Gig Young
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
America's most eligible and richest bachelor makes the acquaintance of a naive country girl transplant to New York City by splashing mud all over the young lady. He sends his brilliant young financial advisor over to the automat, where her roommate is employed, to apologize unsuccessfully until the tycoon appears in person and charms the unemployed young lady into a date. Later, while on a trip in Bermuda she gets looped and breaks out in a rash....
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound (stereo), color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The haunting madness and desperation of Depression-era marathon dance contest participants. Brought together by chance, Gloria and Robert test the limits of their friendship and physical endurance, encouraged by the manipulative contest promoter.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Kung-fu movie star refuses to sign with the syndicate, bringing him into deadly Kung-fu action. Bruce Lee's final film: he died halfway through filming, and the movie was finished with outtakes and a double. Begun in 1972, released in 1979, listed in various authorities as completed in 1977 or 1978.
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.
9) Kid Galahad
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walter has recently left the military and is looking for work when he discovers a gym known for teaching boxing. After some hard training, Walter is ready for his big fight, but someone wants to fix the match and they go after Walter's trainers.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Billy Lo is a young kung fu movie star with a flourishing career and a promising future. As the leader of a syndicate known for its exploitation of entertainers, Dr. Land jumps at the chance to capalize on Billy's celebrated status.
12) Teacher's pet
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jim Gannon (Clark Gable) is a school-of-hard-knocks newspaperman who despises journalism schools, until he sees who's doing the teaching. Attracted to lovely professor Erica Stone (Doris Day), he masquerades as a novice in her class. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Gig Young) and Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actor (Clark Gable) and Best Supporting Actor at the **Golden Globes.** *"...a light comedy with a surprising...
13) Desk set
Series
Studio classic volume 18
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A classic Hepburn-Tracy romance, about the head of the research department at a TV network and an absent-minded computer genius.
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Film noir police thriller juggles around five characters through a particularly bad night in a Chicago police precinct: Johnny Kelly, a stressed out cop ready to crack; Sally 'Angel Face' Connors, a lounge singer looking for a way out; Hayes Stewart, a thug-for-hire who's dying to move up in the syndicate; Penrod Biddle, a smooth and corrupt district attorney; and Sgt. Joe, an honest cop trying to keep Joe on a straight path.
15) Lust for gold
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man searches for a fabled gold mine worth tens of millions of dollars.
16) The killer elite
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Elite assassins ... take on jobs too risky for even the CIA to handle. They're best friends, superior marksmen and on the A-list when it comes to killing. But when one high-powered hitman betrays another, the intrigue, the violence and the thrills become ... a very personal war"--Container.
17) The Hindenburg
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the journey and crash of the German dirigible, the Hindenburg.
19) Torch song
Series
Joan Crawford collection volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hard as nails Broadway musical star who chews up people for lunch learns humility and finds love in the arms of a blind pianist.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of the Depression, an entire generation sought out the dance marathon as a means of survival. Gig Young won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as the contest promoter.
