Posts Tagged ‘Books on Film’
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Jean de Florette
Call Number: VHS00227
by Yves Montand; Claude Berri; Gérard Depardieu; Daniel Auteuil; Marcel Pagnol; Orion Pictures.; Orion Home Video.;
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: New York : Orion Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1986 (122 mins.); From the novel by Marcel Pagnol;
Summary: The story of Jean Cadoret, a hunchback who inherits a farm from his mother and foolishly hopes to become a gentleman farmer. But even before he arrives, his powerful neighbor is plotting to steal his land. The ending is heartbreak and tragedy for Jean who is no match for his wily neighbor
OCLC #: 18527839
Also: The sequel: Manon of the Spring (
VHS00228)
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Claude Berri, Foreign Film
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Cry the Beloved Country
Call Number: VHS00220
by Sidney Poitier; Canada Lee; Charles Carson; Zoltan Korda; Alan Paton; British Lion Films.; United Artists Corporation.; London Films.; Monterey Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Malibu, CA : Monterey Home Video, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1951 (100 mins.); Based on the novel by Alan Paton;
Summary: This is a story of two men, two fathers, one black, one white, drawn together through one father’s search for a lost son.
OCLC #: 25291995
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Zoltan Korda
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Vampire Lovers
Call Number: VHS00216
by Ingrid Pitt; Peter Cushing; Dawn Addams; Pippa Steele; Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1988],
Notes: Originally released in 1970 (89 mins.); Based on the story Carmilla, by J. Sheridan LeFanu;
Summary: When a mysterious countess is called out of town, the General offers to care for her daughter, Carmilla. Little does he know that the countess’ daughter is a bloodlusting vampire with a passion for pretty girls, and that his niece Laura is her first victim.
OCLC #: 19297966
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Roy Ward Baker
Posted in Horror, Mystery | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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GiGi
Call Number: VHS00214 Copy 1
VHS00214 Copy 2
by Colette; Arthur Freed; Maurice Chevalier; Leslie Caron; Frederick Loewe; Alan Jay Lerner; Vincente Minnelli; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.;
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1985.; Copy 2: [New York] : MGM/UA Home Video, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1958 (115 mins.); Based on the novel by Colette; Nominated for nine 1959 Academy Awards;
Summary: The musical story of a French girl groomed to be a courtesan, but who blossoms into a lady.
OCLC #: Copy 1: 12798828; Copy 2: 31859640
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Books on Film, Vincente Minnelli
Posted in Comedy, Musical | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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Les Diaboliques
Call Number: VHS00211 Copy 1
VHS00211 Copy 2
VHS00211 Copy 3
by Simone Signoret; Vera Clouzot; Charles Vanel; Paul Meurisse; H -G Clouzot; Boileau-Narcejac.; Jérôme Geronimi; René Masson; Frédéric Grendel; Crown Video (Firm);
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1 and 2: New York, NY : Crown Video, [198-?]; Copy 3: North Hollywood, CA : Hollywood Select Video, Inc. : Distributed by Timeless Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (109 mins.); Based on novels by Boileau & Narcejac
Summary: A mystery drama about murder in a private school for boys. The wife and the mistress of a tyrannical headmaster dispose of him only to be mystified by the disappearance of his body and ghostly hints of his presence.
OCLC #: 12191813
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Crime, Henri-Georges Clouzot
Posted in Horror, Mystery | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Manchurian Candidate
Call Number: VHS00210
by Frank Sinatra; Laurence Harvey; Janet Leigh; Angela Lansbury; Henry Silva; James Gregory; John Frankenheimer; George Axelrod; Richard Condon; United Artists Corporation.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (129 mins.); Based on the novel by Richard Condon; Edition includes original theatrical trailer; Nominated for two 1963 Academy Awards;
Summary: A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning that transform Harvey into a human time bomb.
Also: See the Jonathan Demme-directed The Manchurian Candidate ( DVD00139);
OCLC #: 36169542
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Black and White, Books on Film, John Frankenheimer
Posted in Drama, Mystery | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Parent Trap
Call Number: VHS00209
by Haley Mills and Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes, Cathleen Nesbitt, Erich Kastner, David Swift, Tommy Sands, Annette, Walt Disney Productions
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video, [1995?]
Notes: Originially released in 1961 (129 mins.); Nominated for 2 Academy Awards; Based on the book “Das Doppelte Lottchen” by Erich Kastner
Summary: Hayley Mills stars as two young girls who, while at summer camp, discover that they are long-lost twin sisters, separated shortly after birth. Reunited at last, they launch a coast-to-coast campaign to rekindle romance between their estranged parents
OCLC #: 32814337
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Books on Film, David Swift, Disney
Posted in Comedy, Family | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Fresa y chocolate
Call Number: VHS00207
by Robert Redford; Tomás Gutiérrez Alea; Juan Carlos Tabío; Jorge Perugorria; Vladimir Cruz; Mirta Ibarra; Francisco Gatorno; Senel Paz; Miramax Films.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm); Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica.;
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (104 mins.); Based on the story by Senel Paz: El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo; Nominated for one 1995 Academy Award;
Summary: A young college kid meets a writer and a passionate woman who teach him the things that aren’t taught in school.
OCLC #: 33486149
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Books on Film, Foreign Film, Juan Carlos Tabío, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Posted in Comedy, Drama | Comments Closed
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Alexander Korda’s Sanders of the River
Call Number: VHS00199
by Zoltan Korda; Alexander Korda, Sir; Paul Robeson; Leslie Banks; Nina Mae McKinley; Edgar Wallace; London Film Productions.; Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment (Firm); Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1987], ©1935.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (85 mins.); Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace
Summary: Story of the British colonial administrator’s attempts to keep peace in Nigeria and to civilize warring natives.
OCLC #: 42495230
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Zoltan Korda
Posted in Action, Drama | Comments Closed
Monday, October 27th, 2008
The Pastoral Symphony
Call Number: VHS00195
by Jean Delannoy; Jean Aurenche; Pierre Bost; Armand Thirard; Georges Auric; Michèle Morgan; Pierre Blanchar; Line Noro; Andrée Clément; Jean Desailly; André Gide; Janus Films.; Public Media Home Vision.;
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: [S.l.] : Janus Films : Public Media Home Vision, [1996?]
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (105 mins.); From the novel by André Gide;
Summary: A well-meaning Swiss pastor takes a blind orphan into his home in a mountain village. As she grows into a beautiful woman, his passion for her destroys the happiness of his wife and son
OCLC #: 36400972
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Foreign Film, Jean Delannoy
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