American Literature
CaVHS, HmHS, MarSH 810 ANIMAL FARM. George Orwell. Full-length animated cartoon of the novel.. Video Images, 1954, color, 72 min. $73.45 $24.95
CaVMS 810 EDGAR ALLAN POE’S THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. Starring Vincent Price. Last member of Usher family is obsessed by generations of evil as he prepares to meet his death. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1988, 79 min.
MIDDMS 810 HOME AT LAST, Starring Frank Converse, Adrien Brody, Caroline Lagerfelt, Sascha Radetsky. Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn't fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father, played by Frank Converse. Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is "Home at Last". Color, 58 min, $?
MIDDMS 810 ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS, ?min $?
MIDDMS 810 THE OUTSIDERS A classic story of kids on the outside of society; caught between childhook's innocence and adulthood'd disillusionment. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Time Warner, 1982m 1983m 1991. 91 min $30
MIDDMS WHITE FANG2/MYTH OF THE WHITE WOLF Adventure and heroics of a half-dog, half-wolf along with his master, face untold danger in the wilds of Alaska. Burnank, CA: Buena Vista Home Video, no date. 106 min $30
NamHS 810.8 THE NEW ENGLAND TRANSCENDENTALISTS. Expert interviews, dramatic re-creations at Walden Pond, and readings from major works are used to explore the evolution of the American Transcendentalist Movement in the early 19th century. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, 1997, color, 27 min. $75.00
NamHS 810.84 WEST WORDS: SIX WESTERN STORIES. Ivan Doig, Tony Hillerman, Maxine Hong Kingston, William Kittredge, Terry Tempest Williams, and Rudolfo Anaya talk about the elements that Influenced their writings, and read passages from their novels. KCTS Television, 1996, 60 min.
NaWMS 811 CASEY AT THE BAT. New York, NY, Playhouse Video, 1989.
NaSMS 811 ELEMENTS OF POETRY: UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE. Figurative, meter, rhyme, simile, and metaphor. USA, Goldhil Media, 2003, color, 30 min. $30.00
ParMHS DVD 811 THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY I & II I- XiXo, a Bushman whose life is very much like those of his ancestors, has a collision with the civilized world after an empty Coke bottle falls from the sky and is seen as a gift from the gods that must be returned. II-After his children accidentally stowaway on a poacher's truck, XiXo embarks on a search. He meets two very odd couples who have magic machines. Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStart, 2004, c1980. 109 min,, 98 min. $30 Narrator, Paddy O'Byrne. The gods must be crazy I & II
NamHS 811 UNITED STATES OF POETRY. Vol. 1. Parts 1-3, 72 min.-- Vol. 2. Parts 4-5, 48 min.—Washington Square Films, 1996, color.
ParMHS 811.009 COWBOY POETS. Performers are Slim Kite, Wally McRae, and Waddie Mitchell. Los Angeles, CA: Direct Cinema Limited, 1988, 53 min. $75.00
NamHS 811.082 ELIZABETH BISHOP. Voices & Visions, Vol. 2, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 EMILY DICKINSON. Voices and Visions, Vol. 2, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NaMHS 811.082 EZRA POUND. Voices and Visions, Vol. 1, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 57 min.
NamHS 811.082 HART CRANE. Voices and Visions, Vol. 1, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 LANGSTON HUGHES. Voices & Visions, Vol. 3, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 MARIANNE MOORE. Voices & Visions, Vol. 2, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 ROBERT FROST. Voices and Visions, Vol. 3, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 ROBERT LOWELL. Voices and Visions, Vol. 3, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NAMHS 811.082 SYLVIA PLATH. Voices and Visions, Vol. 2, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 T.S. ELIOT. Voices and Visions, Vol. 3, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 WALLACE STEVENS. Voices & Visions, Vol. 3, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 WALT WHITMAN. Voices and Visions, Vol. 1, New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
NamHS 811.082 WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS. Voices & Visions, Vol. 1, NY Ctr. for Visual History, 1988, 60 min.
HmHS 811.3 THE POE SERIES. A brief biographical sketch, along with some of his stories and poems. Teacher’s Discovery Video, 1991, 29 min. $30.00
HmHS 811.4 EMILY DICKINSON. Only seven of her poems were published in her lifetime, but Emily Dickinson is now considered one of the greatest American poets of all time. Bala Cynwyd, PA: Schlessinger Video Productions, 1995, 30 min. $39.95
HmHS 811.4 AN EVENING WITH EMILY DICKINSON. (2 videos) 1. The World of Emily Dickinson. Starring Claire Bloom, Jill Tanner, Cynthia Herman, George Backman. A dramatic presentation of her “Letters to the World.” 2. A Certain Slant of Light. Julie Harris leads the viewer through the pathways and houses of Amherst, Mass., and recounts the poet’s life. Thousand Oaks, CA: Monterey Video, 1999, (2 videocassettes) 30 min. each. $39.95
HmHS 811.5 ROBERT FROST. Voices and Vision series. The life and poetry of Robert Frost. New York, NY: New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min. $19.95
HmHS 811.5 WALT WHITMAN. Voices and Vision series. The life and poetry of Walt Whitman. New York, NY: New York Center for Visual History, 1988, 60 min. $19.95
NamHS 811.54 ADRIENNE RICH. Interviewed by Michael Silverblatt, notable American poet Adrienne Rich reads selections from her works with comments on her style and themes. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1992, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 ALICE WALKER. Features a public reading by Walker as well as excepts from an interview with journalist Evelyn White. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 ALLEN GINSBERG. A selection of the poet’s songs and poems, followed by comments on his personal style and philosophy. Los Angleles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 87 min.
NamHS 811.54 AMIRI BARAKA. Mr. Baraka reads from Boptrees, an unpublished work, and was interviewed by poet Lewis MacAdams. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1991, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 BARRY LOPEZ. Interviewed by Michael Silverblatt. In his books, Barry Lopez eloquently explores man’s sense of his place in the natural world. Lannan Foundation, 1992, color, 60 min.
CaPub 811.54 BAXTER BLACK’S 1ST VIDEO. Brighton, CO: Coyote Cowboy Company, 1991, 62 min. $25.00
NamHS 811.54 EAVAN BOLAND. One of the major Irish poets of her generation explores the relationship between gender, art, and national identity. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1994, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 GARY SNYDER. Features Snyder reading from his poems and an interview with Lewis MacAdams. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation,1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 GARY SOTO. Mr. Soto reads from his poems and talks with Alejandro Morales. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1995, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 KAZUI ISHIGURO. Author of four novels which received the prestigious Booker Prize, Interviewed by Pico Iyer. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1996, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 JOY HARJO. Interviewed by Greg Sarris, Joy Harjo reads selections of her work and plays her tenor saxophone. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1996, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 LI-YOUNG LEE. Interviewed by Shawn Wong, Mr Lee reads from his two books of poetry and from his memoir, The Winged Seed. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1995, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 LOUISE GLUCK. A selection of the poet’s works and comments on her personal style and philosophy in an interview with Lews MacAdams. Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 LUCILE CLIFTON. Selected works, plus comments on her style and philosophy in an interview with Quincy Troupe. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ. Mr. Rodriquez reads from his books of poetry, The Concrete River and Poems Across the Pavement. Los Anglese, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 MICHAEL ONDAATJE. Novelist, poet, and playwright, he received the Booker Prize for his novel, The English Patient. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1996, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 OCTAVIO PAZ. Reads at Georgetown University and is interviewed by Lewis MacAdams. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 PETER MATTHIESSEN. Reads from Killing Mr. Watson, and Lost Man’s River, and is interviewed by Howard Norman. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1996, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 PHILIP LEVINE. A selection of the poet’s works, followed by comments on her personal style and philosophy in an interview with Lewis MacAdams. Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 RICHARD WILBUR. Has served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has received two Pulitzer Prizes. Interviewed by David St. John. Lannan Foundation, 1990, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 ROBERT GREELEY. Interviewed by Eloise Klein Healy, Mr. Greeley reads from his published poems and from work in progress. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1990, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 SANDRA CISNEROS. A poet and fiction writer, she reads from the story “Eleven.” Interview by Dorothy Allison. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1996, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 SHARON OLDS. Poetry with the intensity and power to move the reader, whether the subject be personal family life or political events. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 SONIA SANCHEZ. Interviewed by Lewis MacAdams, includes a selection of the poet’s works and comments on her style and philosophy. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1991, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 THOM GUNN. Austere poems of love and death have distinguished him as a contemporary master. Interviewed by Wendy Lesser. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1994, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 W. S. MERWIN. A selection of the poet’s works, followed by comments on her personal style and philosophy. Interview with Lewis MacAdams. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 WHERE POEMS COME FROM. Fifteen major poets of the 20th century read and discuss the Origins of their poetry. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1989, color, 60 min.
NamHS 811.54 YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA. Author of eight collections of poetry, interviewed by Toi Derricotte. Los Angeles, CA: Lannan Foundation, 1997, color, 60 min.
CaVHS DVD 812 THE BIRDS. Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren. All about the birds. A small California town is attacked by thousands of birds. Universal City, CA : Universal, [2000], 120 min.
CaVHS, MarSH 812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Charles Durning, Kate Reid. Dark drama of conflict of family values and society’s expectations of success. Karl-Lorimar, 1986, 135 min.. $19.98
MiddHS 812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN. 1950, 52 min.
CaVHS 812 DEATH OF A SALESMAN: PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. Troy, MI: Video Treasures, Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1998. 82 min. (2 tapes)
CaVHS, MarSH 812, MiddHS 812.54 THE GLASS MENAGERIE. Tennessee Williams. Starring JoAnne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, and James Naughton. MCA, 198, 134 min. $79.95
MarSH 812 OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE. Ambrose Bierce. 29 min. $24.95
MarSH 812 OUR TOWN. Thornton Wilder. Starring William Holden, Martha Scott, and Thomas Mitchell. Video Yesteryear, 1983, 90 min. $25.00
NamHS 812 OUR TOWN. Thornton Wilder. Starring Hal Holbrook, Barbara Bel Geddes, John Houseman. Small town America around 1910. Mastervision Arts, 198-, color, 120 min.
MiddHS 812 RAVEN, THE. Universal, 1993, 132 min.
MarSH 812 SCARLET LETTER. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mary Sinclair, John Baragrey. 52 min. $24.95
MarSH 812 TWELVE ANGRY MEN. Henry Fonda. 93 min, $19.95
CaVHS DVD 812 VERTIGO. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes. A detective who is afraid of heights finds himself obsessed with a lost love and her look-alike. Collector's edition, widescreen version. Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, Inc., [1998], 128 min.
CaVHS 812 VALLIVUE SHAKESPEARE PRESENTATION: SPRING 1990. Vallivue High School
MarSH 812 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Edward Albee. Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Warner, 1966, 129 min. $19.98
HmHS 812.5, CaVHS DVD 812.54 THE CRUCIBLE. Arthur Miller. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield. A group of girls meet in the woods at midnight, and the town minister accuses them of witchcraft. Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2000 (1996), 123 min. $9.95 (CaVHS, 2004)
ParMHS 813 ADDRESS UNKNOWN. Mystery adventure fiction. Murray, UT: Feature Films for Families. 1996, 88 min. $40.00
SkyHS 813 THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN. Disney. Starring Elijah Wood, 108 min.
HmHS, SkyHS 813 THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. Mark Twain. Starring Mickey Rooney and Rex Ingram. MGM/UA Home Video, 1939/1985, B&W, 88 min. $29.95
MarSH 813 THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. Mark Twain. Geraldine Page, Jim Dale. 240 min. $29.95
ParMHS 813 THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. 1988. $30.00
HmHS 813 THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Mark Twain. Starring Tommy Kelly, Walter Brennan, and May Robson. 20th Century Fox, 1938/1965, color, 93 min. $11.00
GnFA 813 ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Mark Twain. Starring Jane Wyatt, Buddy Ebson. MCA Home Video, 1985, color, 1 hour, 16 min. $40.00
ParMHS 813 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY. Starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison. Based on Irving Stone’s best-seller of Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel. Fox Video, color, 139 min. $50.00
ParMHS 813 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Erich Maria Remarque. Starring Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Slim Summerville. Follows a group of young German recruits in WWI through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. MCA Home Video, 1930/1987, Black & white, 2 hrs. 16 min., contains restored footage. $40.00
CaVHS 813, NamHS 813.52 ALMOS’ A MAN. Richard Wright. (American Short Story Video Collection series). Starring LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair. Monterey Home Video, 1976, 51 min.
ParMHS 813 ANIMAL FARM. (Animation) Satire by George Orwell. 1955 version by Hollywood Home Theater, Budget Video, 1980, color animation, 75 min. $30.00
ParMHS 813 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. L. M Montgomery. Starring Megan Follows, Coleen Dewhurst, and Richard Farnsworth. Matthew Cuthbert and his sister, Marilla want to adopt a sturdy boy who can help with the farm. The orphanage sents Anne instead. Sullivan Films, 1988, 198 min.
ParMHS 813 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE SEQUEL. Formerly titled Anne of Avonlea. L.M. Montgomery. Starring Megan Follows, Coleen Dewhurst. Anne sets her dreams aside to help Marilla keep the Green Gables. Los Angeles, CA: Sullivan Films, Inc., 119 min. $40.00
CaVHS 813 ANY FRIEND OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY IS A FRIEND OF MINE. Ray Bradbury. (The Short Story Collection II series), Monterey Movie Company, 1992, 55 min.
HmHS DVD 813 APOLLO 13 Dramatizes the Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970, a routine space flight that became the focus of international attention after an explosion crippled the spacecraft and put the lives of three astronauts in grave danger. Disc 1 includes feature in widescreen format, optional commentary by Ron Howard or Jim and Marilyn Lovell, Lost moon production featurette, production notes, and theatrical trailer; disc 2 includes IMAX verion of feature (1 hr., 56 min.), Conquering space : the moon and beyond and Lucky 13 : the astronauts' story featurettes. Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2005, c1995. 2 videodiscs (2 hr., 20 min.) $30.00 Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon
CaVHS 813 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN. Cicely Tyson, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond. The story of Jane Pittman, who began her life as a slave in the South, and marched for her rights in the 20th century at the age of 110. Los Angeles: Prism Entertainment, 1985. $69.00
GnFA 813 BAKER’S HAWK. Starring Clint Walker and Burl Ives. Family Films.
MarSH 813 BARN BURNING. Short story by William Faulkner. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Keagan. 40 min. $19.95
ParMHS VHS 813 BARTLEBY: A FILM BASED ON HERMAN MELVILLE'S MELVILLE, HERMA Melville's story set in 1970's London. "A young accounting clerk rebels against his employer by responding to demands to do work by saying, "I prefer not to"... His boss is unable to fire him or help him, and eventually has him placed in a mental hospital. Why the boss simply doesn't fire him straight off is the crux of the film.". West Long Branch, NJ : Corinth Video/copyright Pantheon Film Productions Ltd., c1972. 79 min $25 Bartleby: a film based on Herman Melville's Melville, Herma
NaChHS, ParMHS 813 BEN-HUR. Starring Charlton Heston. 1959. 3 hrs. 31 min. $30.00
ParMHS 813 BENJI. 1993. 29.95
MelMHS 813 BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR. F. Scott Fitzgerald. The American Short Story Collection. 49 min.
NaSMS 813 BIG SKY: STORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. Starring Kirk Douglas. 122 min.
MarSH 813 BILLY BUDD. Herman Melville. Starring Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov. 123 min. $19.95
MiddHS 813 BILLY BUDD. Key Video, 1991, 56 min.
MiddHS 813 BONS BAISERS DE FRANCE. Romantic comedy about a young women who flies to Paris to win back her fiancé who has fallen for a Frenchwoman; instead finds she herself involved with Luc, a Frenchman with a gift of gab and a fondness for thievery. Beverly Hills, CA, Fox Video, 1995, Color, 111 mins. Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline $29.95
ParMHS 813 BORN FREE. Joy Adamson. Starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1984, color, 95 min. $11.00
ParMHS 813 BORROWED HEARTS. Millionaire Sam Field hires a family to help get a business deal, and learns the importance of family love. Murray, UT: Feature Films for Families, 1997, 88 min. $40.00
ParMHS VHS 813 THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER GOES TO MARS A group of angry appliances who fled to Mars to avoid becoming obsolete are now planning to take over the Earth. Only the Brave Little Toaster can stop the invasion. [Los Angeles]: Walt Disney Home Video, c.1998. 73 min $20 The brave little toaster goes to Mars
CaVMS, ParMHS 813 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA. Based on the book by Katherine Patterson.With Annette O’Toole, Julian Coutts, Julie Beaulieu. Produced for PBS. Public Media Video, 1992, color, 58 min. $30.00
HmHS 813 BROTHER FUTURE. Wonderworks family movie from an original screenplay by Anne E. Eskridge. A slick inner-city youth is transported back to the slave days of 1822 Charleson, South Carolina. Public Media Video, 1991, color, 116 min. $29.95
ParMHS 813 CADDIE WOODLAWN. Carol Ryrie Brink. Churchill Films, Wonderworks Television Program, 1989, color, 104 min. $16.00
MarSH 813 CALL OF THE WILD. Jack London. Starring Rick Schroder. 97 min. $19.95
HmHS 813 CALL OF THE WILD. Jack London. Starring Rutger Hauer, narration by Richard Dreyfuss. Hallmark Home Entertainment, 1996, 91 min.
MiddHS 813 CALL OF THE WILD. 1978, 150 min. $20.00
HmHS, NamHS 813 CASABLANCA. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Motion picture 1942.Warner Bros./CBS Fox, 1943/1970, B&W, 103 min. $15.00
MiddHS 813 CASSABLANCA. Hallmark, 1966, 1 hour 52 min.
MarSH 813 THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO. Edgar Allan Poe. Britannica. 19 min. $24.95
ParMHS DVD 813.00 Castle in the sky (Animation) An engineer's apprentice finds a young girl floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant, Both are searching for a legendary castle. Ca. Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001 color 125 min. $30.00
ParMHS, NaChHS 813 CHARIOTS OF FIRE. 1981. 124 min. $15.00
ParMHS 813 A CHRISTMAS STORY. Starring Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin. MGM/UA Home Video, 1995, color, 95 min. $12.00
NoHS 813 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. C. S. Lewis. In a strange castle in the English countryside, four children open an old wardrobe and find themselves transported to the magical kingdom of Narnia! Fantasy, 165 min. $19.95
NoHS 813 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER. C. S. Lewis. Caspian, Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund battle to free the magical land of Narnia from the rule of the corrupt King Miraz. 165 min. $19.95
NoHS 813 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE SILVER CHAIR. C. S. Lewis. After many years, Eustace is summoned back to the magical land of Narnia. King Caspian is old and frail, and the disappearance of his son, Prince Rilian, has remained unsolved. 165 min. $19.95
ParMHS 813 CITY BOY. $20.00
NamHS 813 THE COLOR PURPLE. Alice Walker. Starring Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Walker. Story of Celie, a poor black woman from the south, whose friends help her overcome the brutality of her father and husband. Burbandk, CA: Warner Home Video, 1987, color,154 min.
ParMHS 813 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. 1990. $15.00
CaVHS DVD 813 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY. James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. A black minister and white land owner in South Africa are united by a tragedy, with the potential for further hatred or healing. Burbank, CA. : Miramax Home Entertainmanet : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, {2002?}, c19195, 106 min.
HmHS 813 "CROCODILE" DUNDEE. Starring Paul Hogan, and Linda Kozlowski. Paramount, 1986, color, 98 min. $5.00
ParMHS VHS 813 THE CRUCIBLE (VIDEO CASSETTE) The town minister views a group of teenage girls who've met in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. They are accused of witchcraft and, as the hysteria in the village grows, blameless victims are torn from their homes. Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox, 1996. 123 min $25 Daniel Day-Lewis; Winona Ryder. The crucible (video cassette)
MiddHS 813 THE CRUCIBLE. 1985, 123 min. $40.00
CaVMS FIC A CRY IN THE WILD. After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents’ divorce. New Concorde 2000, Color, 82 min.
ParMHS 813 DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Arthur Miller. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid. Karl-Lorimer Home Video, 1986, color, 135 min. $30.00
MarSH 813 DEERSLAYER. James Fenimore Cooper. Starring Steve Forrest, John Anderson, Ned Romero. 96 min. $19.95
MarSH, NamHS, SkyHS 813 THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER. Stephen Vincent Benet. Starring Edward Arnold, Walter Huston. Having promised his soul to the devil, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to release him from the bargain. Home Vision, 1998, B&W, 1 hour, 46 min.
ParMHS 813 THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC. Hanna Stern travels in time from her comfortable New York home to a WWII concentration camp where she experiences the horrors of the holocaust. Showtime Entertainment, 1999, 97 min. $10.00
ParMHS DVD 813 THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC Sixteen-year-old Hanna Stern travels in time from a comfortable N.Y. home to a dank, cold, concentration camp where she experiences the horrors of the holocaust and gains understanding of the survivors she knows. Showtime Entertainment, 1999. 97 min $18 The Devil's Arithmetic
CaVHS 813.52 , NamHS 813 THE DISPLACED PERSON: Flannery O’Connor. A Polish refugee is relocated by a priest towork on a farm in the 1940s. (American Short Story series). Monterey Home Video, 1976, 58 min.
ParMHS VHS 813 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO Doctor Zhivago is at once a poet and surgeon, a husband and lover. The Russian Revolution alters his life and the lives of those around him. Burbank, CA: Metro-Goldwin-Mayer, 1998, 1965. 197 min $25 Alex Guiness, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif. Doctor Zhivago
NaWMS 813 THE DREAMER OF OZ and THE FRANK BAUM STORY.
HmHS DVD 813 EVER AFTER A young woman of the 16th century stands up to her scheming stepmother and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France. Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1998. $20.00 Starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston
HmHS 813 ET: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. A moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliot. While E.T. learns about life on Earth, Elliot learns that friendship knows no earthly bounds. Universal City, CA: MCA Home Video, 1988, color, 115 min. $20.00
MarSH, SkyHS813 EAST OF EDEN. John Steinbeck. Starring Julie Harris, James Dean and Raymond Massey. Warner, 1987, 105 min. $20.00
MarSH 813 EDGAR ALLAN POE’S THE GOLD BUG. Edgar Allan Poe. Anthony Michael Hall, 45 min. $19.95
MarSH 813 EDGAR ALLAN POE’S THE OBLONG BOX. Edgar Allan Poe. Vincent Price, Christopher Lee. 91 min. $19.95
ParMHS 813 EL CID. Starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. Demeo Corp., color, 182 min. $50.00
MarSH 813 ELMER GANTRY. Sinclair Lewis. Starring Burt lancaster, Jean Simmons. 1960, 151 minutes. $19.95
MarSH 813 ETHAN FROME. Edith Wharton. Starring Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen. 1992, 99 min. $19.95
MarSH 813 FAHRENHEIT 451. Ray Bradbury. Starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner. 112 min. $19.95
CaVMS, MarSH 813 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. Edgar Allan Poe. Britannica. 30 min. $24.95
MiddHS 813 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. 1968, 100 min.
MarSH 813 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER: DISCUSSION. Britannica. 12 min. $24.95
CaVHS DVD 813 FAHRENHEIT 451. Julie Christie, Oskar Werner. WWII. Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutinary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intelliectual freedom. Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, c2003, 113 min.
HmHS 813 FIELD OF DREAMS. Starring Kevin Costner. Rated PG MCA Universal Home Video, 1989, 106 min. $19.95
CaVMS FIC FRIENDSHIP’S FIELD. A young girl rummages through a trunk in the attic, looking at some of her mother’s childhood treasures. Questions arise and her mother shares the story of her friendship with a migrant family. Murray, UT, Feature Films for Families, 1996, Color, 94 min.
ParMHS 813 A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST. 1990. $25.00
ParMHS 813 THE GLASS MENAGERIE. From the work of Tennessee Williams. Starring Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich. MCA Pictures, 1994, color, 2 hours 14 min. $20.00
MiddHS 813 GONE WITH THE WIND. Warner Home Video, 1963, 90 min.
MarSH, SkyHS 813 THE GOOD EARTH. Pearl S. Buck. Starring Paul Muni, Luise Ranier. 138 min. $19.95
MarSH 813 GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS. James Hilton. The inspiring headmaster of a traditional British prep school. With Greer Garson, Robert Donat. 115 min. 19.95
CaVHS, GnFA, HmHS, MarSH, MiddHS, NamHS, ParMHS, SkyHS,813 THE GRAPES OF WRATH. John Steinbeck. With Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, and James Carradine. Story of the Joad family and their migration to California fromt heir dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma in the 1930s.CBS/Fox, 1940/1988, Black & white, 129 min. $19.95
CaVHS, MarSH, NamHS, SkyHS813 THE GREAT GATSBY. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow. Jay Gatsby, the dashing enigmatic millionaire, is obsessed with the elusive and spoiled Daisy Buchanan. Paramount, 1974, 146 min. $24.95
CaVHS DVD 813 THE GREAT GATSBY. Robert Redford, Mia Farrow. In 1920's Long Island, a mysterious American millionaire's efforts to recapture the sweetheart of his youth result in tragedy. Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video,, [2003], 143 min.
MarSH 813 GULLIVER OF LILLIPUT. BBC Video, 1986 107 min. $19.98
ParMHS, NaChHS 813 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. 75 min. $15.00
ParMHS VHS 813 HARRISON BERGERON The Second American Revolution has brought complete equality. A "hopelessly bright young man," Harrison Bergeron is scheduled for brain surgery to correct his superior intellect. Bergeron attempts to initiate a Third American Revolution. Los Angeles: Atlantis Films, 1995 99 min $30 Rated R Harrison Bergeron
NaChHS 813 HIGH COMMAND. Starring James Mason. Set in England, the story of a man’s forbidden love for a beautiful woman. 1937, B&W, 59 min.
HmHS VHS 813 HOLES Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert. Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2003. 117 min. $20.00
HmHS 813 HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK. Kevin McCallister is ready to turn the Big Apple into his own playground. Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1992, color, 120 min. $20.00
HmHS DVD 813 Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan hotel manager, risks his own life to arrange shelter for over one thousand people seeking refuge from the violence of the 1994 Rwandan civil war. Based on actual events. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2005, c2004. 122 min. 25.00 Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube, David O'Hara, Cara Seymour, Nick Nolte.
ParMHS 813 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. 1986. $30.00
NamHS 813 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starring Matt Frewer, Jason London, Kenneth Welsh. Sherlock Holmes investigates the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. Hallmark Home Entertainment, 2000, color, 90 min.
HmHS 813 HOUSE MADE OF DAWN. From Pulitzer-prize novel by Scott Momaday. Starring Larry Littlebird, Judith Doty, Jay Varela, and John Saxon. An outcast Native American and his search for destiny in a world that doesn’t know him. New York, NY: New Line Home Video, 1996, 77 min. $9.95
ParMHS 813 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. 1984. $20.00
CaVHS 813 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: A redneck sherrif and a black detective work for justice in a southern town. The Mirish Corp., original release, 1967, 1 hour, 50 min.
HmHS 813 INHERIT THE WIND. Starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie, Beau Bridges. Based on the real-life Scopes Trial in 1925 where a teacher was jailed for teaching evolution. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 1999, 113 min. $9.95
CaVMS 813 ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. Scott O’Dell. Starring Celia Kaye, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Rontu. An Indian girl lived alone for 18 years on an isolated island off the California Coast. Univeral City, CA: MCA Universal Home Video, 1999 (1985), 90 min.
SkyHS 813 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. Ernest Hemingway.
ParMHS 813 JACOB HAVE I LOVED. 1994. $20.00
CaVHS 813 JANE EYRE. Charlotte Bronte. Enterprises Ltd. 1985, 239 min.
NamHS 813 JEREMIAH JOHNSON. Starring Robert Redford and Will Geer. Soured on civilization, Johnson sets out in the mid-1800s to become a mountain man and faces a struggle he hadn’t anticipated Warner Home video, 1981 (1972 movie), color, 116 min.
CaVHS, NamHS, SkyHS 813 THE JILTING OF GRANNY WEATHERALL. Katherine Anne Porter. Starring Geraldine Fitzgerald. An eventful day in the life of an older woman who raised her family at the expense of herself. (The American Short Story Collection), Monterey Home Video, 1993, 57 min.
CaVMS, HmMS 813 JOHNNY TREMAIN. Esther Forbes. Starring Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten. Johnny Tremain, a silversmith’s apprentice, takes part in the Boston Tea Party, and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Video, 1997 (1957), color, 80 min. $19.95
NaWMS 813 JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. Hollywood, CA, Paramount Pictures, 1973.
ParMHS 813 J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S THE LORD OF THE RINGS. (Animation) Based on the book by Tolkien. Republic Pictures, 1996, color animation, 130 min. $20.00
HmHS 813 JUMANJI. When Alan Parish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn’t realize its unimaginable powers . Culver City, CA: Columbia Tri Star Home Video, 1996, color, 104 min. $20.00
HmMS 813 KAVIK THE WOLF DOG. Starring Ronny cox, Linda Sorensen, Andrew Ian McMillan. The wolf dog instinctively travels 2000 miles from Washington to Alaska to return to the boy who once saved his life. New York, NY: Good Times Video, 1994, color, 99 min. $9.95
ParMHS DVD 813 KEEPING THE PROMISE Thirteen-year-old Matt is left alone in a wilderness cabin to protect the family claim while his father goes to get the rest of the family. A deadly epidemic and other hardships delay his return. Matt's ability to survive is questionable until he's befriended by a band of Penobscot Indians. Chicago, IL: Questar, 2000. 93 min $30 Keeping the Promise
ParMHS 813 A KNIGHT IN CAMELOT. A computer scientist is accidentally flung back to the colorful 6th century England of legendary King Arthur. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Video, 2001, ? min. $15.00
ParMHS, NaChHS 813 LAST OF THE MOHICANS. James Fenimore Cooper. Starmaker Videos, 1990, color, 97 min. Rated G. $30.00
ParMHS VHS 813 LAST OF THE MOHICANS (VIDEO CASSETTE) The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British and the French and their Native American allies in colonial America. Beverly Hills, CA: 20th Century-Fox, 1998, 1992. 114 min $25 Daniel Day-Lewis. Last of the Mohicans (video cassette)
Mar SH, NaSMS, ParMHS 813 LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. The bumbling Ichabod Crane is transformed from laughing-stock to town hero. Washington Irving Jeff Goldblum, Dick Butkus. 96 min. $24.95
HmHS 813 THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. The bumbling Ichabod Crane is transformed from laughing-stock to town hero. Washington Irving. Listening Library, 1981, color, 20 min. (Filmstrip transfer) $9.95
MiddHS 813 LES MISERABLES. 1958, 92 min.
HmMS 813 THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST. Conrad Richter. Starring Fess Parker and James MacArthur. A young man who had been kidnapped and raised by the Indians is returned to the whites. Walt Disney, 1958, color, 92 min. $19.95
ParMHS 813 A LITTLE PRINCESS. Based on the novel by Francis Hodgson Burnett. With Amelia Shankley, Nigel Havers, Maureen Lipman, Miriam Margolyes. Feature Films for Families, 1986, color, 170 min. $15.00
MarSH 813 LITTLE WOMEN. Louisa May Alcott. BBC Video. 204 min. $19.95
NaChHS 813 LITTLE WOMEN. Louisa May Alcott. Starring June Allyson and Meg O’Brien. MGM Warner, 1949, color, 122 min. 17.95
CaVMS, HmHS, NaChHS, SkyHS 813 LITTLE WOMEN. Lousa May Alcott. Starring Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandom.Four sisters growing up in New England during the time of the Civil War. Columbia Pictures, 1995, color, 118 min. $33.46
HmMS 800 LITTLE WOMEN. Story of four sisters growing up in New England during the period of the
ParMHS DVD 813.00 Little women With her husband off to war, Marmee is left to raise her four daughters during the civil war. U.S.A. Columbia pictures 2005 color 118 min. $30.00 Stars Wynona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes
MiddHS 813 LORD OF THE FLIES. William Golding. The chilling descent into savagery of a group of British schoolboys cut off from society. Top Video, 1963, B&W, 100 min. $25.00
SkyHS 813 THE MALTESE FALCON. Dashiell Hammett.
ParMHS 813 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK. Alexander Dumas. Starring Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdon, Jenny Agutter. Literary Masterpieces, color, 108 min. $35.00
CaVHS 813 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK. Alexander Dumas. Starring Leonardo DeCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich. King Louis XIV is all-powerful and fears no one except the man he condemned to wear an iron mask. Culver City, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 1999, color, 132 min.
MarSH 813 MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Edward Everett Hale. Starring Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss. 78 min. $19.95
MarSH 813 MARK TWAIN’S THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG. Mark Twain. Robert Preston, Fred Gwynne. 40 min. $24.95
ParMHS 813 MIRACLE AT MOREAUX. With Loretta Swit, Marsha Moreau, Robert Joy, Ken Pogue, Robert Kosoy, Talya Rubin. Based on the book “Ten and Twenty” by Claire Huchet Bishop. Feature Films for Families,1994, color, 58 min. $20.00
SkyHS 813 THE MIRACLE WORKER. Hollywood, CA, United Artists, 1962.
MiddHS 813 THE MIRACLE WORKER. MGM, 1999, 91 min.
HmHS, MarSH, ParMHS813 MOBY DICK. Herman Melville. Starring Gregory Peck. One man’s obsession for revenge upon an enormous white whale. MGM/UA Home Video, 1956, 1990, 116 min. $23.95
HmHS DVD 813 Monet: Shadow and light Financial and professional woes prompt French artist Claude Monet to desert his family in 1869, believing they will be better off without him, but Daniel, a young friend with artistic ambitions of his own, helps Monet see the error of his thinking. Toronto, Ont. : Devine Entertainment, 2002, c1998. 56 min. 20.00 Stuart Hughes, Trevor Blumas, Maggie Huculak, Richard Clarkin, Gordon Masten, Geneviève Cocke.
MiddHS 813 MOST DANGEROUS GAME, THE.
HmHS 813 MOUSEHUNT. The story of a mouse who torments two grown men in an old house. Universal City, CA: DreamWorks, 1998, color, 98 min. $20.00
GnFA 813 MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. Starring Teddy Eccles, Theodore Bikel. Paramount, 1968.
MiddHS 813 MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. Paramount, 1932, 63 min.
HmHS 813 THE MYSTERY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. A & E Home Video Biography, 1994, color, 50 min. $19.95
CaVHS 813 THE NAKED JUNGLE. The powerful owner of a South American plantation is wary of his mail-order bride. Both are threatened by killer ants. Hollywood, CA, Paramount Pictures Corp. 1993, Color, 95 mins. Starring Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston. $19.95
CaVHS 813 NATIVE SON. Starring Carroll Baker, Akosua Busia, Matt Dillon. Drama set in the 1940’s centering on Bigger Thomas, the black chauffeur for the wealthy Dalton family. Malibu, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1995. $19.95
MelMHS 813 THE NATURAL. Starring Robert Redford. Boyhood dream of baseball stardom. 138 min.
ParMHS 813 1984. George Orwell. Starring Richard Burton and John Hurt. Impossible love and tragic betrayal set in the twisted world of 1984. Goodtimes Home Video, 1992, color, 115 min. $40.00
CaVHS 813 O. HENRY’S THE GIFT OF THE MAGI. A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents., , Thousand Oaks, CA, Monterey Video, 2001, Color, 20 mins. Rosemary DeLeonardis, Kiah Gordan, David Silverstein $29.95
ParMHS DVD 813.00 Miyazaki's spirited away Spirited away A young girl is trapped in a strange new world of spirits, and she must call upon courage she never knew she had to free herself and her family. Burbank, Ca. Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001 color 125 min. $20.00
CaVHS, HmHS NamHS, ParMHS, SkyHS 813 AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE. Short story by Ambrose Bierce. A dramatization of the last minute visions of escape by a man condemned to be hung by Union soldiers for attempting to destroy a Video Yesteryear, 1962, B&W, 29 min. $19.95 bridge during the Civil War.
HmHS 813 OCTOBER SKY. Based on the book, Rocket Boys, by Homer Hickam Jr. Starring Jake Gullenhaal and Laura Dern. Universal Studios, 1999, 1 hour, 48 min. Rated PG. $9.99
CaVHS 813 THE LOTTERY. Presents a dramatization of Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery." [Chicago] : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 198-?], 19 min.
CaVHS, HmHS, SkyHS 813 OF MICE AND MEN. John Steinbeck. Starring Robert Blake and Randy Quaid. Prism Entertainment, 1981, color, 150 min. $59.95
MiddHS 813 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. 1939, 233 min.
ParMHS DVD 813.00 The old man and the sea (Animation) In animation, an old fisherman fights an epic battle to catch a giant marlin and save his prize from deadly sharks. Quebec, Canada Film option International 2004 color 48 min. $20.00 Includes a portrait of Hemingway's life and work
ParMHS DVD 813.00 Old Yeller (and Savage Sam) Savage Sam Both movies combined on one disk, Tells the heartfelt story of the famous yellow Labrador retriever dog and also about Savage Sam. Burbank, Ca. Walt Disney Productions 2005 color 84 min. &104 min. $30.00 Starring Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker,Chuck Connors, Tommy Kirk.
ParMHS 813 OLIVER. (Musical) Starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, and Harry Secombe.RCA/Columbia Pictures, 1968, color, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart, 145 min.
GnFA 813 ON HIS OWN. Family Films.
HmHS 813 OPERATION DUMBO DROP. A group of soldiers helps an elephant get back to its native land. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Video, 1995, color, 108 min. $20.00
HmHS, MarSH, NaWMS 813 THE OUTSIDERS. S.E. Hinton. Directed by Francis Coppola. Starring Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise. Warner Home Video, 1983, color, 91 min. $19.95
ParMHS DVD 813 THE OUTSIDERS On the streets of Tulsa in 1966, teenagers come two ways. If you're from the right side of the tracks, you are a "soc" You've got everything--money, cars, girls, and a future. But if you're an outsider, a "greaser," you've got nothing but your friends...and a dream that someday, somehow, you'll finally belong. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 1983. 91 min $25 Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise. The Outsiders
HmHS, MarSH, NamHS 813 THE PEARL. John Steinbeck. Movie released in 1947. The dreams of a poor Mexican fisherman are realized, then shattered.New York, NY: Mastervision, 198-, B&W, 78 min.. $24.95
HmHS 813 THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM. Edgar Allen Poe.1961 movie starring Vincent Price. Warner Home Video, 1984, color, 80 min. $59.95
WiJSH 813 PORTRAIT OF A LADY. By Henry James. Starring Nicole Kidman. 1995, 2 hours.
NaChHS, ParMHS 813 PRANCER. Based on the book by Stephen E. Cosgrove. (Christmas movie) With Sam Elliot, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda, Michael Constantine, Rutanya Alda. Nelson Entertainment, 1989, color, 103 min. $20.00
CaVHS 813 THE PRINCESS BRIDE. A fairy tale complete with all the fencing, fighting, chases, and escapes you’d expect. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Video, 1998, color, 158 min.
HmHS DVD 813 THE PRINCESS DIARIES A hilarious, hip and heartwarming modern day Cinderella story. Mia Thermopolis is a bright but terribly shy and gawky teenager whose goal in life is to survive each school day with a minimum of attention and embarrassment. Unfortunately, her wish to be invisible is thwarted when her estranged grandmother arrives and delivers the shocking news that she's a real-life princess--heir to the throne of Genovia! Furious and incredulous, the reluctant royal agrees to take "princess lessons" and make the biggest decision of her life--in three weeks. And so begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness when she finds herself in the middle of a media storm, jealous schoolmates and a plot to take over her country. Funny, uplifting and affirming--your entire family will thoroughly enjoy this crown jewel. Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video, 2001. $20.00 Starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway
NaChHS 813 PROBLEM WITH ANGELS. 110 min.
MarSH 813 PUDD’NHEAD WILSON. Mark Twain. Starring Ken Howard. 87 min. $24.95
MiddHS 813 QUIET MAN, THE. John Wayne, 85 min.
HmHS VHS 813 RADIO The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk. Culver City, CA. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003. 111 min. $20.00
NamHS 813.3 , SkyHS 813 RAPPAACCINI’S DAUGHTER. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Starring Krisoffer Tabori, Kathleen Beller. Set in 18th century Italy, a young man’s entanglement with a beautiful, forbidden woman in a poisonous garden. (American Short Story series) Monterey Home Video, 1980, 51 min.
HmHS, MarSH, ParMHS 813 THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Stephen Crane. Starring Audie Murphy. Story of Henry Fleming and his initiation into manhood as recruit in the Civil War. MGM/UA, 1951/1985, B&W, 70 min. $24.95
ParMHS 813 THE RED BALLOON. Based on the book by Albert Lamorisse. The film has no dialogue. It captures the essence of childhood wandering through the streets of Paris where a loyal balloon trails him everywhere. Films Montsouris, 1956, color, 34 min. $50.00
MarSH, ParMHS 813 THE RED PONY. John Steinbeck. Starring Robert Mitchum, Myrna Loy, Peter Miles. Republic Pictures, digitally mastered from 1949 film, color, 1992, 91 min. $15.00
HmHS 813 REMEMBER THE TITANS. Starring Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison. Forced integration replaces a popular white coach with an African-American one on a Virginia Football team in 1971. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Video, 2001, 114 min. $14.95
NaChHS 813 RIDERS OF DESTINY. Starring John Wayne.
NaChHS 813 THE ROBE. Starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons. 135 min.
ParMHS 813 THE ROGUE STALLION. Feature Films for Families, 1990, 96 min. $25.00
CaVHS, MiddHS 813 ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY. Mildred Taylor. Drama of a Mississippi black family’s struggle to keep their land and their dignity during the depression.
Live Home Video, 1993, 95 min.
ParMHS VHS 813 A ROSE FOR EMILY The suspenseful tale of a Southern belle driven mad by isolation and her allegiance to the past. Based on a short story by William Faulkner. Santa Monica, CA : Pyramid Home Video, c1982 (Chubbuck Cinema Co.). 27 min $30 A rose for Emily
NoHS 813 ROUGH RIDERS. Theodore Roosevelt wanted to create “The wildest bad-cat regiment since the Mongols rode the Steppes.” The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment had polo players, thieves, and leather-tough cowboys. But fate forced them to fight on foot. TNT, 182 min. $29.95
HmHS 813 ROUGHING IT. Mark Twain. Starring James Garner, Jill Eikenberry, Robin Dunne. James Garner as Mark Twain unfolds the tale of the polite greenhorn from the East initated into the raw Western frontier. Santa Monica, CA: Hallmark Home Ent., 2001, 114 min. $14.95
CaVMS, ParMHS 813 SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL. Hallmark Hall of Fame Production with Glenn Close, Christopher Walken. In 1910, New Englander Sarah Wheaton answers an ad for a mail-order bride placed by a Kansas farmer with two children. Los Angeles, CA: Republic Pictures, 1990, color, 98 min. $20.00
HmHS DVD 813 SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL DVD COLLECTION. (2 full-length movies on two DVDs) SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL. Starring Glen Close, Christopher Walken. A mail-order bride travels to Kansas in 1910 and teaches a lonely family to love again. Sarah Productions, 1990, color, 98 min.
GnFA, HmHS, NamHS 813 THE SCARLET LETTER. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Starring Meg Foster, Kevin Conway, John Heard. Hester Prynne, condemned to wear the scarlet letter “A” on her chest, asserts her indepencence, courage, and love. Boston, MA: WGBH, PBS Video. 1979, (2 videocassettes) 240 min.
MiddHS 813 THE SCARLETT LETTER. Social Studies School Services.
ParMHS 813 SCHINDLER’S LIST. 1993. $100.00
SkyHS 813 THE SEA WOLF. Jack London.
ParMHS 813 SEASONS OF THE HEART. $29.95
ParMHS 813 THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY. James Thurber. Starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff. Samuel Goldwin, 1947, color, 110 min. $40.00
SkyHS 813 THE SECRET OF NIMH. Robert O’Brien.
ParMHS 813 SECRET OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN. $29.95
ParMHS 813 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. The marriage chances of the Dashwood sisters are doomed by their family’s sudden loss of fortune. Columbia Pictures, 1995, 136 min.
HmHS, MarSH, MelMHS, NamH, ParMHS S813 A SEPARATE PEACE. John Knowles. Starring John Heyl and Parker Stevenson. Friendship between two boys on summer vacation during World War II. Paramount Home Video, 1982 (1972), color, 104 min. $44.95
MiddHS 813 SHADOW OF A DOUBT. Alfred Hitchock, 1939, 1 hour, 44 min.
MiddHS 813 SHANE. George Stevens, 1942, 1 hour, 48 min.
MiddHS 813 SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN. MGM, 1953, 117 min.
CaVMS, ParMHS 813 SKYLARK. Sequel to Sarah Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan. Starring Glen Close and Christopher Walken. Sarah, now married to Jacob Witting for two years, faces the drought that threatens their way of life. Los Angeles, CA: Republic Pictures Home Video, 1993, 98 min. $20.00
SkyHS 813 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE. Kurt Vonnegut.
MarSH, NamHS 813 A SOLDIER’S HOME. Ernest Hemingway. Starring Richard Backus, Nancy Marchand. A soldier returns home after WWI to a community where he feels like an alien. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video,1986, color, 41 minutes. $24.95
NaChHS 813 SOUND OF MUSIC. Starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer. 172 min.
GnFA 813 SOUNDER. Paramount, 1990, 105 min.
CaVHS DVD 813 SPEAK. Kristen Stewart, Robert John Burke. Speak unfolds a story about Melinda, a smart and spirited high school freshman who retreats into self-imposed silence after she is raped one night at a party. Eventually through her work in art class, she begins to reach out to others. Los Angeles, CA : Showtime Entertainment, [2005], 93 min.
ParMHS 813 SPLIT INFINITY: A GIFT FROM THE PAST. $25.00
HmHS, NamHS813 STAND AND DELIVER. Nicholas Edwards. Starring Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips. Based on a true story, teacher Jaime Escalante inspires East LA barrio students to pass the National Advanced Placement Calculus Exam. Warner Home Video, 1988, color, 103 min. $11.00
HmHS 813 STEINBECK, THE GRAPES OF WRATH AND THE DEPRESSION: A VIDEO COMMENTARY. Illustrated with clips from John Ford’s film version of the novel. Mt. Kisko, NY: Guidance Associates, 1987, 25 min. $45.00
MarSH 813 STEPHEN CRANE’S THE BLUE HOTEL. Stephen Crane. David Warner, James Keach. 55 min. $24.95
CaVMS 813 STONE FOX. Starring Buddy Ebsen, Joey Cramer Bonnie Montgomery, Gordon Tootoosis. A young orphan and his grandfather fight the odds to make the ranch they own work. New York, NY: Worldvision Home Video, 1987, 96 min.
HmHS 813 STORY OF AN HOUR. Kate Chopin. Starring Gwendolyn Coleman, Laura Lanfranchi. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Mallard is shocked to find that she is free to live for herself. Patterson, NY: Ishtar Films, dist. by Teacher’s Discovery, 1982, 24 min. $44.50
CaVMS, HmMS 813 SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS. Wilson Rawls. Starring Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope. In the 1800’s a 12-year-old boy spends the summer trying to capture four runaway circus monkeys. Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998, color, 101 min. $14.95
ParMHS 813 SWEET FIFTEEN. 1990. $20.00
MarSH, ParMHS 813 THE TELL-TALE HEART. Edgar Allen Poe. Sam Jaffee, Alex Cord. 30 min. $20.00
ParMHS VHS 813 THE TELL-TALE HEART A murderer recounts the bizarre details of his crimes against "the old man with the evil eye.". Thousand Oaks, CA: Monterey Home Video, 2000 (c1971). 25 min $25 The tell-tale heart
ParMHS 813 TEN LITTLE INDIANS. Agatha Christie. 1966. $20.00
NamHS 813 TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. Based on the Shakespeare play, Taming of the Shrew. Starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger. Touchstone Home Entertainment, 1999, color, 97 min.
HmHS 813 TEX. S. E. Hinton. Starring Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly. Struggles of two teenage brothers growing up in the Southwest without parents. Troy, MI: Anchor Bay Ent., 1999, 102 min. $9.95
HmHS 813 THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW. S. E. Hinton. Starring Emelio Estevez, Craig Sheffer. As two friends get involved with girls, gangs, and drugs, their relationship disintegrates. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Home Video, 1986, 102 min. $9.95
CaVMS, HmHS, MiddHS, NamHS 813 TO BUILD A FIRE. Jack London short story. Narrated by Orson Welles. A man’s struggle against the Alaskan wilderness to build a fire he must have to survive. UCI Home Video, 1991, color, 56 min. $19.95
CaVHS, HmHS, MarSH, MiddHS, NaChHS, NamHS, NoHS, ParMHS, SkyHS, 813 TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD. Harper Lee. Starring Gregory Peck. Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl. Universal Studios, 1962, B&W, 129 min. $39.95
HmHS, ParMHS813 TO SIR, WITH LOVE. E. R. Braithwaite. Starring Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson and Lulu. Columbia Pictures, 1966, color, 105 min. $40.00
NaWMS 813 TOM SAWYER; TWAIN AND ME. There are three different movies on this tape: Tom Sawyer (75 min.); Tom Sawyer (90 min.); Twain and Me (90 min.)
MarSH 813 TORTILLA FLAT. John Steinbeck. Starring Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield. 100 min. $24.95
NaChHS 813 THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS. 110 min.
CaVHS 813 TRUMAN CAPOTE’S A CHRISTMAS MEMORY. Recollection of Capote’s youth in the rural South during the depression. Video Yesteryear, 1994, 51 min.
CaVMS FIC TUCK EVERLASTING. Young Winnie Foster gets lost in the woods and meets Jesse Tuck. She falls in love . The Tuck family has a secret, and Winnie has to make a hard choice. Burbank, CA, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003 c. Color, 90 min.
MiddHS, ParMHS 813 TWELVE ANGRY MEN. Henry Fonda stars as a lone juror holding out against eleven others in a jury trial. With Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam. MCM Home Video, 1984, Black & White, 95 min. $20.00
NamHS 813 TWELVE ANGRY MEN. A 1997 television production, starring Tony Danza, Jack Lemmon, Edward James Olmos, Ossie Davis, George C. Scott. Orion Home Video, 1998, color, 117 min.
NaChHS 813 TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNER THE SEA. Starring Kirk Douglas. Rated G. 127 min.
HmHS, MiddHS, NaChHS, ParMHS 813, WiJSH 791.4 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Starring Phylicia Rashard, Samuel Jackson, Bruce Dern, Avery Brooks. Classic story of slavery and survival in the Old South. Los Angeles, CA: Republic Pictures, 1996 (1987), 108 min. $20.00
NamHS 813 VIVA ZAPATA! Starring Marlon Brando, Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn. Emiliano Zapata, an ally of Pancho Villa, leads the Mexican peasants in a bloody revolt against an oppressive government. Livonia, MI: Key Video, 1988, color, 112 min.
HmMS 813 WAR OF THE WORLDS. Novel by H.G. Wells. Starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Home Video, 1991 (1935), 85 min. $20.00
ParMHS DVD 813 WATERSHIP DOWN. ADAMS, RICHARD, It's an exciting and moving animated allegory of hope, courage and the search for personal freedom. Time Magazine's Family Movie of the year of l978. Warner Home Video, 2002. 92 min $25 Watership Down. Adams, Richard
HmHS 813 WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE. Hal Borland. Starring Richard Widmark and
Frederick Forrest. CBS/FOX, 1972, color, 105 min. $19.95
CaVMS, GnFA, HmHS, MelMHS, ParMHS 813 WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS. Wilson Rawls. Starring James Whitmore and Stewart Petersen. The story of Billy Coleman and the two coon dogs he raised in the depression-era Oklahoma Ozarks. Van Nuys, CA: Live Home Video, 1993 (1961), 97 min. $49.95
MarSH, NaChHS, NamHS, SkyHS 813 WHITE FANG. Jack London. Starring Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer. A young man’s adventure in the treacherous Yukon Valley and his friendship with a wolf-dog named White Fang. Walt Disney Home Video, 1990, 109 min. $19.95
HmHS 813 WHITE FANG 2: MYTH OF THE WHITE WOLF. A young Alaskan prospector and White Fang battle a conspiracy of greedy miners who are targeting the homelands of a peaceful Native American tribe. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Video, 1994, color, 106 min. $20.00
ParMHS 813 WILLY THE SPARROW. $25.00
HmHs DVD 813 WINTER'S END. Starring Glen Close, Christopher Walken, Jack Palance. The Witting family learns that to embrace the future, they must forgive the past. Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 1999, color, 99 min.
ParMHS 813 WORDS BY HEART. Based on the book by Ouida Sebastian. With Charlotte Rae, Robert Hooks, Alfre Woodard. Wonderworks Family Video, color, 116 min. $30.00
CaVHS 813 THE WORTH OF SOULS. Includes 5 stories: UNCLE BEN. True story of an alcoholic who seeks custody of orphaned nephews and niece. THE GIFT. A 12-year-old boy gets up early Christmas morning to do the farm chores for his Dad. THE MAILBOX. An elderly widow anxiously awaits mail from her family, but no letters come. PIONEERS IN PETTICOATS. Story of a young Bishop’s daughter who rebels. JOHNNY LINGO. A Polynesian who bargains for a bride who is considered by her father to be of little value. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1990. $5.75
ParMHS 813 WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Emily Bronte. Starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven. Classic story of passion, hatred and revenge. 1939, Black & white, 104 min. $40.00
MiddHS 813 WUTHERING HEIGHTS. 2 hours, 10 min.
CaVMS 813 THE YEARLING. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Starring Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Chill Wills, Forrest Tucker. A lonely boy adopts an orphaned fawn which causes problems as it grows into a yearling. New York, NY: MGM/ UA Home Video, 1985, 129 min.
NaChHS 813 YOU’VE GOT MAIL. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. 120 min.
NamHS 813.3 PAUL’S CASE. Willa Cather. Starring Eric Roberts, Michael Higgins. A romantic young man who drops out of high school in 1900 Pittsburgh and journeys to New York City. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Par, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1980, color, 52 min.
NamHS 813.3 THE SKY IS GRAY. Ernest J. Gaines. Starring Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery. A young boy discovers what it means to be black in Louisiana in the 1940s. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1980, color, 46 min.
CaVHS, MarSH, NamHS, SkyHS 813.4 BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Starring Shelley Duvall, Veronica Cartwright. An ironic tale of two cousin’s competition for popularity. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1986, 49 min. $24.95
HmHS 813.4 HENRY DAVID THOREAU: THEMES AND IMAGES. A biography of Thoreau, along with his views on life, government, and society. Schloat Prod., Teacher’s Discovery, 1987, 27 min. $44.95
HmHS 813.4 HERMAN MELVILLE: CONSIDER THE SEA. Host, Richard Wilbur. A portrait of the author, focusing on his obsession with the sea. Malibu, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1995, 30 min. $24.95
HmHS 813.4 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: NEW ENGLAND’S PURITAN SON. The life, philosophy and important literary works. Chicago, IL: Clearvue/ EAV, 1993, 18 min. $49.05
HmHS 813.4 THOREAU’S WALDEN. Experience the beauty of Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau built his cabin in 1845. Lexington, MA: Photovision, 1991, 27 min. $39.95
HmHS 813.4 WASHINGTON IRVING. Uses watercolors, narration and readings to explore the life of the American author. Hawthorn, NJ: January Productions, 1987, 20 min. $34.95
NamHS 813.5 HEMINGWAY IN AUTUMN. Hosted by Carolyn Holly. A video memoir of Ernest Hemingway’s life in Idaho. Silver Creek Outfitters, 1996, color, 51 min.
NamHS 813.52 BARN BURNING. William Faulkner. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan. A southern tenant farmer sets his employer’s barn on fire when he thinks he is being treated unfairly. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1984, color, 40 min.
NamHS 813.52 THE BLUE HOTEL. Stephen Crane. Starring David Warner, James Keach. The fate of a stranger in a small Nebraska town in the 1880s. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1984, color, 54 min.
HmHS 813.52 ERNEST HEMINGWAY: WRESTLING WITH LIFE. Host, Jack Perkins. Narrator, Mariel Hemingway. Uses archival footage, photographs, and interviews to trace his life. New York, NY: A&E Home Video, 1998, 100 min. $14.95
HmHS 813.52 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAMER. Narrated by Edward Herrmann. The American novelist who epitomized the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. New York, NY: A&E Home Video, 1997, 50 min. $14.95
NamHS 813.52 GOLDEN HONEYMOON. Ring Lardner. Starring James Whitmore, Teresa Wright. An onery old man has to compete for his wife’s attention on their 50th wedding anniversary. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1994, color, 52 min.
NamHS 813.52 THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD. James Thurber. Starring Brad Davis, Carol Kane. An arrogant lout who doesn’t fit the model of a hero the press wants him to be. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1994, color, 55 min.
NamHS 813.52 I’M A FOOL. Sherwood Anderson. Starring Ron Howard, Amy Irving. A young man pretends that his occupation is grander than it really is to win a girl, but is caught by his lies. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1994, color, 38 min.
HmHS 813.52 JACK LONDON. Great Writers series. A review of his colorful life. West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur Video, 2001, 45 min. $19.95
HmHS 813.52 JOHN STEINBECK. Great Writers series. Steinbeck grew up in Salinas, California, wrote many popular works, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1940. West Long Branch, NJ: Kulture Video, 1995, color, 45 min. $19.95
HmHS, NamHS 813.52 JOHN STEINBECK: AN AMERICAN WRITER. Host, Harry Smith. The visionary writer who challenged the status quo and touched the soul of a nation. New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1998, color and B&W, 50 min. $14.95
NamHS 813.52 THE JOLLY CORNER. Henry James. Starring Salome Jens, Fritz Weaver, Paul Sparer. An American author who has lived in Europe for 35 years returns home to unlock a mystery. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1994, color, 43 min.
NamHS 813.52 LILIES OF THE FIELD. William E. Barrett. Starring Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala. A young handyman reluctantly gets involved with a group of exhuberant German nuns. MGM/ UA, 1963, color, 95 min.
HmHS 813.52 THE LOST GENERATION. Narrator, Harry Smith. A group of Americans in Paris in the 1920s found the path to literary greatness, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Pound and MacLeish. New York, NY: A&E Television Network, 2001, color, 100 min. $14.95
NamHS 813.52 THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG. Mark Twain. Starring Robert Preston, Fred Gwynne. A stranger plots revenge on the hypocritical residents of a thoroughly “honest” town. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1994, color, 40 min.
NamHS 813.52 THE MUSIC SCHOOL and PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER. (Two separate stories in one video) The Music School, by John Updike, tells of a writer who struggles to find focus in his life. Parker Adderson is by Ambrose Bierce, a flippant young man faces the harsh reality of execution.. American Short Story Collection. Canoga Park, CA: Monterey Home Video, 1986, color, 69 min.
NamHS 813.52 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. Ernest Hemingway. Starring Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver. An old man catches a magnificent marlin and must battle sea and sharks to get his catch home. Warner Home Video, 1996, color, 92 min.
CaVHS DVD 813.54 DEAD POETS SOCIETY. Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. English teacher John Keating inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads!" Burbank, CA: Touchstone Home Video, 1998, 129 min
HmHS 813.54 JACK KEROUAC’S ROAD: A FRANCO-AMERICAN ODYSSEY. Using dramatized excerpts, shows how Jack Kerouac’s restlessness embodies a larger pattern of emigration and displacement. Montreal, Quebec: The Board, 1990, color with B&W sequences, 55 min. $14.95
MarSH 817 LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Mark Twain. Stariing Robert Lansing.
MCA, 1984, 115 min.. $19.95
CaVHS 819 BLIND LOVE. Chicago, IL: Encylopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 199? $59.00


