King Vidor
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (151 min.) : sound, black and white with tinted sequences. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, tells the harrowing story of a young man's (John Gilbert) front-line experiences in World War I. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James' determination to return to the village girl he loves faces the ultimate test.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shortly before his death in ancient Israel, King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son, Adonijah, is unhappy and vows to attain the throne. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Pharoah agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba if she can find a way to destroy Solomon, whose wisdom and benevolent rule is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (230 min.) : silent, sound, tinted, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (18 pages : illustrations, portraits)
Language
English
Description
Bardelys: The Marquis de Bardelys (Gilbert), womanizer and swashbuckler, is entranced by Roxalanne de Lavedan (Eleanor Boardman), and against a background of knavery and intrigue, he sets out to woo and win her.
Monte Cristo: Gilbert is Edmond Dantes, a sailor unjustly imprisoned for twenty years, time he spends acquiring education and finesse. Later the accidental heir to a vast fortune, he reinvents himself as the Count of Monte Cristo and wreaks...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (354 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Texas Rangers: MacMurray and Oakie play two devil-may-care outlaws who roam the Texas frontier. Their days are numbered, however, when the Texas Rangers sweep through to bring law and order. The two decide to join the Rangers in order to stay one jump ahead of the law, but as they become heroes, they are suddenly in conflict--with themselves and their old partners in crime.
Canyon passage: Multi-plotted western set in Oregon in the 1850s mixing action,...
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.