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The White Cliffs of Dover

Monday, October 20th, 2008
The White Cliffs of Dover
Call Number: VHS00159
by Irene Dunne; Alan Marshal; Roddy McDowall; Frank Morgan; Van Johnson; C Aubrey Smith, Sir; May Whitty, Dame; Gladys Cooper; Clarence Brown; Claudine West; Jan Lustig; George Froeschel; Alice Duer Miller; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, [1993]
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (126 mins.); Nominated for one 1945 Academy Award;
Summary: When Susan moves with her father from America to England, she ends up falling in love with and marrying Sir John Ashwood, an English baronet. But, before their son is born, Susan loses her husband to World War I. When World War II breaks out years later, her son’s own tour of duty begins. Finding out whether he will return home safely or not makes for some of the most dramatic moments in motion picture history.
OCLC #: 28054680
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Boom Town

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Boom Town
Call Number: VHS00157
by Clark Gable; Spencer Tracy; Claudette Colbert; Hedy Lamarr; James Edward Grant; John Lee Mahin; Jack Conway; Loew’s Incorporated.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); Turner Entertainment Co.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (120 mins.);  Based on a story by James Edward Grant; Nominated for two 1941 Academy Awards;
Summary: Hard-hitting yarn of wildcat days and wildcat ways in the development of the American oil business
OCLC #: 22434112
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Song of Love

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Song of Love
Call Number: VHS00156
by Katharine Hepburn; Paul Henreid; Robert Walker; Ivan Tors; Irma von Cube; Allen Vincent; Robert Ardrey; Clarence Brown; Turner Entertainment Co.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1947 (119 mins.);
Summary: A woman truly ahead of her time, Clara Wieck lights up the stage with her beauty and talent, captivating some of the greatest musicians of the period. But at the height of her career, Clara leaves the stage to marry composer Robert Schumann and raise their children. When Schumann dies, his student, now-famous Johannes Brahms, reappears to ask Clara to be his wife but Clara is consumed by a mission to return to the stage so the world will hear her husband’s music.
OCLC #: 25126710
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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The Third Man

Monday, October 20th, 2008
The Third Man
Call Number: VHS00152
by David O Selznick; Alexander Korda; Carol Reed; Orson Welles; Joseph Cotten; Trevor Howard; Graham Greene; Goodtimes Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Goodtimes Home Video, 1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1949 (104 mins.); Nominated for three 1951 Academy Awards; Based on the novel by Graham Greene.
Summary: Details the intrigue encountered by an American novelist who travels to Vienna ostensibly to attend the funeral of a friend, but finds himself enmeshed in international espionage plots in the wake of World War II. Examines the psychological and physical landscape of post-World War II Vienna on the brink of the Cold War, utilizing scenes of war-devastated Vienna as the American novelist determines who is trustworthy.
OCLC #: 163836315
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Notorious

Monday, October 20th, 2008
 
Notorious
Call Number: VHS00150
by Cary Grant; Ingrid Bergman; Claude Rains; Louis Calhern; David O Selznick; Alfred Hitchcock; CBS Fox Video.; ABC Video Enterprises.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher:  Beverly Hills, CA : CBS Fox Video : ABC Video Enterprises, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (103 mins.); Nominated for two 1947 Academy Awards;
Summary: Working undercover for the U.S. government in Rio, the daughter of a convicted Nazi traitor marries a ruthless Nazi spy, but then begins a love affair with her American contact. Torn between passion and patriotism, they must sacrifice their feelings or risk destruction.
OCLC #: 28370122
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Born Yesterday

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Born Yesterday
Call Number: VHS00138
by Garson Kanin; Judy Holliday; William Holden; Broderick Crawford; George Cukor;
Format: VHS
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

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Union Pacific

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);
Format: VHS
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

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Some Like it Hot

Monday, October 20th, 2008
 
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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The Shop Around the Corner

Monday, October 20th, 2008
The Shop Around the Corner
Call Number: VHS00130
by Ernst Lubitsch; James Stewart; Margaret Sullavan; Frank Morgan; Joseph Schildkraut; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (100 mins.); Based on a play by Nikolaus Laszlo;
Summary: Quiet, unassuming Kralik is fired from his job in a gift shop, when his boss falsely believes that he is having an affair with the boss’s wife. Out of work and lonely, Kralik finds out that the girl of his dreams is actually the girl who works in the shop.
OCLC #: 17305612
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Wuthering Heights

Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Wuthering Heights
Call Number: VHS00129
by Laurence Olivier; Merle Oberon; David Niven; William Wyler; Samuel Goldwyn; Emily Brontë;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Nelson Entertainment, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1939 (104 mins.); Based on the novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte; Nominated for eight 1940 Academy Awards
Summary: The tortured love affair between Heathcliff and Cathy ends when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar. Heathcliff’s savage retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax.
Also: See the Robert Fuest directed version (DVD00369) and the Luis Buñuel directed version Abismos de Pasion (VHS00815);
OCLC #: 38087049
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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