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Battles of the Civil War: Volume 2

Call number: DVD00663

Director/Distributor: by Jack Foley; Classic Images Productions.; American Civil War Commemorative Committee.; Sterling Entertainment Group

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Sterling Entertainment Group

Summary: Examines the battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Spotsylvania and Franklin.

Notes: The Battle of Gettysburg-July 1-3, 1863/Vicksburg-The Key to the Mississippi, 1863/Spotsylvania-The Epic Duel of Grant and Lee/Franklin-The Rebel’s Last Offensive.

OCLC #: 123084508

Added: 2/14/14

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Argo

Call number: DVD00655

Director/Distributor: by Ben Affleck; Grant Heslov; George Clooney; Chris Terrio; Alan Arkin; John Goodman; Bryan Cranston; Victor Garber; Tate Donovan; Clea Du Vall; Scoot McNairy; Rory Cochrane; Christopher Denham; Kerry Bishé; Kyle Chandler; Chris Messina; Zeljko Ivanek; Titus Welliver; Keith Szarabajka; Bob Gunton; Richard Kind; Richard Dillane; Omid Abtahi; Page Leong; Farshad Farahat; Sheila Vand; David Klawans; Nina Wolarsky; Chris Brigham; Chay Carter; Graham King; Tim Headington; Rodrigo Prieto; Sharon Seymour; William Goldenberg; Alexandre Desplat; Jacqueline West; Antonio J Mendez; Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),; GK Films (Los Angeles, Calif.),; Smokehouse Pictures (Firm),; Warner Home Video (Firm),;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Warner Home Video

Summary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There’s a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escape and a mid-level CIA agent named Antonio Mendez devises an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.

Notes: Special Feature: Rescued from Tehran: We Were There

OCLC #: 827781254

Added: 2/14/14

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The Actors: Rare Films of Lillian Gish – Volume 3

Call number: DVD00632

Director/Distributor: by Lillian Gish; D W Griffith; Henry King; Robert Harron; Dorothy Gish; William Powell; Ronald Colman; Ralph Graves; Classic Video Streams.;

Format: DVD

Language: Silent (English)

Publisher: Classic Video Streams

Summary: Romola (1924): “In Renaissance Florence, Tito, a no-good young man pretending to be a scholar, wins the admiration of a blind man who has long looked for someone to finish his scholarly work. He has a beautiful daughter named Romola. Tito flirts with a peasant girl in the streets, and for fun goes through a mock marriage with her–but she takes it seriously. Romola doesn’t really love him, but marries him because her father wishes it. When the Medici are forced out, Tito joins the new government and rises to be chief magistrate. His evil actions earn him the hatred of Romola and of the people, and he is killed by his stepfather. Romola ends up with sculptor Carlo, who has always loved her

Excerpts from “The Greatest Question” (1919): “An orphan girl is given shelter by a farm family, but soon finds herself in the clutches of a murderous farmer and his wife.

Notes: Also see Volume 1 (DVD00630) and Volume 2 (DVD00631)

OCLC #: 698341944

Added: 2/14/14

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The Actors: Rare Films of Lillian Gish – Volume 2

Call number: DVD00631

Director/Distributor: by Lillian Gish; D W Griffith; Christy Cabanne; Robert Harron; Wilbur Higby; Walter Long; Classic Video Streams

Format: DVD

Language: Silent (English)

Publisher: Classic Video Streams

Summary: True Heart Susie (1919): “Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his knowledge. Eventually he rises to a position of success and sophistication, and Susie realizes that she has through her own efforts raised him to a level where he is inaccessible to her

Sold for Marriage (1916): “A poor Russian girl’s beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ship. When they arrive he learns, to his surprise, that the American police, unlike those of his native country, are not oppressors of the poor, but friends that will aid in securing the release of his beloved Maria

Notes: Also see Volume 1 (DVD00630) and Volume 3 (DVD00632)

OCLC #: 698341940

Added: 2/14/14

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The Actors: Rare Films of Lillian Gish – Volume 1

Call number: DVD00630

Director/Distributor: by Lillian Gish; Henry King; Ronald Colman; Gail Kane; Classic Video Streams.;

Format: DVD

Language: Silent (English)

Publisher: Classic Video Streams

Notes: Includes “The White Sister” (1923). Also see Volume 2 (DVD00631) & Volume 3 (DVD00632)

Summary: In The White Sister, “Lillian Gish is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Lillian stands to inherit a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits the property herself, throwing Lillian into poverty. Fortunately, she is engaged to marry the dashing officer Ronald Coleman, but he is captured by Arabs on an expedition to Africa. Dedicating her life to his memory, Lillian becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and returning to Italy! The climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

OCLC #: 711596438

Added: 2/14/14

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Abraham Lincoln: Father of Freedom

Call number: DVD00625

Director/Distributor: Mill Creek Entertainment

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Mill Creek Entertainment

Notes: Volume 1 & 2

Summary: This poignant documentary embarks on an exciting historical journey through the trials and victories surrounding the life of Abraham Lincoln

OCLC #: N/A

Added: 2/12/14

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Abraham Lincoln: Trial by Fire

Call number: DVD00624

Director/Distributor: Various, Mill Creek Entertainment

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Mill Creek Entertainment

Notes: 5 Documentaries in one collection

Summary: Documentaries: Lincoln: Trial by Fire; They’ve Killed President Lincoln; No Retreat From Destiny: The Battle That Rescued Washington; Fired by Liberty: Black Soldiers of the Civil War. Feature: Abraham Lincoln (1930) Directed by D.W. Griffith

OCLC #: N/A

Added: 2/12/14

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2012

Call number: DVD00622

Director/Distributor: Roland Emmerich, John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Tom McCarthy, George Segal, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson, Liam James, Morgan Lily, Blu Mankuma, Zlatko Buric, Beatrice Rosen, John Billingsley, Chin Han, Osric Chau, Philippe Haussmann, Alexandre Haussmann, Jimi Mistry, Johann Urb, Ryan McDonald, Stephen McHattie, Lisa Lu, Henry O, Patrick Bauchau, Chang Tseng.

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010]

Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Commentary with writer/director Roland Emmerich and co-writer Harald Kloser; English subtitled commentary; Alternate ending; Deleted scenes; “Roland Emmerich: the master of the modern epic” featurette; “Time for miracles” music video by Adam Lambert.

Summary: A geophysical team, who are investigating the effect of radiation from other solar systems has on the Earth, learn that the core of the Earth is heating up and warn the President of the United States. While the leaders of the world race to build ‘arks’ to escape the impending doom, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc all over the world.

OCLC #: 489540175

Added: 02/10/14

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10 Movie Original Cult Classics

Call number: DVD00615

Director/Distributor: Various

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Notes: Includes: Night of the Living  Dead (1968); The Little Shop of Horrors (1960); The Devil Bat; House on Haunted Hill (1959); Piranha (1978); White Zombie; The Bat; Carnival of Souls; Maniac; The Last Man on Earth 

Summary: Collection of low budget horror films.

OCLC #: 811623702

Added: 02/10/14

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