Summary: 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: When their dad dies on his 55th birthday, Beverley Hills sisters Mary and Nora find themselves destitute, forced by a grasping sister-in-law to move in with their aunt in East L.A. Younger sister Mary is mortified, without Spanish, and scared of the vatos. Her sister convinces her to finish college, where she promptly decides that one of her T.A.s will be her ticket back to Rodeo Drive. Elder...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: OddLot Films 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRASummary: A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE MAJSummary: In Barcelona, Spain during the last decade of the Cold War, Ted Boynton, the Spanish representative for a Chicago electric engine firm, plays host to his cousin, Fred Boynton, a lieutenant in the Navy. Ted is earnest and ambitious, but not a typical American salesman. Fred is an advance man for the Sixth Fleet's upcoming shore leave. They are smart but somewhat naive white-collar workers, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On Christmas Eve, psychologist Marcia Fieldstone asks her radio audience to share their dreams for the holiday season. Eight-year-old Jonah calls in from Seattle, with a wish for his dad to find a new wife. Mom died a year-and-a-half ago. Baltimore Sun reporter Annie Reed also hears the broadcast, when Jonah's architect father Sam gets on the air. Sam talks about the magical moment he met his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tri-Star Pictures 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In which we serve (1942): A sensitive and stirring piece of propaganda telling the tale of a group of Royal Navy sailors as they battle the Germans in the Mediterranean and of the lives they left back home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA DAVSummary: Forrest Gump is a low-intelligence man who has good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His mama teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army and heads off to Vietnam where he becomes friends with Dan and Bubba. He wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA FORSummary: An absorbing drama based on the true account of 18th-century doctor Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, played by Truffaut himself in a memorable performance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FRASummary: A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SHOSummary: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2017