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Call Number: DVD00480

by Lige Conley; Paul Parrott; Snub Pollad; Ben Turpin; Fred Hibbard; Raymond Grey; Alf Goulding & Del Lord Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926 (1 Hour, 15 Minutes)

Air Pockets (1924): A wacky inventor tries to recruit investors for his folding flivver – the world’s first compact car. Starring Lige Conley, Earl Montgomery, Sunshine Hart and Olive Borden; Directed by Fred Hibbard.

Don’t Butt In! (1926): A laborer must defeat a huge, dim-witted bully in order to win the hand of the boss’s pretty daughter. Starring Paul Parrott, Ethel Broadhurst and Sunshine Sammy; Produced by Hal Roach; Directed by Raymond Grey.

Grab the Ghost (1920): Newlyweds are shocked to discover that their honeymoon home is haunted by ghosts. Starring Snub Pollard and Marie Mosquini; Produced by Hal Roach; Directed by Alf Goulding.

The Daredevil (1923): A movie director plucks reluctant Joe Magee from the rodeo, intent on turning him into his next cowboy star. Starring Ben Turpin, Kewpie Morgan and Madeline Hurlock; Directed by Del Lord.

OCLC #: 089218641199

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00497

by “Broncho Billy” Anderson; A.E. Whiting; Mrs. A.E. Whiting; Joy Lewis; Paul Willis & Fred Church Director: Jesse J. Robbins

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1919 (51 Minutes)

Summary: A young man is lured into a cardgame by a crooked dealer. He is about to lose all the money that was given to him to get medicine for his mother when a local cowboy comes to his rescue.

OCLC #: 089218641694

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00768

by John Wayne; Lon Chaney Jr.; Raymond Hatton; Jack Mulhall; Francis X. Bushman Jr.; Ruth Hall; Yakima Canutt; Edward Peil Sr.; Colbert Clark & Armand Schaefer
Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1946 (1 Hour, 36 Minutes)

Summary: Tom Wayne (John Wayne) is a fugitive from justice, framed for a murder he did not commit. El Shaitan, the mysterious and diabolical leader of the Devil’s Circle, a group who are plotting an Arab rebellion against the Foreign Legion, is to blame. It’s up to Tom’s sweetheart Elaine and the trustworthy Three Musketeers, Clancy (Jack Mulhall), Renard (Raymond Hatton) and Schmidt (Francis X. Bushman Jr.), to put an end to his reign of terror and clear Tom’s name.

OCLC #: 45868177

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00626

by Randolph Scott; Ann Dvorak; Edgar Buchanan; Rhonda Fleming; Lloyd Bridges; Edwin L. Marin

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1946 (1 Hour, 29 Minutes)

Summary: A range war erupts between homesteaders and cattlemen in this all star western classic.

OCLC #: 426062838

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00540

by William S. Hart; Lambert Hillyer
Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1934 (1 Hour, 10 Minutes)

Summary: A noble desperado seeks revenge when he is betrayed by a former gang-member in this classic silent Western.

OCLC #: 173698339

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00961

by Will Rogers; Tom Brown; Anita Louise; Henry B. Walthall Hattie McDaniels; Stepin Fetchit; Rochelle Hudson; Francis Ford; John Ford

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1934 (1 Hour, 14 Minutes)

Summary: A humorous judge in a small Kentucky town rescues his nephew from a matchmaking mother and ingeniously discovers an approach to helping out his friend, the town blacksmith, by keeping him out of jail.

OCLC #: 173698201

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD00863

by Guy Stockwell; Robert Fuller; John Carradine Barbara Luna; Woody Strode; Patrick Wayne; Robert Gordon

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:   Alpha Video, 2010

Notes: Originally released in 1973 (1 Hour, 26 Minutes)

Summary: When the cavalry tries to transport their prize weapon–a powerful, new gun called the Gatling–to their fort, they find themselves at odds with a local Apache tribe who wants the gun to protect their land.

OCLC #: 54938723

Added: November 4, 2010

Call Number: DVD01018

by Fritz Lang; Peter Lorre; Ellen Widmann; Inge Landgut; Otto Wernicke; Theodor Loos; Gustaf Gründgens; Thea von Harbou; Seymour Nebenzal; Fritz Arno Wagner; Paul Falkenberg; Anton Kaes; Eric Rentschler; William Friedkin; Claude Chabrol; Harold Nebenzal; Friedrich Gnass; Paul Kemp; Theo Lingen; Rudolf Blümner; Georg John; Rosa Valetti; Fritz Odemar; Nero-Film A.G.; Janus Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: German

Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.

Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931 (111 mins.). Special features (disc 2): “Conversation with Fritz Lang” by William Friedkin (c1975, 49 min.); “M le maudit” short film by Claude Chabrol (c1982, 11 min.); interview with Chabrol about Lang (7 min.); interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of producer Seymour Nebenzal (c2004, 14 min.); classroom tapes of editor Paul Falkenberg discussing “M” and its history (c1976-1977, 36 min.); “The physical history of M” featurette (c2004, 25 min.); gallery, with production stills, behind-the-scenes photos and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler. Booklet includes an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman (“The mark of ‘M'”); 3 contemporaneous articles about the film (“My film ‘M’ : a factual report”, “Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ : filmed sadism” & “Gangsters, too, have their professional honor”); interview with Lang by Gero Gandert (“Fritz Lang on ‘M’ : an interview”, c1963).

Summary: When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down. The story is based on the Düsseldorf child murders of 1929 

OCLC #: 56795847

Added: October 31, 2010

Also: available on VHS at VHS00809

Call Number: DVD00552

by D W Griffith; Marian Fremont; Grenville Warwick; Lloyd Ingraham; Lillian Gish; Robert Harron; Clarine Seymour; Wilbur Higby; Loyola O’Connor; Mae Marsh; William H Brown; Mildred Harris; G W Bitzer; Rodney Sauer; Fine Arts Film Company.; Triangle Film Corporation.; Image Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English  

Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [2007]

Notes: Silent film made in 1919 (62 mins Black & White); Includes bonus film: Hoodoo Ann

Summary: True heart Susie: A young girl sells the family cow to anonymously finance her sweetheart’s education, only to find he’s left her for a modern woman.

OCLC #: 14936834, 171037027

Call Number: DVD01058

by Kirk Douglas; Laraine Day; Keenan Wynn; Charles Martin, director.; Harry M Popkin; Leo C Popkin; Alpha Video Distributors.; United Artists Corporation.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [S.I.] : Vina Distributor, [2006?]

Notes:  Originally released in 1949 (94min. Black & White);

Summary: Douglas stars as a dashing, best-selling novelist who is even better at playing the ponies and chasing the women than he is at writing. His new wife, who happens to be his ex-secretary has written a best seller that’s even bigger than his.

OCLC #: 52111355, 71251243

Added: October 27, 2010

Also: available on VHS at VHS01349