Summary: J'accuse is a World War I drama considered to be one of the most technically advanced films of the era and the first major pacifist film. It was referred to by Gance as "a human cry against the bellicose din of armies." Stars Marise Dauvray as Edith, a young woman who is unhappily married to an older man, Franȯis (Sv̌erin-Mars), but is actually in love with a young poet Jean Diaz (Romuald...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Flicker Alley, LLC 2008

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Summary: The destitute, selfish Duke of Bristol persuades a lovely, unselfish American heiress to attempt a month-long trial marriage in a Scottish castle. Another mismatched couple-- his impoverished, timid bachelor pal and a shrewish, wealthy widow-- join them, and all discover their shortcomings in this comedy of manners.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 1999

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

Summary: An experimental film which uses numerous cinematic techniques (split screens, multiple superimpositions, variable speeds, et cetera) to present a dawn to dusk view of the Soviet Union to study the relation between cinema and reality.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Preservation 1998

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Summary: The matrimaniac: Jimmy Conroy wants to marry Marna Lewis. However, Mr. Lewis has chosen another man for his daughter to marry. So Jimmy and Marna entrain in an attempt to elope; Wild and woolly: Jeff Hillington is the extremely naive son of a wealthy Eastern family --he loves the old west so much that he virtually lives it in his room. When his father sends him to Arizona on business, Jeff...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Flicker Alley 2008

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