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This Gun for Hire

Saturday, October 18th, 2008
This 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

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The Woman in Green

Friday, October 17th, 2008
 
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
Also: Available in DVD format at DVD00004 or DVD00025
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Friday, October 17th, 2008
 
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Call Number: VHS00112
by Hal Clay; Lawrence Cook; Ivan Dixon; Sam Greenlee; Paula Kelly; Bokari, Ltd.; United Artists Corporation.; Video City Productions.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [U.S.?] : Video City Productions, [198-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1973 (90 mins.); Based on the book The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee;
Summary: The CIA’s first black operative sick of tokenism, leaves government service to organize the ghetto into a highly trained gorilla army
OCLC #: 19870776
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Plein Soleil

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
 
Purple Noon
Call Number: VHS00096 Copy 1
VHS00096 Copy 2
by Martin Scorsese; René Clément; Robert Hakim; Raymond Hakim; Alain Delon; Marie Laforêt; Maurice Ronet; Patricia Highsmith; Miramax Films.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997]
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (118 mins.); Based on the novel The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; Edition dubbed in English; Originally recorded in French;
Summary: A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend, the finest things money can buy, and an envious friend who schemes to murder him and assume his identity.
OCLC #: 36455749
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
 
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection
Call Number: DVD00025
by: Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce; Sidney Lanfield; Alfred Werker; John Rawlins; Roy William Neill; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir; Robert Gitt; MPI Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : MPI Home Video, ©2006.
Notes: Originally produced as motion pictures, 1939-1946; Edition contains 14 films on 5 Discs (16.2 hrs.); Based on the stories or characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; All films were restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive except for Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The hound of Baskervilles; Special features: six audio commentaries; scene selection.
Chapters: Disc 1. Introduction by Robert Gitt ; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The hound of the Baskervilles ; Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; Sherlock Holmes and the voice of terror —
Disc 2. Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon ; Sherlock Holmes in Washington ; Sherlock Holmes faces death —
Disc 3. The spider woman ; The scarlet claw ; Pearl of death —
Disc 4. The house of fear ; The woman in green ; Pursuit to Algiers —
Disc 5. Terror by night ; Dressed to kill ; Additional bonus material. Photo galleries ; Theatrical trailers ; Footage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Summary: Basil Rathbone portrays the deductive genius, Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce his mystified colleague, Dr. Watson in these fourteen classic films.
OCLC #: 70295287
Added: October 14, 2008
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Jamaica Inn

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
 
Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn
Call Number: DVD00022
by Alfred Hitchcock; Erich Pommer; Sidney Gilliat; Joan Harrison; Charles Laughton; Maureen O’Hara; Leslie Banks; Emlyn Williams; Robert Newton; Marie Ney; Wylie Watson; Daphne Du Maurier; Passion Productions.; Miracle Pictures (Firm); 
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: [United States] : Miracle Pictures, ©2003.
Notes: Originally released in 1939 (99mins.); Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier;
Summary: Near Cornwall, a bank of smugglers and cutthroats lure incoming ships to a rocky inlet where they are dashed to pieces and then raided. An undercover officer joins the band with hopes of thwarting them, but they soon discover his real identity.
Also: VHS version available (VHS00753)
OCLC #: 57513192
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
 
Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Call Number: DVD00021
by Blake Edwards; Peter Sellers; Herbert Lom; Colin Blakely; Leonard Rossiter; Lesley-Anne Down; Henry Mancini; Harry Waxman; Frank Waldman; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; AMJO Productions Limited.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calf. : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, 2005
Notes: Originally released in 1976 (103 mins.); Nominated for one 1977 Academy Award;
Summary: After a nervous breakdown, Chief Inspector Dreyfus builds a criminal organization devoted to the extermination of Inspector Clouseau.
OCLC #: 66530728
Added: October 13, 2008
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Rush

Monday, October 13th, 2008
 
Rush
Call Number: VHS00063
by Jason Patric; Jennifer Jason Leigh; Sam Elliott; Kim Wozencraft; Lili Fini Zanuck; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; 
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (120 mins.); Based on the book by Kim Wozencraft;  
Summary: Undercover narcotics officers Jim Raynor and Kristen Cates are partners who become lovers and addicts as they infiltrate the local drug scene in order to bring down a suspected drug lord.
OCLC #: 26283413
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Romeo + Juliet

Monday, October 13th, 2008
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Call Number: VHS00060
by Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce; Gabriella Martinelli; Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes; Brian Dennehy; John Leguizamo; Pete Postlethwaite; Paul Sorvino; Diane Venora; William Shakespeare; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, CA] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment/Fox Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (120 mins.); Nominated for one 1997 Academy Award; Based on the play by William Shakespeare;
Summary: A modern adaptation of the classic love story, moved to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach.
Also: See the George Cukor version, Romeo and Juliet (VHS00127); the Franco Zeffirelli version, Romeo & Juliet (VHS00146); the Alan Horrox version (VHS00752); the Mohamed Camara interpretation, Dakan (VHS00318); the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise interpretation, West Side Story (VHS00557);
OCLC #: 36709304
Added: October 13, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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The Rainmaker

Friday, October 10th, 2008
The Rainmaker
Call Number: VHS00038
by Francis Ford Coppola; Matt Damon; Claire Danes; John Grisham; Paramount Pictures.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Pictures, ©1998.
Notes: Originally released in 1997 (137 mins.); Based on the book by John Grisham;
Summary: Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney, However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son’s life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woman. Will he be up to the task?
OCLC #: 40822787
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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