Rebecca

March 27, 2011
Rebecca
Call Number: VHS01596
by Charles Dance; Emilia Fox; Diana Rigg; Faye Dunaway; Geraldine James; Timothy West; Jonathan Cake; Jim O’Brien; Arthur Hopcraft; Christopher Gunning; Daphne Du Maurier; Portman International.; Carlton Television.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); TeleMunchen (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:  [S.l.] : Video Treasures ; Troy, Mich. : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, [1997]
Notes: Originally broadcast by ITV in 1996. Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier; Running Time Approx (2 videocassettes) 176 min. Primetime Emmy Winner.
Summary: Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age only a year after his first wife, the beautiful and accomplished Rebecca, dies. She finds herself in an aristocratic social world her middle class upbringing did not prepare her for, and housekeeper Mrs Danvers despises her for taking her darling Rebecca’s place. But these are not the only problems to face…
OCLC #: 36944350
Also See: Alfred Hitchcock’s Academy Award Winning 1940 Rebecca starring Laurence Olivier  VHS00083 Copy 1
Added: March 27, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France

July 20, 2010
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France or Henry V (the Fifth)
Call Number: VHS01370
by Laurence Olivier; William Shakespeare;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, CA. : Rank Films : Paramount, ©1978, 1989.
Notes:  Originally released in 1944 (136 min.); Based on the play by William Shakespear; Nominated for four 1945 Academy Awards;
Summary: Henry V is Shakespeare’s dramatic depiction of England’s Henry as he strives to claim the crown of France. Henry finally establishes an alliance with France when he meets and marries Catherine of Valois after his army is victorious.
OCLC #: 33433917
Also: See the Version by Kenneth Branagh at VHS01055
Added: July 20, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Hamlet

May 4, 2010
Hamlet
Call Number: VHS01169 Copy 1
VHS01169 Copy 2
VHS01169 Copy 3
by Laurence Olivier; William Shakespeare;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount, ©1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1948  (155 min.); Based on the play by William Shakespeare; Nominated for seven 1949 academy awards;
Summary:  Performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
OCLC #: 17896736
Also: See the Verison by Franco Zeffirelli VHS01389
Added: May 4, 2010
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Richard III

March 26, 2010
Richard the Third (3rd)
Call Number: VHS01054 Copy 1
VHS01054 Copy 2
by Laurence Olivier; Cedric Hardwicke; Ralph Richardson, Sir; John Gielgud; Claire Bloom; William Shakespeare; Nelson Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States?] : Nelson Entertainment, [1987?]
Notes:Originally released in 1955 (155 min.); Adapted from the play by William Shakespeare; Nominated for one 1957 academy award.
Summary: Laurence Olivier is the definitive Richard III in this multiple award winning film. He stars as Richard of Gloucester, the hunchback who schemes to gain the throne of England.
OCLC #: 18925735
Added: March 26, 2010
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