Summary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2013

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

Summary: After the recent death of her husband, Jessica is lonely and out of sorts. She meets two men who are very different. As Jessica debates the merits of passion versus security, she becomes the subject of mean-spirited gossipmongers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2007

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

Summary: A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her, and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022

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

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

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Cyrano 2022

Summary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRE

Caron, Leslie

Summary: Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, a young girl, Gigi, is being groomed by her grandmother to become a courtesan.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD GIG

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

Summary: In which we serve (1942): A sensitive and stirring piece of propaganda telling the tale of a group of Royal Navy sailors as they battle the Germans in the Mediterranean and of the lives they left back home.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA DAV

Efron, Zac

Summary: A soldier in Iraq unwittingly evades the path of a falling bomb when he stops to look at a photograph on the ground, leading him on a search for the woman whose picture saved his life when he returns home.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lucky 2012

Summary: The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DAN

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

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

Summary: A girl falls for the perfect guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: Nothing extraordinary ever happens to Carol Peters, so when she starts getting snarky backtalk from her TV, phone, and microwave, she thinks she's being punked. Or losing her mind. The world's first superintelligence has chosen to study and observe Carol's attempt to romantically reconcile with her former boyfriend to better understand the human condition. Soon, the all-powerful entity takes...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

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

Summary: Set against the vivid backdrop of Berlin, the film weaves ten stories of compassion, redemption, and acceptance into a rich tapestry of life and love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

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

Summary: A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Searchlight Pictures 2023

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

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

Summary: With her employers out, a maid in 1920s England has a rare chance to meet with her secret lover, the son from a nearby manor. Class issues keep them apart, and although he is about to leave to marry a suitable wife, the events of this weekend could change their lives -- and love -- forever.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

Summary: Samson and Delilah are two teens living in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes, they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone, they discover that life isn't always fair, but love never judges.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IndiePix 2010

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE SAM

Summary: Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed Israeli city of Lyd. A family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend, Manar, and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the 'first Arab rapper'...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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

Summary: "Orphan Lili Daurier joins a carnival and falls under the spell of its star, a suave magician. But it is the show's crippled, embittered puppeteer who truly loves Lili, a love he can express only through his puppets."--Back of container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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

Summary: A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Foreign Language, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COM

Summary: Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: Jess, a concert violinist whose heart just isn't in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing, and a new love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark, Crown Media Productions 2021

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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD CHR

Summary: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Far 2015

Williams, Esther.

Summary: Cynthia must choose between her wealthy husband and the soldier she loves; Maria steps in for her twin brother when he abandons the bullfighting ring; a singing soldier abandons his pre-war life for love; an Ohio schoolteacher falls in love with a Tahitian girl; Williams portrays Australian swimmer and film star Annette Kellerman; swimming star Julie Hallerton falls in love with her boss who is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009

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

Summary: When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Alcon Entertainment 2013

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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY BEA

Summary: After years organizing fashion in the city, Lauren decides to move home. In exchange for her organizing services, mover Rob makes it his mission to help her see the beauty of Seattle.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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