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Antrobus, Raymond Becker, Shelly Bunn, T. Davis Inserro, Julia Marsham, Liz Tran, Phuc Wouk, HermanBunn, T. Davis
Summary: Young line producer Danny Byrd is well-known in Hollywood for being someone who gets things done on time and under budget. But when his reputation takes a beating after his partner-- and former best friend-- makes off with their investors' money, Danny has but one chance to redeem himself and restore his ruined career. LA lawyer Megan Pierce sacrificed years proving herself to bosses only to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BUNSummary: When Emily Crany refuses to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee chairman, Ray Salwen, she's blacklisted and immediately fired from her job. But when she stumbles upon Salwen's nefarious plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the U.S., she enlists the help of an FBI agent to help her bring Salwen to justice ... before he brings an end to them!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOUSummary: Jack Sparrow owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths, but ever-crafty Jack isn't about to go down without a fight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: A billionaire decides on a whim to create a movie, hiring a team he considers the best: a renowned filmmaker and two egotistical actors -- one from Hollywood and the other from experimental theatre -- who cannot get along. While the director creates bizarre rituals to test their abilities, the actors find themselves confronting each other as well as their pasts and their bodies of work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OFFSummary: Set in 1940 London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second World War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THESummary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE AVASummary: Rose, an alluring young woman, is hired by a Southern family to care for their children, and changes their lives forever. She is an innocent who relates to everyone she meets in the only way she knows how-- with sexuality she cannot restrain. The mother of the family takes Rose under her wing, offering love and protection, while the teenaged son finds Rose both his fantasy and a profound mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RAMInserro, Julia
Summary: "Bad days are the worst! Like when your mom tells you that you can't wear your mermaid costume to the dentist and the ballet teacher says you can't pirouette in rain boots and the cat steals your pencil - those days are the WORST worst!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Emo Inserro 2019Antrobus, Raymond
Summary: "For one little boy and his older sister, fights are always waiting to happen -- when he takes something without asking, jumps on her bed without asking, even wanders off without asking. And when they fight, they don't use words: it's all push, pull, hurt, hide. To cool off after, the boy retreats to his room to write and draw stories -- stories about terrible horses trampling and galloping,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Tran, Phuc
Summary: "Cranky is feeling, well, cranky. But don't ask why. Because you know what doesn't help when you're feeling cranky? Everyone asking you what's wrong! Is there anything that will help? Find out in this irresistible story about big trucks, big feelings, and even bigger friendships"--Front flap of jacket.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG TRABecker, Shelly
Summary: A group of superheroes are having a bad day and learn to cope with their emotions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BECSummary: The rousing story of lowborn William Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance, part road trip and part exuberant swashbuckling.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KNISummary: The story covers one Labor Day week-end in a small Kansas town, and tells about the impact a virile drifter has on the lives of several women in town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PICSummary: Angela is a university student in Madrid writing her thesis about violence in the media. During her research, she comes across a shocking 'snuff' film (a film where a murder is actually committed for the camera) that has apparently been shot on the campus. Investigating further, she uncovers clues that the university's administrators may be involved in an unexplained series of student...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TESMarsham, Liz
Summary: "Learning to read has never been more fun as LEGO Batman faces off against his old foe The Penguin and an army of penguins, and then flip the book over for another story featuring Batman and The Flash taking on some trouble-causing ghosts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A young boy, Jody, living with his family on the Florida frontier shortly after the Civil War, must sacrifice his pet fawn for his family's survival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Family Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY YEASummary: Comedy about a close-knit, boisterous Irish family, and the commotion that follows the oldest daughter's announcement that she is pregnant. The whole town is thrown into a tizzy when she refuses to reveal the father's name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family join a herd of dinosaurs and must stand strong amidst supply shortages, the threat of carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: Caye, a Madrid prostitute, comes to the aid of Zulema, a Dominican streetwalker beaten by a government official blackmailing her for free sex. They form a strong bond and imagine themselves as royalty, to offer them a glimpse of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRISummary: Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulatve movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BADSummary: "Alec Ramsay and Henry Daily return to the screen alongside their loyal companion "The Black," a smooth wild stallion and fastest racehorse in the world. Watch as this unbeatable team works to overcome adversity and solve all kinds of mysteries."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Entertainment Group 2004
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY RETWouk, Herman
Summary: A tale told through correspondence, articles, and text messages traces the efforts of a group of movie makers, including a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father's strict upbringing, to create a movie about the life of Moses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOUSummary: During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012