James Cagney
5) Public enemy
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
8) White heat
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In his last role as a heartless gangster, James Cagney embarks on the prison break of a lifetime in this chilling tale that features one of the most riveting finales in movie history.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends grow up and go their separate ways--one a criminal and the other a parish priest. Rocky Sullivan returns to his old neighborhood to find his lawless life style idolized by the young hoodlums there. Jerry Connelly, the parish priest sees his hard work turn unavailing because of Rocky's corruptive influence.
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jazz age singing sensation Ruth Etting had it all, but it took more than talent to make it big. Her rise to fame at the hands of her Chicago gangster boyfriend turned her life off stage into a world of fear and abuse.
11) Mister Roberts
Series
The signature collection volume Henry Fonda
Physical Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The assorted customers of a small saloon in the big city are a passing parade, relating their problems and accomplishments, their joy and sorrow to Joe, "whose hobby is people."
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The classic story of the silent film star Lon Chaney, recreating many of his famous roles, including Quasimodo of Notre Dame and the phantom from the original Phantom of the Opera.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 242 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
[Midnight manhunt]: Zucco is a killer looking for the body of a man he shot and presumed dead.
[Murder by television]: A professor who perfects the technology of television is murdered; Lugosi, his assistant and the assistant's twin are prime suspects.
[The moonstone]: Someone steals the Moonstone necklace and it's up to Scotland Yard to figure out which one of the guests stole the priceless gem.
[Great guy]: During the Depression a feisty ex-prize...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 181 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Of human bondage: The poignant story of a crippled medical student's love for a crude and vulgar waitress which results in a mutually destructive relationship.
Blood on the sun: An American newspaper editor working in pre-World War II Japan tries to expose the menace of a Japanese militarist plan for world conquest.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This collection features 21 song-and-dance spectaculars staged and directed by Busby Berkeley, from movie musicals released in the 1930's. Included are excerpts from "42nd Street" (1933), "Gold diggers of 1933" (1933), "Fashions of 1934" (1934), "In Caliente" (1933), "Footlight parade" (1933), "Wonder Bar" (1934), "Dames" (1934), "Gold diggers of 1935" (1935), and "Gold diggers of 1937" (1937)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A carefree ex-newspaperman Tom Richards is arrested for vagrancy, he's saved from a jail term when Vinnie McLeod, an elderly editor of a floundering local paper, offers him a job. Together they're out to make headlines as they work to expose political corruption in a small town. They refuse to buckle under the threats and demands of corrupt, rival newspaper owner, Big Boss Dougherty. So the suspense mounts as they stand their ground against Dougherty's...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 195 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
My dear secretary: a best-selling author tries to find a personal secretary who can take care of all his grown-up business affairs without being scared off by his boy-like shenanigans ; The time of your life: a dashing and debonair playboy likes to hang out in Nick's Pacific Street Saloon Restaurant and Entertainment Palace, watching the world's strangest cast of characters drop in for a drink.
20) James Cagney
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 4 hr., 18 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Great guy, Deputy Commissioner of Weights and Measures Cagney is warned to keep his fists in his pockets. The temptation proves too much for tough-guy Cagney as he exposes a bunch of corrupted officials and hoodlums. In the musical comedy Something to sing about, a New York bandleader becomes a Hollywood star, but refuses to change his way of life. In Blood in the sun, an American newspaper editor working in pre-World War II Japan tries to expose...
