Joseph Cotten
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Description
10 audio discs (approximately 10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills seldom stayed in one place for long. Over the course of its twenty-year run, Suspense presented stories that spanned the entire earth. From the four corners of the globe come tales of shock and tension! Distant lands, exotic settings, and the mystery of the unknown all converge to bring you outstanding tales of -- Suspense!"--Container.
5) Citizen Kane
Pub. Date
[1941]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.) : sound, black and white, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Feature film: An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it.
Documentary: Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Long thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, Dr. Anton Phibes still lives, surrounded by art-deco bric-a-brac and attended by mute beauty Vulnavia. Outwardly normal in appearance, Phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance; giving away the artifice is the fact that, when he dines, he takes his food through his neck rather than his mouth. Able to speak only when plugging a wire into his damaged vocal chords,...
Language
English
Description
Charlton Heston plays a cop in this 21st century science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely almost totally on a greenish, wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial...
10) Airport '77
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Passengers aboard a luxurious 747 must be rescued after the plane crashes into the ocean in the Bermuda Triangle.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A misunderstood convict and a troubled GI meet on furlough and try to crowd a lifetime of love and laughter into eight days of happiness in this tender wartime love story.
12) Petulia
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unhappily married socialite woman is trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor, who in his own words just wants to feel something.
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agnes, as domineering and sarcastic as her husband Tobias is equivocating and guarded, finds her empty nest invaded by her alcoholic sister, their divorced daughter, and friends who are terrified of being alone for unknown reasons.
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A misunderstood convict and a troubled GI meet on furlough and try to crowd a lifetime of love and laughter into eight days of happiness in this tender wartime love story.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 177 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Hiltons are an average family living in a Midwestern town. The father of the household has waived his 3A status and enlisted to go overseas. His wife must now act as father and mother to their two daughters and keep their father's memory alive.
16) Heaven's gate
Series
Criterion collection volume 636
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (216 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Harvard graduate, turned federal Marshal in Wyoming, learns of a government sanctioned plot by cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting battle is based on the Johnson County War of 1892.
17) The third man
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pulp fiction writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna at the invitation of a friend who has offered him a job. Once there, he discovers that a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market and his friend has recently died in a mysterious traffic accident. As he begins to unravel the story behind his friend's death, he finds himself entangled in the black market, the police, and his friend's Czech girlfriend. Includes commentary, interviews,...
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 109) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uncle Charlie is a seemingly charming man visiting his relatives in their small and peaceful hometown. But when his namesake niece, "Young Charlie" suspects that he may in fact be the psychopathic Merry Widow killer, Uncle Charlie must plot the death of his favorite relation in order to remain one step ahead of the law in this murderous game of cat-and-mouse.
19) Spellbound
Series
Criterion collection volume 136
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The famous Dr. Edwardes takes over as head of the Green Manors Mental Asylum and finds himself attracted to Dr. Constance Petersen, but she soon realizes he is a paranoid amnesiac imposter and tries to cure him while finding out what happened to the real Dr. Edwardes.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Artist Eben Adams has never been able to impress influential art dealer Henry Matthews with his work-- until he meets a schoolgirl in Central Park named Jennie. There is a mystical quality about Jennie, and she intrigues him with the way she chats on about things that happened years ago. When Eben sketches Jennie, it shows more expression and emotion than anything else he has ever done-- but before he knows it, Jennie is gone."--Container.
