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That Darn Cat
Call Number: VHS00283
by: Robert Stevenson; Hayley Mills; Dean Jones; Dorothy Provine; Roddy McDowall; Neville Brand; Elsa Lanchester; William Demarest; Frank Gorshin; Ed Wynn; Gordons.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., [2005]
Notes: Originally released in 1965 (116 mins.)
Summary: His name is D.C. – short for “Darn Cat”–And the sleekest sleuth to grace the silver screen. Hayley Mills stars as a young woman with an active imagination who contacts the FBI when D.C. suddenly sports a wristwatch around his neck
OCLC #: 32934425
Added: November 4, 2008
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Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
That Darn Cat
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Scorchers
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
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Scorchers
Call Number: DVD00044
by Faye Dunaway; Denholm Elliott; James Earl Jones; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Trinity Home Entertainment, 2004.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (88 mins.);
Summary: Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan. The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. On the other side of town Splendid’s cousin is having her own problems.
OCLC #: 61208032
Added: November 4, 2008
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Babe
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
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Babe
Call Number: VHS00277
by: Dick King-Smith; George Miller; Chris Noonan; Doug Mitchell; Bill Miller; James Cromwell; Magda Szubanski; Universal Pictures (Firm); Kennedy Miller (Firm); MCA Home Video (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, [1996]
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (1 hr. 32 mins.) Nominated for 6 academy awards
Summary: An orphaned piglet, Babe, is cared for by a sheepdog and soon thinks he is one too. The farmer senses something special in Babe and enters him in the National Sheepdog Championships
OCLC #: 34405644
Added: November 4, 2008
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Jit
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Jit
Call Number: VHS00275
by Dominic Makuvachuma; Sibongile Nene; Farai Sevenzo; Oliver Mtukudzi; Winnie Ndemera; Michael Raeburn; Rory Kilalea; Tobias Areketa; Film Africa.; Mukuvisi Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1992 (92 mins.);
Summary: The beat of jit-jive drives the story, set in Zimbabwe, of a fun-loving youth called UK, who is determined to win the heart of Sofi, a stately beauty closely guarded by her gangster boyfriend. UK’s efforts are both helped and hindered by Jukwa, a pesty ancestral spirit.
OCLC #: 31502052
Added: November 4, 2008
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The Apple Dumpling Gang
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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The Apple Dumpling Gang
Call Number: VHS00271
by: Bill Bixby; Tim Conway; Don Knotts; Susan Clark; Norman Tokar; Jack M Bickham; Walt Disney Company.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Video ; [Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1975 (100 mins.)
Summary: Three frisky kids strike it rich during the California Gold Rush and set off the wildest bank robbery in the West where robbers get robbed and con men get conned.
OCLC #: 32082117
Added: November 4, 2008
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Rookie of The Year
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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Rookie of The Year
Call Number: VHS00268
by Thomas Ian Nicholas; Gary Busey; Dan Hedaya; Daniel Stern; Sam Harper; DVS Home Video (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : FoxVideo ; [Boston, MA : DVS Home Video], ©1994, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (103 mins.)
Summary: When the cast is removed from his severely broken arm, a clumsy 12-year-old is shocked to find his arm has become a 100 mile-per-hour thunderbolt, and is signed as ace pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
OCLC #: 34767152
Added: November 4, 2008
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Les Pétroleuses
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008The Legend of Frenchie King
Call Number: VHS00267
by Brigitte Bardot; Claudia Cardinale; Michael J Pollard; Christian-Jaque; Westlake Entertainment Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Westlake Village, Calif. : Westlake Entertainment Group, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1971 (95 mins.);
Summary: Super sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stars as Frenchie King, leader of an all-female outlaw gang.
OCLC #: 50862033
Also: Edition also contains Caroline and the Rebels (VHS00267)
Added: November 4, 2008
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Princesse Tam Tam
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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Princess Tam Tam
Call Number: VHS00261
by Edmond T Gréville; Josephine Baker; Albert Préjean; Germaine Aussey; Axlixo Grenet; Jacques Dallin; Kino International Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: [S.l.] : Arys Production ; [New York, N.Y.] : Kino International Corp., ©1989.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (80 mins.);
Summary: An exotic Pygmalion-like musical comedy about a French author who goes to North Africa to write a novel but becomes distracted and entranced by a native girl whom he transforms into a princess.
OCLC #: 84395093
Added: November 4, 2008
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La Règle du jeu
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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The Rules of the Game
Call Number: VHS00252 Copy 1
VHS00252 Copy 2
by Jean Renoir; Nora Gregor; Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm); Murray Hill Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: New York : Murray Hill Video, ©1985?.; Copy 2: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision Cinema, [after 1992].
Notes: Originally released in 1939 (107 mins.);
Summary: A satire on the decadence of the pre-World War II French aristocracy. Renoir paints a picture of a social world where pleasure is the prize, where intrigue, guile and the lack of honesty are part of the “rules” of a dying class. Unpopular on its first release at the eve of World War II, the film was withdrawn and suppressed until the late 50’s when a complete print was found and restored.
OCLC #: 11743875
Added: November 3, 2008
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A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
Call Number: VHS00249
by: Michael Gottlieb; Thomas Ian Nicholas; Joss Ackland; Art Malik; Mark Twain; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Tapestry Films.; Trimark Pictures.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (90 mins.)
Summary: 14-year-old Little Leaguer Calvin Fuller is in an earthquake which sends him through a time rift into King Arthur’s court. Arthur is in danger of losing his kingdom and Calvin must find a way to conquer his fears and help Arthur save his realm.
OCLC #: 42479259
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection