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
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...
Language
English
Formats
Description
To save her family from a farmer’s plow, Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mouse, has a plan to move her house! However, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a wicked rat, fend off a vicious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH...it will change her life forever! Starring the voices of Dom DeLuise, John Carradine and Peter Strauss, “THE SECRET...
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...
7) The Bees
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Punishment for humans’ polluting the environment comes from a plague of trillions of sentient killer bees smuggled into the U.S. from South America.
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1980.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A young girl witnesses the brutal murder of her stepfather at the hands of her brother, by mirror reflection. Years later, when the mirror is accidentally shattered, a dark and vengeful curse is unleashed on the family, and anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with its shards falls victim to heinous murder.
9) The Howling
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Karen West narrowly escapes death at a rendezvous she has deliberately accepted with a murderer whose name is Eddie. He is shot by the police. After this, the young woman begins to have nightmares and goes to a therapy center with her husband Roy. But instead of getting better, she gets worse and her relationship with her husband deteriorates. When Roy is attacked by an unidentified animal, his personality and behavior begin to change…
Language
English
Description
1956 version: To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The West has been won and lawman James Flagg was there to help win it. But it's now the early 1900s and time, like a horseless carriage chugging ahead of a saddled palomino, has passed Flagg by. He's one of the last of a dying breed, and the first to take action when old-time thievery returns to this new Old West.
13) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection volume 516
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
16) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection volume 516
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians. On the National Film Registry. Special features include a documentary, featurette, and more.
17) Stagecoach
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common are stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
18) Fallen angel
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 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...
19) War classics
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corporation
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 300 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Casablanca express: Commando Al Cooper must foil the Nazi's attempt to capture Winston Churchill on the train to Casablanca.
Waterfront: Jerry Donovan must save the day when the codebook of two undercover Nazi spies falls into his hands.
Cold war killers: Twenty-seven years after a plane carrying extremely valuable cargo crashes into a lake, England's defense staff and the Russian Intelligence struggle to recover it's contents.
A Yank in Libya:...
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 205 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
My name is nobody (116 min., 1973): A brash young gunslinger tries to convince a famous, but retired gunfighter to enter a shoot-out. Cain's cutthroats (89 min., 1971): An ex-confederate army captain's family is slain by a gang and he is left for dead. He's nursed back to health by a preacher who then joins Cain in his search for vengeance.