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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.;
Format: VHS
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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Some Like it Hot
Monday, October 20th, 2008Double Indemnity
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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Double Indemnity
Call Number: VHS00029 Copy 1
VHS00029 Copy 2
VHS00029 Copy 3
by Joseph Sistrom; Billy Wilder; Raymond Chandler; Fred MacMurray; Barbara Stanwyck; Edward G Robinson; Miklós Rózsa; James M Cain; Paramount Pictures, inc.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (137 mins.); Nominated for seven Oscars; Based on the book by James M. Cain;
Summary: An insurance man and a suburban wife conspire to trick her husband into signing a policy that pays double for accidental death– then push him from a train. It’s an almost perfect crime.
OCLC #: 39196928
Also: DVD format available under DVD00007
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Double Indemnity
Friday, September 12th, 2008
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Double Indemnity
Call Number: DVD00007
by Billy Wilder; Fred MacMurray; Barbara Stanwyck; Edward G Robinson; Porter Hall; Jean Heather; Raymond Chandler; James M Cain; Paramount Pictures, inc.; Universal Pictures (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2006]
Notes: 2-disc DVD set (107 mins); Universal Legacy Series; release of the 1944 motion picture; Nominated for seven 1944 Academy Awards; Based on the novel by James M. Cain; Special features: “Shadows of suspense”; audio commentary from film historian Richard Schickel; audio commentary with film historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman; “Double indemnity” TV movie (1973, 75 min.).
Summary: Walter Neff is a smooth talking insurance salesman who meets the very attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband’s automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and have an affair. They scheme together to murder Phyllis’ husband for life insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does not go as planned. Barton Keyes is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out.
OCLC #: 68693776
Also: VHS format available under VHS00029.
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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