Summary: "Antonio, a successful but cash-poor merchant, approaches Shylock, a wealthy moneylender, for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio woo the fair Portia. Despite being longtime enemies, Shylock grants the request, but demands one pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid on time. When Antonio defaults on the loan, Shylock seeks what is legally owed him but soon learns that those to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Merchant 2005Summary: In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THESummary: The romance and marriage of opposites--the love that binds them together and the differences that tear them apart. A love story from college to Hollywood in the thirties, forties, and fifties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Way 1999Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE WAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAY RATED PGSummary: The story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2001
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOMSummary: Jack Martin is an American entertainer working cabarets on the French Riviera. An impersonation of philandering industrialist Henri Duran is so convincingly that even Duran's beautiful wife is fooled by it. When Duran's business interests compel him to be in London when he should be hosting a large soiree at his home, Martin is persuaded to impersonate Duran at the party. But matters threaten...
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 ONSummary: A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FUNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FUNSummary: Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: Following a near-death experience, a young woman flees her East German hometown and failed marriage to start over in Hanover. By chance she finds work with an ambitious and determined executive and enters a ruthless world of big business and cut-throat boardroom deals. But just as she seems poised to fully realize her ambitions, she finds herself haunted by truths from the past that threaten to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YELSummary: The Muppets tasted success with a college musical, and are now ready for Broadway to experience their talent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MUPSummary: Free-spirited Maggie meets her match in a charming Viagra salesman named Jamie. Maggie and Jamie leap into a no-strings-attached affair, but no matter how hard they try to keep things 'casual,' they can't help falling under the influence of the ultimate drug: love!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LSummary: The Muppets take their musical show to Broadway, but discover the road there is not as straight as they had hoped.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TriStar 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MUPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MSummary: Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distribued by Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: A timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KOCH Vision 2007
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WAR NOT RATEDSummary: A Broadway musical director has troubles during rehearsal, promotes the understudy and has a successful opening night. Chiefly memorable for the incredible musical numbers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FORSummary: Professor Klump finds romance with a lovely fellow geneticist. When his alter ego Buddy Love breaks out and threatens trouble, its up to the rest of the hefty Klump family to save the day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2000
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NUTSummary: Zoe wants a baby, but has a problem letting anyone get close to her. The perfect solution is to become artificially inseminated. Shortly after she conceives twins, she finally meets the man of her dreams. Will he stick around when he finds out?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BSummary: Based on the novel by George Orwell which is the story of impossible love and tragic betrayal set in the twisted, horrific world of "1984".
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM 2003
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI NINSummary: Bertram Pincus is an irritable dentist whose people skills leave much to be desired. Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him. Frank Herlihy, in particular, pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. Now, Pincus is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GHOSummary: Lovely and amazing is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bitter sweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOVSummary: Sense and sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SENSummary: One night, a frightened Swiss soldier of fortune climbs into the bedroom of a young Bulgarian girl and soon deflates her romantic notions about love and valor. The bonus play is set in 1796 at an inn where Napoleon rests at the start of his conquest of Italy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ARMSummary: A modern adaptation of the classic love story, moved to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RoSummary: When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003