Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center

Call Number: DVD00035

by Platinum Disc Corporation.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: La Crosse, Wis. : Platinum Disc Corp., ©2003.

Notes: Originally released between 1947 – 1973 (300 mins.); edition contains four films on one DVD; Film Great American West is a documentary;

Chapters: White Comanche (1967) — Kentucky rifle (1955) — Great American West (1973) — Bells of San Angelo (1947).

OCLC #: 57618104

Call Number: DVD00556 Copy 1

DVD00556 Copy 2

DVD00556 Copy 3

by Sophia Loren; Raf Vallone; Eleanora Brown; Jean-Paul Belmondo; Vittorio De Sica; Carlo Ponti; Alberto Moravia; Sostar, S.A.

Format: DVD

Language: Copy 1: Italian with English subtitles; Copy 2 & 3: Dubbed in English

Publisher: Copy 1: [United States] : Miracle Pictures, ©2003.; Copy 2: [Garden Grove, CA] : Vina Distributor, 1960.; Copy 3: [United States] : Miracle Pictures, [2003]

Notes: Originally released in 1960 (110 mins.); Based on the novel, La Ciociara, by Alberto Moravia; Nominated for one 1961 Academy Award;

Summary: In Italy, a woman and her 13-year-old daughter become the focus of an attack by retreating German soldiers in World War II. When the mother recovers consciousness, she finds her daughter in a complete state of shock.

OCLC #: Copy 1: 55130116; Copy 2: 221658206; Copy 3: 233975079

Call Number: DVD00357

by Eric Hatch; William Powell; Carole Lombard; Gregory La Cava; Universal Pictures Company.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Laurent, Quebec : Madacy Entertainment Group, 1998.

Notes: Originally released in 1936 (96 mins.); edition contains lobby poster, biography and interactive trivia; Based on the novel by Eric Hatch; Nominated for six 1937 Academy Awards;

Summary: A zany millionaire family invite a tramp to be their butler and find that he is richer than they are.

Also: Available on VHS (VHS00560);

OCLC #: 41275044

Call Number: DVD00261 Copy 1

DVD00261 Copy 2

by Howard Hawks; Charles Lederer; Cary Grant; Rosalind Russell; Ralph Bellamy; Gene Lockhart; Charles MacArthur; Ben Hecht; Columbia Pictures Corporation.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Copy 1: St. Laurent, Quebec : Madacy Entertainment, 2001. Copy 2: [S.l.] : Vina Distributor, [n.d.].

Notes: Originally released in 1940 (92 mins.); Based on the play The front page, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur; edition contains news reel footage, blooper reel the original lobby poster and a trivia quiz;

Summary: An unscrupulous newspaper editor uses every dirty trick in the book to keep his ace reporter/ex-wife from retiring and remarrying in this twist on The front page.

Also: Available on on The Cary Grant Collectors Edition (DVD00097) and Comedy: Comedians, Cards and Cut Ups (DVD00145) or on VHS at VHS01304

OCLC #: 48471843, 77458826

Call Number: DVD00474

by Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce; Lionel Atwill; Kaaren Verne; William Post; Dennis Hoey; Roy William Neill; Edward T Lowe; W Scott Darling; Edmund L Hartmann; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir; Universal Pictures (Firm); Digiview Productions (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [Dunellen, N.J.] : Digiview, ©2004.

Notes: Originally released in 1943 (68 mins.); Based on the story “The dancing men” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;

Summary: Sherlock Holmes battles his arch rival, Professor Moriarty, who, aiding the Nazis, has kidnapped the inventor of a new bomb.

Also: Availaible in the Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection (DVD00468) and 50 Mystery Classics (DVD00012);

OCLC #: 61172461

Call Number: VHS00749

by George Sanders; Hurd Hatfield; Donna Reed; Angela Lansbury; Peter Lawford; Oscar Wilde; Turner Entertainment Co.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1992.

Notes: Originally released in 1945 (111 mins.); Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde; Nominated for three 1946 Academy Awards;

Summary: After viewing a portrait of himself, a young, wealthy man expresses his desire to stay youthful while the portrait grows old. His friend, Lord Henry, points out that his wish was made in the presence of an ancient Egyptian god quite capable of granting his wish. Gradually a sinister plot evolves, fueled by sadism and self-loathing that results in five terrible deaths and a horrifying secret locked behind a schoolroom door.

Also: See the Massimo Dallamano directed version, Dorian Gray (VHS00462);

OCLC #: 25545460

Call Number: VHS00746

by Gary Cooper; Grace, Princess of Monaco – Grace Kelly; Lloyd Bridges; John M Cunningham; Stanley Kramer Productions.; United Artists Corporation.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1987]

Notes:Originally released in 1952 (84 mins.); Based on the magazine story “The tin star” by John W. Cunningham; edition is mastered from the original film negative; Nominated for seven 1953 Academy Awards;

Summary: A civic-minded marshal, on the verge of retirement, faces a revengeful killer in a gun duel after the indifferent townspeople refuse to assist him.

OCLC #: 17455430

Also:the sequel to this film is High Noon II: The Return of Will Kane available at (VHS01026)

Call Number: VHS00744

by David O Selznick; Vittorio De Sica; Truman Capote; Jennifer Jones; Montgomery Clift; Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: [S.l. : Interglobal Video, 1985]

Notes: Originally released in 1954 (63 mins.); Based on the story by Cesare Zavattini; Nominated for one 1955 Academy Award;

Summary: Set almost entirely within Rome’s famous Terminal Station, this film is a love story of a couple who have only a few hours to decide whether she, an American wife, will return to her husband in the U.S. or remain with her lover.

Also: Second copy of this film in the two-film set Legendary Hollywood Stars: Montgomery Clift: Indiscretion of an American Wife (VHS00422).

OCLC #: 15151704

Call Number: VHS00743 Copy 1

VHS00743 Copy 2

VHS00743 Copy 3

VHS00743 Copy 4

by James Stewart; Donna Reed; Lionel Barrymore; Thomas Mitchell; Frances Goodrich; Albert Hackett; Henry Travers; Frank Capra; Liberty Films.; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.; Hal Roach Studios Film Classics, Inc.; Video Treasures (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher:Copy 1:  Hal Roach Studios Film Classics ; Hauppauge, N.Y. : Video Treasures, ©1987. Copy 2: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, ©1993. Copy 3: New York, N.Y. : Goodtimes Home Video, ©1991, 1946. Copy 4: Los Angeles : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1996]

Notes:Originally released in 1946 (130 min.); Nominated for five 1947 Academy Awards; Copy 1: Colorized Version; Copy 2-4: Original uncut version (132 min. Black & White)

Summary: A man is prevented from committing suicide by a guardian angel, who takes him back through his life to show him what good he has done.

OCLC #: 19335335, 29426272, 42614121, 35837040

Call Number: VHS00735

by Rouben Mamoulian; Barbara Stanwyck; Adolphe Menjou; William Holden; Columbia Pictures.; Goodtimes Home Video.;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: New York, NY : Goodtimes Home Video, 1988.

Notes: Originally released in 1939 (100 mins.); Nominated for one 1940 Academy Award; Based upon the play by Clifford Odets;

Summary: Holden plays a young boxer who has fought poverty to become a success as a violinist. He decides that fighting will bring him the fame faster, and turns to a racketeer who promises him a fight in Madison Square Garden. He falls in love with Stanwyck, who tries to save him from the criminal elements.

OCLC #: 80497682

Also: Available on DVD at DVD00877

Call Number: VHS00732

by William Wyler; Bette Davis; Herbert Marshall; James Stephenson; W Somerset Maugham;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Livonia, Mich. : Key Video, ©1987.

Notes: Originally released in 1940 (95 mins.); Based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham; Nominated for seven 1941 Academy Awards;

Summary: Set on a rubber plantation in Malaya, this story centers on a woman’s reasons for killing a man who was a close family friend.

OCLC #: 15495347

Call Number: VHS 00731 Copy 1

VHS 00731 Copy 2

VHS 01745 Copy 3(1945 Prerelease Version)

by Humphrey Bogart; Lauren Bacall; Howard Hawks; Raymond Chandler; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); Turner Entertainment Co.; Warner Bros. Pictures.;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: copy 1: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video : Turner Entertainment Co., ©1992. copy 2: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©1999.

Notes: Originally released in 1946 (114 mins.); Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler;

Summary: In this twisting tale of blackmail and murder, Bogart plays Philip Marlowe, a tough private detective, hired to prevent a young woman from commiting her own indiscretions, falls in love with her wealthy older sister.

OCLC #: 33827128, 43454039

Added: January 8, 2009

Call Number: VHS00729

by Bing Crosby; Barry Fitzgerald; Leo McCarey; MCA Home Video (Firm);

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Home Video, ©1986.

Notes: Originally released in 1944 (126 mins.); Nominated for ten 1945 Academy Awards;

Summary: Musical story of a young priest who saves a mortgage-ridden parish from financial collapse.

OCLC #: 15504232

Call Number: VHS00728

by Gene Tierney; Rex Harrison; George Sanders; Natalie Wood;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: New York : CBS/Fox Video, ©1990.

Notes: Originally released in 1947 (104 mins.); based on the novel by R.A. Dick; Nominated for one 1948 Academy Award;

Summary: At the turn of the century a young widow and her daughter move into a cottage on the English coast. Soon she learns that the cottage is haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a sea captain. When he finds he can’t scare her away, they soon fall into a most unlikely love affair!

OCLC #: 21171258