Eddie Albert
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This epic network television mini-series brings to life the precarious existence of the early Christian church which was beset by violent oppositon from without and within. Peter and Paul emerge as two key leaders and struggle to keep the faith alive. The story of Peter and Paul is a story of the meaning of faith and love, liberty and law, victory and defeat, and life and death.
6) The Lorax
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax," a story that illustrates the consequences of pollution and shares the tale of the Lorax, who tried to protect his forest home from the Once-ler and his destructive ways.
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two young orphans with supernatural powers are adopted by a powerful and ruthless millionaire who plans to hold them captive and use their psychic gifts for his own selfish purposes. The children make a daring escape and learn they are actually castaways from another world.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Collection of Dr. Seuss' stories about trying something new, discrimination, and stubbornness; the Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop the profit-greedy Once-ler from destroyed the forest; Dick and Sally's boring rainy day changes when the Cat in the Hat and his sidekickes burst in and make a huge mess of their house.
Pub. Date
[2004], ©1971-©1972.
Physical Description
5 videodiscs (approximately 725 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Columbo, a disheveled, cigar-chomping, trench coat-wearing police lieutenant, who appears to be an incompetent bumbler. Despite his appearance, Columbo is the shrewdest, most resourceful detective in the LAPD.
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min. ; approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Escape to witch mountain: Two orphan children escape from a scheming millionaire and discover they have come from another planet.
Return from witch mountain: The entire city of Los Angeles teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when the greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city from destruction....
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steve and Melanie are a married couple whose marriage is threatened by Steve's gambling ways. To keep the money in the family, Melanie talks her husband's business partner into posing as his bookie. But the strategy backfires as it rouses the ire of mob boss, Tony Gagouts, who decides it's time to eliminate the competition.
13) The Borrowers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Come along on an adventure with a family of Borrowers, the Clocks, who reside under the floorboards of Aunt Sophie's house in England. The Clocks, like all other Borrowers, survive by borrowing items from the humans. But life for the Clocks takes a turn for the worse when Arrioty befriends a human and the secrets of the Borrower world are discovered. What fate lies in the waiting for the Borrowers?
14) Carrie
Pub. Date
[1951]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Theodore Dreiser novel that publishers deemed "too immoral," William Wyler's Carrie is a power-house of human passions transformed into soul-withering frailties. As Carrie, the smalltown girl come to Chicago, Jennifer Jones "seems to have stepped out of the pages of the book" (Time). And Laurence Olivier gives one of his finest portrayals as love-doomed Hurstwood. "Olivier has always given credit to Wyler for teaching him how to act in...
17) Roman holiday
Series
Language
English
Description
Audrey Hepburn's portrays of a modern-day princess, rebelling against royal obligations, exploring Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman (Gregory Peck) who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her true identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love. Audrey Hepburn won an **Academy Award,** a **BAFTA Award** and a **Golden Globe** for her performance. Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice International Film Festival.**...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, cb&w and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marie Galante: A French telegraph delivery-woman is inadvertently abducted by a drunken sea captain. After escaping, she finds work as a singer and becomes involved with an American doctor who is trying to foil a plot to destroy the Panama Canal.
Border cop: Close to retiring, Frank Cooper, who has the reputation of being one of the toughest, hard-nosed border cops around, remains quiet about his commander taking bribes from the biggest smuggler...
19) The nutcracker
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tchaikovsky's beloved holiday ballet comes home with sumptuous sets and costumes and the dazzling dance artistry of the New York City Ballet's Melissa Hayden, Edward Villella and Patricia McBride. Also features David Anderson, Cynthia Gregory, Virginia Johnson, and Terry Orr.
20) The longest yard
Physical Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed on location at the Georgia State Prison, semi-pro football is played with the cons as the heroes and the guards as the heavies.