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Tall Tale
Call Number: VHS00282
by: Patrick Swayze; Scott Glenn; Oliver Platt; Nick Stahl; Stephen Lang; Roger Aaron Brown; Catherine O’Hara; Jeremiah Chechik; Steven L Bloom; Robert Rodat; Walt Disney Pictures.; Caravan Pictures.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm); Walt Disney Company
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Video ; [Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (97 mins.)
Summary: The dynamic Pecos Bill teams with larger-than-life heroes Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber who’ll stop at nothing to get his hands on the deed to the youngster’s family farm.
OCLC #: 34343077
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Archive for the ‘Fantasy’ Category
Tall Tale
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Rookie of The Year
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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Rookie of The Year
Call Number: VHS00268
by Thomas Ian Nicholas; Gary Busey; Dan Hedaya; Daniel Stern; Sam Harper; DVS Home Video (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : FoxVideo ; [Boston, MA : DVS Home Video], ©1994, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (103 mins.)
Summary: When the cast is removed from his severely broken arm, a clumsy 12-year-old is shocked to find his arm has become a 100 mile-per-hour thunderbolt, and is signed as ace pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
OCLC #: 34767152
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
Call Number: VHS00249
by: Michael Gottlieb; Thomas Ian Nicholas; Joss Ackland; Art Malik; Mark Twain; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Tapestry Films.; Trimark Pictures.
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (90 mins.)
Summary: 14-year-old Little Leaguer Calvin Fuller is in an earthquake which sends him through a time rift into King Arthur’s court. Arthur is in danger of losing his kingdom and Calvin must find a way to conquer his fears and help Arthur save his realm.
OCLC #: 42479259
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
A Little Princess
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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A Little Princess
Call Number: VHS00246
by: Eleanor Bron; Liam Cunningham; Alfonso Cuarón; Frances Hodgson Burnett;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (97 mins.); Nominated for 2 Academy Awards; based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett;
Summary: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken
Also: See the Walter Lang-directed The Little Princess (DVD00087);
OCLC #: 33157515
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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La Belle et la bête
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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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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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
The Double Life of Veronique
Monday, October 27th, 2008
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La Double vie de Véronique
Call Number: VHS00179
by Irène Jacob; Krzysztof Kieślowski; Miramax Films.; Sideral Productions.; Studio Tor.; Studio Canal+.;
Format: VHS
Language: French, Polish and Italian with English subtitles
Publisher: [United States : Miramax Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. distributed and marketed exclusively by] Paramount Pictures, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (96 mins.);
Summary: Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond
OCLC #: 26731294
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Det Sjunde Inseglet
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008The Seventh Seal or The 7th Seal
Call Number: VHS00175 Copy 1
VHS00175 Copy 2
by Ingmar Bergman; Allan Ekelund; Max von Sydow; Bibi Anderson; Nils Poppe; Gunnar FIscher; Lennart Wallen
Format: VHS
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: Pearl Entertainment, Inc. 1991; Copy 2: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, ©1987.;
Notes: Originally released in 1957 (93 mins.); based on the play by Ingmar Bergman;
Summary: In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
OCLC #: 156737659
Added: October 22, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Siegfried
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod
Call Number: VHS00160 Copy 1
VHS00160 Copy 2
by Paul Richter; Margarete Schön; Theodor Loos; Hanna Ralph; Georg John; Hans Adalbert Schlettow; Fritz Lang; Erich Pommer; Thea von Harbou; Katharine Hilliker; H H Caldwell; Arthur Lennig; Gaylord Carter; Decla-Bioscop.; UFA.; UFA Films.; Blackhawk Films.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);Greene; Goodtimes Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1924 (95 mins.); An originally silent motion picture with German intertitles reissued with music and English intertitles; Originally called Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod or Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die; Companion to: The Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s revenge; Silent film with organ accompianment, performed by Gaylord Carter;
Summary: Siegfried recounts the story of Siegfried, the heroic knight whose exploits range from slaying a monstrous 70-foot dragon to wooing the lovely Kriemhilde. His quest for her hand is thwarted when he learns he must first find wife for her brother – a reequisite that leads to Siegfried’s downfall.
OCLC #: 26880436
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection