Sabrina

July 8, 2010
Sabrina
Call Number: VHS01209 Copy 1
VHS01209 Copy 2
by Billy Wilder; Samuel Albert Taylor; Ernest Lehman; Humphrey Bogart; Audrey Hepburn; William Holden; Paramount Pictures.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 1996. Copy 2: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [©2001]
Notes:  Originally released in 1954 (113 min. Black & White); Based on the play by Samuel Taylor; Nominated for six 1955 Academy Awards; Copy 2: Includes A Sabrina documentary
Summary:  Comedy in which the daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family returns from Paris and dazzles the family’s two sons.
OCLC #: 34918154
Added: July 8, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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The Fortune Cookie

March 26, 2010
The Fortune Cookie
Call Number: VHS01059
by Jack Lemmon; Walter Matthau; Billy Wilder; United Artists Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, [1990], ©1966.
Notes: Originally released in 1966 (126 min. Black & White); Nominated for four 1967 academy awards;
Summary: A TV cameraman, trampled by a half-back while shooting a football game, and his shyster brother-in-law team up to defraud an insurance company in a million dollar law suit.
OCLC #: 22919042
Added: March 26, 2010
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Sunset Boulevard

March 3, 2010
Sunset Blvd. or Sunset Boulevard
Call Number: DVD00516
by Billy Wilder; Charles Brackett; D M Marshman; William Holden; Gloria Swanson; Erich Von Stroheim; Nancy Olson; Cecil B DeMille; Hedda Hopper; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2008]
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (110 mins.); Nominated for eleven 1951 Academy Awards; 2-disc Centennial Collection: Special features include Sunset Boulevard: the beginning ; The noir side of Sunset Boulevard ; Sunset Boulevard becomes a classic ; Two sides of Ms. Swanson ; Stories of Sunset Boulevard ; Mad about the boy: a portrait of William Holden ; Recording Sunset Boulevard ; The city of Sunset Boulevard ; Morgue prologue script pages ; The score of Sunset Boulevard ; Behind the gates: the lot ; Hollywood location map ; Paramount in the ’50s: Retrospective featurette ; Edith Head: the Paramount years ; original theatrical trailer ; commentary by Ed Sikov.
Summary: The story of an aging film queen who prepares for her grand comeback to stardom.
OCLC #: 264802038
Added: March 3, 2010
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Witness for the Prosecution

April 28, 2009
Witness for the Prosecution
Call Number: DVD00594
by Billy Wilder; Arthur Hornblow; Harry Kurnitz; Larry Marcus; Tyrone Power; Marlene Dietrich; Charles Laughton; Elsa Lanchester; John Williams; Henry Daniell; Ian Wolfe; Ernest Gold; Matty Malnick; Edith Head; Agatha Christie; Edward Small Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); United Artists Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 2001,.
Notes: Originally released in 1957 (114 mins.); edition contains original theatrical trailer; based on the play by Agatha Christie; Nominated for six 1958 Academy Awards;
Summary: A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant’s mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion.
OCLC #: 48584757
Also Available on VHS
Added: April 28, 2009
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A Foreign Affair

December 15, 2008
A Foreign Affair
Call Number: VHS00480 Copy 1
VHS00480 Copy 2
by Billy Wilder; Jean Arthur; Marlene Dietrich; John Lund; David Shaw; Paramount Pictures, inc.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, [©1998]
Notes: Originally released in 1948 (114 mins.); From an original story by David Shaw; Nominated for two 1949 Academy Awards;
Summary: A straight-laced congresswoman discovers that a U.S. Army captain is more than allies with a Berlin bombshell.
OCLC #: 40115289
Added: December 15, 2008
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The Lost Weekend

December 1, 2008
The Lost Weekend
Call Number: VHS00448
by Billy Wilder; Charles Brackett; Ray Milland; Jane Wyman; Charles Jackson; Paramount Pictures, inc.; MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (100 mins.); Based on the novel by Charles Jackson; Nominated for seven 1946 Academy Awards;
Summary: A would-be writer’s dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism.
OCLC #: 18270455
Added: December 1, 2008
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Some Like it Hot

October 20, 2008
Some Like it Hot
Call Number: VHS00133 Copy 1
VHS00133 Copy 2
VHS00133 Copy 3
by Billy Wilder; I A L Diamond; Marilyn Monroe; Tony Curtis; Jack Lemmon; MGM Home Entertainment (Firm); MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); United Artists Corporation.; Ashton Productions.; Mirisch Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [California?] : MGM Home Entertainment ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1959 (122 mins.); Nominated for six 1960 Academy Awards; Based on a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan; contains the original theatrical trailer;
Summary: Two unemployed musicians accidently witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.
OCLC #: 39089854
Also Available on DVD
Added: October 20, 2008
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Double Indemnity

October 9, 2008
Double Indemnity
Call Number: VHS00064 Copy 1
VHS00064 Copy 2
VHS00064 Copy 3
by Joseph Sistrom; Billy Wilder; Raymond Chandler; Fred MacMurray; Barbara Stanwyck; Edward G Robinson; Miklós Rózsa; James M Cain; Paramount Pictures, inc.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (137 mins.); Nominated for seven Oscars; Based on the book by James M. Cain;
Summary: An insurance man and a suburban wife conspire to trick her husband into signing a policy that pays double for accidental death– then push him from a train. It’s an almost perfect crime.
OCLC #: 39196928
Added: October 9, 2008
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