Risner, Robinson.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1974

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.703 RIS

Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO
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Robeson, Paul

Contents: Every time I feel the spirit / arr. L. Brown -- Balm in Gilead / arr. Burleigh -- Volga boat song -- Monologue from Othello / Shakespeare -- O thou silent night / Alexandrov -- Chinese children's song -- My curly headed baby / Clutsam -- Old man river / Kern -- Going home / Dvorak ; arr. Fisher --Monologue from Boris Godunov ; The orphan / Mussorgsky -- Christ lag in Todesbanden / Bach --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 1987

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS ROB

Summary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR HAM

Contents: Dirty Harry / screenplay by Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink and Dean Riesner ; produced and directed by Don Siegel (102 min.) -- Magnum force / screenplay by John Milius and Michael Cimino ; produced by Robert Daley ; directed by Ted Post (123 min.) -- The enforcer / screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Dean Riesner ; produced by Robert Daley ; directed by James Fargo (97 min.) -- Sudden impact...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIR

Summary: Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his shrewish wife's money). There, Chris paints masterpieces; but Johnny sells them under Kitty's name,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino On Video 2005

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

Summary: Reporter Bob Wilton is trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. With unparalleled psychic powers, they can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat by simply staring at...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2010

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Men 2010

Summary: "The town Christmas forgot: An urban family that can not seem to get along gets stranded in a remote, impoverished lumber town two days before Christmas. When they become involved in the town's home-grown Christmas pageant, they not only help solve the town's problems but learn to connect with each other just in time for the holidays. Naughty or nice: After she is suddenly fired from her job,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2014

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

Summary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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

Summary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history -- Jack the Ripper -- before...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER FRO

Disney

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Records/Pixar 2006

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW Car

Dinner.

Contents: Going out -- Skid Row -- 3rd presence -- the dawn is here -- Overtake -- This girl -- Girl -- Ok, alright (Late Night vocal version -- You are like LA -- Say what you want (Love is death) (soft version) -- Stone Town (Berlin mix).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Captured Tracks 2015

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DIN

Contents: Disc one. Pyjamarama (Roxy Music) -- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (Electric Light Orchestra) -- Barbecutie (Sparks) -- Joey (single version) (Pretty Things) -- Tumble with me (The Hollywood Brats) -- Rolling with my baby (single version) Silverhead -- Teenage archangel (Be-Bop Deluxe) -- On the ball (Streak) -- Once bitten twice shy (album version) (Ian Hunter) -- Kerb crawler (Hawkwind) -- Payroll (Brutus)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OH!

Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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

Summary: Roger Cobb is a swinging bachelor, a lawyer, and a jazz musician. Edwina Cutwaters is a terminally ill spinster who is given another chance at life if her soul can be transported into another woman. However, the guru goofs, and Edwina's soul takes over the right side of Roger.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 1998

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie All 1998

Wagner, Richard

Summary: "Glyndebourne's celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Tristan und Isolde is a supremely intelligent achievement; gravely beautiful, haunting and meditative, it is deeply reflective rather than visceral, fortified by Roland Aeschlimann's stunningly effective set, a womb-like space through which the protagonists move like gods."--Container.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2008

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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TRI

Summary: Four young men form Jamaica's first bobsled team, in hopes of competing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Loosely based on a true story.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1998

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

Summary: Maggie Peyton wants to join her family's dynasty of race car drivers, but her father worries that she'll get hurt. As a college graduation gift, he buys Maggie a junked-out Volkswagen Beetle, which turns out to be Herbie, a car with a mind of its own. Soon Maggie and Herbie are racing against an arrogant racing champion and duking it out with monster trucks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Herbie 2005

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

Summary: A tale about a beautiful girl who becomes the companion of a brutish beast to save her father's life. As time passes, love works a miraculous change on both their lives.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017

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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE BEA

Summary: A boy, a girl, a bushman, and a dog wander across the desert in order to escape elephant poachers who want them dead.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004

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