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Hollywood

Monday, October 6th, 2008
Hollywood
Call Number: VHS00001
by James Mason; David Gill; Kevin Brownlow 
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: New York, NY : HBO Video, ©1980.; Thames Television, ltd.;
Notes: A 13-video box set (676 min) that, through interviews and film clips, shows the birth of an industry, the town of Hollywood, and the people who made it happen. The stars, directors, producers, cameramen, stuntmen, the scandals all made up the legend known as Hollywood.
Chapters: 1. The Pioneers — 2. In the beginning — 3. Single beds and double standards — 4. Hollywood goes to war — 5. Hazard of the game — 6. Swanson & Valentino — 7. The Autocrats — 8. Comedy – a serious business — 9. Out west — 10. The man with the megaphone — 11. Trick of the light — 12. Star treatment — 13. End of an era.
Missing: Video 4: Hollywood Goes to War.
Additional: Video 2: In the Beginning (Copy 2 and Copy 3)
OCLC #: 80931461
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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La Boheme

Friday, September 12th, 2008
La Boheme
Call Number: VHS00008
by King Vidor; Fred de Gresac; Cedric Gibbons; Arnold Gillespie; Henrik Sartov; Hugh Wynn; Lillian Gish; John Gilbert; Renée Adorée; Roy D’Arcy; Henri Murger; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; 
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: New York: Archive Films, Inc., Stock Footage Library
Notes: Silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926 (93 mins); English intertitles with piano accompaniment;
Summary: Mimi, a poor seamstress, and Rodolphe, a struggling playwright, fall in love. When Mimi attempts to help Rodolphe get his play produced, he suspects her of infidelity and she leaves him. Later, a severely ill Mimi returns to the now successful Rodolphe and dies.
OCLC #: 39961116
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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True Heart Susie

Friday, September 12th, 2008
True Heart Susie
Call Number: VHS00010
by D W Griffith; Lillian Gish;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Richmond, Va. : Moore Video
Notes: Silent film made in 1919 (62 mins);
Summary: Susie is a country girl and William is a country boy. The girl loves the boy and will sacrifice anything to give him true happiness and an opportunity to realize his ambitions. She makes sacrifices unknown to him and he rises, while she remains just a country girl. She puts him beyond her reach, and within the reach of another who is chiefly interested in making a desirable marriage. He marries the other, never dreaming of the final sacrifice.
OCLC #: 14936834
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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Wizard of Oz

Friday, September 12th, 2008
Wizard of Oz
Call Number: VHS00006
by Dorothy Dwan; Larry Semon; Oliver Hardy; Bryant Washburn; Virginia Pearson; Josef Swickard; Mary Carr; Charlie Murray; Frank Alexander; Frank Joslyn Baum; Leon Lee; Leonard M Smith; Frank B Good; H F Koenenkamp; L Frank Baum; Larry Semon Productions.; Chadwick Pictures Corporation.; Grapevine Video (Firm); 
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video
Notes: 1925 silent film with organ accompaniment (65 mins);
Summary: A toymaker tells the bizarre story of the Land of Oz, ruled by Prince Kynd, who is overthrown by Prime Minister Kruel. Dorothy learns from Aunt Em that fat, cruel Uncle Henry is not her uncle and that she is actually Princess Dorothea of Oz, and is supposed to marry Prince Kynd. She, Uncle Henry, and two farmhands are swept to Oz by a tornado. Snowball, a black farmhand, soon joins them after a lightening bolt chases him into the sky. They land in Oz, where they try to avoid capture by disguising themselves as a scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a lion.
 Also: See the Victor Fleming directed, Wizard of Oz (VHS00575) and the Sidney Lumet directed The Wiz (VHS00653); Also, the Walter Murch directed Return to Oz (VHS00686);
OCLC #: 42828910
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

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