River of No Return

July 19, 2010
River of No Return
Call Number: VHS01350
by Robert Mitchum; Marilyn Monroe; Tommy Rettig; Rory Calhoun; Stanley Rubin; Otto Preminger; Frank E Fenton; Louis Lantz; Fox Video (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Fox Video, [1992]
Notes:  Originally released in 1954 (91 min.); From a story by Louis Lantz; special collector features … original theatrical trailer, collector card of the original theatrical art, rare Movietone news clips of Marilyn!
Summary: Matt Calder (Mitchum), a widower, decides it’s time to start a new life with his son, Mark (Rettig). After being robbed and pistol-whipped by gambler Harry Weston (Calhoun) and nursed back to health by Weston’s fiancee, Kay (Monroe), Matt takes Mark and Kay on a ride down a roaring river, where they are at the mercy of wild animals and a lawless frontier.
OCLC #: 27764978
Added: July 19, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Exodus

April 2, 2009
Exodus
Call Number: DVD00201
by Dalton Trumbo; Otto Preminger; Paul Newman; Eva Marie Saint; Ralph Richardson, Sir; Peter Lawford; Lee J Cobb; Sal Mineo; John Derek; Hugh Griffith; Gregory Ratoff; Felix Aylmer; David Opatoshu; Jill Haworth; Ernest Gold; Leon Uris; United Artists Corporation.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2002.
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (208 mins.); edition contains the original theatrical trailer; Based on the novel by Leon Uris; Nominated for three 1961 Academy Awards;
Summary: This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film also depicts the struggle of the Jews in Palestine to gain partition, then profiles the main characters after the partition, fighting to continue as the nation of Israel.
Also: Available on VHS (VHS00412)
OCLC #: 50930027
Added: April 2, 2009
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The Cardinal

January 5, 2009
The Cardinal
Call Number: VHS00671
VHS00671 Copy 2
by Otto Preminger; Thomas Tryon; Henry Morton Robinson; Video Treasures (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Video Treasures, ©1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1963 (175 mins.); Based on the novel The cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson; Nominated for six 1964 Academy Awards;
Summary: Follows a parish priest across two continents and through several turbulent decades and his rise to the upper echelons of the church hierarchy.
OCLC #: 42514711
Added: January 5, 2009
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Carmen Jones

Oscar Hammerstein’s Carmen Jones
Call Number: VHS00666
by Otto Preminger; Harry Kleiner; Oscar Hammerstein; Harry Belafonte; Dorothy Dandridge; Pearl Bailey; Olga James; Joe Adams; Diahann Carroll; Georges Bizet; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1954 (105 mins.); edition includes original theatrical trailer and rare Movietone news footage; Based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet; Nominated for two 1955 Academy Awards;
Summary: Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths.
Also: See Carmen (VHS00366) and Karmen Gei (DVD00288)
OCLC #: 40785924
Added: January 5, 2009
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Laura

December 1, 2008
Laura
Call Number: VHS00425 Copy 1
VHS00425 Copy 2
by Gene Tierney; Dana Andrews; Clifton Webb; Vincent Price; Otto Preminger; Jay Dratler; Samuel Hoffenstein; Betty Reinhardt; Vera Caspary; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Video, ©1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (88 mins.); Adapted from the novel by Vera Caspary; Nominated for five 1945 Academy Awards; Edition includes the original theatrical trailer;
Summary: The detective assigned to the murder case of a beautiful young woman named Laura is stirred by her portrait and adoring descriptions by her admirers, and finds he, too, is strangely under her spell.
OCLC #: 27696710
Added: December 1, 2008
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Exodus

November 25, 2008
Exodus
Call Number: VHS00412
by Otto Preminger; Dalton Trumbo; Paul Newman; Eva Marie Saint; Ralph Richardson, Sir; Leon Uris; United Artists Corporation.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (218 mins.); Edition contains the original theatrical trailer; Based on the novel by Leon Uris; Nominated for three 1961 Academy Awards;
Summary: This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film also depicts the struggle of the Jews in Palestine to gain partition, then profiles the main characters after the partition, fighting to continue as the nation of Israel.
Also: Available on DVD (DVD00201)
OCLC #: 41623844
Added: November 25, 2008
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Forever Amber

October 16, 2008
Forever Amber
Call Number: VHS0087 Copy 1
VHS00087 Copy 2
by Philip Dunne; Ring Lardner; Jerry Cady; Kathleen Winsor; Linda Darnell; Cornel Wilde; Richard Greene; George Sanders; William Perlberg; Otto Preminger; Fox Video (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Fox Video, [1994]
Notes: Originally released in 1947 (140 mins.); Based on the book by Kathleen Winsor; Nominated for one 1948 Academy Award;
Summary: Amber, a village maid, is left alone to bear the child of Bruce Carlton, a gallant adventurer whom she loves. Determined to win him by gaining stature and title, the calculating Amber has an affair with a captain, marries a wealthy earl and even becomes mistress to the King.
OCLC #: 31258636
Added: October 16, 2008
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