Summary: Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS PHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Phantom 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHA

Streisand, Barbra

Summary: In turn-of-the-century Eastern Europe where women are denied higher education, Yentl disguises herself as a young man in order to gain entrance to an orthodox Jewish school.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA YEN

Summary: A biography of American actress and singer Lillian Russell, from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS LIL

Summary: As Nazism takes over Austria, a governess and a widowed father fall in love and escape the country with his large family of musically-talented children.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOU

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3 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SOU

Summary: Three young women Deena Jones, Effie White, and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRE

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRE

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS DRE

Cruise, Tom

Summary: In 1987, a small town girl travels to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a famous singer and finds herself working at "the Bourbon Room," a popular nightclub on the Sunset Strip.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROC

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROC

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROC RATED PG-13

Summary: Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LAD

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lady

Summary: "American Dreamz" is a wildly popular television singing contest program that has captured the country's attention. This new season showcases a competition between Sally, a young Midwestern gal and Omer, a show tunes-loving young man from Orange County. The recently depressed President of the United States wants in on the craze and signs up for the potentially explosive season finale.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie American 2006

Summary: Musicians Jack and Frank Baker are stuck in a rut. Playing the same tired tunes night after night, the brothers are in desperate need of change. So when they meet a sultry singer named Susie Diamond, their future starts to sparkle. But when life in the limelight brings old rivalries to the surface as Jack and Susie's relationship heats up, the Baker boys soon find their act--and their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FAB

Summary: Story of five young African-American men who are determined to break into the music business. Their dream takes them from amateur nights to the top of show business and personal tragedy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIV

Corden, James

Summary: When a young female singer moves to New York City in hopes of breaking into show business, she falls for an executive at a record company who helps her in her endeavors.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay 2014

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEG

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BEG

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Begin 2013

Summary: Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Issac) is at a crossroads and struggling to make is as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles- some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INS

Summary: The story of a goldmining boom town centering on the work-and-play partnership of two miners and the wife they share.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2001

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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS PAI

Summary: A young novice, uncertain about becoming a nun, becomes governess to 7 children of an autocratic ex-naval captain. Her charm wins over the rebellious children and the unbending captain.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Sound 2002

Summary: Rich and pampered sisters Sawmya and Meenakshi want for nothing except the true love their hearts crave. While Sowmya grudginly places family responsibilities ahead of romance, Meenakshi years for a white knight. Manohar, an aspiring filmmaker, falls for Sowmya but will wed her only after directing his first film. Commando Major Bala woos Meenakshi despite physical and emotional war wounds and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN I

Summary: When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999

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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS BYE

Summary: In 1607, the Virginia Company sends a ship from England to America to stake a claim on the New World and bring back the gold that is rumored to be abundant there. Ambitious Governor Ratcliffe is head of the expedition, but well-known explorer and adventurer John Smith is the natural leader. Well-armed, the men anticipate easily fighting off any one they encounter, but John Smith's first meeting...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Co. 2005

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY POC

Summary: In the village of Kidsville, a town run entirely by children, the children and Sunny the Bunny make goodies for the Easter holiday, and win over the grumpy nearby town of grownups by inventing many happy Easter traditions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV EAS

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Summary: In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist and recent bike accident victim Steve Lopez more than his banged-up face, was his pressing need for story ideas. He soon discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a skid row schizophrenic street musician, who possesses extraordinary talent - even though he only has half-broken instruments to play. Inspired by Nathaniel's story, Lopez writes an...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SOL

Summary: The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2003

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD ANN

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Annie

Summary: An English governess is hired to teach the King of Siam's children, but ruins the country's traditions during her work.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family King

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KIN

Summary: Jude is a young dockworker from Liverpool who travels to find his estranged father in America. He is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Lucy is a rich and sheltered American girl who Jude falls in love with. Lucy joins the growing anti-war movement in New York's Greenwich Village. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ACR