They Made Me a Criminal

October 18, 2010
They Made Me a Criminal
Call Number: VHS 01423
by John Garfield; Claude Rains; The Dead End Kids; Busby Berkeley
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Distributed by Videotech Corp., 1939
Notes: Originally released in 1939
Summary: A champion prizefighter, believing he murdered a man in a drunken brawl, runs away
OCLC #: 21175940
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Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire
Call Number: VHS 01422
by Johnny Weissmuller; Buster Crabbe; Geoffrey Homes; William H Pine; Virginia Grey;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Crown Video, [1985?]
Notes: Originally released in 1946
Summary: Johnny Duvall, navy pilot, returns home after combat duty to adjust to life in the Louisiana Delta
OCLC #: 13557567
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Things To Come

Things To Come
Call Number: VHS 01421
by William Cameron Menzies; Raymond Massey; Ralph Richardson, Sir; Cedric Hardwicke; H G Wells; London Film Productions.; Congress Video Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Congress Video Group, ©1985
Notes: Originally released in 1936,  Based on the novel, The Shape of things to come, by H.G. Wells.
Summary: Tale of the future, this is the story of Everytown from 1936-2036.
OCLC #: 42498853
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Ape Man

Ape Man
Call Number: VHS 01420
by Karl Brown; Barney A Sarecky; Sam Katzman; Jack Dietz; William Beaudine; Bela Lugosi; Louise Currie; Wallace Ford; Monogram Pictures Corporation.; Banner Productions.; Kartes Video Communications.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, [1984]
Notes: Originally released in 1943
Summary: Bela Lugosi plays a mad scientist who injects himself with a serum that turns him into an apelike creature who goes on a rampage through the neighborhood.
OCLC #: 13409780
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Tango Bar

Tango Bar
Call Number: VHS 01419
by Raul Julia; Valeria Lynch; Rubén Juárez; Marcos Zurinaga; Beco Films, Inc.; Zaga Films.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Burbank, :CA : Warner Home Video, ©1989.
Notes: Originally released in 1988,
Summary: Tango Bar burns with the white heat of Argentina’s energetic, erotic national dance. Once, Ricardo, Elena and Antonio dazzled nightclub audiences with the feverish magic of the tango. That was before police-state intervention. And before Elena dropped Antonio for Ricardo. Now, as the three performers uneasily await their reunion, they look back on their years together … and present a breathtaking, generations-spanning showcase of tangos and, well, tangles from the world-acclaimed dancers of the Tango Argentino revue.
OCLC #: 20696261
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Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun
Call Number: VHS01418
by James Cagney; Frank Lloyd; Sylvia Sidney; Wallace Ford; Rosemary De Camp; Garrett Fort; Alpha Video Distributors.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Narbeth, PA : Alpha Video Distributors, ©2002
Notes: From a story by Garrett Fort, based on an idea by Frank Melford. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945 by United Artists.(95 mins)
Summary: In pre-WWII Toyko, American newspaper editor Nick Condon runs an explosive story revealing Japan’s warlike intentions toward China and the U.S.
OCLC #: 57631436
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The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda
Call Number: VHS01417
by David O Selznick; John L Balderston; Wells Root; Donald Ogden Stewart; John Cromwell; Pandro S Berman; Noel Langley; Richard Thorpe; Ronald Colman; Madeleine Carroll; C Aubrey Smith, Sir; Raymond Massey; Mary Astor; David Niven; Douglas Fairbanks; Stewart Granger; Deborah Kerr; Louis Calhern; Jane Greer; Lewis Stone; Robert Douglas; James Mason; Edward Rose; Anthony Hope; Turner Entertainment Co.; Selznick International Pictures.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by MGM/CBS Home Video 
Notes:Title from container. Based on the novel [and Edward Rose’s dramatization] by Anthony Hope. Originally released as motion pictures in 1937 and 1952. (100 mins)
Summary: He has the appearance and manner of the king, yet he’s really a lookalike … and on his shoulders rests all hope of foiling a blackguard’s plot to usurp the throne. Adventure, pageantry and royal intrigue are forged at sword point.
OCLC #: 84915097
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A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line
Call Number: VHS01416
by Arnold Schulman; Cy Feuer; Ernest H Martin; Richard Attenborough; Michael Douglas; Alyson Reed; Terrence Mann; Vicki Frederick; Nicole Fosse; Marvin Hamlisch; Edward Kleban; Jeffrey Hornaday; Michael Bennett; Columbia Pictures.; Polygram Pictures.; Embassy Films Associates.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2003.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Based on the play: Chorus line / by Michael Bennett. “Enhanced for widescreen tvs”–Container. “4004350”–Container. (117 mins)
Summary: In preparation for a Broadway musical, a group of aspiring stage performers is put through their paces by a veteran stage director using some singular techniques.
OCLC #: 52059261
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Wrestling’s Greatest Matches : The Golden Era

Wrestling’s Greatest Matches
Call Number: VHS01415
by Sandy Oliveri; Movietime Archives.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Goodtimes Home Video, ©1986.
Notes: Compiled by Sandy Oliveri from television presentations from the ’50s and ’60s. (60 mins)
Summary: Includes highlights of wrestling matches and interviews with several of the performers.
OCLC #: 18554818
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The Divorce of Lady X

The Divorce of Lady X
Call Number: VHS01413
by Merle Oberon; Laurence Olivier; Ralph Richardson, Sir; Binnie Barnes; Tim Whelan; Alexander Korda, Sir; London Film Productions.; Alexander Korda Films.; Manga Films, S.L.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Spain] : Manga Films, 2006.
Notes: Title and description from container and booklet accompanying El ladrón de Bagdad. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937. (90 mins)
Summary: What begins as a masquerade at the Park Lane Hotel turns into a series of misunderstandings, thanks to a pea-soup fog that strands several lady revellers, all of whom just happen to be gowned as the Empress Eugenie.
OCLC #: 481018142
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The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau
Call Number: VHS01412
by Michael Relph; Basil Dearden; Oliver Reed; Diana Rigg; Telly Savalas; Curt Jurgens; Philippe Noiret; Jack London; Robert Fish; Paramount Pictures.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2004]
Notes: 1 videodisc (109 min.)
Summary: Set in Victorian-era London, this amusing farce concerns a society of international assassins. Based on an idea from the book The Assassination Bureau Limited by Jack London and Robert Fish.
OCLC #: 55741746
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Great Old Amusement Parks

Great Old Amusement Parks
Call Number: VHS01411
by Rick Sebak; Dickran H Manoogian; Deborah Acklin; WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); PBS Home Video.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS Home Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, ©1999.
Notes: Originally released for television 1997 (60 mins).
Summary: Visits some of America’s most charming old amusement parks, from Lake Compounce in Connecticut to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in California.
OCLC #: 42807725
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Swing Time

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
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Captain January

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
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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
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The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture
Call Number: VHS01406
by Brett Morgen; Nanette Burstein; Graydon Carter; Brett Morgan; Francis Ford Coppola; Mia Farrow; Ernest Hemingway; Dustin Hoffman; Henry Kissinger; Ali MacGraw; Laurence Olivier; Roman Polanski; John Bailey; Jun Diaz; Jeff Danna; Mark Harper; Robert Evans; USA Films (Firm); Highway Films (Firm); Ministry of Propaganda Films (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2003], ©2002.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2002 (93 mins). Based on the book by Robert Evans.
Summary: Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans (the film shares the same name as Evans’s famous 1994 autobiography).
OCLC #: 52362665
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The Madwoman of Chaillot

The Madwoman of Chaillot
Call Number: VHS01405
by Bryan Forbes; Ely Landau; Edward Anhalt; Maurice Valency; Katharine Hepburn; Charles Boyer; Claude Dauphin; Edith Evans, Dame; John Gavin; Paul Henried; Jean Giraudoux; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1969 (132 mins). Based on the play by Jean Giraudoux and adapted by Maurice Valency.
Summary:  With the world getting ready to blow itself up, look who’s minding the store.
OCLC #: 29367491
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J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator

J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator
Call Number: VHS01404
by J C Leyendecker; Michael Tobias; Arny Stone; Gregg Suskin; Ossie Davis; Brozman Films.; Kultur International Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2001?]
Notes: Originally released to TV in 2000 (45 mins)
Summary: The life and work of artist J.C. Leyendecker.
OCLC #: 51948856
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The Miracle Rider

October 15, 2010
The Miracle Rider
Call Number: VHS01403
by Tom Mix; Joan Gale; Charles B Middleton; Jason Robards; Edward Hearn; George Chesebro; Armand Schaefer; Breezy Eason; Mascot Pictures (Firm); Viking Video Classics.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Viking Video Classics, ©1986.
Notes: Videorecording of the 1935 motion picture serial.(45 min).
Summary: The evil Zaroff is exploiting an old Indian superstition to scare the Raven Head tribe off its land. He wants to mine an explosive element called X94 that is found almost exclusively on the reservation.
OCLC #: 29048922
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The Jungle Book

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
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