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Assassins Rome Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Parapsychology Drama Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation Survivalism Drama Swindlers and swindling Drama United States United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Drama Viruses DramaSummary: Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Bells 2003Summary: "A young F.B.I. agent is assigned watchdog duty over a fellow agent, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Collection of four film adaptations of classic English literature. Includes a printed set of replica memorabilia from the lives of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH 2012
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLASummary: The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries. Death and dust: The impending marriage of a widowed doctor and a well-to-do divorcée motivates a murder of mistaken identity. Picture of innocence: In the midst of a "shooting war" between rival camera clubs, someone tries to frame Barnaby, and definitely not for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIDSummary: Six celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays, revealing not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself. What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare get his plots, and what cultural, political and religious factors influenced his writing? Why has this body of work endured so thoroughly? What, in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHASummary: A dead showman looks down upon the Earth and dreams of his perfect show.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ZIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZIESummary: A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie HoldoversSummary: 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: From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY NIGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NIGSummary: The complete second season of the popular 1970's detective show starring, Paul Michael Glaser as Starsky, David Soul as Hutch and Antonio Fargas as Huggy-Bear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD STASummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: "In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood, in hell-bent sixties...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEYSummary: Tells the story of a mathematician's quest to understand numbers. In her day job, professor of statistics Talithia Williams ponders the power of data looking for answers and spotting patterns in huge collections of numbers. But as the anticipated host, she takes a step back and turns her attention to the digits themselves exploring their origins and discovering the wonder that arises from...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ZERSummary: The house of mirth: The glittering yet treacherous world of New York High Society comes to life in the heartbreaking story of Lily Bart, a renowned beauty of exquisite charm who seeks a wealthy husband but winds up disgraced and discarded.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOUSummary: An infirmary patient wakes up from a coma to an empty room ... in a vacant hospital ... in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 28Summary: Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul is his 'partner-against-crime' whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COPSummary: Will acclaimed sex columnist Carrie get back together with Mr. Big or will she end up with Aidan? Will Charlotte and Trey be able to live happily ever after? Will Samantha and Miranda ever commit to anything that resembles a lasting relationship?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SEXSummary: The tension has never been greater as Neal Caffrey re-teams with FBI agent Peter Burke in their most ambitious sting operation yet--infiltrating a sophisticated gang of deadly thieves. With Elizabeth Burke pregnant, Neal desperate for his freedom, and amidst pressure from Mozzie for Neal to cut ties with the FBI, the scheme unfolds, culminating in the series' most shocking plot twist of all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WHISummary: Sophisticated conman Neal Caffrey teams up with FBI Agent Peter Burke to investigate an intriguing array of crimes ranging from extortion to murder. Now, reeling from the death of his girlfriend, Neal struggles to unlock the secret behind a mysterious music box and find Kate's killer, even as his partnership with Peter begins to crumble.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WHI RATED PG-13Summary: Charming con man Neal Caffrey escapes from a maximum security prison, only to be recaptured by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke. With few options, Caffrey agrees to help the bureau bring down other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. But before long, Caffrey finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with those who want him back in prison or dead.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010