Posts Tagged ‘Award’
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
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
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Singin’ In the Rain
Call Number: VHS00142
by Gene Kelly; Stanley Donen; Donald O’Connor; Debbie Reynolds; Jean Hagen; Millard Mitchell; Cyd Charisse; Nacio Herb Brown; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1952 (103 mins.); Nominated for two 1953 Academy Awards; Edtion: 40th Anniversary Edition; Edition includes the original trailer, a deleted scene and reminiscences about the filming;
Summary: Spoof of the early days of “talkie” films.
OCLC #: 25685079
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Posted in Comedy, Musical | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Born Yesterday
Call Number: VHS00138
by Garson Kanin; Judy Holliday; William Holden; Broderick Crawford; George Cukor;
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, ©1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (103 mins.); Based on the stage play by Garson Kanin; Nominated for five 1951 Academy Awards;
Summary: A millionaire junk dealer arranges for his unsophisticated girlfriend to take a course in “culture.”
Also: See the later-released version Born Yesterday (
VHS00670)
OCLC #: 14709790
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Black and White, George Cukor
Posted in Comedy, Romance | 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
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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
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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
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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
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s State Fair
Call Number: VHS00132
by Walter Lang; Jeanne Crain; Dana Andrews; Dick Haymes; Oscar Hammerstein; Richard Rodgers; Phil Stong; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; CBS Fox Video.;
Language: English
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : CBS/Fox Video, ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (100 mins.); from a novel by Philip Stong ; Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Nominated for two 1946 Academy Awards;
Summary: Musical about the adventures of the Frake family at the Iowa State Fair. Each member of the family is out for a different prize: a blue ribbon for Father’s pet pig, first prize for Mom’s pie, and true love for their son and daughter.
OCLC #: 24658396
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Books on Film, Walter Lang
Posted in Film Catalog, Musical, Romance | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Enchanted April
Call Number: VHS00131
by Peter Barnes; Ann Scott; Mike Newell; Miranda Richardson; Josie Lawrence; Polly Walker; Joan Plowright; Elizabeth; BBC Films.; Miramax Films.; Greenpoint Films.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Paramount Communications.;
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Miramax Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, ©1993
Notes: Originally released in 1992 (93 mins.); Nominated for three 1993 Academy Awards; Based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim; Originally produced as a British television program in 1992;
Summary: Two middle-class Englishwomen leave behind their staid lives and passionless marriages to stay for a month at a medieval Italian villa which they share with an austere dowager and a beautiful, bored socialite. At first the women are wary of each other but among the idyllic surroundings they learn to live and love again.
OCLC #: 39445585
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Mike Newell
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