Posts Tagged ‘Award’

The Little Foxes

Monday, October 13th, 2008
 
The Little Foxes
Call Number: VHS00055
by Samuel Goldwyn; Lillian Hellman; William Wyler; Bette Davis; Herbert Marshall; Teresa Wright; Richard Carlson; Dan Duryea; Meredith Willson; Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Embassy Home Entertainment, ©1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1941 (116 mins.); Based on the play by Lillian Hellman; Nominated for nine Academy Awards
Summary: Regina Giddens is a vicious woman who destroys everyone around her while trying to satisfy her desire for wealth and social position.
OCLC #: 12240925
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Plymouth Adventure

Monday, October 13th, 2008
Plymouth Adventure
Call Number: VHS00054
by Clarence Brown; Dore Schary; Spencer Tracy; Gene Tierney; Leo Genn; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1952 (104 mins.); Based on the novel by Ernest Gebler; Nominated for one Academy Award
Summary: The film features the story of the voyage of the Mayflower.
OCLC #: 36214165
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

San Antonio

Monday, October 13th, 2008
San Antonio
Call Number: VHS00053
by Errol Flynn; Alexis Smith;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originially released in 1945 (107 mins.); Nominated for two Academy Awards;
Summary: A beautiful dance-hall girl, working for the bad guy, falls in love with the good guy.
OCLC #: 23807790
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Miracle on 34th Street

Monday, October 13th, 2008
 
Miracle on 34th Street
Call Number: VHS00051
by Edmund Gwenn; Natalie Wood; Maureen O’Hara; John Payne;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : FoxVideo, Inc., ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1947 (97 mins.); Nominated for four 1948 Academy Awards;
Summary: In this Oscar-winning classic, a Macy’s Department Store Santa who insists his name is Kris Kringle teaches everyone a lesson in love, faith and the value of imagination.
OCLC #: 24852765
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

A Room with a View

Monday, October 13th, 2008
 
A Room with a View
Call Number: VHS00050
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; James Ivory; Ismail Merchant; Maggie Smith; Denholm Elliott; Judi Dench; Simon Callow; Helena Bonham Carter; Julian Sands; Daniel Day-Lewis; E M Forster; Cinecom International Films.; CBS Fox Video.;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : CBS/Fox Video, ©1992.
Notes: Released as a film in England in 1985; (117 mins); Based on the novel by E.M. Forster; Nominated for eight 1987 Academy Awards;
Summary: Tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch. Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil.
OCLC #: 41571263
Also: Available in DVD format at DVD00017.
Added: October 13, 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 Heiress

Monday, October 13th, 2008
 
William Wyler’s The Heiress
Call Number: VHS00047 Copy 1
VHS00047 Copy 2
by William Wyler; Ruth Goetz; Augustus Goetz; Olivia De Havilland; Montgomery Clift; Ralph Richardson, Sir; Miriam Hopkins; Mona Freeman; Vanessa Brown; Selena Royle; Henry James;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Copy 1: EMKA; MCA Home Video, Inc.: 1985
Copy 2: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1949 (115 mins.); Nominated for eight Academy Awards; From the play by Ruth & Augustus Goetz & the novel “Washington Square” by Henry James;
Summary: A wealthy girl falls in love with a penniless man her father is sure only wants her for her money. When she plans to elope, her father threatens to disinherit her. Will she still go through with the marriage?
OCLC #: 80155105
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

The Madness of King George

Monday, October 13th, 2008
The Madness of King George
Call Number: VHS00046
by Nicholas Hytner; Nigel Hawthorne; Helen Mirren; Ian Holm; Amanda Donohoe; Rupert Graves; Rupert Everett; Alan Bennett; Samuel Goldwyn Co.; Channel Four Films (Firm); Close Call Films.; Orion Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Distributed by Orion Home Video, [1994],
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (110 mins.); Nominated for four Academy Awards; Based on Alan Bennett’s stage play.
Summary: Based on the life of King George III, this is the story of royal intrigue, sexual indiscretions, backstairs plotting and a battle for power between Parliament and the throne, all occurring while the king is being treated for an unknown mental illness.
OCLC #: 39705250
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Monday, October 13th, 2008
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Call Number: VHS00045
by Paul Muni; Cedric Hardwicke; Lillian Gish; RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm); Columbia Pictures Corporation.; Columbia Pictures Industries.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1943 (100 mins.); Nominated for one Academy Award;
Summary: Erik Toresen, a simple Norwegian fisherman, finds his quiet coastal village shattered by the Nazi invasion. Untrained in the ways of war, the villagers use only their cold, sullen hatred as defense until Erik mobilizes the villagers and trains them to fight.
OCLC #: 18789506
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

The More the Merrier

Monday, October 13th, 2008
George Stevens’ The More the Merrier
Call Number: VHS00044
by George Cooper Stevens; Jean Arthur; Joel McCrea; Charles Coburn; Columbia Pictures Corporation.; RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, [1990]
Notes: Originally released in 1943 (104 mins.); Nominated for six 1944 Academy Awards;
Summary: Comedy set during World War II about a single working girl who, because of a significant housing shortage, sublets part of her Washington D.C. apartment to two men. Preceeded to previews of others in the series.
OCLC #: 42508131
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection