Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Zouzou
Call Number: VHS00221
by Bernard Goldberg; Arys Nissotti; Marc Allégret; Carlo Rim; G Abatino; Josephine Baker; Jean Gabin; Kelber.; D Batcheff; Van Parys-Scotto; Al Romanis;
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Kino International ; [Chatsworth, Calif.] : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainmen, ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1934 (92 mins.); Based on the story by G. Abatino;
Summary: Backstage musical, in which a talented laundress takes the place of the lead on opening night and saves the show.
OCLC #: 148112243
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Crime, Foreign Film, Marc Allégret
Posted in Musical, Romance | Comments Closed
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Cry the Beloved Country
Call Number: VHS00220
by Sidney Poitier; Canada Lee; Charles Carson; Zoltan Korda; Alan Paton; British Lion Films.; United Artists Corporation.; London Films.; Monterey Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Malibu, CA : Monterey Home Video, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1951 (100 mins.); Based on the novel by Alan Paton;
Summary: This is a story of two men, two fathers, one black, one white, drawn together through one father’s search for a lost son.
OCLC #: 25291995
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Zoltan Korda
Posted in Drama | Comments Closed
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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The Lion in Winter
Call Number: VHS00219
by Anthony Harvey; Peter O’Toole; Katharine Hepburn; James Goldman; Haworth Productions.; Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Embassy Home Entertainment, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1968 (134 mins.); Based on the play by James Goldman; Nominated for seven 1969 Academy Awards;
Summary: King Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, manipulate their three grown sons in an intrigue to decide which son will succeed Henry as king
Also: See the Andrei Konchalovsky directed The Lion in Winter ( DVD00260)
OCLC #: 18406803
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Anthony Harvey, Award, Foreign Film, History
Posted in Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Kuroi ame
Call Number: VHS00218
by Shōhei Imamura; Yoshiko Tanaka; Kazuo Kitamura; Etsuko Ichihara; Masuji Ibuse; Fox Lorber Home Video (Firm); Tōei Kabushiki Kaisha.; Angelica Films.;
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Publisher: New York : Fox Lorber Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1989 (123 mins.);
Summary: This is an unforgettable movie about humanity and survival after the 1945 atomic catastrophe that changed the world forever.
OCLC #: 24358692
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Foreign Film, Shohei Imamura
Posted in Drama, War | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Call Number: VHS00217
by Peter Greenaway; Richard Bohringer; Michael Gambon; Helen Mirren; Alan Howard; Vidmark Entertainment.; Miramax Films.;
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Vidmark Entertainment, 1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1970 (123 mins.); Edition contains the original uncut letterboxed version;
Summary: Set in an indefinite future, this is an outrageous and satirical film about love, sex, food, power, murder and revenge.
OCLC #: 23176703
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Crime, Peter Greenaway
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Vampire Lovers
Call Number: VHS00216
by Ingrid Pitt; Peter Cushing; Dawn Addams; Pippa Steele; Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1988],
Notes: Originally released in 1970 (89 mins.); Based on the story Carmilla, by J. Sheridan LeFanu;
Summary: When a mysterious countess is called out of town, the General offers to care for her daughter, Carmilla. Little does he know that the countess’ daughter is a bloodlusting vampire with a passion for pretty girls, and that his niece Laura is her first victim.
OCLC #: 19297966
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Roy Ward Baker
Posted in Horror, Mystery | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
La Grande illusion
Call Number: VHS00215 Copy 1
VHS00215 Copy 2
by Jean Renoir; Charles Spaak; Jean Gabin; Pierre Fresnay; Erich Von Stroheim; Crown Video (Firm); Cie Jean Renoir.; Réalisations d’Art Cinématographique (Firm); World Pictures (Firm);
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: New York : Crown Video, [199-?]; Copy 2: Los Angeles, CA : Connoisseur Video Collection, 1991.;
Notes: Originally released in 1937 (117 mins.); Nominated for one 1939 Academy Award;
Summary: French officers as German prisoners of war in World War I reflect the changes in the social order and views of warfare as they each try to escape the realities of being in a prisoner of war camp.
OCLC #: 42511283
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Black and White, Jean Renoir
Posted in Drama, War | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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GiGi
Call Number: VHS00214 Copy 1
VHS00214 Copy 2
by Colette; Arthur Freed; Maurice Chevalier; Leslie Caron; Frederick Loewe; Alan Jay Lerner; Vincente Minnelli; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.;
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1985.; Copy 2: [New York] : MGM/UA Home Video, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1958 (115 mins.); Based on the novel by Colette; Nominated for nine 1959 Academy Awards;
Summary: The musical story of a French girl groomed to be a courtesan, but who blossoms into a lady.
OCLC #: Copy 1: 12798828; Copy 2: 31859640
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Books on Film, Vincente Minnelli
Posted in Comedy, Musical | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Birth of a Nation
Call Number: VHS00213 Copy 1
VHS00213 Copy 2
VHS00213 Copy 3
by D W Griffith; Thomas Dixon;
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Copy 2: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, [198-?]
Copy 3: New York, NY: Kino Video, 1993, ©1915.
Notes: Originally released in 1915 (154 mins.); Copy 2 edition notes: 94 mins.,This collector’s edition of The Birth of a Nation was made from a 1933 print produced under the personal supervision of D.W. Griffith. It includes the orginal musical score for the movie which was adapted by Griffith to the 24 frames-per-second running speed needed for sound; Copy 3 edition notes: includes a 30-minute epilogue with rare stills and outtake footage;
Summary: A civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man’s honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
OCLC #: 24232563
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, D.W. Griffith, History, Lillian Gish, Silent Films
Posted in Drama, War | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Monkey People
Call Number: VHS00212
by Lee Ritenour; Raul Julia;
Language: English
Publisher: Westport, CT : Rabbit Ears Productions, 1991.
Notes: Originally aired in 1991? (30 mins.); Nominated for nine Grammy Awards;
Summary: Features Raul Julia telling a folktale about Tepe, a little boy from a prosperous but lazy Amazonian village, who discovers an old man who carves monkeys out of leaves. Eventually, the leaf-monkeys are able to do everything the villagers wish.
OCLC #: 25609836
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Animated, Award, History
Posted in Family, Television Series | Comments Closed
