Summary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILSummary: Splendor in the grass: Two 1920s Kansas teenagers find their intense sexual feelings for each other are putting them at odds with their families and the rigid respectability of the town they live in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE GRESummary: Lisa Palmer finds herself the owner of a former post office, which has been sitting vacant for this past few years. In hopes of saving the historically magical place in town, she and the towns cast of characters set out to restore it to its former glory. In the process, they find the town's beloved 'Mailbox to Santa' with a letter inside that never made it to the North Pole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Media Productions 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "[This program] charts Catherine's tumultuous reign as the cunning and ambitious empress fights off threats to her crown, wages war with the Ottoman Empire and expands Russian's borders as far as the Black Sea and Crimea. Beyond its tale of a political success story against all odds, the series chronicles the passionate love affair between Catherine and Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A screenwriter with a three-day deadline for a script asks a secretary to help concoct ideas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic ParisSummary: Ambitious and acclaimed series from The Queen writer Peter Morgan offers a comprehensive look at the adult life and reign of Elizabeth II over a projected six-season arc. The fifth season follows Elizabeth from the early to late '90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his tenure as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CROCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CrownSummary: A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIMSummary: Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Cr 2Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CROCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Crown 2018Summary: Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Elegy 2008Summary: A gracious society matron decides to give her husband one last chance, but soon his ex-mistress shows up, brewing trouble and murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EASSummary: Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which, as Claire knows all too well, is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Jamie must now defend this home established on land granted to him by the Crown although this new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE OUTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD OUTCopies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OUTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV OUTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OutlanderSummary: Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedict are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHASummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A hilarious comedy about a young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AMESummary: Prince stars as "The Kid," a Minneapolis club musician, who struggles with both a tumultuous homelife and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sultry Apollonia Kotero. Semi-autobiographical.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Purple 1984Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PUR RATED RSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATSummary: When Nancy is mistaken for Jack's blind date, she decides to take fate into her own hands and just go with it. What could possibly go wrong?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAN1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MAN
Summary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALSummary: Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the movies. Jake is attractive, smart and maybe a bit too intense for Sarah, so she passes him by. But in passing him up,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MUSCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MUSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Must 2005Summary: In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA CASSummary: Screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance in one of the most timeless holiday classics of all time. Featuring the Academy Award-winning song, "White Christmas", Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Astaire plays his former partner and rival in love. Follow the two talented pals as they find themselves competing for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY MUSICALS HOLSummary: In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN RIOSummary: Based on a true story about revenge, fear and redemption. In 19th century St. Pierre, a convict sentenced to death strives to better himself in the eyes of the police chief's beautiful wife and that of the town that she has him working in. Since there is no guillotine or executioner, one of each has to be sent for from France.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001