Archive for the ‘Mystery’ Category

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
 
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection
Call Number: DVD00025
by: Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce; Sidney Lanfield; Alfred Werker; John Rawlins; Roy William Neill; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir; Robert Gitt; MPI Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : MPI Home Video, ©2006.
Notes: Originally produced as motion pictures, 1939-1946; Edition contains 14 films on 5 Discs (16.2 hrs.); Based on the stories or characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; All films were restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive except for Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The hound of Baskervilles; Special features: six audio commentaries; scene selection.
Chapters: Disc 1. Introduction by Robert Gitt ; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The hound of the Baskervilles ; Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; Sherlock Holmes and the voice of terror —
Disc 2. Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon ; Sherlock Holmes in Washington ; Sherlock Holmes faces death —
Disc 3. The spider woman ; The scarlet claw ; Pearl of death —
Disc 4. The house of fear ; The woman in green ; Pursuit to Algiers —
Disc 5. Terror by night ; Dressed to kill ; Additional bonus material. Photo galleries ; Theatrical trailers ; Footage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Summary: Basil Rathbone portrays the deductive genius, Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce his mystified colleague, Dr. Watson in these fourteen classic films.
OCLC #: 70295287
Added: October 14, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Reversal of Fortune

Monday, October 13th, 2008
Reversal of Fortune
Call Number: VHS00049
by Barbet Schroeder; Glenn Close; Jeremy Irons; Ron Silver; Alan M Dershowitz; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm); 
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1990 (109 mins.); Based on the book by Alan Dershowitz; Nominated for three 1991 Academy Awards.
Summary: Account of the story of Claus von Bülow who was convicted of trying to murder his wife Sunny and how he hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz to handle his appeal.
OCLC #: 42503955
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Call Number: VHS00009
by William Powell; Jean Arthur; Eric Blore; Nostalgia Merchant (Firm); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; 
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles : Nostalgia Merchant, ©1983.
Notes: Reissue of the 1936 motion picture of the same title released by MGM (80 mins);
Summary: Crime comedy in which a doctor’s ex-wife involves him in solving a murder plot.
OCLC #: 43045435
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Alfred Hitchcock Collection

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Alfred Hitchcock Collection
Call Number: DVD00009
by Alfred Hitchcock; Diamond Entertainment Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Walnut, CA : Diamond Entertainment, ©2005.
Notes: 13 films on 5 DVDs (1124 mins); Originally released between 1929 and 1938; Special features: interactive menus, original graphics, film information, chapters, direct scene access, biography, facts & trivia, special collector’s photo gallery
Chapters: Disc one. The lady vanishes (99 min.) ; Sabotage (81 min.) —
Disc two. Blackmail (86 min.) ; Jamaica Inn (98 min.) ; Number 17 (66 min.) —
Disc three. The thirty-nine steps (87 min.) ; The man who knew too much (75 min.) —
Disc four. The secret agent (83 min.) ; Murder (92 min.) ; Young & innocent (82 min.) —
Disc five. Juno and the paycock (96 min.) ; The skin game (87 min.) ; Rich and strange (92 min.).
OCLC #: 76803210
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

50 Mystery Classics

Monday, October 6th, 2008
50 Mystery classics  
50 Mystery Classics                                                                                                          
Call Number: DVD00004
by Edward G. Robinson; Mickey Rooney; Peter Lorre; Basil Rathbone; Bonita Granville; Bela Lugosi;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: New York, NY. : EMSOM ©2005.
Notes: Collector’s Edition containing 50 movies on 5 DVDs (62 hrs);
Chapters: Disc 1 – Side A : The affair / Natalie Wood — Sherlock Holmes : dressed to kill / Basil Rathbone — The mystery liner / Noah Beey — Scarlett street / Edward G. Robinson — Sherlock Holmes : terror by night / Basil Rathbone — Side B : Death sentence / Nick Nolte — Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon / Basil Rathbone — A study in scarlett / Reginald Owen — Murder at midnight / Hale Hamilton — Kansas city confidential / John Payne —
Disc 2 – Side A : Fog island / George Zucco — Murder with picture / Lew Ayres — Jigsaw / Franchot Tone — Algiers / Charles Boyer — The stranger / Edward G. Robinson — Side B : They made me a criminal / John Garfield — The green glove / Glen Ford — Quicksand / Mickey Rooney — Eyes in the night / Edward Arnold — The second woman / Robert Young —
Disc 3 – Side A : The man on the Eiffel Tower / Burgess Meredith — Impact / Brian Donlevy — Detour / Tom Neal — Too late for tears / Lizabeth Scott — He walked by night / Richard Basehart — Side B : Topper returns / Joan Blondell — Dick Tracy vs Cueball / Morgan Conway — Sherlock Holmes : the sign of four / Arthur Wontner — The triumph of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Wontner — The shadow strikes / Rod La Rocque —
Disc 4 – Side A : Dick Tracy meets Gruesome / Boris Karloff — Dick Tracy : detective / Morgan Conway — Sherlock Holmes : murder at the Baskervilles / Arthur Wontner — Sherlock Holmes : the woman in green / Basil Rathbone — Nancy Drew : reporter / Bonita Granville — Side B : The bat / Vincent Price — The kennel murder case / William Powell — Bulldog Drummond’s revenge / John Barrymore — Bulldog Drummond escapes / Ray Milland — Bulldog Drummond in Africa / John Howard — Disc 5 – Side A : The black raven / George Zucco — The death kiss / Bela Lugosi — The mysterious Mr. Wong / Bela Lugosi — Mr. Wong : detective / Boris Karloff — Suddenly / Frank Sinatra — Side B : International crime / Rod La Rocque — Mr. Moto’s last warning / Peter Lorre — Midnight manhunt / Ann Savage — Murder by television / Bela Lugois — Bulldog Drummond’s peril / John Barrymore.
OCLC #: 123897885
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection