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Titanic
Call Number: VHS00128
by Jean Negulesco; Clifton Webb; Barbara Stanwyck; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1953 (97 mins.); Nominated for two 1954 Academy Awards;
Summary: Re-enactment of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, the British luxury oceanliner, in the icy waters of the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage.
OCLC #: 43750382
Also: See the later-released version, Titanic directed by James Cameron (VHS00169)
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Titanic
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Romeo and Juliet
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
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Romeo and Juliet
Call Number: VHS00127
by Norma Shearer; Leslie Howard; John Barrymore; C Aubrey Smith, Sir; Andy Devine; George Cukor; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video, [1992].
Notes: Originally released in 1936 (126 mins.); Based on the play by William Shakespeare; Nominated for four 1937 Academy Awards;
Summary: Film adaptation of the Shakespeare play about star-crossed lovers. A truncated version.
Also: See the Franco Zeffirelli version, Romeo & Juliet (VHS00146); the Baz Luhrmann version, Romeo + Juliet (VHS00060); the Alan Horrox version (VHS00752); the Mohamed Camara interpretation, Dakan (VHS00318); the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise interpretation, West Side Story (VHS00557);
OCLC #: 25565652
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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36 Hours
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
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36 Hours
Call Number: VHS00126
by James Garner; Eva Marie Saint; Rod Taylor; Werner Peters; George Seaton; William Perlberg; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); Turner Entertainment Co.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1965 (115 mins); Based on the short story: Beware of the dog by Roald Dahl;
Summary: The clock is ticking for the Nazis trying to dupe Jefferson Pike (James Garner) into giving up war secrets. They pose as U.S. physicians to convince the supposedly amnesiac Pike to unlock his memory by recalling his last assignment: planning for D-Day.
OCLC #: 35101160
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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This Gun for Hire
Saturday, October 18th, 2008This Gun for Hire
Call Number: VHS00125
by Graham Greene; Alan Ladd; Veronica Lake; Robert Preston; Paramount Pictures, inc.; EMKA.; MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, ©1983.
Notes: Originally released in 1942 (81 mins.); From a novel “A Gun For Sale” by Graham Greene
Summary: This is the story of the hard-edged story of love, power, and betrayal set in the seamy underworld of the 1940’s.
OCLC #: 10909456
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Virginia City
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Virginia City
Call Number: VHS00121
by Michael Curtiz; Errol Flynn; Miriam Hopkins; Warner Bros.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (121 mins.);
Summary: During the Civil War, a group of Southern sympathizers attempts to smuggle $5,000,000 in gold from Nevada to Virginia with the intention of saving the Confederacy and a Union spy is sent to stop them.
OCLC #: 25908836
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
The Southerner
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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The Southerner
Call Number: VHS00119
by Jean Renoir; Zachary Scott; Betty Field; George Sessions Perry; Jean Renoir Productions.; United American Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : United American Video Corp., 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (91 mins.); Based on the novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand by George Sessions Perry; Nominated for three 1946 Academy Awards;
Summary: Realistic drama of life in the rural South in the mid-twentieth century. A family of tenant farmers struggles against poverty, illness, and the elements during its first year on the farm.
OCLC #: 15614773
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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The Woman in Green
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Sherlock Holmes: The Woman in Green
Call Number: VHS00118
by Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce; Roy William Neill; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir; Universal Pictures Corporation.; Congress Video Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Memory Lane Video, South Plainfield, N.J. : [distributed by] Congress Video
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (68 mins.); Based on the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;
Summary: In this episode, freely adapted from “The adventure of the empty house” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes hunts for the missing link in a series of bizarre murders. The trail leads straight to the fiendish Professor Moriarity.
OCLC #: 13013288
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Without Reservations
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Without Reservations
Call Number: VHS00117
by John Wayne; Claudette Colbert; Don Defore; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.; Turner Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : Turner Home Entertainment, 1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (101 mins.);
Summary: A couple of marines out for fun and romance encounter a lady novelist traveling incognito on a Hollywood-bound train.
OCLC #: 23090160
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
Call Number: VHS00115
by Tyrone Power; Betty Grable; Darrell Ware; Karl Tunberg; Darryl Francis Zanuck; Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger; Henry King; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1941 (98 mins.);
Summary: A cocky American flier joins the RAF to be near the woman he loves, a London-based singer.
OCLC #: 24727115
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Stage Door
Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Stage Door
Call Number: VHS00110
by Gregory La Cava; Katharine Hepburn; Ginger Rogers; Adolphe Menjou; Lucille Ball; Eve Arden; Ann Miller; Edna Ferber; George S Kaufman; RKO Radio Pictures, inc.; Nostalgia Merchant (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Nostalgia Merchant, 1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1937 (92 mins.); Nominated for four 1938 Academy Awards
Summary: The story centers around the lives of young women in a theatrical boarding house trying to “make it” on Broadway.
OCLC #: 12769070
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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