Summary: A gentleman-gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fiancee.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GUYSummary: Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SECCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SECCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Secret 2013Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SeSummary: Regina Giddens is a woman who will stop at nothing to outwit her brothers in running the family business, even if it means sacrificing the health of her husband or the love of her young daughter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LITSummary: During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Master 2004Summary: A tortured love affair ends between Heathcliff and Cathy when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar. Heathcliff's savage retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1997
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE WUTSummary: Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment [distributor] 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BESSummary: The fervent attraction between Georgie, a woman stuck in a loveless relationship, and Lu, a musician with a tragic past, gets the better of them when secrets are uncovered that will change their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIRCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DiSummary: Stella, an uncouth, lower-class woman, marries wealthy, well-bred Stephen Dallas to escape her poor surroundings. When their class differences lead to divorce, she undergoes a self-sacrificing struggle to give their daughter a better life, away from her damaging influence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STESummary: Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up assisting a beautiful singer get away from the mob.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BALSummary: Once upon a time, there lived in Denmark a young shoemaker named Hans Christian Andersen whose magical tales delighted boys and girls throughout the land. Hans one day journeys beyond the borders of his small village, across the sea and into the dazzling city of Copenhagen. There he encounters marvels and wonders beyond his wildest dreams, and finds the inspiration for some of his most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HANSummary: A 17th century entertainer exiled from England and shipped to America falls in love with a princess who is kidnapped by pirates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PRISummary: "On the mean streets on New York's Lower East Side, Drina hopes to save her brother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him?"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEASummary: Cary Grant stars as an angel who materializes in answer to the prayers of a harried young bishop, David Niven. Niven's efforts to raise money for a new cathedral have endangered his marriage to beautiful Loretta Young. Grant enters the bishop's household hoping to end the problems plaguing the family, but instead the bishop's negelected wife becomes infatuated with him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY BisCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Bishop's 1947Summary: "Lumberman Barney Glasgow abandons saloon girl Lotta to marry a timber heiress ... only to fall for Lotta's beautiful daughter twenty years later. But this time, Barney as a rival for the young woman's love: his own son!" -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COMSummary: This hilarious and high-spirited musical stars Danny Kaye as a professor of high-brow music who inadvertently becomes involved with a sensual saloon singer (Virginia Mayo) and a crooked criminal gang.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SONSummary: The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIVSummary: Martin is the culinary genius behind a successful restaurant and the widowed father of three daughters whom he has a compulsion to try and steer in the right direction. Hungry for their independance, the girls find themselves at odds with their traditionalist father.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TORSummary: Told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOYSummary: Barely surviving an expedition to the Amazon, working class biologist William Adamson returns home, where he is forced to accept the charity of an affluent, upper-class family. Falling deeply in love with his benefactor's captivating daughter, he sees his fondest wish come true when she agrees to become his wife. Unwittingly attracting the affections of a bright household servant, William tries...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANGSummary: A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRI RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRISummary: It centers on Kate, a widow who lost her husband in the war in Afghanistan and is struggling to maintain her small-town farm with her daughter while also running the local volunteer fire department.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DAKCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentine family and follows them to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. The family welcomes the doctor into their home and entrusts their young daughter to his care, unaware that he is a notorious war criminal. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring "the German doctor" to justice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GERSummary: "Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films 2018