Clarence Brown
Series
Studio classic volume 36
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced with disaster.
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exciting drama about a passionate love affair set in postwar Russia. Philip Sutherland, a foreign correspondent based in Russia, falls in love with a ballerina, Maria Lamarkina. They marry to return to the United States together but Cold War politics intervene and she is detained in Russia by the KGB while Philip is escorted home. Political intrigue, fabulous ballet sequences and a timeless love story make this thrilling drama a classic.
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
After losing the man of her dreams, Diana reluctantly weds another man. These dubious marital beginnings become even more questionable when her new husband takes his own life. Immediately, all eyes turn to Diana, and her free-spirited lifestyle is deemed his unofficial cause of death. Socially chastised, Diana decides to live up to her reputation and ventures on a series of foreign affairs. Things really begin to unfold when Diana is reunited with...
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gretta Garbo made her landmark transition to the new era, playing a former prostitiute whose past may ruin her chance for happiness. A different director and cast join Garbo in a German-language version included on Side B.
7) Chained
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman marries an older man in New York after flirting with an Argentine rancher on a cruise.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Susan moves with her father from America to England, she ends up falling in love with and marrying Sir John Ashwood, an English baronet. But, before their son is born, Susan loses her husband to World War I. When World War II breaks out years later, her son's own tour of duty begins. Finding out whether he will return home safely or not makes for some of the most dramatic moments in motion picture history.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (439 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
National Velvet : A young English girl who wins an unruly horse in a raffle goes on to enter him in the Grand National Steeplechase -- International Velvet : A young girl and her horse go overseas -- Black Beauty : A horse is passed through the hands of many masters prior to returning to his original young master and a happy retirement -- The Story of Seabiscuit : A fictionalized account of an underdog bay colt who became one of the greatest thoroughbreds...
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A classic adventure of a young orphan sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle and his crippled son. Led by a strong will and a stubborn temperament, Mary Lennox discovers the existence of a secret garden, the history of which slowly reveals the mystery of her uncle and his son's embittered lives. Eventually, the beloved garden becomes the only hope for their happiness and restoration from the haunting grip of the...
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (324 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Flesh and the devil: Best friends love the same woman and resort to a duel.
The mysterious lady: Garbo plays an alluring Russian spy who falls in love with her "target."
The temptress: An unhappy wife falls in love with a Spanish engineer. When it is revealed that Elena is not only married, but has also been the mistress of a banker, Robledo returns to South America. Years later Robledo returns to Paris and runs into Elena.
12) Edison, the man
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Incredible biography of the genius who created, among other society-changing inventions, the motion picture medium. This story depicts Edison's beginning when he was a penniless janitor who set up a make-shift laboratory in an office basement.
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Of course Linda Stanhope trusts her husband Van. Their marriage is based on love and respect. Who cares if Van's secretary has the face of an angel and the body of a chorus girl? Who says a blonde bombshell can't type and take dictation? But people are whispering. And when Linda calls Van's hotel room late at night during his solo business trip to Havana, guess who answers.
14) Anna Karenina
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anna Karenina, dutiful wife and doting mother, knows contentment but not passion. That changes when she meets ardent Count Vronsky. For him, she throws away marriage, family, social position and finally her life.
15) Conquest
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A historical portrayal of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1807 through 1815 and his romantic involvement with Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who bore him a son, and the eventual parting of their relationship. The story begins in Poland in 1807 and continues through the departure of Napoleon from France in 1815.
16) The yearling
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young boy, Jody, living with his family on the Florida frontier shortly after the Civil War, must sacrifice his pet fawn for his family's survival.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (383 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dinner at eight: Social climbing Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal.
Libeled lady: Warren Haggerty is the chief editor of the New York Evening Star. He keeps on delaying his marriage with Gladys because of problems his newspapers must face. When a 5-million-dollar claim is filed by Connie Allenbury for having printed she is a marriage-breaker, he organizes the unconsummated...