Murder, My Sweet

April 13, 2015

Murder, My Sweet

Call Number: DVD001337
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [Atlanta, GA] : Turner Home Entertainment, Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004] [2004] ©2004
Notes:  Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Re-released as part of the Film Noir Classic Collection.
Based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March.
Special features: Commentary by Robert Wise and Martin Scorsese.
Summary: A down-on-his-luck private detective searches for an ex-convict’s missing girlfriend and finds himself in a dark world of mayhem and murder.
OCLC #: 55733900
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Film Noir, Romance

The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

Call Number: DVD001335
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Cailf. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
Notes:  Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Also issued in box set Studio Classics.
Special features: Commentary by film historians Patricia King Hanson & Frank Thompson; a conversation with director Henry King; “The old men and the bulls : the making of The sun also rises;” Hemingway on film; restoration comparison; trailer; still gallery.
Summary: A group of Americans that have become friends because of the war, spend their time in Europe in 1922, still living as if every day was their last.
OCLC #: 84853116
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Topaz

Topaz

Call Number: DVD001332
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, ©2000.
Notes:  Title from videocassette label.
Videocassette release of the 1969 motion picture by Universal Pictures.
“Includes 17 minutes of extra footage”–Container. 11058 OLOLUC.
“This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV”–Container.
Summary: American CIA agent learns of Cuban missiles and a NATO spy by the code name of TOPAZ from a defecting Russian
OCLC #: 46478574
Added: April 8th, 2015
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The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale

Call Number: DVD001329
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2014] [2014] ©2014
Notes:  Title from container.
Based on the book by Mark Helprin.
Special feature: Behind the scenes: Winter’s tale: a timeless love– Journey with the cast as they bring this story from book to screen.
Summary: Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, follow a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil. A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her
OCLC #: 879615277
Added: April 8th, 2015
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You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier

Call Number: DVD00132
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.
Notes:  Based on the story by Carlos Olivari and Sixto Pondal Rios.
DVD release of the 1942 motion picture.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Summary: The Acunas family is a family of tradition. The family holds the ritual of making sure that their daughters get married in order of age. When the second daughter does not follow the tradition quick enough her sister resort to finding her a lover.
OCLC #: 55491925
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Out of the Past

Out of the Past

Call Number: DVD001324
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Turner Home Entertainment, Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2004] [2004] ©2004
Notes:  Originally produced as a motion picture in 1947.
Re-released as part of the Film Noir Classic Collection.
Based on the novel “Build my gallows high” by Geoffrey Homes (Daniel Mainwaring).
Special features: Commentary by author/film-noir specialist James Ursini.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Summary: Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to lead a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him and he finds himself framed for murder.
OCLC #: 55733903
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A Man and A Woman

April 9, 2015

A Man and A Woman

Call Number: DVD001321
by Samuel Goldwyn; Lillian Hellman; William Wyler; Bette Davis; Herbert Marshall; Teresa Wright; Richard Carlson; Dan Duryea; Meredith Willson; Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: French
Publisher: [United States] : Warner Home Video, 1966.
Notes:
Summary: A man and a woman who are both widowed become interested in each other but have difficulties putting their past loves behind them.
OCLC #: 466162327
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Life, Love, and Romance

Life, Love, and Romance

Call Number: DVD001319
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : TGG Direct, ©2009.
Notes:
Summary: Disc 1, side A. Betrayal (74 min.) ; Born to be sold (100 min.) ; Power, passion and murder (88 min.) —
Side B. Maybe I’ll come home in the spring (71 min.) ; Hustling (96 min.) ; Portrait of a showgirl (100 min.). Disc 2, side A. Winner take all (94 min.) ; The night they took Miss Beautiful (99 min.) ; A tattered web (71 min.) —
Side B. Promise of love (95 min.) ; A sensitive passionate man (100 min.) ; If tomorrow comes (81 min.).
OCLC #: 656293031
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Laura

Laura

Call Number: DVD001318
by Gene Tierney; Dana Andrews; Clifton Webb; Vincent Price; Otto Preminger; Jay Dratler; Samuel Hoffenstein; Betty Reinhardt; Vera Caspary; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, ©1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (88 mins.); Adapted from the novel by Vera Caspary; Nominated for five 1945 Academy Awards; Edition includes the original theatrical trailer;
Summary: The detective assigned to the murder case of a beautiful young woman named Laura is stirred by her portrait and adoring descriptions by her admirers, and finds he, too, is strangely under her spell.
OCLC #: 27696710
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Indiscreet

Indiscreet

Call Number: DVD001311
by Stanley Donen; Norman Krasna; Cary Grant; Ingrid Bergman; Republic Pictures Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1988]
Notes:  Originally released in 1958 (100 min.);
Summary: An American diplomat in London falls in love with an internationally known actress but protects himself by saying he is married.
OCLC #: 25043776
Added: April 8th, 2015
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Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

Call Number: DVD001307
by MacKinlay Kantor; Joseph H Lewis; Peggy Cummins; John Dall; CBS Fox Video.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: New York, NY : CBS/Fox Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1949 (87 mins.);
Summary: Although Bart is not a violent man at heart, he allows the carnival sharp-shooter Laurie to lure him into a life of crime. They become the most wanted criminals in America as they blast their way through a series of deadly bank robberies.
OCLC #: 23446075
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Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Call Number: DVD001304
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, [2015] ©2014.
Notes: Based on the novel by Gillian Flynn.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Special feature: Director commentary
Summary: On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife
OCLC #: 897837119
Added: April 8th, 2015
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The Crying Game

April 8, 2015

The Crying Game

Call Number: DVD001301
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005]
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Newly remastered version.
Special features: alternate ending; director commentary soundtrack; Northern troubles featurette which examines the war in Northern Ireland; making-of featurettes: Irish luck, English love, The marketing of an American independent and Discussing The crying game; Modern day at Madame Jojo’s, a featurette on a popular drag-queen club in London; trailers.
Summary: An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody’s lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus changes his name and gets a job as a day laborer. He starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus’ real background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus does not know either.
OCLC #: 56899350
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Bugsy

Bugsy

Call Number: DVD001296
by Barry Levinson; Warren Beatty; Annette Bening; Harvey Keitel; Ben Kingsley; Joe Mantegna; Tri-Star Pictures.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : ColumbiaTriStar Home Video, [1992], ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (135 min.); Nominated for ten 1992 academy awards;
Summary: Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was a ruthless mobster who had it all, and then met a woman who wanted more. Their love affair was passionate, tempestuous and ultimately tragic.
OCLC #: 26117975
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The Theory of Everything

March 30, 2015
The Theory of Everything
Call Number: DVD001272
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]
Notes: Based on the book Travelling to infinity : my life with Stephen / by Jane Hawking.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Bonus features: Deleted scenes; Becoming the Hawkings; Feature commentary with director James Marsh.
Summary: “The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed.” — Back of container.
OCLC #: 902689456
Added: March 30, 2015
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Biography, Drama, Romance

Yentl

March 26, 2015
Yentl
Call Number: DVD001269
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2009.
Notes: Based on the story “Yentl, the Yeshiva boy” by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
DVD release of the 1983 motion picture.
Disc one contains both the extended cut and the theatrical version of the film.
Special features: Disc one: audio commentary by Barbra Streisand and Rusty Lemorande ; deleted scenes — Disc two: introduction by Barbra Streisand ; “The director’s reel” featurette ; the rehearsal process with materials from Barbra’s archives ; “My wonderful cast and crew” featurette ; deleted song storyboard sequences ; Barbra’s 8mm concept film with optional narration ; still galleries.
Summary: Yentl Mendel is the boyish daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe Mendel. He teaches Talmud to local boys and secretly to Yentl since girls are not allowed to learn the law. When her father dies, Yentl is left all alone. She makes the momentous decision to leave the village and, disguised as a boy and calling herself Anshel, she seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva to study. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas. Her family calls off the wedding when they discover Avigdor’s brother committed suicide. Anshel then finds ‘him’-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom. But Haddas still wants Avigdor. After numerous complications, including Avidor and Yentl falling in love with each other and she telling him her secret, everyone gets what they want in life. Anshel, now Yentl once again, goes off to America to pursue her dream of serious study in Yeshiva, where she will be able to study without needing to hide her identity as a woman.
OCLC #: 298862534
Added: March 26, 2015
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Drama, Musical, Romance

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century
Call Number: DVD001268
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, Calif : Columbia Pictures : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934.
Based on the play Napoleon of Broadway by Charles Bruce Millholland.
Summary: A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
OCLC #: 57759091
Added: March 26, 2015
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The Hours

The Hours
Call Number: DVD001262
by Scott Rudin; Robert Fox; David Hare; Stephen Daldry; Meryl Streep; Julianne Moore; Nicole Kidman; Ed Harris; Toni Collette; Claire Danes; Jeff Daniels; Stephen Dillane; Allison Janney; John C Reilly; Miranda Richardson; Seamus McGarvey; Peter Boyle; Philip Glass; Ann Roth; Maria Djurkovic; Michael Cunningham; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Miramax Films.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2003], ©2002.
Notes:Originally released in 2002 (114 mins.); Based on the book by Michael Cunningham; Nominated for nine 2002 academy awards;
Summary: In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, ‘Mrs. Dalloway, ‘ under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband’s birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf’s novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it.
OCLC #: 51940665
Added: March 26, 2015
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Action, Musical, Romance

Un Coeur en Hiver

March 23, 2015
Un Coeur en Hiver
Call Number: DVD 001256
Format: DVD
Language: French
Publisher: Port Washington, NY : KOCH Lorber Films : Distributed by KOCH Entertainment, [2006]
Notes: Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: Claude Sautet interview; French TV appearances by Claude Sautet and André Dussollier; excerpt from the documentary “Claude Sautet ou la magie invisible”; original French theatrical trailer; 4 page booklet with essay by film critic Michel Boujut.
Summary: Camille, a concert violinist, becomes intrigued by her lover’s business partner, Stephane. She interprets his distance as a sign of intellectual seduction. The love triangle that develops reveals the complexity and imperfection of the three characters.
Also: See “Week-End at the Waldorf” (VHS00641), an update of Grand Hotel
OCLC #: 74336917
Added: 3/23/2015
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Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel
Call Number: DVD 001255
by Vicki Baum; Greta Garbo; John Barrymore; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Loew’s Incorporated.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1932 (112 mins.); Based on the play “Grand Hotel” by Vicki Baum; Nominated for one 1932 Academy Award;
Summary: Berlin’s mythical Grand Hotel, whose patrons glitter with the same cold brilliance as the art-deco trappings that surround them, is the scene where the lives of various guests become intertwined.
Also: See “Week-End at the Waldorf” (VHS00641), an update of Grand Hotel
OCLC #: 12070900
Added: 3/23/2015
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