Vincent Sherman
Series
The signature collection volume Humphrey Bogart. Volume II
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A big shot gambler investigating the murder of his favorite German baker stumbles upon a Nazi plot to blow up an American warship and is framed for murder in this comedy-thriller.
Series
The signature collection volume Ronald Reagan
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The war is suddenly over for two Allied soldiers injured in Burma and sent to a remote jungle hospital. Facing the battle of recovery, the easy-going Yank and the proud yet stubborn Scotsman form a bond with the other patients and Army staff.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : digital, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bette Davis plays established writer Kit Marlowe. Her friend Millie, a melodramatic writer of trashy novels has a husband and child whom Kit would love to call her own. The 20-year friendship endures until Kit meets an exciting new man, and their friendship is put to the test.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dealing openly with anti-Semitism and Nazi atrocities, the story spans World War I, Prohibition and the prelimanary volley of World War II. Fanny (Bette Davis) thrives on the adulation of countless suiters before and after she marries Job Skeffington (Claude Rains). Ravaged by age and illness, Fanny clings to Job's promise that "a woman is beautiful only when she is loved."
8) Ice palace
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two men in Alaska have a bitter 40-year rivalry that mirrors their land's struggle for statehood.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ethel Whitehead learns there's only one way for a woman to survive in a man's world : be as tempting as a cupcake and as tough as a 75-cent steak. Ethel moves from the wrong side of the tracks to a mobster's mansion in high society one man at a time. Some of those men love her. Some use her. And one, a high-rolling racketeer, abuses her. When the racketeer murders his rival in Ethel's swanky living room, she flees a sure murder rap, right back to...
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Description
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Journalist Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for homecoming, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their attempts at rekindling any sparks are thwarted by the arrival of another rival for her affections and the showing of her controversial film which could put her former beau's job in jeopardy"--From IMDb.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When Steve Emery (Glenn Ford) visit the steamy tropics of Trinidad, he gets more than he bargained for. Someone's murdered his brother, and his bombshell sister-for-law Chris (Rita Hayworth) might be the only one who can solve the mystery. Despite conflicting feelings of lust and loyalty, Chris and Steve must work together to track down the killer before the culprit catches them"--Container.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (377 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Petrified forest (1936, 82 min.): A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, a fugitive killer sweats out a manhunt, holding a writer and young waitress hostage.
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938, 87 min.): Dr. Clitterhouse wants to find out what makes a criminal tick. Eager to study the physical and mental state of lawbreakers, he joins a gang of jewel thieves.
High Sierra (1941, 101 min.): A gangster's hard-boiled persona finds itself at...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (458 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adventures of Robin Hood: Lord Robin of Locksley protects the Saxon peasants from the Norman lords and wins the heart of Maid Marian.
Captain Blood: Set in seventeenth-century England, a surgeon becomes a pirate after he is arrested and condemned to slavery for caring for a rebel against the king.
Sea Hawk: In the days when England controlled the seas, the Sea Hawk lay in wait, ready to attack the Spanish Armada and treasure ships.
Adventures of...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Doctor X: "An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by recreating the crimes in a lab."--Container.
The return of Doctor X: "New York newspaper reporter Walter Barnett finds himself out of a job after he claims to have found actress Angela Merrova dead in her apartment - only the next day she showed up alive and threatened to sue the paper. Determined to investigate he discovers her involvement with a strange doctor who is an expert on human...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (447 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mildred Pierce: Mildred sacrifices her life for her greedy daughter, divoring her husband, and building a career as a restaurant owner.
Humoresque: Glamourous socialite Helen Wright takes what she wants--clothes, alcohol, men--uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets a brilliant young violinist--but this one she can't break.
Possessed: When callow David Sutton chooses to marry someone else, Louise Howell's love for him takes a dark murderous...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (435 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now, voyager: A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise where she finds love, helping her to become her own person.
Dark victory: The life of a fast-moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.
Old acquaintance: Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit...
