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42) Outlaw blues
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ex-convict Fonda is promoted into a country star by back-up singer Saint James, to the consternation of star Callahan, who had stollen Fonda's song.
Publisher
Xenon Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Film & soundtrack special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
A country boy who travels to Kingston to make it big as a reggae singer is ruthlessly exploited, first by his employer, then by the producer of his hit record. At last he becomes a pot-pushing desperado in an effort to live up to the code of his favorite movie heroes.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[1977]
Edition
Twenty-fifth anniversary.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a Brooklyn store clerk who is a Saturday night disco king; he begins to question the narrowness of his perspective when he becomes influenced by his more sophisticated dance partner.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author and film historian takes readers backstage of West Side Story, recounting the drama and rivalries onscreen played to equal intensity behind-the-scenes, while still achieving extraordinary artistic feats.
46) Les girls
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cheeky musical variation on Rashomon, the film gives three flashbacks on the Parisian sojourn of a dance master and his featured artists.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Professor Joseph Elsner takes his protege Frederic Chopin to Paris after Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor and must flee the country. There he eventually comes under the influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world.
48) New Orleans
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick, the proprietor of a Bourbon Street gambling joint, an artistic haven for African-American musicians who gather and jam from dusk til dawn, falls in love with an opera-singing socialite. After losing his nightclub Nick tries over the course of many years to get jazz the respect and audience it deserves.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Fred portrays an ace with the highly regarded Flying Tigers squad. On leave in New York City on an eight-day furlough, Fred decides to forego any possible hero worship because of his uniform and dons civilian clothes. It so happens he meets and falls for Joan, a magazine photographer, and sets out to win her heart at all costs. The twist is that Joan is dedicated to the war effort and considers Fred-- who is keeping his military role a secret-- a...
Series
Criterion collection volume 72
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Digitally remastered version with restored sound.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A musical comedy about a pair of young lovers who lose a lottery ticket worth a million francs and chase it frantically across Paris. Considered one of the very first musical films.
51) Son of Paleface
Series
Publisher
Brentwood Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man heads out west to claim his fathers inheritance, and teams up with a cowboy and his horse to get to the bottom of a gold shipment robbery. An attractive female outlaw must save the hapless hero along the way.
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With a lilting, Tira Lira La, a bevy of Budapest beauties show up for the birthday celebration of the town's most eligible bachelor, Count Palaffi. Weary of their scheming attentions, the wealthy playboy slips away to his room and dreams of marrying an angel. The eighth and final pairing of Eddy and MacDonald.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (163 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This collection features 21 song-and-dance spectaculars staged and directed by Busby Berkeley, from movie musicals released in the 1930's. Included are excerpts from "42nd Street" (1933), "Gold diggers of 1933" (1933), "Fashions of 1934" (1934), "In Caliente" (1933), "Footlight parade" (1933), "Wonder Bar" (1934), "Dames" (1934), "Gold diggers of 1935" (1935), and "Gold diggers of 1937" (1937)
Author
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 256 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegmund's shattered sword is forged once again and kills the dragon that guards the ring. Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, this production numbers among the greatest of modern times.
Publisher
American Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1 video cassette (approximately 40 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The fairies of Oz wove a magic cloak which would grant one wish to the person who wore it, but none if it were stolen. The cloak is given to a small boy who becomes king. When the cloak is stolen he sets out to recover it. During his search he meets the characters from Oz.
57) American pop
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of four generations whose lives revolve around the beat of American popular music. The story is told in animation with songs by The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Pat Benatar and Lou Reed among others.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Acunas family is a family of tradition. The family holds the ritual of making sure that their daughters get married in order of age. When the second daughter does not follow the tradition quick enough her sister resort to finding her a lover.
59) Porgy and Bess
Author
Language
English
Description
Video adaptation of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production directed by Trevor Nunn. The Gershwins' classic musical drama portrays the lives of the occupants of Catfish Row. Includes synopsis in English, French, German and Italian.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Janet Leigh stars as a small-town girl who hopes to make it big in the Big Apple. Moving into a Manhattan boarding house populated by such showbiz hopefuls as Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Gloria De Haven and Barbara Lawrence, Leigh aspires to appear on the popular TV variety program hosted by bandleader Bob Crosby. Two-bit agent Eddie Bracken promises to make her dreams come true, even though he doesn't know Crosby from Adam. Along the way, Leigh falls...
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