John Carradine
Author
Language
English
Description
John Carradine narrates this documentary on early Salem, Massachusetts, once the most prominent seaport in the New World, it was also home to American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. In exploring Salem and the surrounding culture Hawthorne penned his greatest novel, "The Scarlet Letter." Utilizing archival footage of Salem, Massachusetts this short documentary covers a slice of time.
2) Bluebeard
Author
Language
English
Description
A killer of young women, dubbed Bluebeard, is loose in Paris. Lucille and her friends meet Gaston a puppeteer. played by John Carradine. He invites them to a show the next night; they go. Afterwards, he walks with Lucille; she offers to make costumes for his next show, he accepts, and feelings develop that may lead to love. She suspects he has a tragic past... John Carradine's favorite role.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1968.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A film that has it all… a mad astro-scientist reviving corpses at his laboratory; two gore-crazed, solar-powered killer robot zombies; communist spies; deadly secret agents and an intrepid CIA agent Wendell Corey hot on their trail and trying to figure it all out. This cult favorite was written, produced and directed by cult legend, Ted Mikels melds into a high-powered fusion the films of Ed Wood, Russ Meyer and George Romero with undead cannibal...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (971 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cheyenne Bodie rides again in more of the straightforward cowboy adventures that made the Cheyenne series. A loner in the lawless West brings a sense of justice to his heroics in these 19 wide-ranging, open-range episodes involving the powerful (President Grant is the target of kidnappers), the weak (an orphaned infant), rustlers, thieves, killers, connivers and Chief Sitting Bull.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1984.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (170 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire, commands the eastern Mediterranean. Despite his infatuation with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, he has to return...
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Huckleberry Finn: The tale begins in a limestone cave near the Mississippi River, where Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are digging for a stolen chest of gold. Once it is found, Huck's drunken father demands to be given the gold, but Huck out-maneuvers his dad ; Connecticut Yankee: After being knocked unconscious in 19th century America, Hank Morgan awakens in King Arthur's England. He decides to make the most of his stay with the Knights of the Round...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1966.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (74 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Billy the Kid has given up his lawless life and plans to marry Betty. They are paid a visit by Betty's uncle, Underhill, who - totally unbeknown to them - is the vampire Dracula. Shortly after his arrival, a local girl is murdered and seeing blood on Underhill's shirt, Billy becomes suspicious. Ignoring Billy's warnings, Betty takes her uncle to a disused mine where Underhill tries to put her in a trance. But the spell is broken by Billy's sudden...
8) Stagecoach
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common are stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (1,643 min.) : sound, b/w, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Atom age vampire: An exotic dancer has a terrible accident and is left horribly scarred. She seeks a miracle treatment but experiences terrible and horrific side-effects.
The Bat: a master criminal (Jack Pickford) known as "the Bat" is terrorizing some unsuspecting inhabitants of a mansion that is believed to hold a hidden treasure.
The Bat: A mysterious mansion holds secrets and terror for the owner and visitors alike in this thriller based upon...
13) The shootist
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
14) Fallen angel
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"June Mills and her sister Clara live a quiet life in a small coastal town until Eric Stanton, a smooth-talking con man, comes into their lives. He seems to fall hard for June, but Clara believes he's interested only in the family fortune. Meanwhile, sultry waitress Stella catches Stanton's fancy and thinks he might be her ticket out of town. The local cop knows more than he's telling about his fellow citizens and their tangled relationships, which...
Publisher
MGM Kids
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Brisby risks everything for her family when she goes to the mysterious rat colony for their help in moving her home before Farmer Fitzgibbons' plow destroys it; Timmy, son of the hero who saved his community from scientific experimentation at NIMH, must learn to be a hero himself when he attempts to rescue a friend's parents from NIMH.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full frame.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during the widening struggle for American independence. A newly married couple, homesteading in New York's Mohawk Valley, is driven into a nearby fort by repeated attacks from Indian tribes allied with the British.
17) Jesse James
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The legend of the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James is the bold bandit whose name became synonymous with train hold-ups, daylight bank heists and every other daredevil crime associated with the lawless West of the 1800s.
18) Captain Kidd
Series
Language
English
Description
Pirate Captain Kidd tricks King William III into giving him royal orders, but enemies (whom he believes to be dead) return to see him hanged.
19) Stagecoach
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nine disparate travelers are thrust together in a perilous journey, a ride on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
He was a riverboat pilot, reporter, penniless prospector, Civil War dropout, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, and world traveler. It turns out the man who created adventures for Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and a Connecticut Yankee led a mighty adventurous life himself. Traced here is Twain's remarkable life.