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Titanic
Call Number: VHS00128
by Jean Negulesco; Clifton Webb; Barbara Stanwyck; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1953 (97 mins.); Nominated for two 1954 Academy Awards;
Summary: Re-enactment of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, the British luxury oceanliner, in the icy waters of the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage.
OCLC #: 43750382
Also: See the later-released version, Titanic directed by James Cameron (VHS00169)
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Archive for the ‘Action’ Category
Titanic
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Top Gun
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
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Top Gun
Call Number: VHS00124
by Don Simpson; Jerry Bruckheimer; Jim Cash; Jack Epps; Tony Scott; Tom Cruise; Kelly McGillis; Val Kilmer; Anthony Edwards; Tom Skerritt; Harold Faltermeyer; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1986 (109 mins.); Nominated for four 1987 Academy Awards;
Summary: Maverick Mitchell, a daring young flyer in the U.S. Navy is out to become the best of the best at the Navy’s prestigious fighter weapons school. Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can’t learn in a classroom.
OCLC #: 15320065
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Virginia City
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Virginia City
Call Number: VHS00121
by Michael Curtiz; Errol Flynn; Miriam Hopkins; Warner Bros.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (121 mins.);
Summary: During the Civil War, a group of Southern sympathizers attempts to smuggle $5,000,000 in gold from Nevada to Virginia with the intention of saving the Confederacy and a Union spy is sent to stop them.
OCLC #: 25908836
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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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
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Call Number: VHS00112
by Hal Clay; Lawrence Cook; Ivan Dixon; Sam Greenlee; Paula Kelly; Bokari, Ltd.; United Artists Corporation.; Video City Productions.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [U.S.?] : Video City Productions, [198-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1973 (90 mins.); Based on the book The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee;
Summary: The CIA’s first black operative sick of tokenism, leaves government service to organize the ghetto into a highly trained gorilla army
OCLC #: 19870776
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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A New Hope
Friday, October 17th, 2008Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope or Star Wars
Call Number: VHS00108 Copy 1
VHS00108 Copy 2
by Harrison Ford; Mark Hamill; Carrie Fisher; George Lucas; Gary Kurtz;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Fox Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1977 (124 mins.); Nominated for 10 1978 Academy Awards; Also earn a Special Achievement Award from the Academy;
Summary: Princess Leia is captured by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and spaceship captain Han Solo team together to restore justice in the Empire.
OCLC #: 221714993
Wild Wild West
Friday, October 17th, 2008Wild Wild West
Call Number: DVD00030 Copy 1
DVD00030 Copy 2
by St. Clair Entertainment Group Inc.; Marlon Brando; Burt Lancaster; Randoph Scott;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Montreal, QC : St. Clair Entertainment Group Inc., ©2003.
Notes: Originally released between 1951 and 1973; Limited Edition box set contains eight movies on eight DVDs;
Chapters: One-eyed jacks — Vengeance valley — Rage at dawn — The deadly companions — Boot Hill — The over-the-hill gang — Pioneer woman — Sitting Bull.
OCLC #: 262620897
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Gladiator
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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Gladiator
Call Number: VHS00097
by Russell Crowe; Joaquin Phoenix; Connie Nielsen; Oliver Reed; Derek Jacobi; Djimon Hounsou; Richard Harris; Ridley Scott; David Franzoni; John Logan; William Nicholson; Dreamworks Pictures.; Universal Pictures (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment : Distributed by DVS Home Video, [2001]
Notes: Originally released in 2000 (155 mins.); Nominated for 12 2001 Academy Awards;
Summary: A Roman general refuses to transfer his loyalty to the new emperor, Commodus, and suffers the consequences, winding up as a gladiator in the Roman Colosseum.
OCLC #: 48651460
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Hollywood Greats in the Early Westerns
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Hollywood Greats in the Early Westerns
Call Number: VHS00075
by Errol Flynn; Ronald Reagan; Olivia deHavilland; Alan Hale; Clark Gable; William Boyd; Helen Twelvetrees; Tim McCoy; Joan Barclay; Ben Corbett;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Questar Video, 1995.
Notes: 10 westerns on three VHS tapes (12 hrs.);
Chapters: The outlaw (1941) – Famous western debut of Jane Russell with Jack Buetel as Billy the Kid and Walter Huston as Doc Holliday —
Riders of destiny (1933) – Action western starring John Wayne as a Washington agent sent to procure water rights for ranchers. Also starring Cecilia Parker, George “Gabby” Hayes, and Forrest Taylor. —
The frontiersman (1938) – Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and George “Gabby” Hayes deal with unruly schoolchildren, a gang of rustlers and a pretty school teacher.
Boots & saddles (1937) – Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette teach an English newcomer the “code of the West”. Also stars Judith Allen —
Under California stars (1948) – Classic western of the lonesome cowboy. Roy Rogers takes on a gang of horse thieves who hold Trigger for ransom —
Dawn on the great divide (1943) – Lawman exposes villians framing Native Americans for alleged crimes. Buck Jones’ last film. —
Arizona days (1937) – Early gun-fighting western starring the original singing cowboy, Tex Ritter. Also features Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor and Snub Pollard.
Santa Fe Trail (1940) – Action starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan as West Point classmates and romantic rivals. Also stars Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale. —
The painted desert (1931) – Clark Gable’s talkie debut as the bad guy in a romance about young lovers caught between feuding families. Also with William Boyd and Helen Twelvetrees —
Texas wildcats (1939) – Good guys vs. bad guys western with Tim McCoy starring as the Phantom. Also, with Joan Barclay and Ben Corbett.
OCLC #: 37824942
Added: October 14, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Boots and Saddles
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Boots and Saddles
Call Number: VHS00072
by Joe Kane; Gene Autry; Smiley Burnette; Judith Allen;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: North Hollywood, Calif. : All Occasion Video, [1986?].
Notes: Originally released in 1937 (53 mins.); Edition: Wild West Movie Heroes Special Collectors Series No. 4;
Summary: Gene and his horse Champion enter a horserace in order to help save a ranch owned by an English lord and his daughter.
OCLC #: 77895784
Added: October 14, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection