Filter By Subjects
Art thefts Investigation Drama Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley 1769-1852 Portraits Drama Fathers and sons Drama Kipling, John 1897-1915 Drama Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936 Family Drama London (England) 20th century Drama National Gallery (Great Britain) Drama Taxicab drivers Drama World War, 1914-1918 Casualties Drama World War, 1914-1918 DramaFilter By Subjects
Art thefts Investigation Drama Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley 1769-1852 Portraits Drama Fathers and sons Drama Kipling, John 1897-1915 Drama Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936 Family Drama London (England) 20th century Drama National Gallery (Great Britain) Drama Taxicab drivers Drama World War, 1914-1918 Casualties Drama World War, 1914-1918 DramaSummary: Rio bravo : On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie RioSummary: It's 1914 and the British Empire's greatest supporter, Rudyard Kipling, is at the peak of his literary fame. Kipling's son, Jack, is determined to play his part in the immiment war with Germany but finds himself rejected due to his poor eyesight. Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards. Kipling's wife, Caroline, is bitterly upset, failing to see the glory in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MYSummary: Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022