Carousel

July 19, 2010
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
Call Number: VHS01332
by Phoebe Ephron; Henry Ephron; Henry King; Oscar Hammerstein; Gordon MacRae; Shirley Jones; Cameron Mitchell; Ferenc Molnár; Richard Rodgers; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1994.
Notes:  Originally released in 1956 (128 min.); Based on the musical play: Liliom / by Ferenc Molnár ; adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer;
Summary: Story of a carnival barker who falls in love with a small town girl. Just before the birth of their daughter he is killed in a robbery. Years later he is allowed to return to earth to attend his daughter’s high school graduation so he can pass on one very important lesson he has learned.
OCLC #: 32813596
Also Available on DVD
Added: July 19, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Alexander’s Ragtime Band

January 5, 2009
Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Call Number: VHS00661
by Ethel Merman; Darryl Francis Zanuck; Henry King; Tyrone Power; Alice Faye; Don Ameche; Irving Berlin; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1938 (109 mins.); edition contains original theatrical trailer; Nominated for six 1939 Academy Awards;
Summary: Musical story about what happens when singer Stella Kirby is forced to team up with a band when an audition mix-up lands them a job together. Band leader Alexander and a member of the group begin a nearly 30 year rivalry for Stella’s affection.
OCLC #: 42511912
Added: January 5, 2009
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Jesse James

December 30, 2008
Jesse James
Call Number: VHS00616
by Tyrone Power; Henry Fonda; Nancy Kelly; Randolph Scott; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Playhouse Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Livonia, MI : Playhouse Video, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1939 (105 mins.);
Summary: Action, adventure, humor and romance traces the lives of Jesse James and his brother, Frank, from their early days as peaceful Missouri farmers through their guts and glory outlaw escapades, ending with Jesse’s death at the hands of Bob Ford.
OCLC #: 13306645
Added: December 30, 2008
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Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Call Number: VHS00601
by Ernest Hemingway; Gregory Peck; Susan Hayward; Ava Gardner;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Video Treasures, (ca. 1988)
Notes: Originally released in 1952 (114 mins.); Based on the short story of the same title by Ernest Hemingway; Nominated for two 1953 Academy Awards;
Summary: A drama about a successful but disillusioned writer who is near death from a hunting wound in Africa and who reviews his amorous intrigues and his experiences as hunter and world traveler. Filmed in part in Africa, Paris, and on the Riviera.
OCLC #: 18939015
Added: December 30, 2008
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Love is a Many-Splendored Thing

December 1, 2008
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Call Number: VHS00436
by John Patrick; Buddy Adler; Henry King; William Holden; Jennifer Jones; Suyin Han, pseud.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : FoxVideo, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (102 mins.); Based on the novel by Han Suyin; Edition includes rare movietone news footage; Nominated for eight 1956 Academy Awards;
Summary: A widowed Eurasian doctor and an American correspondent stationed in Hong Kong begin an intensely passionate affair, but when the journalist is transferred to Korea where war has broken out, tragedy strikes.
OCLC #: 28739466
Added: December 1, 2008
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The White Sister

November 25, 2008
The White Sister
Call Number: VHS00400
by Lillian Gish; Ronald Colman; Gail Kane; Barney Sherry; Charles Lane; Henry King; F Marion Crawford; Inspiration Pictures, Inc.; Grapevine Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, ©1998.
Notes: Originally released in 1923 (143 mins.); Complete 10 reel version;
Summary: Gish is a young woman in love who believing her loved one (Coleman) has been killed becomes a nun. When her lover returns she stays faithful to the church.
OCLC #: 41513742
Added: November 25, 2008
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Captain From Castile

November 5, 2008
Captain From Castile
Call Number: VHS00044
by Henry King; Lamar Trotti; Samuel Shellabarger; Tyrone Power; Jean Peters; Cesar Romero; Lee J Cobb; John Sutton; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1948 (141 mins.); Based on the novel by Samuel Shellabarger
Summary: This colorful, lavish production packed with action, romance and adventure, (Variety) stars Tyrone Power as a dashing, swashbuckling captain who folows Herman Cortez (Cesar Romero) to the New World. Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Power) escapes with a beautiful peasant girl (Jean Peters) and joins Cortez on his dangerous expedition to conquer Mexico
OCLC #: 36420112
Added: November 5, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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A Yank in the R.A.F.

October 17, 2008
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Call Number: VHS00115
by Tyrone Power; Betty Grable; Darrell Ware; Karl Tunberg; Darryl Francis Zanuck; Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger; Henry King; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1941 (98 mins.);
Summary: A cocky American flier joins the RAF to be near the woman he loves, a London-based singer.
OCLC #: 24727115
Added: October 17, 2008
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