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The Edgar Kennedy Slow Burn Festival

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
The Edgar Kennedy Slow Burn Festival
Call Number: VHS00104
by Edgar Kennedy; Video Images (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, ©1983.
Notes: Originally released between 1934-1937 (59 mins.);
Chapters: Poisoned Ivory (1934) — Edgar Hamlet (1935) — A Clean Sweep (1937).
OCLC #: 16873286
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Molly and Me

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Molly and Me
Call Number: VHS00103
by Monty Woolley; Gracie Fields; Reginald Gardiner; Roddy McDowall; Video Treasures (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Jericho, N.Y. : Video Treasures : Distributed by Video Cassette Sales, ©1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (76 mins.); Edition contains a program card;
Summary: An unemployed actress takes a job as a housekeeper for a member of Parliament and tries to run his household and his life.
OCLC #: 12443249
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Call Number: VHS00099
by Uma Thurman; Janeane Garofalo; Ben Chaplin; Jamie Foxx; Michael Lehmann; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : FoxVideo, 1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (97 mins.);
Summary: Abby, a savvy, witty veterinarian who hosts her own radio talk show, is anything but confident when it comes to love. A petite brunette, she describes herself as tall and blonde when Brian, a caller who is smitten with her radio persona, asks her on a date. She then talks her tall, blonde neighbor Noelle into assuming her identity, setting off an escalating series of hilarious and romantic crises.
OCLC #: 35553260
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The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show
Call Number: VHS00092 Copy 1
VHS00092 Copy 2
VHS00092 Copy 3
by Ralph Levy; Paul Henning; George Burns; Gracie Allen; Bea Benaderet; Fred Clark; Harry Von Zell; Burns & Allen (Comedy team); GoodTimes Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: New York, NY : Goodtimes Home Video Corp., 1985.
Notes: Originally aired in 1951 (29 mins.); Edition includes George’s monologues, Gracie’s recollection of seeing George for the first time, and original commercials
Summary: Gracie’s friend from San Francisco arrives with her three daughters for the Christmas holiday.
OCLC #: 32592299
Also: See other episodes of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on DVD00012 and DVD00048
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Dazed and Confused

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Dazed and Confused
Call Number: VHS00091
by Richard Linklater; Universal City Studios.; Gramercy Pictures.; Alphaville Productions.; Detour Filmproduction.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Universal City, Calif.] : MCA Universal Home Video, 1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (103 mins.);
Summary: Explores the last day of school — and one rowdy night — in the lives of a group of high school students in late May, 1976.
OCLC #: 30083164
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Blondie in Society

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Blondie & Dagwood: No. 4 Blondie in Society
Call Number: VHS00087
by Penny Singleton; Arthur Lake; Chic Young; King Features Syndicate.; Hearst Entertainment.; NPS Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : NPS Home Video, ©1941.
Notes: Originally released in 1941 (75 mins.); Based on the comic strip by Chic Young;
Summary: Classic films based on the comic strip created by Chic Young. In this film, Dagwood acquires a prize Great Dane, and enters it in a dog show. However, one of Mr. Dithers’ clients has a dog in the show, and he doesn’t want to compete against Dagwood’s champion. Mr. Dithers promises to keep the Great Dane out of the show, but Blondie, not knowing what has transpired, enters the dog anyway.
Also: See the film Blondie (VHS00086);
OCLC #: 29661416
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Blondie

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Blondie & Dagwood: No. 1 Blondie
Call Number: VHS00086
by Penny Singleton; Arthur Lake; Chic Young; King Features Syndicate.; Hearst Entertainment.; NPS Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : NPS Home Video, ©1938.
Notes: Originally released in 1938 (75 mins.); Based on the comic by Chic Young;
Summary: Classic films based on the comic strip created by Chic Young. The first, Blondie, deals with Dagwood’s problems at work, and Blondie’s mistaken impression that Dagwood has taken up with another woman.
Also: See the film Blondie in Society (VHS00087);
OCLC #: 29661272
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Little Women

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
 
Little Women
Call Number: VHS00081
by George Cukor; Katharine Hepburn; Joan Bennett; Frances Dee; Louisa May Alcott; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1983.
Notes: Originally released in 1933 (116 mins.); Nominated for three 1934 Academy Awards; Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott;
Summary: The story of four sisters who grow up in Massachusetts during the Civil War. The story follows their joys and sorrows as they become the “little women” their father so proudly calls them.
OCLC #: 20237395
Also: See the later-released movie adaptation Little Women directed by Mervyn LeRoy (VHS00348) or the even later-released movie adaptation Little Women directed by Gillian Armstrong (VHS00017)
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His Double Life

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
His Double Life
Call Number: VHS00076
by Arnold Bennett; Lillian Gish; Roland Young; Arthur Hopkins; Atlantic Pictures, Inc.; Kartes Video Communications.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, 1984
Notes: Originally released in 1933 (67 mins.); From the novel ‘Buried Alive’ and the play ‘Great Adventure’ by Arnold Bennett
Summary: A reclusive painter flees to London with his valet to escape a woman who wants to marry him. When the valet dies, the painter assumes his identity. All goes well until he is forced to resume painting to make a living
OCLC #: 11635040
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Cary Grant

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Cary Grant Collector’s Edition
Call Number: DVD00026
by Cary Grant; Audrey Hepburn; Diamond Entertainment Corporation (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Walnut, CA : Diamond Entertainment, [2004]
Notes: Originally released between 1936-1963; Set contains two DVDs with four films (6.5 hrs.);
Chapters: Disc 1. Charade — Penny serenade.
Disc 2. His girl Friday — The amazing adventure.
OCLC #: 62596385
Added: October 14, 2008
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