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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this pre-code classic, Death, intent on entering the human world for a holiday, takes the form of a prince visiting a family of wealthy soclialites and encounters all of the pleasures and pains that go with a flesh-and-blood existence.
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jealousy, loyalty, and a family feud between two brothers are all at play in this story. Can the two join together or are the families destined to repeat the mistakes of the past and live out the curse of their ancestors?
4) Pure luck
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eugene Proctor, an unlucky, mishap-prone man, is sent on a mission with a no-nonsense detective, to rescue the equally unlucky daughter of his boss.
5) Resurrection
Series
Language
English
Description
A woman experiences clinical death and returns to life with the amazing ability to heal others. Attributing her powers to human love, rather than divine intervention, she begins to aid the residents of her childhood town. No one she touches will ever be the same again.
6) Shoot out
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Clay Lomax is a tough-as-nails ex-felon out to avenge an injustice in the rugged 1890s Frontier Territory. He finds himself the guardian of a beguiling six-year-old girl named Decky Ortega, a homeless urchin consigned to his care after the death of her mother, while trying to evade a trio of sadistic killers hot on his trail, killers sent by the double-crossing ex-partner Lomax has sworn to find.
7) Mass appeal
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Should a priest tell his congregation what they want to hear instead of the truth? Mass Appeal stars Jack Lemmon as Father Tim Farley, a complacent priest who drives a Mercedes and cracks jokes from the pulpit of a wealthy suburban parish. When idealistic Mark Dolson, a radical seminarian, accuses him of 'song and dance theology, ' the result is a head-on clash that teaches each man the true meaning of faith"--Container.
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"One-time lawman Alex Flood ... is now the ruthless boss of Jericho--a town he once helped to clean up. Now this officer-gone-bad has bullied his way into owning 51% of all Jericho's businesses with the exception of the stagecoach line run by the strong-willed widow Molly Lang. Molly and the townspeople turn to former Deputy U.S. Marshal Dolan ... for help but he refuses to take on the tyrant figuring any confrontation with Flood or his men is a losing...
10) Tarantula
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biochemist has a plan to feed the world by using a growth formula on plants and animals. But instead he creates a spider of mammoth proportions with an appetite to match!
11) Ulzana's raid
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A scout assigned to aid the cavalry in tracking down a band of renegade Indians, attempts to teach an idealistic lieutenant that the only way to fight brutality is with a stronger force.
12) Flame of Araby
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An Arabian princess fights against being married against her will by a cousin who killed her father.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Phoebe ... is a beautiful Southern belle engaged to handsome Spanish nobleman Don Andrea. When a former beau interrupts their wedding ceremony, he is accidentally killed by the groom-to-be, sending Andrea to Texas to avoid the authorities and to wait for his beloved. At the border, Andrea teams with wise-cracking Sam Hollis ... who is recruiting gunmen to help him, and his Indian co-hort to escort a shipment of guns through hostile Comanche territory"--Container....
14) Man of the world
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
15) No time for love
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 23 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A working class man falls for a sophisticated fashion photographer but things change when he loses his job and she hires him as her assistant.
Series
Pub. Date
©2014, 1961.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
First shown as a school teacher placed under arrest by state troopers, the story recounts how the untrained, uneducated, yet brilliant young man, Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr., assumes the identity of a college professor, Trappist monk, prison warden and surgeon in the Canadian navy. The unbelievable hide-and-seek story mixes suspense with humor, as Demara attempts to outwit and outrun the FBI, the police, a priest and several girlfriends.
18) If I were king
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Romantic adventure set in 15th century Paris about rogue poet François Villon who matches wits with a crafty king and leads the Empire to victory.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Mark Fallon (Power), a riverboat gambler on his way to New Orleans, meets Angelique Dureau (Piper Laurie), a Southern belle who spurns his charm and advances. Using his winnings to build a casino, Fallon's card skills make him a fortune, while his pursuit of the fiery Angelique leads to knife fights, suicides, family feuds and duels over personal honor"--container.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 22 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"An author and an actress meet by chance and decide to marry without realizing that the other is famous. Chaos ensues after the wedding as both the bride and groom discover each other's celebrity." -- Container.
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