Burt Lancaster
1) 1900
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (315 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two boys are born in Parma, Italy on the day of composer Giuseppe Verdi's death in 1901. Alfredo Berlinghieri is the son of a wealthy landowner and Olmo Dalco is the son of a poverty-stricken peasant who becomes a communist and labor organizer. Though the boys are childhood friends, they increasingly come into conflict as adults as Alfredo panders to the increasingly powerful fascists while Olmo fights relentlessly against Mussolini's followers.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2014, 1991
Physical Desc
1 DVD (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatizes the events leading from a school bus controversy in Clarendon County, South Carolina to the landmark Supreme Court ruling against school segregation in Brown vs. The Board of Education in 1954.
4) Local hero
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A comedy about the interaction between Americans representing a Texas oil company and the inhabitants of a small village in Scotland.
7) Local hero
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Texas oil executive Mac is dispatched by his crackpot boss to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens, and Texas starts to feel awfully far away.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An experienced scout and a young cavalry officer with opposing viewpoints set out to catch Apache leader, Ulzana, who has been spreading violence after leaving the reservation with a band of followers.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lola Delaney is a vulgar, dumpy, less-than-bright "shotgun bride" who is married to recovering alcoholic Doc Delaney. Their unhappy marriage is made even more unhappy when a sexy stranger, Marie, rents a room from Lola. Lola is a tiresome creature who never stops talking, especially about the "imminent" return of her runaway dog Sheba. Doc is having enough trouble staying from the bottle and resigning himself to his marriage without the curvaceous...
11) The train
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Members of the French Resistance vow to stop a train, laden with stolen French art treasures, before it reaches Berlin.
12) Elmer Gantry
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A charismatic preacher promises eternal salvation, but personally pursues wealth and power.
13) Brute force
Series
Criterion collection volume 383
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (118 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this landmark film, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Private Prewitt is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio tries to help him but has his own troubles. Sergeant Warden and Karen Holmes tread on dangerous ground as lovers in an illicit affair. Each of their lives will be changed when their stories culminate in the Japanese attack on...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a young rich bedridden wife accidentally overhears two men plotting the murder of an unidentified woman, she puts together the evidence to prove that it is her husband plotting against her own life.
16) The swimmer
Pub. Date
1968.
Formats
Description
One summer morning a troubled suburbanite decides to "swim" home via the pools of his wealthy friends.
17) Criss cross
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An armored car driver is suckered into a burglary by his ex-wife and her hoodlum husband. Multiple back-stabbing and double-crosses ensue.
18) Trapeze
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An aspiring trapeze artist and the master who teaches him fall for the same woman who uses them both to further her own ambitions.
19) Criss cross
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An armored truck driver arranges to have himself robbed while on the job.