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Beauty and the Beast
Call Number: VHS00205 Copy 1
VHS00205 Copy 2
by Jean Marais; Josette Day; Jean Cocteau; Georges Auric; Leprince de Beaumont, Madame; Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, 1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (90 mins); Based on the fairy tale by Mme. Leprince de Beaumont;
Summary: Dramatized adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. Contains such visual displays as tears that become real diamonds and walls that grow arms to light Beauty’s path through the castle of the Beast
OCLC #: 15128216
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
La Belle et la bête
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Masculine-Feminine
Monday, October 27th, 2008Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis
Call Number: VHS00203
by Jean Luc Godard; Jean-Pierre Léaud; Chantal Goya; Brigitte Bardot; Video Images (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Video Images, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1966 (103 mins.); Edition comes with program card;
Summary: An original film mixing politics, romance and comedy. A journalist has an affair with a would-be rock star.
OCLC #: 35597129
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Blood of a Poet
Monday, October 27th, 2008Le Sang d’un poète
Call Number: VHS00201
by Jean Cocteau; Video Images.; Reel Images.;
Format: VHS
Language: French
Publisher: [United States] : Video Images ; Monroe, Conn. : Reel Images, 1980
Notes: Originally released in 1930 (53 mins.); Edition includes program card;
Summary: An avant-garde film built around a character who lives what he creates.
OCLC #: 74387111
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Sanders of the River
Monday, October 27th, 2008Alexander Korda’s Sanders of the River
Call Number: VHS00199
by Zoltan Korda; Alexander Korda, Sir; Paul Robeson; Leslie Banks; Nina Mae McKinley; Edgar Wallace; London Film Productions.; Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment (Firm); Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1987], ©1935.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (85 mins.); Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace
Summary: Story of the British colonial administrator’s attempts to keep peace in Nigeria and to civilize warring natives.
OCLC #: 42495230
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
The Oldest Profession
Monday, October 27th, 2008Le Plus vieux métier du monde
Call Number: VHS00197
by Jack H Harris; Claude Autant-Lara; Mauro Bolognini; Philippe De Broca; Michael Pfleghar; Jean-Luc Godard; Raquel Welch; Jeanne Moreau; Elsa Martinelli; Michéle Mercier; Nadia Gray; Anna Karina; Martin Held; France Anglade; Marilu Tolo; Jean-Claude Brialy; Jacques Charrrier;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : New world Video, 1967.
Notes: Originally released in 1967 (97 mins.);
Summary: A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages.
OCLC #: 32214998
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Shaka Zulu
Monday, October 27th, 2008Shaka Zulu
Call Number: VHS00196
by Robert Powell; Edward Fox; Trevor Howard; Henry Cele; Joshua Sinclair; William C Faure; Harmony Gold U.S.A., Inc.; StarMaker Entertainment Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Eatontown, NJ : Starmaker Entertainment, ©1989.
Notes: Originally aired in 1986 (300 mins.);
Summary: Shaka Zulu is the powerful true story of tribal Africa during the turbulent 19th century. This critically acclaimed mini-series follows the life of Shaka, a powerful and mighty Zulu leader, as he grows up to fufill an ancient tribal prophecy, uniting his people into a bold new nation. Shaka is driven by his extraordinary intelligence, courage, astounding physical ability an immortal stance, leading his proud warriors in their quest to be one people, one power, one empire!
OCLC #: 23666222
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
La Symphonie Pastorale
Monday, October 27th, 2008The Pastoral Symphony
Call Number: VHS00195
by Jean Delannoy; Jean Aurenche; Pierre Bost; Armand Thirard; Georges Auric; Michèle Morgan; Pierre Blanchar; Line Noro; Andrée Clément; Jean Desailly; André Gide; Janus Films.; Public Media Home Vision.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: [S.l.] : Janus Films : Public Media Home Vision, [1996?]
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (105 mins.); From the novel by André Gide;
Summary: A well-meaning Swiss pastor takes a blind orphan into his home in a mountain village. As she grows into a beautiful woman, his passion for her destroys the happiness of his wife and son
OCLC #: 36400972
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Erin Brockovich
Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Erin Brockovich
Call Number: VHS00186
by Danny DeVito; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher; Steven Soderbergh; Julia Roberts; Albert Finney; Aaron Eckhart; Anne V Coates; Thomas Newman; Susannah Grant; Universal Pictures (Firm); Columbia Pictures.; Jersey Films.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm); DVS Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video ; [Boston] : DVS Home Video, ©2000.
Notes: Originally released in 2000 (132 mins.); Nominated for five 2001 Academy Awards;
Summary: Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a law case against a giant corporation for water pollution. Erin’s determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin a legal fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.
OCLC #: 48475754
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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The Home and the World
Monday, October 27th, 2008Ghare-Băire
Call Number: VHS00185
by Satyajit Ray; Soumitra Chatterjee; Victor Banerjee; Swatilekha Chatterjee; Soumendu Roy; Dulal Dutta; Rabindranath Tagore; National Film Development Corporation of India.; Embassy Home Entertainment.; European Classics, Ltd.;
Format: VHS
Language: Bangali and English dialogue with English subtitles
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Nelson Entertainment : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1986?].
Notes: Originally released in 1984 (130 mins.); Based on the Nobel Prize winning novel Ghare-Băire by Rabindranath Tagore; Edition was produced in the International Collection;
Summary: A woman falls in love with her husband’s boyhood friend and his political ideals.
OCLC #: 77661957
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
The King and I
Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I
Call Number: VHS00184
by Darryl Francis Zanuck; Deborah Kerr; Yul Brynner; Oscar Hammerstein; Richard Rodgers; Margaret Landon; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Fox Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1956 (133 mins.); Adapted from Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s musical play based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon; Nominated for nine 1957 Academy Awards; Edition is included in the Rodgers & Hammerstein Golden Anniversary series;
Summary: Tells the story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens, who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860s.
OCLC #: 43749503
Also: See Anna and the King of Siam (VHS00090);
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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