Edith Head
Author
Description
Step behind the scenes of Hollywood's Golden Age with Edith Head's The Dress Doctor. This captivating book offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and career of Edith Head, the legendary costume designer whose visionary work earned her a record-breaking eight Academy Awards and solidified her status as a fashion icon.
The Dress Doctor is a delightful and insightful memoir that chronicles Edith Head's illustrious career in the film industry. With...
4) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001], c1954
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. . . Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
Series
Criterion collection volume 396
Formats
Description
An early look at the impact of mass media in the public arena, featuring the story of a cynical and manipulative journalist. When a man is trapped alive in a mine collapse, an amoral, down-on-his-luck reporter takes over and prolongs the rescue effort in order to make a name for himself.
6) Houseboat
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002, c1958
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004, c1955
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Serafina is a Sicillian woman who now lives in the American South. She is mourning the death of her beloved husband, constantly telling herself stories of their time together. Her fragile, emotional existence is shattered when she discovers that her husband had been having an affair. Luckily, Serafina meets truck driver Mangiacavello and their tentative romance may help her through this troubling time.
Formats
Description
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with the young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad,...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.
"To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on...
11) The big clock
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 36 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Just 24 hours ago his life was perfect. Oscar-winning Best Actor Ray Milland stars in this smart and stylish thriller based on Kenneth Fearing's novel and precursor to 1987's No Way Out starring Kevin Costner. Milland portrays hotshot crime magazine editor George Stroud, who inadvertently becomes the subject of a murder investigation after spending an evening with his boss' (Charles Laughton) mistress. She ends up dead and he is being framed by the...