Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Love Among the Ruins
Call Number: VHS00145
by Katharine Hepburn; Laurence Olivier; George Cukor; James Costigan; John Barry; Don Black; Colin Blakely; Richard Pearson; Gwen Nelson; Robert Harris; Americian Broadcasting Companies.; CBS Fox Video.; Fox Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : CBS Fox Video : Fox Video, ©1992.
Notes: Originally aired in 1975 (100 mins.); Nominated for seven 1975 Emmy Awards;
Summary: When an aging beauty is sued for breach of promise by a man young enough to be her grandson, she hires the greatest barrister in England, whom she loved and left when they were both young and poor.
OCLC #: 27881747
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, George Cukor
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Singin’ In the Rain
Call Number: VHS00142
by Gene Kelly; Stanley Donen; Donald O’Connor; Debbie Reynolds; Jean Hagen; Millard Mitchell; Cyd Charisse; Nacio Herb Brown; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1952 (103 mins.); Nominated for two 1953 Academy Awards; Edtion: 40th Anniversary Edition; Edition includes the original trailer, a deleted scene and reminiscences about the filming;
Summary: Spoof of the early days of “talkie” films.
OCLC #: 25685079
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Posted in Comedy, Musical | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Best in Show
Call Number: VHS00139
by Jennifer Coolidge; Christopher Guest; John Michael Higgins; Michael Hitchcock; Eugene Levy; Jane Lynch; Michael McKean; Catherine O’Hara; Parker Posey; Fred Willard; Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2001.
Notes: Originally released in 2000 (90 mins.); Edition contains over 15 minutes of additional scenes;
Summary: A hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them).
OCLC #: 48204504
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Christopher Guest
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Born Yesterday
Call Number: VHS00138
by Garson Kanin; Judy Holliday; William Holden; Broderick Crawford; George Cukor;
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, ©1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (103 mins.); Based on the stage play by Garson Kanin; Nominated for five 1951 Academy Awards;
Summary: A millionaire junk dealer arranges for his unsophisticated girlfriend to take a course in “culture.”
Also: See the later-released version Born Yesterday (
VHS00670)
OCLC #: 14709790
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Black and White, George Cukor
Posted in Comedy, Romance | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Terms of Endearment
Call Number: VHS00136
by James L Brooks; Shirley MacLaine; Debra Winger; Jack Nicholson; Larry McMurtry; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Paramount Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, ©1983.
Notes: Originally released in 1983 (132 mins.); Nominated for 11 1984 Academy Awards; Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry;
Summary: A comedy-drama about the evolving relationship of a mother and daughter over 30 years.
OCLC #: 16143124
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, James L. Brooks
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
David Lynch’s Wild at Heart
Call Number: VHS00135
by David Lynch; Nicolas Cage; Laura Dern; Willem Dafoe; Diane Ladd;
Language: English
Publisher: New York : CBS/Fox Video, [1991].
Notes: Originally released in 1990 (125 mins.); Based on the novel by Barry Gifford; Nominated for one 1991 Academy Award;
Summary: Two young lovers are on the run from one’s nasty mother. Filled with David Lynch’s trademark offbeat characters.
OCLC #: 23378978
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Books on Film, Crime, David Lynch
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Some Like it Hot
Call Number: VHS00133 Copy 1
VHS00133 Copy 2
by Billy Wilder; I A L Diamond; Marilyn Monroe; Tony Curtis; Jack Lemmon; MGM Home Entertainment (Firm); MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); United Artists Corporation.; Ashton Productions.; Mirisch Corporation.;
Language: English
Publisher: [California?] : MGM Home Entertainment ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1959 (122 mins.); Nominated for six 1960 Academy Awards; Based on a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan; Copy 2 contains the original theatrical trailer;
Summary: Two unemployed musicians accidently witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.
OCLC #: 39089854
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Billy Wilder, Black and White, Crime
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
The Shop Around the Corner
Call Number: VHS00130
by Ernst Lubitsch; James Stewart; Margaret Sullavan; Frank Morgan; Joseph Schildkraut; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (100 mins.); Based on a play by Nikolaus Laszlo;
Summary: Quiet, unassuming Kralik is fired from his job in a gift shop, when his boss falsely believes that he is having an affair with the boss’s wife. Out of work and lonely, Kralik finds out that the girl of his dreams is actually the girl who works in the shop.
OCLC #: 17305612
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Ernst Lubitsch
Posted in Comedy, Film Catalog, Romance | Comments Closed
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Without Reservations
Call Number: VHS00117
by John Wayne; Claudette Colbert; Don Defore; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.; Turner Home Entertainment (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Turner Home Entertainment, 1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (101 mins.);
Summary: A couple of marines out for fun and romance encounter a lady novelist traveling incognito on a Hollywood-bound train.
OCLC #: 23090160
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, Mervyn LeRoy
Posted in Comedy, Film Catalog, Romance | Comments Closed
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Legally Blonde
Call Number: VHS00114
by Marc Platt; Ric Kidney; Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith; Robert Luketic; Reese Witherspoon; Luke Wilson; Selma Blair; Matthew Davis; Victor Garber; Jennifer Coolidge; Holland Taylor; Ali Larter; Amanda Brown; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2001.
Notes: Originally released in 2001 (96 mins.); Based on the book by Amanda Brown;
Summary: When a blonde California sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to follow him to Harvard Law School to get him back and, once there, learns she has more legal savvy than she ever imagined.
OCLC #: 50753714
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Books on Film, Robert Luketic
Posted in Comedy, Film Catalog | Comments Closed
