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During WWII, onboard a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experianced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the trial of the mutineers unfold, it icomes to light that Captain Queeg was mentally unstable, perhaps even insane. The Navy must then decide if the Caine Mutiny a criminal act or an act of courage to save...
Series
Language
English
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals, she refuses to cooperate.
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Language
English
Description
When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she's befriended by fellow passenger Peter Warne, a brash and breezy reporter who offers his help in exhange for her exclusive story.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frank Skeffington, the political boss of a New England town, fights his last campaign. This flavorful melodrama is based on Edwin O'Connor's novel of politics, loosely patterned after the life of Boston's Mayor Curley.
7) Lost horizon
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of the men working for a South American mail and freight business in the 1930s. They are trying to win a lucrative government contract to carry mail, and must perform satisfactorily despite bad weather, injuries, poor cash flow and a woman trying to win the boss's heart.
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teacher in England abandons the traditional curriculum of education in dealing with a class of students rejected by other schools.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], c1967
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.
14) Gilda
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Johnny Farrell goes to work for Ballin Mundson, the proprietor of an illegal gambling casino in a South American city and quickly rises to become Mundson's 'main man.' All is well until Mundson returns from a trip with his new bride, Gilda-- a woman from Johnny's past. Mundson, unaware of their previous love affair, assigns Farrell the job of keeping Gilda a faithful wife. Fraught with hatred, Gilda does her best to antagonize, intimidate, and...
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Language
English
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A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.
16) His girl Friday
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unscrupulous newspaper editor uses every dirty trick in the book to keep his ace reporter/ex-wife from retiring and remarrying in this twist on The front page.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A seaman becomes involved in the murderous intrigue of a crippled lawyer and his homicidal, frustrated wife. Culminates in a shoot-up in a hall of mirrors.
18) Mackenna's gold
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the Arizona Territory of the 1870's, Marshal Sam Mackenna is the only living person who knows the tortuous route to the fabulous "Cañon del Oro". During his journey, Mackenna is captured by Colorado, a brutal Mexican bandit who has long sought his death. But, if Mackenna is to lead the cutthroat gang to the lost treasure, Colorado must keep him alive.
19) Picnic
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1955
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story covers one Labor Day week-end in a small Kansas town, and tells about the impact a virile drifter has on the lives of several women in town.
20) Queen bee
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A drama showing how a neurotic, insincere Southern woman brings unhappiness to her husband, family, and friends in an attempt to insure her own security and position of dominance.
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