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The Bears and I
Call Number: VHS00052
by Patrick Wayne; Dan George; Andrew Duggan; Michael Ansara; John Whedon; Winston Hibler; Bernard McEveety; Robert Franklin Leslie; Walt Disney Productions.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video, 1985.
Notes: Originally released in 1974 (88 mins.); Based on the book by Robert Franklin Leslie;
Summary: The story of a Vietnam veteran in the wilderness trying to live in peace with Indians, the government, and three bears.
OCLC #: 12828278
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Posts Tagged ‘Books on Film’
The Bears and I
Monday, October 13th, 2008A Room with a View
Monday, October 13th, 2008
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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
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The Heiress
Monday, October 13th, 2008
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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
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Mildred Pierce
Monday, October 13th, 2008Mildred Pierce
Call Number: VHS00043
by Joan Crawford; Jack Carson; Zachary Scott; Ann Blyth; Bruce Bennett; Eve Arden; Max Steiner; Milo Anderson; Jerry Wald; Michael Curtiz; Ranald MacDougall; James M Cain; Warner Bros. Pictures.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, Turner, [1990]
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (112 mins); Nominated for six Academy Awards; From the novel by James M. Cain
Summary: A woman’s obsessive love for her spoiled and selfish daughter leads her into divorce, the restaurant business, and the accusation of murder.
OCLC #: 21183000
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Adventure
Monday, October 13th, 2008Adventure
Call Number: VHS00042
by Clark Gable; Greer Garson; Victor Fleming; Frederick Hazlitt Brennan; Vincent Lawrence; Joan Blondell; Thomas Mitchell; Tom Tully; John Qualen; Richard Haydn; Lina Romay; Philip Merivale; Harry Davenport; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1945 (125 mins); based on a novel by Clyde Brion Davis;
Summary: Harry Patterson, a merchant marine with a swagger in his walk, a girl in every port and a hidden philosophical bent. While on shore leave, he goes with his buddy Mudgin to a most unlikely place … the library! There, he meets reference expert Emily Sears. She is the picture of ladylike decorum, and she hates Harry on sight. She continues to hate him, almost until the moment she marries him! Then, Harry tells her he’s shipping out again, and Emily decides that she’s made a big mistake. But she can’t forget him. What woman could?
OCLC #: 30561306
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Double 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
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The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming
Call Number: VHS00024
by Norman Jewison; William Rose; Carl Reiner; Eva Marie Saint; Alan Arkin; Brian Keith; Jonathan Winters; Theodore Bikel; Paul Ford; Nathaniel Benchley; Mirisch Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Culver City, Calif.] : MGM/UA Home Video, [1992]
Notes: Orginially released in 1965 (127 mins.); Nominated for four Academy Awards; Based on the novel by Nathaniel Benchley.
Summary: A Russian submarine grounded on a New England sandbar is mistaken for an invasion force by the over-imaginative townspeople.
OCLC #: 42006138
Added: October 9, 2008
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Call Number: VHS00023 Copy 1
VHS00023 Copy 2
by Robert Mulligan; Alan J Pakula; Mary Badham; Phillip Alford; Horton Foote; Gregory Peck; Brock Peters; Robert Duvall; Harper Lee; Universal-International (Firm); Pakula-Mulligan Productions.; Brentwood Productions, Inc.; MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Universal City, CA] : MCA Home Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (131 mins.); Nominated for eight Academy Awards; Based on the book by Harper Lee.
Summary: Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl. Gregory Peck is a southern small town lawyer who defends a black man falsely accused of rape. His compassionate, but doomed defense costs him many friends, but earns him the admiration of his two children.
OCLC #: 24948228
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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A Handful of Dust
Thursday, October 9th, 2008A Handful of Dust
Call Number: VHS00022
by Charles Sturridge; James Wilby; Kristin Scott-Thomas; Rupert Graves; Anjelica Huston; Judi Dench; Alec Guinness; Evelyn Waugh; New Line Cinema Corporation.; Stagescreen Productions.; New Line Home Video (Firm); Turner Home Entertainment (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l.] : New Line Home Video : Sold exclusively by Turner Home Entertainment, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1988 (118 mins.); Nominated for one Academy Award; based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh
Summary: A tale of upper class British lives in which the husband in a seemingly perfect marriage invites a penniless socialite for a weekend stay. The result is passion, infidelity, and death.
OCLC #: 34794171
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection