Summary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: From out of the shadows comes this final collection of hard-to-find noir classics: The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Lineup (1958); The Shadow in the Window (1956); The Long Haul (1957); Pickup Alley (1957); The Tijuana Story (1957); She Played with Fire (1957); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); and Man on a String (1960).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fiancée rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ILLSummary: A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: the Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOFSummary: Presents the Franco Zeffirelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ROMSummary: The men of New Zealand march off to war, leaving behind cities and villages filled with women and loneliness. In time, new men come ashore: U.S. Marines facing uncertain futures in Pacific battles yet to come. And new loves, tender or tragic, transitory or lasting, begin to flower.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNTSummary: Rebel without a cause (1955): The adolescent son of a well-to-do family gets into trouble with other kids and the police.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE BRISummary: Thomas, a young German baker, has an affair with Oren, a married Israeli man. After Oren unexpectedly dies in a car crash, Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers about his death. Under a fake identity, Thomas enters the life of Anat, his lover's newly widowed wife. There, he begins to work for Anat, baking pastries that bring her cafe to vibrant life. Thomas becomes deeply involved in her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CAKContents: [Disc 1]: The solid gold cadillac (1956, 99 min.) -- We were strangers (1949, 106 min.) -- Angels over Broadway (1940, 79 min.) -- Music in my heart (1939, 70 min.). [Disc 2]: The marrying kind (1952, 92 min.) -- It should happen to you (1954, 86 min.) -- Adam had four sons (1941, 81 min.) -- Down to earth (1947, 101 min.).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE SILSummary: Bob is a playboy who recklessly crashes his boat, necessitating the use of a resuscitator. While the equipment is used on Bob, a beloved physician dies of a heart atttack because the resuscitator was unavailable. To atone for this, Bob decides to become a doctor himself. He becomes involved with the doctor's widow, but an accident that causes her to go blind will shadow the rest of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MAGHall, Rebecca
Summary: A woman, struggling to move on years after the death of her folk singer husband, strikes a deal to co-write his biography with a pop culture scholar and, unexpectedly, this endeavor opens up a completely new chapter in her life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TUMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TUM RATED RSummary: Tara returns to Parable, Montana, the place that made her the happiest, to move forward after a messy divorce. Her handsome neighbor presents an unexpected twist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HALSummary: Two of Lifetimes's newest holiday films come to DVD in this value priced set which includes A Very Merry Toy Store; and Four Christmases and a Wedding.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VERSummary: German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NEVCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEVSummary: A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LITFey, Tina
Summary: A Princeton college admission representative discovers that an applicant might be the son she gave up for adoption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE ADMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ADMSummary: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HUNSummary: While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised to encounter Nadja, a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at the holiday home of Felix's family. Nadja soon distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel, not only because of her passionate liaison with lifeguard Devid but also because her brutal honesty forces Leon to confront his artistic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A gracious society matron decides to give her husband one last chance, but soon his ex-mistress shows up, brewing trouble and murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EASSummary: Easter parade: Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but on the day before Easter she refuses to sign a new contract with him. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. He vows to make Hannah a success before the next Easter parade. After a while Don and Hannah are so successful that Florence Ziegfeld is interested in them. With Nadine dancing for the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016