The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

January 27, 2009
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Call Number: DVD00486
by Preston Sturges; Harold Lloyd; Raymond Walburn; Rudy Vallée; Frances Ramsden; Edgar Kennedy; Arline Judge; Lionel Stander; Margaret Hamilton; Alpha Video Distributors.; California Pictures Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, [2004]
Notes: Originally released in 1947 (89 mins.);
Summary: In this sequel to The Freshman, Harold Diddlebock, former football star, slaves for twenty years in the bookkeeping department of an advertising agency and is fired. After recklessly placing a large bet and winning at the race track, he buys a circus and embarks on a series of adventures with his new pet, Jackie the lion.
Also: Film is available on VHS (VHS00708);
OCLC #: 55031591
Added: January 27, 2009
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Hail the Conquering Hero

January 8, 2009
Hail the Conquering Hero
Call Number: VHS00717
by Preston Sturges; Eddie Bracken; Ella Raines; William Demarest; Paramount Pictures, inc.; MCA Universal Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Universal Home Video, 1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (101 mins.); Nominated for one 1945 Academy Award;
Summary: Unable to face his home-town folks who think he’s gone off to war, Woodrow Layfayette Pershing Truesmith takes a ship-yard job and has his friends help him keep up the deception.
OCLC #: 22930137
Added: January 8, 2009
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

January 7, 2009
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Call Number: VHS00708
by Preston Sturges; Harold Lloyd; Rudy Vallée; Edgar Kennedy; United American Video Corp.; California Pictures Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Charlotte, NC. : United American Video Corp., 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (95 mins.);
Summary: Harold, an accountant, after an encounter with a bartender who makes special drinks using the customer’s name as a guide, ends up winning a fortune at gambling and owning a circus. Harold leads a lion named Jackie in a mad hilarious scheme to gain financing for the circus.
Also: Film available on DVD (DVD00486)
OCLC #: 70821742
Added: January 6, 2009
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Sullivan’s Travels

January 5, 2009
Sullivan’s Travels
Call Number: VHS00677
by Paul Jones; Preston Sturges; Joel McCrea; Veronica Lake; Robert Warwick; William Demarest; Margaret Hayes; Porter Hall; Franklyn Pangborn; Eric Blore; John F Seitz; Stuart Gilmore; Leo Shuken; Charles Bradshaw; Paramount Pictures, inc.; MCA Universal Home Video (Firm); MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, 1989.
Notes: Originally released in 1941 (91 mins.);
Summary: A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery–that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
OCLC #: 19406465
Added: January 5, 2009
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

December 15, 2008
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Call Number: VHS00488
by Betty Hutton; Eddie Bracken; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Paramount Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video, 1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1943 (98 mins.); Nominated for one 1944 Academy Awards;
Summary: A small-town girl goes overboard with war-time patriotic zeal and marries a soldier she’s only met once. He disappears after one night, then she thinks she’s pregnant…but just can’t remember her husband’s name.
OCLC #: 16244009
Added: December 15, 2008
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The Lady Eve

October 9, 2008
The Lady Eve
Call Number: VHS00133
by Paul Jones; Preston Sturges; Barbara Stanwyck; Henry Fonda; Charles Coburn; Eugene Pallette; William Demarest; Eric Blore; Melville Cooper; Martha O’Driscoll; Janet Beecher; Monckton Hoffe; Paramount Pictures.; MCA Universal Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Universal City, CA] : MCA Universal Home Video, ©1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1941 (93 mins); Nominated for one Academy Award;
Summary: Stanwyck portrays a calculating card shark who fleeces passengers on transatlantic ocean liners. When she discovers that an ingenuous young millionaire is on board, she figures he’ll be a pushover if she plays her cards right. Sure enough, he does fall for her, but surprise–she also falls for him. When he’s tipped off that true romance is not in the cards because she’s giving him a fast shuffle, his fondness fades. Now she realizes that if she wants to win him back, she’s got to stop her double-dealing, and she does but not before she turns up a few tricks of her own.
OCLC #: 33152219
Added: October 9, 2008
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