Frank Skinner
1) Underscore
Author
Pub. Date
[1950]
Physical Description
iii, 291 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
As a compassionate American Ambassador to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation of Sarkhan, Brando tries to keep Communists in the North from overrunning the weakened democracy in the South by making sure a vital road into the country's inaccessible interior goes through.
4) Hers to hold
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Penny Craig has grown into a beautiful young woman. "She falls in love with dashing young pilot Bill, even volunteers for work at the aircraft factory where he works, but Bill is afraid to commit to her, and when he learns that he is about to go overseas and join the armed forces, he dumps her. But Penny is nothing if not resourceful ..."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mary Peppertree, a perky switchboard operator, has just broken off her engagement, has two serious admirers fending for her attentions and a handful of well-meaning elders scrambling to fix her up with the right fellow. What's unique about that? Just that Mary works for the White House and those would-be Cupids are four Supreme Court justices and one President of the United States.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Colonel Evans Carlson and two hundred Marine Raiders embarking on a death-defying mission to take Makin Island from the Japanese. This raid on the important Pacific Island was one of the early major victories of World War II.
10) That certain age
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (1 hr., 35 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A crush on an older man threatens to derail a teeaged girl's high school musical revue.
11) I'll be yours
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A small-town girl tells a small fib to a wealthy businessman; complications ensue"--IMDb.
Language
English
Description
1934 version: Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.
1959 version: Two single mothers, a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman, attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jealousy, loyalty, and a family feud between two brothers are all at play in this story. Can the two join together or are the families destined to repeat the mistakes of the past and live out the curse of their ancestors?
Series
Criterion collection volume 95
Language
English
Description
The film follows the blossoming love between a well-off suburban widow and her handsome and earthy younger gardener. After their romance prompts the scorn of her selfish children and snooty country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others.
Series
Language
English
Description
As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a glorious career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers come together to create an...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 66 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When taunting saboteurs warn of a Nazi invasion of the British Isles through their horrific radio menace the Voice of Terror, the British intelligence's Inner Council calls in Sherlock Holmes to help in the crisis"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.
Series
Language
English
Description
The mummy (1932): "In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy...
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (675 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One night in the tropics: Abbott and Costello play "two stooges employed by Roscoe, a crooked nightclub owner. Having financed a dubious 'love insurance' policy, Roscoe wants the boys to ensure that Steve marries his hard-to-get girlfriend as they travel to fun in the sun aboard a luxury ocean liner bound for San Marcos, South America."
Buck privates: Abbott and Costello hide in an enlistment center to elude the police, and find themselves in the...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (530 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
(Three-cornered moon, 1933) Laughter is the best medicine in tough times, and that is certainly the case for Elizabeth and her three brothers who are forced to find work after their eccentric family's fortune is lost. (Maid of Salem, 1937) Inspired by the true-life Salem witch trials, an independent young woman is accused of casting evil spells by the Puritan townsfolk during one of the most notorious periods in American history. (I met him in Paris,...