Jules Furthman
2) Rio Bravo
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody.
Series
Language
English
Description
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and wears out his gumshoes trailing murderers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. Lauren Bacall joins Bogart under Howard Hawks' brisk and atmospheric direction of ace adaptations of Raymond Chandler's novel.
4) Morocco
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Jaded cabaret singer Mademoiselle Amy Jolly (Dietrich) falls for Tom Brown (Cooper), a devil-may-care private in the French Foreign Legion. After Tom overhears the wealthy man-of-the-world La Bessiere (Adolphe Menjou) propose to Amy, he accepts a dangerous assignment, convinced that he cannot give the beautiful chanteuse the life she wants. All proves fair in love and war, however, and Amy must decide which man she truly loves"--Container.
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of the men working for a South American mail and freight business in the 1930s. They are trying to win a lucrative government contract to carry mail, and must perform satisfactorily despite bad weather, injuries, poor cash flow and a woman trying to win the boss's heart.
Series
The signature collection volume Bogie & Bacall
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A charter boat operator in the Caribbean breaks his policy of neutrality and takes a job transporting a resistance member to Martinique.
7) Rio bravo
Series
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
8) China seas
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rugged Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo : a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries. Both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancée are aboard!--Container.
Series
Language
English
Description
"Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stanton Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him...
10) Jet pilot
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sent by the Pentagon to obtain top secret information from a supposedly defecting Russian woman pilot, the Colonel courts her so successfully that they fall in love and wed. With their marriage as a perfect cover, he is ordered to flee Russia with his bride, this time with him posing as a defector. When the political charade is discovered, however, the couple must embark on a dangerous flight to freedom.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1789, the HMS Bounty sets sail under Captain William Bligh. Bligh is the cruelest taskmaster and his cruelties become more than first mate Christian can bear. After the Captain causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stage a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh is set adrift in an open boat with a handful of his loyal officers and limited supplies.
Series
Criterion collection volume 528
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (244 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (95 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Vienna-born, New York-raised Josef von Sternberg directed some of the most influential, stylish dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Though best known for his star-making collaborations with Marlene Dietrich, von Sternberg began his career during the final years of the silent era, dazzling audiences and critics with his film's dark visions and innovative cinematography. The titles in this collection, made on the cusp of the sound age, are three...
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (431 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: The Maltese falcon: Some high-living lowlifes want to get their hands on a bejeweled falcon. Detective Sam Spade wants to find out why and find out who will take the fall for his partner's murder. The big sleep: L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and ends up wearing out his gumshoes trailing murderers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more.
Disc 2: Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her...
16) Pretty baby
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3 /4 in.
Language
English
Description
A female advertising employee uses a doll from her ad agency to get a seat on the subway. People start to believe that she is a young mother carrying a real baby in her arms. The agency's biggest client, a baby food manufacturer, unexpectedly takes an interest in the young woman's career and she gets a promotion.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (383 min.) : sound, black & white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dinner at Eight: A Park Avenue snob gives a dinner party for a visiting English peer. Little does she realize that her shipping magnate husband is bankrupt and that her daughter is having an affair with an older man.
China seas: Rugged Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries. Both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancée...