Summary: "Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreams of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as an unpopular high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass and won't give his father the time of day. Lance is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WORSummary: Comedy about a witch who was burned at the stake 300 years ago. She plans to take revenge by marrying the descendent of her persecutors and ruining his political aspirations, but doesn't count on falling in love!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele, who has a history of violent behavior, becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA INSummary: 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 MAGSummary: Daisy Kenyon is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men-- one she loves but cannot have and one whose love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O'Mara, who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning Army sergeant Peter Lapham-- a decent and gentle man who instantly falls in love with her. Although she...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAISummary: The awful truth: One of the best "screwball" comedies of the thirties, in which a separated couple do their best to spoil one another's love affair while awaiting their divorce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CARSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dixon Steele is an alcoholic screenwriter who has some success but is now in the midst of a long dry spell. One of his neighbors is Laurel Gray, a would-be actress and a smart cookie. Steele is a bitter, angry man who succeeds in insulting everyone he sees while drinking at noon in his usual hangout. Dix has taken a job adapting a trashy novel for the screen--but he doesn't want to read the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures Industries 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INSummary: 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: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALSummary: Murder!: Based on the novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film. When a woman (Norah Baring) is convicted of murder, one of the men selected to serve on the murder trial jury (Herbert Marshall) believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Alfred 2010Summary: A hilarious comedy about a young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AMESummary: Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DANSummary: Calcutta: Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY FILSummary: Based on the best-selling novel by Garth Stein, this is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo. Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ARTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD ARTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ArCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Art 2019Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ARTSummary: Passions ignite and culture clash in this provocative coming-of-age story, based on the best-selling novel by Philip Roth. Marcus, a student from New Jersey arrives at a small conservative college in Ohio. He becomes infatuated with his class mate Olivia. The mutual attraction sparks a torrid encounter with consequences no one ever could have imagined. He puts his family's best-laid plans and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INDSummary: Stella, an uncouth, lower-class woman, marries wealthy, well-bred Stephen Dallas to escape her poor surroundings. When their class differences lead to divorce, she undergoes a self-sacrificing struggle to give their daughter a better life, away from her damaging influence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STESummary: Kansas City publicist Darcy ventures to the Emerald Educational Trust for the job of a lifetime. Here she will help VP Glen Goodman and his team find the know-how, courage, and heart to help a charity in need for Christmas. Darcy and Glen begin to realize they have everything in common. Will a surprise revelation at the big Christmas gala put an end to their promising romance before it really...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Rob Gordon's record store is semi-failing, and his long-time girlfriend has just walked out on him. In order to figure out where things went wrong, he examines his past relationships with other women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2000
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HIGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HIGSummary: Set in England on the cusp of World War II, the final film by Ernst Lubitsch is a zany comedy of manners that sends up British class hierarchy with his famously light touch. Cluny Brown is an irrepressible heroine with a zeal for plumbing. Sent to work as a parlormaid at a stuffy country manor, she proceeds to turn the household upside down with plenty of help from Adam Belinski, an eccentric...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019