James Mason
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English
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Early 20th-century master presents both ideas and actual moves in most easily assimilated form. Lucid text explains over 90 different openings-Ruy Lopez to work of Alekhine, Réti, Nimzovich, others. Combinations analyzed and clearly presented. 448 diagrams.
2) The Sea Gull
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English
Description
A brilliant cast brings playwright Anton Chekov's masterpiece of the capricious power of passion to the screen. The story is set during two gatherings, two years apart, on the same Russian country estate and among six lovers, most of whom are not loved in return. Those who are hard-shelled and worldly shrug off romantic disappointment. Those who are not, cannot...and tragedy ensues. With direction by Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict)...
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English
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Wichita was founded in 1870 at the junction of the Little and Big Arkansas Rivers in south central Kansas. From the very beginning, the rivers have been a focus for social and recreational activity. Parks, both public and private, were established along these waterways near downtown to capitalize on this natural asset and have gone through many changes. Some of these parks are now over 100 years old, but one no longer exists, having literally been...
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English
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Not too many people leave this world untouched by the unforeseen elements of life. It is a struggle between good versus evil, love versus hate and the loneliness that can be in our hearts even though we are surrounded by family and loved ones. The book deals with what humans have in common with the earth and the everlasting storms of life. It deals with the need to be loved and wanted and to be able to dream until our hearts content. No matter what...
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English
Description
Dixon Green is no stranger to fear. As the child of a Voodoo priestess in a poor black neighborhood in 1940s New Orleans, he witnesses brutality, desperation, and death. When children start to disappear in the Tremé, word spreads that a terrifying legend is to blame. Buster Voodoo is back…and Dixon's sister is missing. Sixty years later, Dixon is a custodian at a second-rate theme park, watching the clock wind down with a bottle in his hand. Life...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1975.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
At their annual tea party reunion, an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey), long divorced and living in self-exile in London, and her father’s ex-tutor, Cyril Sahib (James Mason) view home-movie footage of their former life in India. While the recollections of the Princess are selective and hazily nostalgic, Cyril’s memories about their common past and her father, the Maharaja, have left him disillusioned and appalled. Official Selection at the **New...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1953.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The scene is post-war Berlin. Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) arrives in the city to stay with her brother and his German wife, Bettina. Reluctantly, Bettina takes Susanne into the Eastern Sector where they meet Ivo Kern (James Mason), a former lawyer who is being blackmailed into luring a man called Kastner to East Berlin, who is helping refugees to escape to the West. Sensing Susanne's attraction to the rogue ex-lawyer, Bettina confesses that she...
8) Mandingo
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1975.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (127 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Based on the hugely successful novel by Kyle Onstott, MANDINGO takes the audience beyond the sentimentalized South of other films with uncompromising honesty and realism to show the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. Heavyweight boxer Ken Norton makes his screen debut in the title role, with Perry King (Possession of Joel Delaney) as his white owner, friend, and eventual nemesis.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (384 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 612 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Titles included: Treasure Island; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; The Incredible Journey; The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit; The Barefoot Executive; The Apple Dumpling Gang.
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Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
[28 p.] : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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"When Anya comes to stay for the summer, Angelina is thrilled - until Anya starts getting all the attention. Can Angelina overcome her jealousy and be a good friend to Anya?"--P. [4] of cover.
14) A Star is Born
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Judy Garland had no better showcase of her singing and acting talent than as the title ‘star’ of this moving, memorable classic directed by George Cukor. Shortened after its 1954 premiere, the film was famously reconstructed to near its original length in 1983 under the leadership of film historian Ronald Haver. Using cutting-edge digital restoration tools, this timeless movie has been meticulously preserved and restored from the original camera...
15) Odd man out
Series
Criterion collection volume 754
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed's psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason (Lolita) as a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows.
16) The Desert Rats
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of the Allied troops who held Rommel at bay in North Africa despite being hopelessly outnumbered.
17) Forever darling
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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lorenzo and Susan put their marriage to the ultimate test: they go camping. Susan's guardian angel, seen only by Susan, joins them. Soon we're headed for comedy chaos: tent-raising, forest critters, inflatable rafts, and other elements of roughing it.
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
When Angelina finds a lucky penny, she decides she doesn't need to practice for an important audition. But when she loses it, she realizes that practice makes perfect. With Angelina's support Alice enters a gymnastics championship where she learns to persevere as she overcomes her fear on the balance beam. Angelina lends a helping had to her new friend Anya who is down on her luck, and helps her grandpa search for this lost war medal.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. In Chicago, beautiful Eve Kendall delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A daring scientiest leads an expedition into the interior of the Earth, where fierce dinosaurs and an intelligent reptilian race battle a primitive human civilization.