Hill, Alfred
Summary: Sing and dance along with Dracula, the Mummy, and other monsters in a muscial Halloween dance party.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV HAUSummary: Kinsey is a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. His 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KINSummary: "When Daisy Werthan, a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in midcentury Atlanta, is deemed too old to drive, her son hires Hoke Colburn, an African American man, to serve as her chauffeur. What begins as a troubled and hostile pairing, soon blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them. This iconic tale of pride,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS DRISummary: A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE FORSummary: Film noir semi-documentary style treatment based on an actual Los Angeles Police Department case. A cop killer manages to elude detection by intercepting police radio calls and by altering his appearance. Evidence points to an alienated electronics expert.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HESummary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Basil Rathbone portrays the deductive genius, Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce his mystified colleague, Dr. Watson in these fourteen classic films.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2010
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY COMSummary: Adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empires exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Kordas legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, follows the travails of a young officer accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FOUSummary: Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant, the artist Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work of art for an extraordinary setting.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS REDAmalric, Mathieu
Summary: Filmmakers discuss François Truffaut's book "Le cinéma selon Alfred Hitchcock" and its influence on their work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HITSummary: Basil Rathbone portrays the deductive genius, Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce his mystified colleague, Dr. Watson in these fourteen classic films.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY COMSummary: When 11-year-old Jason Ross is cut from his little league team his undefeatable spirit leads him to try and create an expansion team. In searching for a new coach, Jason comes to believe that Mack Henry is really Buck McHenry, the legendary pitcher from the old Negro Baseball Leagues. While Mack begins to coach this rag-tag team, Jason and his friends set out to prove his true identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Familes 2004
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY FINSummary: For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NOTSummary: Relates the story of the Channel Island inhabitants who suffered pain and frustration during the German occupation during WWII. An uneasy relationship is maintained by the islanders and the Nazi's, whose constrictive regulations dampen morale.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Goldhil Video 2002
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ENESummary: "This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY LODSummary: The fortunes of Cedric Fauntleroy and his widowed mother "Dearest" change when the elderly Earl of Dorincourt has Cedric, his rightful heir, brought from the slums of New York to England. The Earl welcomes Cedric but banishes his mother to a cottage outside the manor, unjustly accusing her of marrying his son for the money.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LITSummary: Young & innocent: Robert is the estranged husband of a beautiful actress with a bad reputation. When he discovers her lifeless body on the beach, he is mistaken for the murderer and soon finds himself on the run, learning that the murder makes for very strange bedfellows.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BCI Eclipse 2007
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ALFSummary: When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHO RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CHOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHOSummary: The degradation of a great family, set against the historical background of the "Night of the long knives" and the rise of Nazism.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DAMSummary: A joyous comedy about a head-strong southern lady and her ever-patient chauffeur.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher is an elderly widow is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence. She jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ENCSummary: Generations of a family face adventure as they move West with dreams of land, gold and glory.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008