Ebert, John David

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Publisher / Publication Date: Council Oak Books 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 501 EBE

Summary: "In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood, in hell-bent sixties...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Summary: They met in the dark: Discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BRI

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

Johnson, J. J.

Contents: El camino real (6:10) -- Enigma (6:25) -- Gingerbread boy (5:20) -- Canonn for Bela (3:20) -- Comfort zone (7:48) -- Wild is the wind (5:02) -- If I hit the lottery (4:08) -- Cross currents (6:52) -- Ballad for Joe (4:26) -- Cadenza (1:41) -- Why Indianapolis, why not Indianapolis? (5:51) -- Horn of plenty (3:33) -- Ballade (6:30) -- Swing spring (3:21).

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Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 1997

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JOH

Summary: David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MAR

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Summary: Predator: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth--because the Predator is not of this earth.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PRE

Various Artists

Contents: Little Richard -- Long Tall Sally / Garnet Mimms -- As long as I have you / Robert Johnson -- Travelling riverside blues / Bukka White -- Shake 'em on down / Santo & Johnny -- Summertime / Bert Jansch -- Blackwater side / John Renbourn -- Nobody's fault but mine / Spirit -- Fresh garbage / Muddy Waters -- You need love / Howlin' Wolf -- Killing floor / Blind Willie Johnson -- In my time of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2004

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ

Summary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV O

Summary: The story of the Henry family as they experience World War II in Europe and the Pacific, depicting the final years of the war and its impact on everyday people.

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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WAR

Summary: The Hollow crown: "New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOL

Summary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAK

Summary: In this Shakespearean tale of jealousy and betrayal, a man who is an honorable itinerant cattleman, befriended and hired by a bighearted ranch owner despite his unwillingness to talk about his past. When the new hand becomes the target of the flirtatious attentions of the owner's bored wife and is entrusted by the boss with a foreman's responsibilities, his presence at the ranch starts to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN JUB

Summary: Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA INS

Summary: This volume brings a new crop of quality shorts to audiences hungry for a second helping. This latest collection features 7 new films that encompass an incredibly diverse range of topics and styles.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FUL

Weber, Johny

Summary: In the mountains at the southern edge of Wyoming Territory, three families banded together in the mid-1800s and formed a community, raising livestock and garden produce. The founding family, the Welles, took excess livestock to trade with the pioneers along the Oregon Trail. This is the story of those families and the young people that are coming of age. Central to the story is Jake Bates...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hildebrand Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEB

Summary: "The public enemy": A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war. "White heat": A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn. "Angels with dirty...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros. Entertainment 2016

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GAN

Summary: Heidi: Based on the classic, Shirley stars as an adorable orphan who transforms her gruff grandfather in the Alps into a loving man.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SHI