Summary: This 1949 movie lavishly takes us on the journey of Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd) who worked his way from poor fisherman to extravagant millionaire. Travel back in time to the roaring 20s, a time of flappers, bootlegging, art deco architecture, and jazz music, through this classic tale of love and betrayal, deception and mystery. This is the second film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: "Henry Fonda plays bookish Prof. Tommy Turner, struggling to get in touch with his man-of-action side during the weekend of the big football game, the arrival of an ex-gridiron star ... fancied by Turner's wife and the academic tussle that treatens the professor's tenure"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2009
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMEDY MALSummary: Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) is mistaken for a private eye and hired by a beautiful brunette to find her uncle. Soon he's mixed up with mobsters, accused of murder, and sentenced to die in the electric chair.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Distributed by] St. Clair Vision 2003
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MYSummary: Just for you: Musical comedy about widower Jordan Blake, a successful Broadway producer who's not very successful as a father until a musical comedy star shows him the way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JUSSummary: Here comes Cookie: A wealthy retiree surprises everyone by deeding his entire fortune to his ditzy daughter. But when the newly rich young woman becomes convinced the family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy, complications abound -- Six of a kind: Sharing a car on a drive to California with another couple turns into a comedy marathon -- Love in bloom: Lighthearted story of a young woman on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GEOSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014