Summary: In an aristocratic English family the young lord finds to his horror, while painting his wife's portrait, that as the work progresses life drains from his lady. In this poetic horror film, called by some the most outstanding achievement of this genre, an absolute mastery of editing and rhythm is employed with lighting and Gothic sets combining to impart an unearthly sense of mystery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Allday Entertainment 2001

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

Summary: When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY MOD

Summary: Silent film reenactment detailing the events leading up to the Russian Revolution. The film was commissioned to Sergei Eisenstein to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Eisenstein chose to capture the spirit of the era by focusing on one place at one point in time: Petrograd between February and October 1917, and using a political perspective. The original version was...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Corinth Films 1998

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

Summary: "Shot entirely in Siam, the film tells the story of a farmer and his family who have settled a small patch of land on the edge of the jungle. Their existence is a constant struggle against the many wild animals around, "--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. 2000

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

Summary: An anthology of films from American film archives. In addition to rare silent-era features, includes cartoons and animation, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering sound and color experiments, serial episodes, trailers for lost films, advertisements, avant-garde shorts, ethnographic footage, films of ethnic communities, and other film types invented during the first...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOR

Summary: The fortunes of Cedric Fauntleroy and his widowed mother "Dearest" change when the elderly Earl of Dorincourt has Cedric, his rightful heir, brought from the slums of New York to England. The Earl welcomes Cedric but banishes his mother to a cottage outside the manor, unjustly accusing her of marrying his son for the money.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005

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

Summary: Don't change your husband: Leila Porter, tired of her dull husband, leaves him for another man who turns out to be a two-timing playboy. Leila then encourages her first husband to pursue her again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed Exclusively by Image Entertainment 2005

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

Summary: An understudy at the Paris Opéra is guided to stardom by a mysterious and compelling voice that emanates from behind the walls of her dressing room. The voice eventually summons her to a meeting, and she discovers a sinister man whose face is covered by a mask. He demands that she give up her fiancé and devote herself to him and her music. She agrees, but he later finds she has deceived him and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment 1997

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR Pha

Summary: After the death of his grandfather, Vasil wishes the neighboring farmers to share the use of a tractor purchased by the village council. Struggling against superstition, rich landowners and nature itself, he becomes the victim of a tragic murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001

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

Summary: The Cook : When a tough guy annoys the pretty cashier, the waiter and a feisty dog come to her defense. A reckless romeo : A philandering husband is caught when his attempts at indiscretion are filmed by a newsreel camerman. Number please: a man chases his girlfriend's dog around a seaside resort, on the roller-coaster and merry-go-round.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COO

Summary: Valentine Wilmot, the owner of the popular Picadilly Club finds his lead male attraction, Victor Smiles, has quit and that the public has judged Victor's partner Mabel as over the hill. Though they are lovers, Valentine must find another dancer to replace Mabel or face an uncertain future.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005

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

Summary: Salomé (74 min.): Salome dances for King Herod and demands that the head of John the Baptist be brought to her on a platter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2003

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

Summary: Features every surviving film by McCay.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WIN

Summary: Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Fox Video 2000

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOL

Summary: The General (1926): A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War single handedly. The Playhouse (1921): A comedy in which Keaton plays a stage manager, an actor, a monkey and other parts. Cops (1922): A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International Corp. 1999

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GEN

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