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Persona

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Kinematografi
Call Number: VHS00165
by Ingmar Bergman; Liv Ullman; Bibi Andersson
Format: VHS
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1966 (83 mins.); Swedish title: Kinematografi; Edition contains program card;
Summary: The genius of Bergman showing his metaphysical expressiveness changing to a deep concern for the human condition. The surface story is about a famous actress who withdraws into silence and the nurse who becomes her companion at an isolated sea-side cottage.
OCLC #: 18100267
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Queen Elizabeth

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
Call Number: VHS00164
by Sarah Bernhardt; Lou Tellegen; Max Maxudian;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Images, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1912 (44 mins.?);  Original Hammond organ played by Rosa Rio; English intertitles; Includes program note card; Originally released in French; Original title: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth;
Summary: Queen Elizabeth is a drama about Queen Elizabeth I of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
OCLC #: 19086974
Also: Edition also contains Salome (VHS00164);
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Smiles of a Summer Night

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Sommarnattens leende
Call Number: VHS00163
by Ingmar Bergman; Allan Ekelund; Gunnar Fischer; Erik Nordgren; Ulla Jacobsson; Harriet Andersson; Gunnar Björnstrand;
Format: VHS
Language:  Swedish with English subtitles
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, 1986.
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (108 mins.); Original title: Sommarnattens leende;
Summary: Eight characters become four couples while vacationing at a country estate.
OCLC #: 26737008
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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A Walk in the Night

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
A Walk in the Night
Call Number: VHS00162
by Mickey Madoda Dube;
Format: VHS
Language: In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1999?]
Notes: Originally released in 1998 (78 mins.); Adaptation of Alex La Guma’s 1962 novella;
Summary: A Walk in the Night recounts a single terrible night during which the fragile world of Mikey Adonis, a young Coloured steel worker, disintergrates. As the pressures on Mikey build, we see a decent man driven to an act of brutality by a racist society which humiliates him at every turn.
OCLC #: 43210809
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Siegfried

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod
Call Number: VHS00160 Copy 1
VHS00160 Copy 2
by Paul Richter; Margarete Schön; Theodor Loos; Hanna Ralph; Georg John; Hans Adalbert Schlettow; Fritz Lang; Erich Pommer; Thea von Harbou; Katharine Hilliker; H H Caldwell; Arthur Lennig; Gaylord Carter; Decla-Bioscop.; UFA.; UFA Films.; Blackhawk Films.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);Greene; Goodtimes Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1924 (95 mins.); An originally silent motion picture with German intertitles reissued with music and English intertitles; Originally called Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod or Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die; Companion to: The Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s revenge; Silent film with organ accompianment, performed by Gaylord Carter;
Summary: Siegfried recounts the story of Siegfried, the heroic knight whose exploits range from slaying a monstrous 70-foot dragon to wooing the lovely Kriemhilde. His quest for her hand is thwarted when he learns he must first find wife for her brother – a reequisite that leads to Siegfried’s downfall.
OCLC #: 26880436
Added: October 21, 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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