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 PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: From crime stories in the classic hard-boiled style to the vividly experimental, from the determination of those risking everything to the desperation of those with nothing left to lose, Detroit Noir delivers unforgettable tales that capture the city's dark vitality -- From publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DET

Summary: 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 Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TOD

Summary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV O

Summary: Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Guardians 2014

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GUA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUA RATED PG-13

Summary: [Carmen] A beautiful gypsy girl uses her irresistable charms to seduce a faithful military guard so that a band of smugglers can penetrate his stronghold.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001

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

Contents: disc 1. Casey Jones (Billy Murray) -- Casey Jones (Fiddlin' John Carson) -- Southern Casey Jones (Jesse James) -- Steamboat Bill (Arthur Collins) -- Casey and Bill (Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band) -- Steamboat Bill boogie (Delmore Bros.) -- Red wing (Frank C. Stanley & Henry Burr) -- Red wing (Doc Williams & the Border Riders) -- Just break the news to mother (George J. Gaskin) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PRO

Summary: Corridors of blood: Set in the primitive hospitals of 19th century London, this recounts the story of the unfortunate Dr. Bolton, an early pioneer in anesthesiology, showing his gradual addiction to drugs and his dealings with grave robbers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HAU

Summary: Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape, Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KIN

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KIN

Summary: Atomic Submarine: A series of mysterious sinkings plagues the northern seas. Great trans-arctic submarine liners are vanishing without a trace! The nuclear powered U.S.S. Tiger Shark, the most advanced sub in the fleet, has been undergoing around-the-clock modifications to prepare for an urgent top-secret mission: to discover the cause of the Arctic disasters, and put an end to it!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI FIR

Summary: At first, miserable, greedy old Scrooge can't tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. But visits from his former business partner's ghost and three cautionary specters from the past, present and future force the man to soul-search.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CHR

Summary: 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

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

Roser, Mark C.

Summary: "After the death of his son, the author kept his sanity by writing, as he wrestled with questions as profound as life itself"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ROS

(TITUS, C. O., ED.)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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1 available in Nelson Room Oversize, Call number: MIR 912.774 ATL

Summary: The Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players, speaking through Greek-style masks, present the tragedy of Oedipus, who, having unwittingly slain his father and unknowingly married his mother, is driven by the plague that has swept through his kingdom to track down the evildoer who has polluted his land and its people.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS OED

Summary: The Best Eighties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade features some of the biggest hits from artists including Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Toto, Adam & The Ants, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bangles, Billy Ocean, James Brown and many more.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONE

Summary: An elite military unit (SG-1) must flee back to Earth when two members of their team inexplicably disappear into thin air. But they return to a world in which the Stargate--an ancient device which allows them to travel to hundreds of planets--was never discovered, and their own history has been erased. Now they must convince a dubious government and military that the timeline was altered by a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM DVD 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Stargate 2008

Byrd, Donald.

Contents: CD 1. Lover come back to me (6:50) ; When your love has gone (5:02) ; Sudwest funk (6:52) ; Paul's pal (7:06) ; Off to the races (6:35) ; Down tempo (5:18) ; Witchcraft (8:26) ; Here I am (8:24) ; Devil whip (4:40) -- CD 2. Bronze dance (6:40) ; Clarion calls (5:40) ; The injuns (6:09) ; Samba yantra (9:33) ; I will wait for you (9:03) ; Blues medium rare (6:04) ; The creeper (4:37) ; Chico San...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mosaic 2000

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ Byr

Summary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRE

Contents: Handclapping song (the Meters) -- Hip drop (the Explosions) -- Who's gonna help brother get further (Lee Dorsey) -- It's gonna rain (Gentleman June Gardner) -- Check your bucket (Eddie Bo) -- Big chief (Professor Longhair) -- Free, single, and disengaged (Huey "Piano" Smith & his Clowns) -- Can I be your squeeze (Chuck Carbo) -- Hercules (Aaron Neville) -- I've got reasons (Mary Jane Hooper) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2000

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NEW

BATES, M. E. C.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC BAT

BATES, M. E. C.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MI FIC BAT
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC BAT