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Summary: "This film tells the story of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, English writer, poet, philologist and author of many stories, including most famously The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It describes the importance of the rural English West Midlands, where Tolkien grew up, in shaping his literary imagination and how the ancient northern languages he studied and taught throughout his life influenced...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV J.R.R.

Summary: Many people know of the death of Rudyard Kipling's son John, but few know of the earlier death of his much-loved daughter Josephine. This film reveals the true story behind both of these deaths, creating an evocation of a man who had remarkable gifts and had to bear great personal tragedy. Combining touching dramatizations of three of Kipling's most important works with distinguished...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RUD

Summary: Laura Huxley married Aldous Huxley in 1956. Their home was the center of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of Los Angeles. Huxley on Huxley offers a compelling glimpse of Laura's life with Aldous and the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUX

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Lucy Worsley discovers the origins of Agatha Christie's macabre magic.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUC

Moore, Alan

Summary: Documents the life and career of comic book author Alan Moore.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIN

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