Summary: "Sarah, Plain and Tall:" A mail-order bride from Maine travels to Kansas in 1910 to join a widower, John Witting, and his two children. "Skylark:" The Witting family is tested first by drought and then by separation, as Sarah and the children are forced to leave their Kansas farm to join Sarah's aunts in Maine while Jacob remains behind to try to save their livelihood. "Sarah Plain and Tall:...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SARSummary: Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OUTSummary: "The ultimate computer creates the ultimate terror in this chillingly real sci-fi suspense thriller. When electronic genius Charles Forbin creates a massive computer complex that is capable of independently regulating the national defense of the United States, it appears that no enemy will ever be able to penetrate its sovereign borders. But such a promising thought turns into a stunning...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Universal Home Video 2004
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI COLSummary: Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove: Two former Texas Rangers leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MOVIE LonCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN LONSummary: "It is 1932 when loyal, devoted Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas on a federally funded program to treat syphilis patients in Alabama. Free treatment is offered to those who test positive for the disease, including Caleb Humphries and Willie Johnson. But when the government withdraws its support, money is offered for what will become known as 'The Tuskegee...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISSummary: Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMMatthau, Walter
Summary: Four ruthless gunmen hold a speeding New York subway train hostage for a hefty ransom, threatening to kill all the passengers on board.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 2000
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TAKSullivan, Arthur
Contents: Ruddigore -- The tempest (incidental music) -- The merchant of Venice, suite.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Classics 1992