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Masterpiece theatre (Television program)Summary: A mother and her three Edwardian children move to a country house in Yorkshire after the mysterious disappearance of their father. The children become fascinated by a nearby train and their kindness helps them befriend an older gentleman who may be able to solve the mystery of their missing father.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RAI1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV RAI
Summary: It's a little play with all the big subjects in it, wrote Thornton Wilder in a 1937 letter to Gertrude Stein about what has become his most renowned and frequently performed work. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Our Town reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, U.S.A. The play's themes of love and marriage, the transitory nature of existence, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The naive young Miss (Jodhi May) is hired to care for two children at the request of their charming and manipulative uncle (Colin Firth). The story takes a sinister turn, however, as Miss worries that the children will be corrupted by two ghostly figures who seem to haunt the house and its occupants. A faithful adaptation of Henry James' Turn of the Screw, this film's outcome is just as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011