Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Nothing in Common
Call Number: VHS00147
by Tom Hanks; Jackie Gleason;
Language: English
Publisher: New York : HBO/Cannon Video, ©1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1986 (119 mins.);
Summary: Life is great for David Basner until his parents split up after thirty-four years of marriage.
OCLC #: 15906863
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Eva Marie Saint, Garry Marshall
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Romeo and Juliet
Call Number: VHS00146
by Olivia Hussey; Leonard Whiting; Franco Zeffirelli; William Shakespeare; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures Corp., ©1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1968 (138 mins.); Based on the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare; 1968 Royal Film Performance; Nominated for four 1969 Academy Awards;
Summary: Teenagers fall in love, but are opposed by their families.
Also: See the George Cukor version, Romeo and Juliet ( VHS00127); the Baz Luhrmann version, Romeo + Juliet ( VHS00060); the Alan Horrox version ( VHS00752); the Mohamed Camara interpretation, Dakan ( VHS00318); the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise interpretation, West Side Story ( VHS00557);
OCLC #: 19225475
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Franco Zeffirelli, Shakespeare
Posted in Drama, Romance | Comments Closed
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
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Vincent and Theo
Call Number: VHS00144
by Robert Altman; Tim Roth; Paul Rhys;
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles : Hemdale Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1990 (140 mins.);
Summary: Famed director Robert Altman paints a provocative picture of the tragic life of artist Vincent Van Gogh and his obsessively dedicated brother Theo.
OCLC #: 24775908
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Robert Altman
Posted in Biography, Drama | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Since You Went Away
Call Number: VHS00143
by Claudette Colbert; Jennifer Jones; Joseph Cotten; Shirley Temple;
Language: English
Publisher: New York : CBS/Fox Video, ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (179 mins.); Based on the book Since You Went Away…Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret Buell Wilder; Nominated for nine 1945 Academy Awards; Edition contains two VHS cassette tapes;
Summary: Story of a family during World War II. While her husband is off at war, Anne struggles to be strong for her two daughters. Because money is tight, they take in a boarder and his grandson, and must deal with all sorts of problems trying to keep their spirits up.
OCLC #: 21632198
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Books on Film, John Cromwell
Posted in Drama, War | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
The Music Lover’s
Call Number: VHS00140
by Ken Russell; Richard Chamberlain; Glenda Jackson;
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, [1991].
Notes: Originally released in 1970 (123 mins.); Based on the book, Beloved Friend, by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara Von Meck.
Summary: Not exactly a fact-based story of the Tchaikovsky’s marriage, this is a lavishly produced picture with music played by the London Symphony Orchestra.
OCLC #: 24594255
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Ken Russell
Posted in Biography, Drama | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Union Pacific
Call Number: VHS00137
by Barbara Stanwyck; Joel McCrea; Akim Tamiroff; Robert Preston; Lynne Overman; Brian Donlevy; Robert Barrat; Anthony Quinn; Stanley Ridges; Evelyn Keyes; Henry Kolker; Francis McDonald; Cecil B DeMille; Walter DeLeon; C Gardner Sullivan; Jesse L Lasky; Jack Cunningham; Ernest Haycox; Paramount Pictures, inc.; MCA Universal Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: [Universal City, Calif.] : MCA Universal Home Video, [1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1939 (136 mins.); Based on a story by Ernest Haycox; Nominated for one 1940 Academy Award; Included in the Cecil B. DeMille collection; Edition includes original theatrical trailer;
Summary: Epic film about the development of the Union Pacific Railroad and the race to Promontory.
OCLC #: 32370877
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Black and White, Cecil B. DeMille
Posted in Drama, Western | 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
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
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
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
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
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Film Catalog | Comments Closed
