Summary: Young Louisa Ginglebusher is recruited from a local orphanage to become an usherette at a movie theater. Encouraged by her kindly guardian to spread her wings, Louisa decides to lead the life of a fairy tale angel and in her quest to do good she tries to redirect money from a rich playboy to a struggling lawyer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOOSummary: Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her; Anne, now a young woman, has become a teacher and dreams of meeting her ideal man; After a series of disappointments, Anne and her husband Gilbert return to Avonlea in search of happiness,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sullivan Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANNSummary: Follows the provocative life drama of orphan Anne Shirley, from her struggles as an adolescent to her triumphs as a young woman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sullivan Entertainment 1995
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANNRoberts, Nora.
Summary: For a change of pace, renowned anthropologist Kasey Wyatt takes a job working for bestselling author Jordan Taylor, who needs helps researching his latest novel about the Plains Indians. Upon arriving at Jordan's impressive Palm Springs estate, Kasey finds all the trappings of a family, but none of the warmth. Jordan's forbidding mother is immediately suspicious of her, while Jordan's shy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Trade 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBSummary: I shot Jesse James: After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie 12 2021Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWESummary: A journey is set in murderous motion with the surfacing of a single casket. When salvagers unwittingly revive an undead evil, an extraordinary family experiences an awakening of new and unusual metaphysical powers. Now it's up to a British-American grandfather, his Japanese grandson, and a band of unlikely fighters to shake their dark pasts and fight for a brighter future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME JOJSummary: All dogs go to heaven: Set in 1939 New Orleans, the story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLSummary: Though many years have passed, another orphan - this time a lonely American girl - makes an exciting journey to the enchanting manor where the magic began. Under the watchful eye of the keeper of the garden's key, the young orphan discovers that unlocking all the mysteries of the garden will take faith, courage and determination before life can bloom lavishly once again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A truly inspiring story of one ordinary family's extraordinary journey. An orphaned boy named Tomas is adopted by Maire O'Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomas as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SHIGardner, Sally
Summary: Nine-year-old Emily Vole and her friends at Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency have their hands full with the sudden and mysterious death of local landowner Sir Walter Cross, devastating losses suffered by tailor Mr. Rollo, and the ruin of Pan Smith's wedding preparations the night before her big day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GARSummary: The magical, musical story that shows believing can be the greatest gift of all. Follow the heartwarming journey of two orphan girls whose only wish is to find a home for Christmas. With a little help from their guardian angels, they discover that miracles really can happen when they find the power to believe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2019
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday BuSummary: Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet isolation until his past sins catch up to him. Recreating the family which was stolen from him by a drunk driver, a young girl now lives with Norman, and when criminals kidnap her, he will do anything to save her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DONCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR DONSummary: It's Christmastime as young Robbie Eunson pulls his little sister on a sled through the snow to a snug house in the woods. Robbie is fulfilling the promise he made to their dying mother- that he would find a home for each of the six orphaned children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALLWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: The Aldens are excited to learn about beekeeping, but when equipment goes missing, they have more than honey to harvest--they have a mystery to solve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2023