Extras include: Ireland’s National Parks, Galway Christmas Choir

Summary: Experience the land of ancient myth, poetry and rebellion. A country that teems with nightlife, monuments and ruins. Explore famous places that include St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Guinness Brewery, the Rock of Cashel and the “Giant’s Causeway.” Learn how Waterford crystal and harps are crafted. Watch a horse race, see a hurling match- and go ahead- kiss the famous Blarney Stone

OCLC #: 46438141

Added: 5/2/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

 The Directors Series

Call Numbers:

Robert Altman DVD00770

Wes Craven DVD00771

David Cronenberg DVD00772

Clint Eastwood DVD00773

Milos Forman DVD00774

John Frankenheimer DVD00775

William Friedkin DVD00776

Ron Howard DVD00777

Norman Jewison DVD00778 Copy 1, DVD00778 Copy 2

Lawrence Kasdan DVD00779

Barry Levinson DVD00780

Adrian Lyne DVD00781

Garry Marshall DVD00782 Copy 1, DVD00782 Copy 2

John McTiernan DVD00783

Sydney Pollack DVD00784

Rob Reiner DVD00785

Robert Zemeckis DVD00786

David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker DVD00787

Director/Distributor: Robert J Emery

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Wellspring Media, ©2002.

Notes: Each DVD includes extensive interviews, filmographies, scene access, and awards

Summary: Profiles of today’s most acclaimed directors featuring extensive film clips and interviews with Hollywood’s leading stars.

OCLC # (according to the alphabetical arrangement of DVDs above):

44881959

45280437

45092579

45092582

45092572

43613536

45274067

43613447

45199175

45290087

44881955

44881902

43613511

44871925

45199170

45199273

47116139

50126581

Added: 4/25/14

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Lloyd Kaufman’s Direct Your Own Damn Movie! 

Call Number: DVD00769

Director/Distributor: Michael Herz; Lloyd Kaufman; Troma Entertainment, Inc.; Troma Team Video (Firm)

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Troma Entertainment : Distributed by Troma Team Video, 2009.

Notes:

Summary: Director Lloyd Kaufman reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how, offering the magic key to operating outside the film studio system and providing a road map to script-writing, pre-production, casting, managing the set, post-production, and the secrets of selling a movie. Enjoy stories and trade secrets of award-winning directors, producers, and actors. Includes interviews with Stan Lee, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Dario Argento, Ernest Dickerson, Eli Roth, William Lustig, Penelope Spheeris, Stuart Gordon, James Gunn, Mick Garris, Monte Hellman and more. Includes two additional feature length documentaries: Poultry in motion: truth is stranger than chicken, on the making of Poultrygeist: Night of the chicken dead; and, Lloyd’s large louse up: the thin brown line, on the making of Tales from the crapper

OCLC #: 426158385

Added: 4/25/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection