Summary: In the early part of the 20th Century, Alfred Redl ruthlessly rises from his peasant background to become a high-ranking member of the Imperial Austrian military. But when Redl is sent to spy on the Russian Empire, his espionage is compromised by his secret double life as a homosexual.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kino Lorber, Inc. 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COL

Summary: Based on the true story of Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., who rises from complete obscurity to become a golfing legend. Jones overcomes his own fierce temper, intense passion, and perfectionist tendencies to master the game and wins the Grand Slam, the U.S., British, and Amateur Opens in golf, a feat unequaled even today. But it is Jones's style, personality, and character that separate him from the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004

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

Summary: Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005

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

Summary: A musical comedy based on the life of vaudevillian Eddie Foy. When Eddie's wife dies, leaving him with seven children, he puts the kids into the act and takes the show on the road.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Brentwood Home Video 2000

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Seven 1949

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SEV

Summary: The enchanting story of Marcel Pagnol's childhood in the south of France, and a very special summer when he was 11 years old. In the countryside of Provence he fell under the spell of the rugged hills, made new friends and strengthened the unique bond w

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MY

Summary: Based on a true story, the film examines the complex emotional experiences faced by John Merrick, the "Elephant Man" when he is discovered by a dedicated surgeon. Rescued from his degrading life as a circus freak, Merrick is given a chance to live his last years with comfort, respect, and dignity.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2001

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

Summary: Moliere is a down-and-out actor and playwright who is up to his ears in debt. The wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise. Disguised as a priest, Molière becomes a guest in Jourdain's palace on the subtext of teaching Jourdain the craft of the stage, all this to the annoyance of Jourdain's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MOL

Summary: The story of Marcel Pagnol's childhood holidays in Provence continues in My Mother's Castle. During a Christmas in the region Marcel's affection for the area deepens and he also learns to love and appreciate his mother's true nature.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MY

Summary: In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CAP

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAP RATED R

Summary: De Niro stars as champion boxer Jake La Motta, who rose from the streets of the Bronx to the heights of his sport, only to find disillusionment and corruption as well as fame.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAG

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RAG

Summary: Portrays the love affair between punk rock's famous bad boy, Sid Vicious, and his American groupie girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, from the initial euphoria of their romance to their tragic plunge into the vortex of drugs and self-delusion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Embassy Home Entertainment 1986

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

Summary: "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

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ALL

Summary: A dramatized life of the 18th century Armenian national poet Sayat Nova.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2001

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COL

Summary: A dramatization of the story about the struggle of a Boston teacher, Annie Sullivan, to communicate with and teach the deaf, blind, and mute child, Helen Keller.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2001

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Miracle

Summary: In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2007

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

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIS

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIS RATED PG

Summary: This BBC original drama uses documented accounts and Christie's own words to probe the shadowy areas of her early life in a style as gripping and suspenseful as any Christie story.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2005

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGA

Summary: His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. His election makes him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Milk 2009

Minert, Roger P. (Roger Phillip)

Contents: Reverse alphabetical index -- Alphabetical index -- Reverse alphabetical index -- Alphabetical index

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: GRT Publications 2005

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19 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert ALSACE-LORRAINE
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert BADEN
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert BAVARIA
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert BRANDENBURG
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert BRAUNSCHWEIG
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert HANOVER
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert HESSE
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert KINGDOM OF SAXONY
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert MECKLENBURG
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert PALATINATE
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert POMERANIA
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert POSEN
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert PROVINCE OF SAXONY
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert RHINELAND
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert SILESIA
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert WEST PRUSSIA
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert WESTPHALIA
Call number: R GEN 929.343 Minert WURTTEMBERG