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Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts-- escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi-- and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is set in the 1933 Depression Era and told through the eyes of John Boy, the seventeen-year-old eldest child of John and Olivia Walton. His mother expects John-Boy to help her raise his sisters and brothers, and his father expects him to follow in his footsteps to help support the family, but secretly, John Boy wants to be a writer. Times are hard enough in 1933, but to make matters worse, it looked to be the Waltons' first Christmas without John...
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The presidential hopes of charmless businessman Theodore K. Blair are dead on arrival until his political advisors hatch a desperate plan: hiring look-alike snake-oil salesman Varney (Cohan in a brilliant dual rule) to impersonate Blair during the campaign. When Varney proves to be a bit too popular with the voting public, and Blair's beautiful girlfriend Felicia, this silver-tongued peddler will learn just how dangerous it can be to play politics!...
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the grim backdrop of depression America, this film joyously celebrates the life of Woody Guthrie, America's great folk balladeer and poet. In 1936 he leaves Texas and heads to California looking for work. He meets hobos, migrant workers and people down on their luck, and begins his career as a folk singer.
8) Mr. Skitch
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Will Rogers portrays a jack-of-all-trades (Mr. Skitch), from Missouri, who has fallen on hard times. When the bank forecloses on his house, Mr. Skitch packs up his family and heads for California. As they set out to seek their fortune, they find a series of hilarious fiascoes instead.
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