Every child and four other titles for family enjoyment

March 29, 2011
Every Child and four other titles for family enjoyment
Call Number: VHS01607
by National Film Board of Canada.; Smarty Pants Audio & Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Lakewood, Ohio : Smarty Pants, ©1990.
Notes: Previously issued as separate motion pictures. 1 video cassette (30 min.); Nominated for an Academy Award
Summary: “Every Child” (6:13); Catour (3:53); The Magic flute (7:41); Log driver’s waltz (3:00); The Town mouse and the country mouse (5:25).
OCLC #: 42509730
Added: March 29, 2011
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The sweater and two other titles for family enjoyment

The Sweater and two other titles for family enjoyment
Call Number: VHS01606
by National Film Board of Canada.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada ; Lakewood, Ohio : Smarty Pants, ©1991.
Notes: Previously issued as separate motion pictures. 1 video cassette (30 min.);
Summary: “The Sweater” tells the tale of a mail order mix up and the trauma of a small boy passionate about hockey. “The Ride” shows a Rolls Royce turned into a runaway tobbagan when a chauffer daydreams that it’s winter, the dizzying ride includes some unforgettable antics like a piggyback ride on a skier! “Getting Started” a story about procrastination featuring a concert pianist with only two days to rehearse for a recital becoming distracted by everything around him.
OCLC #: 24766909
Added: March 29, 2011
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The sand castle and three other titles for family enjoyment

The Sand Castle and Three Other Titles for Family Enjoyment
Call Number: VHS01605
by National Film Board of Canada.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada ; Lakewood, Ohio : Smarty Pants Audio and Video, ©1991.
Notes: Previously issued as separate motion pictures. 1 video cassette (30 min.); Nominated for an Academy Award.
Summary: “The Sand castle” features a Sandman that sculpts magical creatures who build a castle and then celebrate their new home; “The North wind and the sun” features and Aesop fable in which the warm sun proves to the cold wind that persuasion is better than force; “Alphabet” shows each letter with its own objects, animals or actions, none however, retain their shape for long, fading and changing at the artist’s whim; “The Owl and the Lemming” feature short-legged plumply stuffed puppets in an Eskimo legend all children will enjoy.
OCLC #: 24766801
Added: March 29, 2011
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The Tender tale of Cinderella Penguin and four other titles

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin and Four Other Titles
Call Number: VHS01604
by National Film Board of Canada.; Smarty Pants Audio & Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Lakewood, Ohio : Smarty Pants Audio & Video, 1990.
Notes: Previously issued as separate motion pictures. “NFV 14001”; Originally released in 1982; (30 min.); Nominated for an Academy Award.
Summary: “The tender tale of Cinderella Penguin” (10 min.); “Metamorphoses” (2 min.); “Mr. Frog went a-courting” (5 min.);” The sky is blue” (5 min.); “The owl and the raven” (7 min.)
OCLC #: 24181998
Added: March 29, 2011
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My Fair Lady

March 27, 2011

My Fair Lady
Call Number: DVD01059
by: Herman Levin; Alan Jay Lerner; Jack L Warner; George Cukor; Audrey Hepburn; Rex Harrison; Bernard Shaw; Frederick Loewe; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Paramount Pictures Corporation.; CBS DVD (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language:English
Publisher: [Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount : CBS DVD, c 2009.
Notes: Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Based on the play My fair lady, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe; from the play by Bernard Shaw. Special features: audio commentary; vintage featurettes, footage and audio; alternate Audrey Hepburn vocals; posters and lobby cards with Rex Harrison radio interview; comments on a lady; trailers. Running time Aprox 170 min. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards in 1965.
Summary: In this beloved adaptation of the Broadway stage hit, Hepburn plays a sassy, working-class London street vendor, whom an arrogant professor attempts to turn into a sophisticated lady through proper schooling. But, when the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London’s elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself.
OCLC #: 440853278
Added: March 27, 2011
Also available on VHS01385 OR See the Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard verison (Pygmalion) that inspired this film available on DVD at DVD00826 
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Mrs. Doubtfire

March 24, 2011

Mrs. Doubtfire
Call Number: VHS01579
by: Robin Williams; Sally Field; Pierce Brosnan; Harvey Fierstein; Polly Holliday;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : FoxVideo, ©1994.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Running Time Approx 125 min.Based on “Alias Madame Doubtfire” by Anne Fine.
Summary: After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his Ex.
OCLC #:330524119
Added: March 24, 2011
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Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle
Call Number: VHS01577
by: Rex Harrison; Samantha Eggar; Anthony Newley; Richard Fleischer; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2001.
Notes: Running Time Approx 152 min. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Title from cassette label. “This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your screen”–Container. Nominated for 2 Acedemy Awards in 1968.
Summary: Doctor Dolittle is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, England, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. In so doing, he and his friends meet such exotic creatures as the Pushme-Pullyu and the Giant Moon Moth.
OCLC #:47924610
Added: March 24, 2011
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Fiddler on the roof

March 23, 2011
Fiddler on the Roof
Call Number: VHS01563 Copy 1
VHS01563 Copy 2
by: Topol; Norma Crane; Leonard Frey; Molly Picon; Paul Mann; Isaac Stern; Norman Jewison; Jerry Bock; Jerome Robbins; Mirisch Production Company.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Released in 1971. Adapted from the stage play and Sholom Aleichem’s story “Tevye and his Daughters” by Joseph Stein; 2 videocassettes (VHS) (180 min.) Nominated for 8 Academy Awards in 1972
Summary: Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people’s traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
OCLC #:516451763
Added: March 23, 2011
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Oliver!

March 21, 2011

Oliver!
Call Number: VHS01540
by: Lionel Bart; Carol Reed; Ron Moody; Shani Wallis; Oliver Reed; Harry Secombe; Charles Dickens; Mark Lester; Jack Wild; Columbia Pictures.; Romulus Productions.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  Burbank, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©1998.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. Running Time Aprox 145 min. Based on the book by Lionel Bart, which in turn was based on” Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. Academy Award for Best Picture, 1968.
Summary: A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
OCLC #: 39703126 
Added: March 20, 2011
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A Far Off Place

March 20, 2011
A Far Off Place
Call Number: VHS01529
by:  Jack Thompson; Maximilian Schell; Mikael Salomon; Laurens Van der Post;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1993?].
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (100 mins).
Summary:Two strangers must find strength and courage while crossing a dangerous African desert.
OCLC #: 29148425
Added: March 20, 2011
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Because of Winn-Dixie

March 16, 2011
Because of Winn-Dixie
Call Number: DVD00666
by:  Jeff Daniels; Cicely Tyson; Dave Matthews; Eva Marie Saint; AnnaSophia Robb; Trevor Albert; Joan Singleton; Wayne Wang; Rachel Portman; Kate DiCamillo; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Walden Media.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Home Entertainment, ©2005.
Notes: Originally released in 2005 (106 mins.); Based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo; Special features: audio commentary by Jeff Daniels and producer Travor Albert; scene-specific audio commentary by AnnaSophia Robb; gag reel; behind-the-scenes featurette; Diamond in the rough dog training featurette;
Summary: The story of how a little girl’s dog helps her acclimate to a new community.
OCLC #: 521946380
Added: March 16, 2011
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Curly Sue

February 21, 2011
Curly Sue
Call Number: VHS01485
by: James Belushi; Kelly Lynch; Alisan Porter
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1992, ©1991.
Notes: Rated PG. Aprox. 102min.
Summary:  Chicago. Another town, another innocent scam for vagabond Bill Dancer and the curly-topped orphan he’s cared for since infancy. But this time, Bill hits the jackpot: his newest con whisks them both from the poorhouse to the penthouse with lots of laughs along the way.
OCLC #: 25572768
Added: February 21, 2011
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The Nightmare Before Christmas

February 9, 2011
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Call Number: DVD01071
by: Tim Burton; Henry Selick; Danny Elfman; Chris Sarandon; Catherine O’Hara; William Hickey; Glenn Shadix; Paul Reubens; Ken Page; Touchstone Pictures.; Touchstone Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:   Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000]
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (76 mins.); Nominated for one 1994 Academy Award; Special features: deleted scenes and animated sequences; the making of the film; storyboard to film comparison; still frame gallery of concept art and character designs (over 450 images); audio commentary by director Henry Selick; original theatrical trailers and posters; and Tim Burton’s early films: Vincent [and] Frankenweenie, the uncut version;
Summary: The story of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king, who decides to bring the magic of Christmas back to Halloween Town.
OCLC #: 45174644
Added: February 9, 2011
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Lassie best friends are forever

January 31, 2011
Lassie best friends are forever 
Call Number: VHS01444
by  Thomas Guiry; Helen Slater
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood : Paramount Home Video, ©1994
Notes: Approx. 95 min. Rated PG. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Summary: A beautiful and loyal collie keeps her boy from unfamiliar dangers in the countryside
OCLC #: 609900638
Added: January, 31 2011
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Captain January

October 18, 2010
Captain January
Call Number: VHS01409
by Joseph M Schenck; B G De Sylva; Sam Hellman; Gladys Lehman; Harry Tugend; David Butler; Shirley Temple; Guy Kibbee; Buddy Ebsen; Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2002.
Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1936 (78 mins). Based on a story by Laura E. Richards.
Summary: Shirley lives with a lighthouse keeper (Kibbee) who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer (Haden) decides she should go to boarding school, but she’s rescued by relatives. Buddy Ebsen dances “At The Codfish Ball” with Shirley.
OCLC #: 52386890
Added: October 18, 2010
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George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle
Call Number: VHS01407
by David Hoberman; Jordan Kerner; Jon Avnet; Dana Olsen; Audrey Wells; Sam Weisman; Brendan Fraser; Leslie Mann; Thomas Haden Church; Holland Taylor; Richard Roundtree; John Cleese; Tom Ackerman; Stuart Pappé; Roger Bondelli; Marc Shaiman; Jay Ward; Mandeville Films.; Walt Disney Pictures.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997]
Notes: Originally released 1997 (92 mins). Based upon characters developed by Jay Ward.
Summary: George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series.
OCLC #: 38018921
Added: October 18, 2010
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The Jungle Book

October 15, 2010
Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book
Call Number: VHS01402
by Edward S Feldman; Ronald Yanover; Mark D Geldman; Stephen Sommers; Jason Scott Lee; Cary Elwes; Lena Headey; Sam Neill; John Cleese; Jason Flemyng; Juan Ruiz Anchía; Bob Ducsay; Basil Poledouris; Rudyard Kipling; Walt Disney Pictures.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video ; [Burbank, CA]
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994. Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. Special features: Audio commentary by director Stephen Sommers; Rudyard Kipling’s The jungle book production featurette.(105 min).
Summary: Classic tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself reunited with his childhood love Kitty and back in the “civilization” of Colonial India, which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.
OCLC #: 48614623
Added: October 15, 2010
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150 Cartoon Classics

October 14, 2010
150 Cartoon Classics
Call Number: DVD00621
by Mill Creek Entertainment.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: 150 classic cartoons on 4 discs
Chapters: Disc 1: The tuba tooter –Plane Dumb –Redskin blues –Jolly fish –Barnyard bunk –A Spanish twist –The piano tooners –Pencil mania –Jingles –In the museum –The Snow Man –Goofy Goat Antics –Let’s Sing With Popeye –Circus Capers –Sultan Pepper (Little King) –Red Riding Hood –Nursery Scandal –Boy Meets Dog –Westward Whoa –Molly Moo Cow and the Indians –The Talking Magpies –Jerky Turkey –Doggone Tired –Trolley Ahoy –Toonerville Picnic –Inki and the Minah Bird –The Fresh Vegetable Mystery –Have You Got Any Castles –Hamateur Night –A Tale of Two Kitties –Case of the Missing Hare –The Enchanted Square –Private Eye Popeye –Porky’s Midnight Matinee –Tarts and Flowers –Flycycle Built for Two –Wolf! Wolf! –Bargain Counter Attack.
Disc 2: Little hawk –Palm court orchestra –Uncle Tom & Little Eva –Vacuum cleaner –April maze –Music academy –Prof. Ya Ya’s memoirs –Along came a duck –Ali Baba –Magic horn –Brave Molly –Hasty and the princess –Kindhearted girl –Three sisters –proud princess –Sunshine makers –You can’t shoe a horsefly –It’s a Greek life –picnic panic –Cupid gets his man –Molly moo cow and Robinson Crusoe –Scotty finds a home –Parrotville Post Office –Spinning mice –parrotville old folks –Le escargots –Henpecked rooster –Mutt in the rut –Story of time –Ding dong doggie –Candid candidate –Language all my own –There’s good boos tonight –All’s well –Flat heads –Shuteye Popeye –Cheese burger –Stupidsitious cat.
 
Disc 3: Time for love –Little stranger –Hawaiian birds –Peeping penguins –car-tune portrait –Play safe –All’s fair at the fair –Ant’s in the plants –Cob web hotel –Making friends –Betty in Blunderland –Nearlyweds –Fire cheese –My friend the monkey –One with the new –Pudgy takes a bow-wow –Rhythm on the reservation –Hairbrained barbers –sock-a-bye kitty –Comin’ round the mountain –Crazytown –Golden state –Winter draws on –Shornin’ bread –Once upon a time –Lost dream –Cad and caddy –Quack a doodle do –Marriage wows –Hector’s hectic life –Be human –Gabby goes fishing –Goofy goofy gander –I don’t scare –Noisy silent movie –Littlest martian –Naughty but mice –Popeye’s 20th anniversary.
 
Disc 4: Aladdin’s wonderful lamp –Ancient fistory –Taxi turvy –popeye for president –Assault and flattery –Fright to the finish –Bride and gloom –Gopher spinach –Customers wanted –Out to punch –popeye meets Ali Baba’s forty thieves –Spree lunch –Greek mirthology –Parlez vou woo –Haul in one –Insect to injury –Cookin with Gags –Floor flusher –Little brown jug –Date to skate –Judge for a day –Is my palm read? –Betty Boop’s crazy inventions –Friendly ghost –Goose that laid the golden egg –Pantry panic –Spooky swabs –Snow foolin’ –Betty Boop and the little king –Little nobody –Get that snack shack off the track –Boo moon –Patriotic Popeye –Big bad Sinbad –Little soap and water –Queen of hearts.
OCLC #: [?]
Added: October 14, 2010
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My Fair Lady

October 13, 2010
My Fair Lady
Call Number VHS01385 Copy 1
VHS01385 Copy 2
by Audrey Hepburn; Rex Harrison; Stanley Holloway; Wilfrid Hyde-White; Gladys Cooper; Jeremy Brett; Theodore Bikel; Alan Jay Lerner; Jack L Warner; George Cukor; Frederick Loewe; Harry Stradling; Hermes Pan; Cecil Beaton; André Previn; Gene Allen; William Ziegler; Alexander Courage; Albert F Woodbury; Robert Franklyn; Bobby Tucker; Bernard Shaw; Warner Bros. Pictures.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; CBS Video (Firm);
Format: VHS 
Language: English
Publisher:  [New York] : CBS Video ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : [Distributed by] Paramount Pictures, ©2001.
Notes: Based upon the stage musical, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Originally released in 1964, Nominated for twelve 1965 Academy Awards
Summary: A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady.
OCLC #: 46850677
Added: October 13, 2010
Also: Available on DVD at DVD01059 OR See the Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard verison (Pygmalion) that inspired this film available on DVD at DVD00826 
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Shirley Temple

October 7, 2010
Shirley Temple
Call Number: DVD01145
by Shirley Temple, Cesar Romero, Richard Greene;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher:  Eugene, OR : Dastar Corp./Marathon Music and Video, ©2004.
Notes:  1 videodisc (ca. 4 hrs., 15 min.): sd., b & w and col.; 4 3/4 in.1 videodisc (ca. 4 hrs., 15 min.): sd., b & w and col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary: A collection of Shirley Temple’s greatest hits, including; The Little Princess, Glad Rags to Riches, and War Babies.
OCLC #: 60591712
Added: October 7, 2010
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