Summary: A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AUGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD FIC AUGSummary: Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KISSummary: Selma, a factory worker in rural America and single mother, is losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes by rehearsing for a production of The sound of music with her best friend. When a neighbor betrays her trust, Selma's life spirals out of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DANSummary: 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: "Based on director Bob Fosse's own extravagant life, this vibrant and spectacular film follows Fosse's alter ego. Joe Gideon in his relentless pursuit of sex, drugs and self-destruction. His womanizing both supports and debilitates him as he juggles his mistress, ex-wife and beloved daughter. Hovering over all of his excess is an angel. The proceedings are set amid rapturous dream sequences,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ALLSummary: The story of four generations whose lives revolve around the beat of American popular music. The story is told in animation with songs by The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Pat Benatar and Lou Reed among others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: Includes three patriotic classics: Hollywood Canteen (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); and This Is the Army (1943). Bonus features include WB shorts and cartoons, as well as a brand new documentary narrated by Steven Spielberg.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HOMSummary: A musical comedy about the adventures of two beautiful showgirls--an apparently stupid blonde golddigger and her provocative brunette friend--during a voyage from New York to Paris.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GENSummary: As a band singer is discovered and guided to heights of show-business success by an alcoholic ex-matinee idol, she performs one superb song after another in a production that exhilarates with its craft and style even as its story moves toward a heartbreaking finale.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Star 2010Summary: An arrogant British Army captain forces a bet on a group of farmers. If they can win a cricket match against the army team, they will not have to pay the tax called lagaan for three years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LAGSummary: One of America's greatest performers, Bobby Darin lived a rags-to-riches life. He worked his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, the Copacabana, where he wowed the crowds with his songs. He was a marvel at singing, songwriting and performing - stealing the hearts of fans everywhere despite the suffering in his own heart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2005
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BEYSummary: City-boy Ren McCormick finds he has been moved into an uptight Midwestern town where the local officials have banned dancing and rock 'n roll music. Ren revolts with his best friend Willard and the minister's daughter. A timeless struggle between innocent teenage pleasures and adults' need for rigid morality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOO RATED PGSummary: Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUSSummary: In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit The Continental.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2010