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Tales of Courage
Call Number: DVD00041
by Johnny Cash; Martin Sheen; Sidney Poitier; Kim Cattrall; Eartha Kitt
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Woodland Hills, CA : St. Clair Entertainment Group, Inc., 2006.
Notes: Originally released between 1939 – 1987; Bonus features: Johnny Cash bio, classic radio episode of “Blind Courage,” movie trailers;
Chapters: Disc 1: The pride of Jesse Hallam/(Johnny Cash) — The conflict/(Martin Sheen) — Escape from Sobibor/(Alan Arkin) —
Disc 2: Mark of the hawk/(Sidney Poitier, Clinton Macklin, Eartha Kitt) — Crossbar/(Kim Cattrall, Brent Carver) — The ballad of Andy Crocker/(Lee Majors) —
Disc 3: Firehouse/(Michael Lerner, Richard Roundtree) — The stars that look down/(Michael Redgrave) — Cry of the penguin/(John Hurt, Hayley Mills
OCLC #: 95581234
Added: October 22, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
Tales of Courage
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Gentleman's Agreement
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Gentleman’s Agreement
Call Number: VHS00173
by Gregory Peck; Dorothy McGuire; John Garfield; Celeste Holm; Elia Kazan; Darryl Francis Zanuck; Moss Hart; Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson; Fox Video (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Jewish Media Fund, 1997
Notes: Originally released 1947 (118 mins.); nominated for eight 1948 Academy Awards; Based on the novel Gentleman’s agreement by Laura Z. Hobson.
Summary: A writer who is assigned to do a magazine series on anti-Semitism decides to pose as a Jew, and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance.
OCLC #: 39446754
Added: October 22, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Rowing with the Wind
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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Remando al viento
Call Number: VHS00171
by Hugh Grant; Lizzy McInnerny; Valentine Pelka; Elizabeth Hurley; José Luis Gómez; Virginia Mataix; Ronan Vibert; Jose Carlos Rivas; Gonzalo Suárez; Yvonne Blake; Alejandro Masso; Jose Salcedo; Carlos Suarez; Wolfgang Burman; Jose Jacoste; Miramax Films.; Iberoamericana de TV.; Viking Film (Firm); Ditirambo Films.; Televisión Española.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1999?]
Notes: Videocassette release of the 1987 Spanish-Norwegian production (126 mins.);
Summary: While visiting friends at a secluded estate, an extraordinary woman, Mary Shelley, envisions a terrifying beast that turns into a human creation! From that moment on, she is powerless to stop the relentless torment of her sinister brainchild– a living nightmare that threatens to destroy all that she loves!
Also: See other films about the creation of the book Frankenstein: the Ken Russell directed Gothic (VHS00734); and the Ivan Passer directed Haunted Summer (VHS00720); In addition see other interpretations of Frankenstein: The James Whale directed, Frankenstein (VHS00354); the Charles Barton directed Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (VHS00759); the Roger Corman directed Frankenstein Unbound (VHS00760); and Kenneth Branagh directed Frankenstein (VHS00758/DVD00062);
OCLC #: 41408293
Added: October 21, 2008
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Titanic
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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Titanic
Call Number: VHS00169
by Leonardo DiCaprio; Kate Winslet; Billy Zane; Kathy Bates; Frances Fisher; Bernard Hill; Jonathan Hyde; Danny Nucci; Gloria Stuart; David Warner; Victor Garber; Bill Paxton; James Cameron; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Lightstorm Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, [1998]
Notes: Originally released in 1997 (194 mins.); Nominated for 14 1998 Academy Awards;
Summary: Two people from different worlds meet and fall in love on the brief, tragic maiden voyage of the grand ocean liner Titanic.
OCLC #: 39779624
Also: See the earlier release, Titanic – directed by Jean Negulesco (VHS00128);
Added: October 21, 2008
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The Eagle
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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The Eagle
Call Number: VHS00168
by Clarence Brown; Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin; Hans Kraly; George Barnes; Hal C Kern; Carl Davis; David Gill; Kevin Brownlow; Raymond Rohauer; Rudolph Valentino; Vilma Banky; Louise Dresser; James A Marcus; United Artists Corporation.; Thames Television, ltd.; Channel Four (Great Britain); Film Classics.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Film Classics, [198-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1925 (81 mins.); Silent film with new music score and English intertitles; Credit screens are from the 1985 reconstruction and are more complete than the original; Based on a story by Alexander Pushkin;
Summary: Rudolf Valentino is a Russian Robin Hood avenging wrongs as the Black Eagle.
OCLC #: 33222639
Added: October 21, 2008
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The Elusive Corporal
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Le Caporal épinglé
Call Number: VHS00167
by Jean Renoir; Jean-Pierre Cassel; Claude Brasseur; O.E. Hasse; Video Images (Firm); Video Yesteryear.; Reel Images.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images [distributor], ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (109 mins.); Based on the novel by Jacques Perret; Originally released in German and French, this edition has been dubbed in English; Edition contains program card;
Summary: Set in a German P.O.W. camp in 1940, this is the story of a French corporal who is determined to escape to return to Paris and fight once more.
OCLC #: 29696162
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
The Island
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008The Island
Call Number: VHS00166
by Kaneto Shindō;
Format: VHS
Language: None
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, ©1991,
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (96 mins.); Without dialogue; the story is told only through visuals, ambient sound and music; Original title: Hodaka no shima; Produced in Japan; Edition contains program card;
Summary: The quiet tenor of life for the only family inhabiting a tiny island is eventually broken by illness and death.
OCLC #: 82841053
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Persona
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Kinematografi
Call Number: VHS00165
by Ingmar Bergman; Liv Ullman; Bibi Andersson
Format: VHS
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1966 (83 mins.); Swedish title: Kinematografi; Edition contains program card;
Summary: The genius of Bergman showing his metaphysical expressiveness changing to a deep concern for the human condition. The surface story is about a famous actress who withdraws into silence and the nurse who becomes her companion at an isolated sea-side cottage.
OCLC #: 18100267
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Queen Elizabeth
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
Call Number: VHS00164
by Sarah Bernhardt; Lou Tellegen; Max Maxudian;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1912 (44 mins.?); Original Hammond organ played by Rosa Rio; English intertitles; Includes program note card; Originally released in French; Original title: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth;
Summary: Queen Elizabeth is a drama about Queen Elizabeth I of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
OCLC #: 19086974
Also: Edition also contains Salome (VHS00164);
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Salome
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Salome
Call Number: VHS00164
by Alla Nazimova; Mitchell Lewis; Rose Dione; Earl Schenck; Louis Dumar;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1923 (72 mins.?); Original Hammond organ played by Rosa Rio; English intertitles; Includes program note card; Based on the play by Oscar Wilde;
Summary: Salome is a pantomime after the play by Oscar Wilde.
OCLC #: 19086974
Also: Edition also contains Queen Elizabeth (VHS00164);
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection