FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Motion Picture

VH 5328 1860
Summary: In May 1860, the Sicilians rebelled against and defeated the troops of the King of Naples; these are the events surrounding the battle of Calafimi which are so vividly depicted in the film 1860. 072 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4706 2001: A Space Odyssey
Summary: Explores the mysteries of interplanetary space, and of human destiny. Moving from the prehistoric birth of intelligence to the emergence of man as pure thought. Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. 139 Min. VIDEO 1968 Subject: COMPUTERS

VH 5731 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The
Summary: The legendary Sinbad's incredible adventures continue in this epic. Sinbad, bold sailor and prince of Baghdad, sets out for the mysterious island of Colossa where he hopes to obtain the egg of roc--a fierce giant bird. The egg will help restore to normal size the Princess Parisa. 094 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 2900 8 ˝ (Fellini)
Summary: Federico Fellini's great comic fantasy - is the most influential picture of the last quarter of a century. No other film has been more closely associated with a director and his style or with the genre of autobiographical filmmaking. Fellini cast Marcello Mastroianni as Guido - a movie director - who is unable to find inspiration to begin a new production, even though he is at the peak of his career. 138 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 6385 Abyss, The
Summary: An epic underwater adventure where a nuclear missile sub mysteriously sinks. The Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers. Directed by James Cameron. 140 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 7534 Accidental Tourist, The
Summary: The orderly life of a travel guidebooks author is hilariously disrupted by his estranged wife and an eccentric dog trainer. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. 121 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5027 Accompanist, The
Summary: A collaborator in occupied Paris, merchant Charles Brice sees the war as an opportunity to increase his wealth - and ensure the devotion of his wife, a beautiful singer. But his moral compromise is mirrored by his wife's infidelity, and she pursues a leader of the French Resistance with the same hunger that he pursues German marks. Caught in the middle of their emotional whirlpool is an awkward young pianist who observes everything - and who sacrifices her own chance at happiness by living in their dark shadow. Directed by Claude Miller. 111 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: CLASSICAL

VH 8420 The Actor
Summary: A wild comedy of marital discord in which a popular film actor, who longs to be a serious actor, has become wealth making mindless commercially-liked comedies. Meanwhile, his wife has become obsessed with her inability to have a child and insists that Akbar take a second wife, a mute waif of a gypsy girl who will disappear after being well paid for providing them with an infant. Written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. 084 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, DRAMA

VH 4207 Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The
Summary: Buckaroo Banzai is a top neurosurgeon, race car driver, rock star and comic book hero - and probably the last hope of the human race. His latest experiments have opened the door to the 8th dimension and have unwittingly begun an interstellar battle for the world. On one side are the Red Lectroids, whose leader inhabits the body of Dr. Lizardo. On the other, the Black Lectroids and our hero Buckaroo, backed by his rock and roll commandos, The Hong Kong Cavaliers, and his sweetheart Penny Priddy. Director: W.D. Richter. 103 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 1965 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Summary: Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is the legendary America n author's most famous masterpiece. It is a most thoughtful, moving and joyous story of an unusual friendship and a boy's exciting journey toward adulthood. 121 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: LITERATURE-I

VH 7364 Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The
Summary: Sherlock Holmes solves the case of the "Star Of Delhi" jewels, while battling his arch enemy, Professor Moriarty. 082 Min. VIDEO 1939 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 5029 African Queen, The
Summary: A gin loving river trader rescues an abandoned missionary on the war torn "African Queen." Their perilous escape turns into an outright battle against nature, the Germans and finally each other as the tempestuous pair realize they've fallen in love. Directed by John Huston. 104 Min. VIDEO 1951

VH 3088 Afrique, Je Te Plumerai (Africa, I Will Fleece You)
Summary: Provides a masterly overview of one hundred years of cultural imperialism in Africa. Director Jean-Marie Teno uses Cameroon, the only African county colonized by three European powers, for a case study of the devastation of traditional African societies by imposed colonial cultures. This film is essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand the cultural and intellectual conflicts of present day Africa. 088 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7503 After The Thin Man
Summary: Motion picture is a murder and detective story starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. 113 Min. VIDEO 1936 Series: DIAMOND JUBILEE COLLECTION

VH 6653 Afterglow
Summary: A handyman wreaks havoc and builds romance in two marriages. Desperate to have a baby, Marianne hires Lucky Mann to remodel a nursery. There's just one problem: Marianne's not pregnant and her husband isn't interested in sex. directed by Alan Rudolph. 114 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 6494 Agatha
Summary: On the evening of December 4, 1926, Agatha Christie, the world's greatest mystery writer, drove off in her car and disappeared. What really happened to her during those missing eleven days. 098 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 7709 Agatha Christie's Ordeal By Innocence
Summary: Motion picture murder mystery about a man falsely convicted and executed for the murder of his mother. Directed by Desmond Davis. 091 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 7666 Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery
Summary: Television program detective/ mystery theme about the investigation of a man found murdered in a woman's bedroom. Directed by Tony Wharmby. 116 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 7665 Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Summary: Detective/ mystery motion picture centered around a dying man's last question from his deathbed on the rugged coast of Wales, England. Directed by Jack Williams. 144 Min. VIDEO 1979

VH 7438 Agony and the Ecstasy, The
Summary: Historical drama depicting Michelangelo's artistic conflicts with Pope Julius II, who commissions him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Directed by Carol Reed. 139 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 7166 Air Force One
Summary: The U.S. President, who said he would not negotiate with terrorists, is faced with a nearly impossible decision when Russian terrorists hijack Air Force One. The nearly impossible decision is to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter. 125 Min. VIDEO

VH 2994 Alberto Express
Summary: Every family has its own funny little traditions, but Alberto's takes quirkiness to the most hilarious extreme. In Alberto's family, the children must pay their parents back every cent spent on their rearing; and the debt must be completely repaid before the children start a family of their own. Unfortunately, Alberto is 40 and flat broke. If he can't come up with a big chunk of change to repay his father in a hurry, he's going to have to figure out to have a family. Directed by: Arthur Joffe. 090 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3627 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Summary: Fassbinder draws on the formula of the classic American tear jerker to tell the outrageous, touching story of a bumpy love affair between a German floorwasher and an inarticulate Arab mechanic. A moving romance, a perverse social comedy, and a biting drama. With his warm humanism and cool irony, Fassbinder is able to create art from material that in the hands of most directors would never transcend soap opera. 094 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4187 Alice, Sweet Alice
Summary: A horrific chiller most notable for being Brooke Shields' first movie. Paula Sheppard plays Shields' psychotic twelve year old sister, Alice, and Linda Miller is their mother in this unnerving thriller. Director: Alfred Sole. 108 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 5669 Alien Nation
Summary: Video describes "view from the tenth circle -- The Pincers -- How did it happen?" Consequences of immigration are reviewed. 029 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6016 Alien Nation
Summary: Science fiction drama set in Los Angeles in the 1990's about a whole culture of aliens called "Newcomers" who land in the Mojave Desert and are allowed refuge by the US government. Directed by Graham Baker. 090 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 1577 Aliens
Summary: Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew is received with skepticism - until transmissions from a space colonists who have since settled on the Alien's planet abruptly stop. Determined to end the recurring nightmares of her terrifying ordeal and to completely exterminate the deadly creature, Ripley joins a team of high-tech combat vets sent to investigate the disappearance of the space colonists! Directed by: James Cameron. 138 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 7522 All Over Town
Summary: Motion picture comedy, starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, about a vaudeville comedy duo who attempt to put on a performance. Directed by James Horne. 062 Min. VIDEO 1937 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 4753 All Over Town
Summary: Appearing as a vaudeville team attempting to put on a performance in a theater closed since a murder took place in its darkened hall, Olsen and Johnson become involved in a mysterious shooting during a rehearsal. The boys are kidnaped, but manage to escape their captors in rollicking climax. Directed by : James W. Horne. 053 Min. VIDEO 1937 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7710 All This And Heaven Too
Summary: Motion picture drama about the murder of a wife who was insanely jealous of a romantic attachment between her husband and another woman. Directed by Anatole Litvak. 121 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7197 Allosaurus - A Walking With Dinosaurs Special
Summary: Video is an animated portrayal of "Big Al", an Allosaurus, which existed 145 million years ago. Based upon the most complete Allosaurus skeleton discovered, this film tells the life story of "Big Al" from hatchling to 15-year-old adolescent. 060 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 7081 Almacita di Desolato
Summary: "Based on old legends, the film depicts a fictional agricultural community in an isolated part of Curacao at the turn of the century. The central theme of the film is the struggle between creative and destructive forces...." 112 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2004 Almos' a Man
Summary: David, a black teenage farm worker in the Deep South during the late 1930's persuades his mother to give him part of his earnings for a used handgun. While practicing with it, he accidentally kills a mule. Consequently, his father demeans him in front of the landowner, who demands that he work 25 months to pay for the animal. At nightfall, armed with vague notions of manhood & independence, David retrieves his gun & hops aboard a passing train. 051 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I, AFRICAN-AMERICAN Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7518 Amazing Adventure
Summary: Motion picture comedy, starring Cary Grant and Mary Brian, about a young millionaire, who can't stand so much wealth. Directed by Alfred Zeisler. 063 Min. VIDEO 1937 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 7719 America's Dream
Summary: Motion picture presents three adaptations of short stories by African American authors. The stories focus on the struggle of Black men and women in the face of changing attitudes. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. 087 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, DRAMA

VH 2499 American Dream
Summary: "American Dream" follows the true-life story of workers on strike in America's heartland, Austin, Minnesota. In 1984, the Hormel company saw a profit of $29 million. That same year they offered it's Austin meatpackers a salary cut from $10.69 to $8.25 an hour and a 30% cut in basic benefits. The strike which followed pitted worker against management, worker against worker and even brother against brother. Director: Barbara Kopple. 098 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES, ECONOMICS

VH 4718 American Friend, The
Summary: At an art auction, Ripley meets Jonathan, a picture framer who is suffering from a rare blood disease, and targets him as a potential mob assassin. Jonathan will not be suspected because he has no motive. When Jonathan is led to believe that his illness is terminal, he agrees to the murder plot so that he can leave his wife and family financial security upon his death. Directed by: Wim Wenders. 123 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6346 American Graffiti
Summary: Cars, cruising, rock and roll: the misadventures of a group of four California teenagers one late summer night before college in 1962. Directed by George Lucas. 112 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 5481 American Matchmaker/I Want To Be A Boarder
Summary: The first film is a story of second generation American Jewish immigrants (87 min.). The second film is a story of a husband and wife who pretend to be landlady and tenant (15 min.). 102 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6710 American Me
Summary: Drama based on the true story of a youth from the streets of East Los Angeles who becomes the leader of the Mexican Mafia while in Folsom prison. After ruling the prison harshly, he is released to the reality of barrio life and his past will not permit him to make a new life. Contains a vehement anti-drug and anti-gang theme. Directed by Edward James Olmos. 126 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: LATIN AMERICAN, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 6949 American Pie
Summary: Follows the hapless adventures of four "unlucky in love" high school friends as they gear up for the prom. Directed by Paul Weitz. 096 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 5456 American Tail, An
Summary: Steven Spielberg presents a warm and delightful animated feature about a Jewish mouse who immigrates to America from Russia in the late nineteenth century and gets separated from his family. Directed by Don Bluth. 081 Min. VIDEO 1986 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5457 American Tail, An: Fievel Goes West
Summary: Steven Spielberg's Jewish immigrant mouse, Fievel Mousekewitz, travels to the Wild West in this animated feature. Directed by Phil Nebbelink. 075 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4881 Amistad
Summary: Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. Directed by: Steven Spielberg. 155 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4209 Among the Cinders
Summary: The story of Nick, a youth of 16, coming of age in his native land, New Zealand, and a glowing chronicle of his rites of passage into the adult mysteries. Overcome with guilt over the accidental death of his friend, Nick is taken to the farms, the goldfields and the gumfields of his grandfather's younger days. It is here in the wilderness that Nick meets an older woman, Sally, who has become hostile toward men - until she meets Nick. Director: Rolf Haedrich. 109 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 4208 And God Created Woman
Summary: The story of Juliette, a woman capable of bringing even the strongest man to his knees. Juliette is a sexually restless young woman involved with three different men in the same town. The men battle for her affection, but the insatiable young vixen cannot be tamed-even by marriage. Director: Roger Vadim. 090 Min. VIDEO 1957

VH 5730 Andromeda Strain, The
Summary: Directed by Robert Wise. This record of the earth's first biological crisis is perhaps the most painstakingly authentic science fiction thriller ever made. When a satellite falls to earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team finds everyone in the area dead except an infant and an old derelict. The survivors are brought to a five story underground lab where scientists attempt to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it starts a worldwide epidemic. 130 Min. VIDEO 1970

VH 1741 Angano...Angano (Tales from Madagascar)
Summary: (Magasy and French with English subtitles). Venerable but unmistakably contemporary storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture-the creation of man and woman, the origin of rice cultivation, the reason for animal sacrifice. Director: Cesar Paes. 064 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7674 Angel On My Shoulder
Summary: Motion picture drama about a deal struck between a murdered gangster and the devil in return for a temporary return to earth. Directed by Archie Mayo. 100 Min. VIDEO 1946

VH 5063 Angels and Insects
Summary: Story of a young scientist who marries the woman of his dreams, only to find himself tangled in a nightmarish web of shocking sexual secrets. Directed by Philip Hass. 118 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 5482 Animal Crackers
Summary: A classic of screen history, this film introduces Groucho's most famous character, Captain Spaulding, whose song became the theme of his "You Bet Your Life" TV program. This is the Marx brothers second movie. Director: Victor Heerman. 097 Min. VIDEO 1930 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4127 Annie Hall
Summary: The film weaves flashbacks, flash forwards, monologues, a parade of classic Allen one liners, even animation into an alternately uproarious and wistful comedy about an on again, off again romance. Directed by Woody Allen. 099 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5483 Annie Hall
Summary: Woody Allen brilliantly captures the classic neurotic, paranoid, cynical, morbid, guilt ridden New York Jewish male in his Academy Award winning masterpiece. This story depicts an interfaith relationship--one that is doomed to failure by vast cultural and emotional differences. Director: Woody Allen. 094 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 8248 Antigone
Summary: The Greek tragedy of Sophocles in which King Creonarders Antigone's death for burying her slain brother against the King's desire. Directed by George Tzavellas. 086 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 4618 Antonia's Line
Summary: Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this video is inspiring and uplifting. At the end of World War II, a woman returns to the place of her birth, a small Dutch village with her young daughter. Directed by: Marleen Gorris. 102 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4423 Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
Summary: The saga of Apu and his family continues in the second chapter of the Apu Trilogy. Following Apu and his family to the city, director Satyajit Ray introduces you to many unforgettable images and characters. Tragedy strikes and Apu must choose between the life of his father chose or a life of his own. 113 Min. VIDEO 1956 Subject: DRAMA Series: APU TRILOGY

VH 6495 Apartment Zero
Summary: Two very different men are both caught in an intricate web of deceit, perversion and murder. Adrian is reserved, stand-offish, and desperately lonely. Jack is strikingly handsome, charming, and alluring. One of them is a cold-blooded, serial killer. 114 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 5061 Apocalypse Now
Summary: A vision of a man's heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Willard receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz. Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice." Directed by Francis Coppola. 153 Min. VIDEO 1979

VH 7172 Apollo 13
Summary: Stranded 205, 000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to being them home. Directed by Ron Howard. 134 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 5743 Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The
Summary: The story of a young man in the Montreal Jewish ghetto of the 1940's who works and schemes his way out of the clutter and poverty of his surroundings. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. 121 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3384 Arsenic And Old Lace
Summary: Adaptation of the classic Joseph Kesselring play. Easy-going drama critic Grant is caught in a sticky situation when he learns of his aunt's favorite pastime. Apparently the kind, sweet, lonely spinster lures gentlemen to the house and serve them elderberry wine with a touch of arsenic, then they bury the bodies in cellar - a cellar which also serves as the Panama Canal for Grant's cousin. Director: Frank Capra. 120 Min. VIDEO 1944

VH 7537 As Good As It Gets
Summary: In New York City, Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. Directed by James L. Brooks. 139 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 4751 As You Like It
Summary: Dramatization of Shakespeare's joyous comedy. Staring Lawrence Olivier and Elisabeth Bergner. Directed by: Paul Czinner. 096 Min. VIDEO 1936 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7766 Ashakara
Summary: In this modern African tale set in Togo, an African doctor finds a cure to a deadly virus and decides to mass produce the drug at low cost in Africa. However, a pharmaceutical multinational does not want the doctor to succeed and sends an agent to Africa, first to buy the drug, then to destroy it. A film by Gerard Louvin. 094 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4717 Ashes and Diamonds
Summary: A small Polish town celebrates the war's end while two assassins plot against a communist party official. Embodies the disillusionment of a generation raised on war. Directed by: Filip Nowak. 105 Min. VIDEO 1958 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7711 Asphalt Jungle, The
Summary: Motion picture classic crime film about a planned jewel heist and the pursuit of the gangsters by the police. Directed by John Huston. 112 Min. VIDEO 1950

VH 7436 Autumn in New York
Summary: At 48 years old, Manhattan restauranteur Will Keane adores women, but has never thought seriously about marriage or commitment until he meets Charlotte Fielding. As their relationship blossoms, they both realize that this love will last a lifetime, but for Charlotte a lifetime may be much shorter than either of them is prepared to accept. Directed by Joan Chen. 104 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 5569 Avalon
Summary: The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon, down through his children and grandchildren. 126 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7399 Avengers, The: Dial A Deadly Number
Summary: British secret agents, Jonathan steed and Emma Peel, become involved in solving a murder associated with a stock manipulation scheme. 055 Min. VIDEO 1965

VH 8065 Avi Mograbi's Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
Summary: Mograbi, a documentary filmmaker, is hired to make a film about the celebrations of Israel's fiftieth birthday. However, the Palestinians are also mar king the fiftieth anniversary -- of the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. During an interview concerning the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, Mograbi discovers that this year his own 42nd birthday and the State of Israel's fiftieth anniversary coincide. Directed by Avi Mograbi. 077 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 3047 Baby Face
Summary: It's the age-old story of the girl so mistreated by men she's determined to get revenge. It's also a rags to riches story, because Lily Powers makes men pay for her favors in spades (she carries a briefcase with a half million in jewels and securities, believing "someday I'll have the other half"). From mill town dirt to wife of bank president George Brent, Lily leaves a trail of "discarded" men - including John Wayne in a small role! Director: Alfred EL Green. 072 Min. VIDEO 1933 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5031 Bad Lieutenant
Summary: He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He's a gambler, a thief, a junkie, a killer, and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth his self destructive past is closing in. Directed by Abel Ferrara. 096 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 3385 Ballad Of Little Jo, The
Summary: Like Unforgiven and Dances With Wolves, this critically acclaimed film is a classic Western with a modern twist. Suzy Amis is a woman who discovers that the Wild West is no place for a lady, unless she's disguised as a man. Featuring supporting performances by Bo Hopkins and Ian McKellen. This film, inspired by a true story, proves that our heroes have sometimes been cowgirls. Director: Maggie Greenwald. 124 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5034 Bananas
Summary: Easy going gadget tester Fielding Mellish is going nowhere fast...until his dippy, politically radical girlfriend dumps him and sends him flying off the deep end. Trying to win her back, Mellish joins up with Latin American revolutionaries and in short order becomes the toast of the diplomatic world and the target of the CIA! Directed by Woody Allen. 082 Min. VIDEO 1971

VH 7432 Band Wagon, The
Summary: Musical about a song and dance man who reluctantly agrees to take part in a Broadway show. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 112 Min. VIDEO 1953

VH 5035 Barfly
Summary: Henry and Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife. They're wedded to their bar stools. But they do like each other. Henry is a man of brilliant bravado, a swaggering, glowering clown prince and court poet of central L.A.'s bars and flophouses. Wanda is a distressed goddess whose beauty and directness sear like a laser beam. The movie captures their giddy, gin soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids. Directed by Barbet Schroeder. 100 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 5078 Bargain, The
Summary: This is the story of an outlaw who trades his talent for his freedom. Directed by: Reginald Barker. 070 Min. VIDEO 1914 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2005 Barn Burning
Summary: In the story of the late 19th century South, the son of a tenant farmer is torn between trying to win his father's acceptance & his aversion to his father's unrelenting & violent nature. Ultimately, unable to dissuade his father from committing destructive acts, he betrays his father & strikes off on his own. Director: Peter Werner. 040 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 1968 Barnum
Summary: A dramatization of the life story of circus owner P.T. Barnum. Director: Terry Hughs. 113 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5030 Barton Fink
Summary: Set in Hollywood during the 1940's, "Barton Fink" is a comic satire about creative egos, flash movie moguls, a traveling salesman and a nasty case of writer's block. Directed by Joel Coen. 116 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5860 Basic Instinct
Summary: Catherine Tramell, a cold, calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered-a crime she described in her last novel. 123 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7491 Batman Forever
Summary: Warner Brothers third film in the Batman series. Based upon Batman characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 122 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 7490 Batman Returns
Summary: Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman. Can Batman battle two formidable foes at once. Directed by Tim Burton. 126 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 7977 Bats
Summary: Swarms of genetically altered bats have descended upon a sleepy small Texan town and no one is safe. The only hope is to stop the growing tide of bloody devastation is a zoologist who studies bats, her assistant, and the local she riff. Directed by Louis Morneau. 091 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 0916 Battle of Algiers
Summary: Dramatization of the conflict between Algerian nationalists and French colonialists that culminated in Algeria's independence in 1962. Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef. Director: Gillo Pontecorvo. 123 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4752 Beau Brummel
Summary: From the play by Clyde Fitch. Director, Harry Beaumont. 080 Min. VIDEO 1924 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7444 Beautiful Thing
Summary: Motion picture is set in London's lower class suburbs. Story of a teenager who discovers that he's gay and his love for next door neighbor teenager. 090 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6345 Beauty and the Beast
Summary: Dramatized adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. 050 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 0934 Bed & Sofa
Summary: Satirical film which points up the social consequences of the Soviet housing shortage. A husband and wife invite a friend to live with them and sleep on the sofa, but soon the husband winds up on the sofa. A landmark film because of humor, naturalism and its sympathetic portrayal of the woman. Ludmilla Semyonova, Nikolai Batalov, Vladmir Fogel. Director: Abram Room. 075 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 4415 Before the Rain
Summary: In a monastery, a young man must abandon his vow of silence to save a girl from a hate-filled mob. A woman torn between a loveless marriage and a passionate affair finds that fate dictates a decision she could not make herself. A photographer returns to a nation divided by religious hatred and violence. Directed by: Milcho Manchevski. In Macedonian, Albanian, and English with subtitles. 112 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4487 Belle De Jour
Summary: An erotically charged tale of deceit and desire. Beautiful Catherine Deneuve stars as Severine, a perfect young housewife...who leads a shocking double life. Her loving husband Pierre doesn't know that by day she's a high priced prostitute. But when the dangerous obsession of a customer forces her terrible secrets out into the open, Pierre must decide whether to reject her for what she has done...or accept her for who she is. Directed by Luis Bunuel. 100 Min. VIDEO 1967

VH 2746 Bellissima
Summary: A woman living in an Italian tenement has unrealistic goals for her plain but endearing daughter when a famous director begins casting a role designed for a child. The mother's maternal fury and collision with reality highlight a poignant film. Director: Luchino Visconti. 110 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2631 Bellissimo
Summary: This is an unprecedented reconstruction of the Italian Cinema, not just as an industry, but as an extremely sophisticated art form. This unique film contains clips from world-famous films from the 1940's to the present such as Open City, Divorce Italian Style, 8 ˝ and Seven Beauties. Director Gianfranco Mingozzi. 110 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 7742 Belly of An Architect, The
Summary: An American architect travels to Rome to set up an exhibition. As he is increasingly obsessed with his wife's adultery and his own failing health, the beauty of Rome becomes the backdrop to his erratic and self-destructive behavior. Directed by Peter Greenaway. 119 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA

VH 7004 Belly Pain
Summary: Coming out of Kingston, Jamaica another authentic and outrageous sex comedy. 080 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 6681 Berlin-Symphony of a Great City
Summary: A chronological progression of 20 hours in the city's life. 053 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 2006 Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Summary: Based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Bernice, transformed from a reticent "ugly duckling" to a sought after vamp by her manipulative cousin Marjorie, becomes so adroit in using the social cliches & conventions that she wins the hearts of all Marjorie's suitors. However, when she is trapped into bobbing her hair to prove her mettle, Bernice loses her new-found beauty. Director: Joan Micklin Silver. 049 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7411 Best of Amos 'n Andy, Vol. 1
Summary: Four of the hilarious classic television shows from the 1950's. 100 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 6356 Betrayal
Summary: A place where feelings run high, tempers run short and marriages begin and end with the silence of desperation. Directed by Harold Pinter. 095 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 7346 Beverly Hillbillies, The
Summary: Video of the 1993 motion picture "The Beverly Hillbillies". 093 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2371 Bicycle Thief, The
Summary: The story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen, setting up the film's tragic and ironic ending. Director: Vittorio De Sica. 090 Min. VIDEO 1948 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4737 Big City Interlude
Summary: In Black and White. Includes cat members Lina Basquette and Bessie Love. Directed by: Mort Blumenstock. 065 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4945 Big Heat, The
Summary: Police Sergeant Bannion is investigating the apparent suicide of a corrupt cop, then is suddenly ordered to stop. Driven to unravel the mystery, Bannion continues probing until an explosion meant for him kills his wife. Directed by: Fritz Lang. 089 Min. VIDEO 1953 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4947 Big Sleep, The
Summary: Philip Marlowe, a private eye, is supposed to break up a brutal blackmail ring. Directed by: Howard Hawks. 054 Min. VIDEO 1946 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4736 Bird of Paradise
Summary: A tale of South Seas romance in which an adventurer falls in love with a native girl. Directed by: King Vidor. 055 Min. VIDEO 1932 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4176 Birds, The
Summary: The unexplainable attack on the residents of Bodega Bay by birds of all shapes and sizes is the subject of this classic Hitchcock thriller. Thousands of real birds and nearly 400 trick shots make reality of the seemingly impossible, and lend an air of sheer terror that you will never forget. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 119 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 2202 Birth of a Nation, The: Part 2
Summary: Part two of two. The controversy still rages over "The Birth of a Nation", the 1915 masterwork that reflects Director D.W. Griffith's personal sentiments about the Civil War, reconstruction, & race relations. Part 2 also includes "Making The Birth of a Nation". Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh & Miriam Cooper. 101 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7705 Black Dragons
Summary: Motion picture mystery film about the transformation by a Nazi plastic surgeon of six Japanese agents into prominent American industrialists in order to sabotage the U.S. Defense Industry. Directed by William Nigh. 058 Min. VIDEO 1942

VH 3644 Black Like Me
Summary: This is the gripping, real life story of journalist John Howard Griffin, a white man who, during the racial unrest of the 1950's, dyed his skin black and traveled throughout the deep South. The terror and humiliation he suffered became a series of controversial articles (and later a best seller) that focused attention on the racist atrocities this nation chose to ignore. Director: Carl Lerner. 107 Min. VIDEO 1964 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 4754 Black Pirate, The
Summary: Contains duels, sea battles, and acrobatics. Includes Douglas Fairbank's famous sliding down the sail stunt. Directed by: Albert Parker. 132 Min. VIDEO 1926 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1805 Blackmail
Summary: A blackmailer tries to blackmail a detective into helping him. The detective's girlfriend has killed an artist who tried to assault her. The special climax of this film is a harrowing chase across the roof of the British Museum. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 086 Min. VIDEO 1929 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2475 Blade Runner
Summary: Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel and microchip jungle of 21st century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. Letterbox format. Director Ridely Scott. 117 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5084 Blazing Saddles
Summary: Once Mel Brooks' lunatic film gets under way, logic is lost in a blizzard of gags, jokes, quips, puns, howlers all presented in this wonderful western about a small town that won't sell their land to railroad developers. 093 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1981 Bleak House, Part 1
Summary: The Dickens story of decay and corruption of 19th century England. 131 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, DRAMA

VH 1982 Bleak House, Part 2
Summary: The Dickens story of decay and corruption of 19th century England. 130 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, DRAMA

VH 7396 Blob, The
Summary: Actor Steve McQueen stars in this classic science fiction motion picture, in which the residents of a small Pennsylvanian town battle a life form from outer space. 085 Min. VIDEO 1958

VH 1626 Blonde Venus
Summary: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall & Cary Grant. When her chemist husband Edward (Marshall) falls ill from radium poisoning, ex-cabaret singer Helen Farady (Dietrich) returns to the stage to pay for his expensive medical treatments but finds her life complicated by the attentions of suave playboy Nick Townsend (Grant). Director: Josef Von Sternberg. 089 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4757 Blood and Sand
Summary: Starring Rudolph Valentino as Juan Gallardo, the young matador who marries Carmen, a childhood sweetheart while achieving fame in Spain. He is happy but succumbs to charms of Dona Sol. Carmen accepts the situation but comes to nurse Juan when he is gored. He refuses her pleas to quit the bullring and meets with disaster. Later he is distracted by the sight of another man with Dona Sol and fails to defend himself. Juan dies in the arms of Carmen. Directed by: Fred Niblo. 061 Min. VIDEO 1922 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4836 Blood of a Poet (Le Sang D'Un Poete)
Summary: Symbolic, allegorical, fantasy that explores the process of artistic creation and pictures the poet's inner self. Complex and imaginative use of subconscious motifs and dreamlike images, though structured in a conscious, meaningful manner. Contains four episodes, all of which supposedly occur in the moment before a falling chimney, shown in the opening sequence, hits the ground in the concluding sequence. Directed by Jean Cocteau. 033 Min. VIDEO 1930 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7512 Blood On The Sun
Summary: Motion picture drama starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. 093 Min. VIDEO 1945 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 7422 Blood On The Sun
Summary: In pre-WWII Tokyo, an American newspaper editor runs an explosive story revealing Japan's warlike intentions toward China and the U.S. 094 Min. VIDEO 1945

VH 5022 Blood Simple
Summary: Abby is cheating on her saloon keeper husband, Marty. The object of her affections is Ray, one of Marty's bartenders. Marty hires Visser, an unscrupulous detective, to kill them but Visser has other, more lucrative plans of his own. Directed by Joel Coen. 096 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 5306 Bloody Child, The
Summary: A young U.S. marine, just back from the Gulf War, is arrested while digging a grave in the middle of the Mojave Desert for his murdered wife, whose bloodied body lies in the backseat of his car. 085 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 4485 Blowup
Summary: A close up of mid sixties London. Peek into London's sexy, steamy fashion world where seductions are as free as young girls' spirits and the music is as devastating as the drugs. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. 102 Min. VIDEO 1966

VH 5040 Blue
Summary: A young woman is left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. 098 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 1548 Blue Angel, The
Summary: A stuffy professor foolishly becomes infatuated with an immoral singer at the Blue Angel cabaret. After marrying her and casting his lot with her troupe he is increasingly degraded and humiliated and comes to a tragic end. Director: Josef Von Sternberg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 8072 Blue Angel, The
Summary: A middle-aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with and marries a singer from a sleazy café. When she leaves him for another man he returns to his school as a broken old man, and dies. Directed Josef von Sternberg. 095 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 2007 Blue Hotel, The
Summary: The time is the 1880's. A young Swede arrives at the hotel of a moody, frontier Nebraska town. He anticipates the Wild West of dime novels & parlays that anticipation into his own death. A fateful card game results in accusations of cheating, a fight & a violent climax. 055 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 3670 Blue Kite, The
Summary: Banned in China where the director was under close government scrutiny for making the film "without permission, " The Blue Kite is the most acclaimed and controversial of all of the films to come out of the new Chinese cinema. Told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, it traces the fate of a Beijing family and their neighbors as they experience the political and social upheavals in 1950's and 60's China. Directed by: Tian Zhuangzhuang. 138 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 5032 Blue Velvet
Summary: Clean cut college boy Jeffrey Beaumont thinks that his North Carolina hometown is a normal as Mayberry. But when he discovers a human ear in a field near his home, he's catapulted into an alluring, erotic murder mystery involving an emotionally disturbed nightclub singer and a drug addicted sadist. As his investigation leads him deeper and deeper into their depraved existence, Jeffrey finds himself not only obsessed with this dark, enigmatic underworld, but questioning his own morality as well. 136 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 5495 Boat is Full, The
Summary: A drama of five Jews who escaped from Germany and attempted to elude deportation by posing as a family that qualified to stay in Switzerland. Direct ed by Markus Imhoff. 104 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2366 Body and Soul with Paul Robeson
Summary: The first screen appearance of Paul Robeson has him cast in a dual role as a conniving preacher and his good brother. The preacher preys on the heroine, making her life a misery. Objections by censors to the preacher's character caused him to be redeemed and become worthy of the heroine's love Director: Oscar Micheaux. 080 Min. VIDEO 1924 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7662 Body In The Library, The
Summary: Detective and mystery television program drama in which Miss Marple investigates how a corpse wound up in the home of Col. and Mrs. Bantry. Directed by Silvio Narizzano. 151 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE

VH 7394 Body Snatcher, The
Summary: A story about a doctor in Edinburgh in 1831 who is forced to deal with grave robbers and murderers to obtain corpses in order to study human anatomy. 077 Min. VIDEO 1945

VH 5496 Border Street
Summary: A tragedy about an old tailor who tries to save his daughters and others in the Warsaw ghetto. Culminates with the uprising of 1943, when Jews, supported by the Polish underground, take up arms and die fighting. Directed by Aleksander Ford. 115 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7746 Borom Sarret
Summary: The story of a cart-taxi driver who goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-striken people, works for free and goes hungry himself. In Wolof and French with English subtitles. 020 Min. VIDEO 1963 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0890 Boudu Saved From Drowning
Summary: Robeson is wrongly accused of murder and a kindly captain takes pity on him only to be betrayed by Robeson's escape. In an effort to seek revenge, the captain tracks Robeson to Africa where he has set himself up as the leader of a powerful tribe. 087 Min. VIDEO 1932 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0909 A Bout De Souffle, (Breathless)
Summary: The story of a couple of days in the lives of two erratic young lovers in Paris, their temporary home. He is a car thief and hoodlum, and she is an expatriate American. Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Copy 1 has white subtitles, and copy 2 has yellow subtitle s that are easier to read. 089 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7978 Bowfinger
Summary: With the help of the nerdy brother of Hollywood's biggest star, an ambitious and sexy ingenue, and an over-the-hill diva, Hollywood's least successful director stops at nothing to get his latest low-budget film produced. Includes on-location interviews with the actors. Directed by Frank Oz. 097 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 8416 Boycott
Summary: Set in the period just prior to the Islamic Revolution, the story is inspired by the filmmaker's own painful experiences. Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his beliefs and comes to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he has been condemned. At the same time, his prison comrades are pressuring his to make a sacrifice for their cause. Written and directed by Moshen Makhmalbaf. 091 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST

VH 6452 Boys Don't Cry
Summary: The story of the life of Teena Brandon, a transgender youth who preferred life in her male identity as Brandon Teena. Directed by Kimberly Pierce. 118 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 7575 Boys of St. Vincent, The, Part 1
Summary: Part one dramatizes the emotional and sexual humiliation experienced by boys in a Newfoundland orphanage run by the All Saints Brothers. Tells the story of ten year old Kevin who rebels against the authoritarian rule. Directed by John N. Smith. 186 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7576 Boys of St. Vincent, The, Part 2
Summary: Part 2, fifteen years have passed, and the government holds a public inquiry into abuse at the orphanage. Kevin recounts his torment at the hands of Brother Lavin, who is now married and the father of two children. Directed by John N. Smith. 186 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7707 Boys Of The City
Summary: Motion picture starring "The East Side Kids" as troubled youths, who are sent to the country under adult supervision instead of reform school. The street kids soon find themselves helping solve a murder and a haunted house. Directed by Joseph Lively. 064 Min. VIDEO 1940

VH 4184 Brainwaves
Summary: When Suzanna Love gets into a paralyzing accident, her husband, Keir Dullea, agrees to try a newly developed treatment called the "Clavius Process." At first it seems she's had a miraculous recovery. But then nightmarish hallucinations plunge her into a paranoiac state. Dullea's investigations lead him to the source of her psychotic personality, and to the shocking truth behind the "Clavius Process." Director: Ulli Lommel. 083 Min. VIDEO 1982

VH 1622 Brazil
Summary: A surreal black comedy about a timid clerk living in a repressive "1984"-ish future whose only escape from his bleak existence in his frequent retreats into fantasy. 131 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION, COMPUTERS

VH 5062 Bread and Chocolate
Summary: An Italian immigrant works odd jobs in prosperous Switzerland and tries desperately to fit in. Though his work becomes increasingly degrading, he tenaciously refuses to give up and go home. Directed by Franco Brusati. 109 Min. VIDEO 1974

VH 3721 Breakfast Club, The
Summary: They were five teenage students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At seven a.m., they had nothing to say, but by four p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. Director: John Hughes. Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. 092 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 5041 Brideshead Revisited, Book 1
Summary: Nostalgia for a vanished past begins in Oxford. Charles Ryder meets dazzling, boyish and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte. As the youngest son of the aristocratic Marchmain family, he introduces Charles to a charmed and glittering existence. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5042 Brideshead Revisited, Book 2
Summary: Charles and Sebastian visit the self-exiled Lord Marchmain and his mistress in Venice. Charles finally meets the eccentric, very Catholic and compellingly charming Marchcmains - headed by the pious and willful Lady Marchmain. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5043 Brideshead Revisited, Book 3
Summary: Sebastian recognizes that his family is stealing his friend. Despairing, he drowns his sorrows in alcohol. When Sebastian runs away, Charles is blamed for his escape. Meanwhile, his sister Julia blossoms into full womanhood and captivates all. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5044 Brideshead Revisited, Book 4
Summary: Rex agrees to adopt the Catholic faith so he can marry Julia. But Bridey, her eldest brother, shatters their plans when he discovers that Rex is a divorcee, thereby negating any chance of being married in a Roman Catholic church. They marry in a Protestant church despite family disapproval. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5045 Brideshead Revisited, Book 5
Summary: Charles' and Julia's respective marriages begin to fail. By chance, they meet on a luxury liner and they become embroiled in a romantic love affair. Once more, Charles returns to Brideshead - this time as Julia's lover. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5046 Brideshead Revisited, Book 6
Summary: Lord Marchmain returns to Brideshead Castle to die. Displeased with his rightful heir, he decides to rewrite his will. His health rapidly declines and once more his family urges him to embrace the Catholic church. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1970 Bridge to Terabithia
Summary: A touching story of two friends who together create a secret & imaginary kingdom. Director: Eric Till. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: WONDERWORKS FAMILY MOVIE

VH 5742 Brighton Beach Memoirs
Summary: A humorous look at growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930s. Fifteen-year old Eugene Jerome is desperately trying to uncover life's mysteries, but his family keeps hiding the clues. Directed by Gene Saks. 110 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3045 Bringing Up Baby
Summary: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant star in this fast-paced adaptation of an original story by Oscar Wilde. Kate stars as a giddy heiress who sets her sights on a stuffy zoologist (Grant). Kate and her "pet", a leopard named "Baby", make Cary's life topsy-turvy when they all meet accidentally. Director: Howard Hawks. 102 Min. VIDEO 1938 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2149 Broken Blossoms
Summary: Based on a story, The Chink & the Child, by Thomas Burke, (1919). Directed by D.W. Griffith. Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp & Richard Barthelmess. Sentimental melodrama about a kind-hearted Chinese man (Barthelmess) who takes in a young girl (Gish) who's fleeing from her abusive, drunken father. 095 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7441 Broken Hearts Club, The- A Romantic Comedy
Summary: Motion picture comedy of a "coming-of-age" storyline. 096 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5053 Brother From Another Planet, The
Summary: On the run from alien officers an extraterrestrial crash lands his space ship in New York and loses in himself in Harlem. He makes fast friends in the hood and uses his super powers to help dethrone a drug kingpin. Directed by: John Sayles. 108 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1798 Buck and The Preacher
Summary: Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nina Talbot, John Kelly & Tony Brubaker. Directed by Sidney Poitier. A group of recently freed slaves are the target of resentful vigilante nightraiders as the ex-slaves make their way west. 102 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 8056 Buffalo Soldiers
Summary: Fact based story about the all-black U.S. Cavalry Troop H which protected the Western territories in post Civil War times. Directed by Charles Haid. 095 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1616 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Summary: Bugs, Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, & Pepe Le Pew star in these Warner Brothers cartoons. Voice by Mel Blanc. Chuck Jones. 098 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7671 BullDog Drummond Double Feature
Summary: Motion picture double feature (Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937); Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)) of the adventures of Bulldog Drummond. 119 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 7421 Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Summary: Motion picture of Bulldog Drummond solving a case of murder and imprisonment on the foggy English moors. 067 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 7404 Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Summary: Bulldog Drummond's wedding is placed on hold as he searches for buried treasure and a crazed killer. 054 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 5016 Burnt By the Sun
Summary: Nikita Mikhalkov directs and stars as Colonel Serguei Kotov, a hero of the Revolution who is spending the summer in the country with his young daughter, his wife and her eccentric family. But when his wife's childhood love suddenly appears, the idyllic summer day takes a surprising turn. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. 134 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 8266 Butterfly Wings
Summary: "Carmen becomes pregnant, hoping for a boy to carry on her husband's name. Guilt and fear however, keep her from breaking the news to Ami, her shy and sensitive six-year-old daughter. The new baby's birth soon triggers a series of nightmarish events." -- Container. 109 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2632 Cabiria
Summary: The story concerns a girl- Cabiria who is separated from her parents du ring the Punic Wars in the Third Century B.C. In her odyssey through the world o f ancient Rome, she encounters the eruption of Mt. Etna, capture by pirates, the barbaric splendor of Carthage, human sacrifice and Hannibal crossing the Alps. With meticulous care to costume and set design, Cabiria was shot in North Africa, Sicily and the Italian Alps. Director: Federico Fellini. 123 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 5284 Call to Remember, A
Summary: A gripping story of a family's poignant emotional journey. After enduring unspeakable heartache during the Nazi occupation of WWII, Paula and David build a new life together in America, raising their two teenage sons Jake and Ben. A hidden chapter in their family history is reopened, however, when Paula receives "A Call to Remember." 051 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 4169 Camille
Summary: The classic Alexandre Dumas story about a dying French courtesan falling in love with a shallow young nobleman. A clean, romantic adaptation that stands as one of the most telling monuments to Greta Garbo 's unique magic and presence on film. Director: George Cukor. 100 Min. VIDEO 1936 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4280 Cantor's Son, The
Summary: Based on the life of Moishe Oysher, this is the story of a Jewish lad who leaves his native Belz with a troupe of wandering performers. The talented youth, now an adult, reaches the shores of America, but is barely able to subsist. After landing a job as a custodian, he is discovered as having an unusually fine voice and he gains immediate fame. That success, though, seems meaningless as he longs to return home to Eastern Europe to celebrate his parents golden anniversary. Directed by: Ilya Motyleff. 090 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 8131 Capitalismo Selvagem / Savage Capitalism
Summary: A romance between a reporter and a mining company executive crumbles when the executive's wife, long presumed dead, returns. The reporter discovers the company's true plans to mine the interior of Brazil despite the ecological ruin it would cause. 086 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7377 Carefree
Summary: Motion picture, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in which a patient falls in love with her psychoanalyst. 093 Min. VIDEO 1938

VH 3332 Caro Diario
Summary: Three chapters from director Moretti's own life. "On My Vespa" the director takes off on a personal tour of Rome. "Islands", Moretti and friend Gerardo travel to a series of island communities including Salina, dominated by only children. "Doctors" finds Moretti experiencing a misdiagnosed medical crisis. 098 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 5052 Carrie
Summary: This supernatural thriller is based on the novel by Stephen King. At the center of this story is a tortured teen who has secret powers and a secret life. The ultimate revenge fantasy. Directed by: Brian DePalma. 098 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4419 Carrington
Summary: Dora Carrington, the Victorian painter is unable to possess the man she loves. Rebuffed, she embarks on a long string of loveless sexual encounters. Directed by Christopher Hampton. 122 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7423 Carry On Nurse
Summary: In this motion picture, the men's ward in a British hospital declares war on their nurses and the whole hospital. 086 Min. VIDEO 1958

VH 8138 La Casa de Bernarda Alba
Summary: Set in rural Spain at the turn of this century, the scene is a cloistered household managed by a newly widowed mother of five daughters. Under the shadow of the church and the tyranny bred from a need to protect the reputation of the family, the matron represses her daughters by enforcing an eight year mourning period. The tensions build rapidly among the imprisoned women, with a demented grandmother playing a role resembling that of a Greek chorus. Eventually, the natural spirits of the daughters circumvent Bernarda, but with tragic results. Directed by Mario Camus. 101 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 5018 Casablanca
Summary: Casablanca, an easy city to enter, but much harder one to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazis' most wanted list. And heading that list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine, a cynical American who sticks his heck out for no one especially Victor's wife, Ilsa, the exlover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick is forced to decide what's more important- his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 103 Min. VIDEO 1943

VH 7513 Cash
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a man, who finds a stolen roll of cash. Directed by Zoltan Korda. 073 Min. VIDEO 1934 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 7454 Casper
Summary: A paranormal expert and his daughter bunk in an abandoned house populated by 3 mischievous ghosts and one friendly one. Directed by Brad Silberling. 101 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 5543 Cast a Giant Shadow
Summary: Shot in Israel with the Israeli Army as battlefield extras, the film chronicles General Marcus's efforts to turn a green military into a super efficient fighting machine. Directed by Melville Shavelson. 142 Min. VIDEO 1966 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1964 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Summary: Tennessee Williams' play about greed and deception in a patriarchal Southern family. Big Daddy is dying. Members of the family greedily attempt to capture his inheritance, tearing the family apart. Jessica Lang, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, David Dukes. Director: Richard Brooks. 122 Min. VIDEO 1958 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5846 Cat People
Summary: A beautiful young woman discovers love for the first time only to find that the explosive experience brings with it tragic consequences. An erotic fantasy of the passion and terror that surround this girl's first love. 119 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7748 Ceddo
Summary: A religious conflict characterizes this drama set in late 19th century Senegal when the local king becomes a Muslim and decides to break up the small Catholic congregation in the village of the Ceddo. Directed by Ousmane Sembene. 112 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 3774 Celluloid Closet, The
Summary: Assembles fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990's. Many actors, writers and commentators provide funny insightful anecdotes. Director: Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. 102 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2318 Charge of the Light Brigade, The
Summary: Alfred Tennyson's epic poem of the heroic charge at Balaclava during the Crimean War (1853-1856) is brought to the screen in all its magnificence and glory. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland head a stellar cast in this fictionalized portrayal of the events leading to the still unanswered account of why six hundred British Cavalrymen engaged in a suicidal charge against an overwhelming Russian force of twenty-five thousand. Director: Tony Richardson. 117 Min. VIDEO 1936 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4214 Charlie Chaplin's Keystone Comedies
Summary: Six one reel comedies which Charlie Chaplin filmed in 1914, the first year he made movies. 1. Making a Living (A Busted Johnny), 2. The Kid Auto Race, 3. Busy Day, 4. Mabel's Married Life, 5. Laughing Gas (Laffing Gas), 6. The New Janitor. Silent in black and white. 059 Min. VIDEO 1914

VH 4215 Charlie Chaplin's Keystone Comedies, Volume 2
Summary: Three more of Chaplin's hilarious Keystone Comedies, made during his first amazing year in the movies. 1. His Trysting Place (s), 2. Getting Acquainted, 3. The Fatal Mallet. 060 Min. VIDEO 1914

VH 4216 Charlie Chaplin's Keystone Comedies, Volume 3
Summary: Three of Chaplin's hilarious Keystone Comedies, made during his first year in the movies. 1914. 1. Caught in a Cabaret, 2. The Masquerader, 3. Between Showers. 059 Min. VIDEO 1914

VH 4217 Charlie Chaplin's Keystone Comedies, Volume 4
Summary: Four more of Chaplin's hilarious Keystone Comedies, made during his first year in the movies. 1914. 1. Caught in the Rain (in the Park), 2. His Million Dollar Job (A Film Johnnie), 3. Mabel's Busy Day, 4. The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (The Ham Artist). 054 Min. VIDEO 1914

VH 4417 Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
Summary: Charulata is the story of a loyal, dutiful wife whose husband takes her devotion for granted. But when his young cousin, Amal, comes to live with them, Charulata catches a glimpse of what true love could be. Directed by: Satyajit Ray. 117 Min. VIDEO 1964 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2114 Cheat, The
Summary: The story of a young society woman (Fanny Ward) who comes under the control of a scheming Asiatic when she is unable to repay the money she borrows from him. With Sessue Hayakawa. Director: Cecil B. DeMille. 055 Min. VIDEO 1914 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1772 Check And Double Check
Summary: Freeman Gosden, Charles J. Correll & Sue Carol. Directed by Melville Brown. Cabdrivers Amos 'n' Andy take Duke Ellington and his Orchestra to a gig at a posh Westchester party. 073 Min. VIDEO 1930 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7390 Check And Double Check
Summary: Motion picture in which Amos 'n' Andy find themselves in the middle of a love triangle and end up aiding the hero and heroine. 077 Min. VIDEO 1930

VH 4278 Child in Two Worlds
Summary: In an effort to give their children a chance for life, many Jewish parents sent their children into hiding in Christian foster homes during WWII. This film focuses on five Jewish war orphans, now all in their fifties and sixties, how they survived the war, and how they all eventually returned to their roots. Directed by: Willy Lindwer. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: HOLOCAUST

VH 3134 Chilly Scenes Of Winter
Summary: Good-looking Charles is an ordinary guy surrounded by extraordinary people. First, there's his batty mother, an aging womanizing roommate, who helps share the household expenses by letting Charles pay for everything. His secretary is lightly overweight but starved for love, and his neurotic boss wants Charles to untangle his son's sexual problems. Director: Joan Micklin Silver. 096 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 7505 China Seas
Summary: Motion picture suspense on the high seas, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Directed by Tay Garnett. 088 Min. VIDEO 1935 Series: DIAMOND JUBILEE COLLECTION

VH 5755 Chinatown
Summary: The plot is a labyrinth of successive revelations having to do with Los Angeles water reserves, land rights, fraud and intra-family hanky-panky, climaxing in Los Angeles's Chinatown on a street that seems no more mysterious than Flatbush Ave. 131 Min. VIDEO 1974

VH 7120 Chocolat
Summary: When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. 122 Min. VIDEO

VH 2733 Christ Stopped at Eboli
Summary: CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI, Francesco Rosi's award-winning adaptation of Carlo Levi's classic, is an intelligent and visually-rewarding film. It stars Gian Maria Volonte as Carlo Levi, a political exile banished to a village in Southern Italy in 1935 by Mussolini for his anti-fascist writings. It is the story of Levi's experiences in an alien world of poverty and quiet despair, where he discovers that human values are stronger than values of the state. The 118 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 8060 Chronicle of a Disappearance
Summary: Deceptively simple and executed with a documentary feel, this drama is a series of vignettes or tableaux, some "real life, " some fantasy. It represent s a highly personal journey home for ex-patriot Palestinian filmaker Elia Suleim an. The film is divided into two sections. The first presents the sleepy existence in the Arab part of Nazareth, while the second takes a more political view of the city with disturbing images of Arab people trapped in a cultural identity crisis, exemplified by a young Arab woman who wants more independence. Directed by Elia Suleiman. 085 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 7750 Chungking Express
Summary: Tasty takeout isn't the only thing served hot at this little fast food place, the lives and loves of its colorful customers also criss-cross over the counter. From a lovesick cop and a mysterious blond to a free-spirited girl pursuing a secret love, spicy romance is the specialty of the house. Directed by Kar-wai Wong. 102 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 2742 Cinema Paradiso
Summary: The story of a lifelong love affair with the movies. Tells of a young boy in a small Italian village, where the only pastime is a visit to the movies at the Cinema Paradiso. Enchanted by the flickering images, Salvatore yearns for the secret of the cinema's magic and is overjoyed when Alfredo, the projectionist, agrees to reveal the mysteries of movie making to him. As their friendship grows, so does Salvatore, growing older with his good friend. Director: Giuseppe Tornatore. 121 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 3886 Citizen Kane
Summary: An American tragedy of a newspaper tycoon (based loosely on William Randolph Hearst) from his humble beginnings to the solitude of his final years. Oscar winning script was written by the 25-year-old Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. Director: Orson Welles. 119 Min. VIDEO 1941 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 8244 Cleopatra, Tape 1
Summary: Story of the life of Cleopatra, queen of ancient Egypt from her ascension to the throne at age seventeen through her struggle for power and her loves and entanglements with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. A great love story woven around the establishment of the Roman Empire. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Tape 1 of 2. 248 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 8245 Cleopatra, Tape 2
Summary: Story of the life of Cleopatra, queen of ancient Egypt from her ascension to the throne at age seventeen through her struggle for power and her loves and entanglements with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. A great love story woven around the establishment of the Roman Empire. Directed by Mankiewicz. Tape 2 of 2. 248 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 4700 Clockers
Summary: A "clocker" is a 24 hour drug dealer, and Strike is the hardest working one on the streets. But for Strike, time is running out. When the local drug kingpin tips Strike off about an opportunity for advancement, a rival dealer ends up dead, and Strike suddenly finds himself caught between two homicide detectives. Directed by Spike Lee. 129 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 2351 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind-The Special Edition
Summary: Director Steven Spielberg has filmed additional scenes and added previously cut material for this unique re-release of his UFO classic that convinced millions that "we are not alone." Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and Francois Truffaut. 132 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4635 Close to Eden
Summary: Gombo and his family live in the ways of their ancestors. When the wheels of progress enter into their lives they are attached to a truck driven by Sergei right into a lake. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. In Russian with English subtitles. 109 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, EUROPEAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 7162 Clueless
Summary: A rich and wildly popular Beverly Hills teenager with a lawyer father, is compelled to live in a world in which fashion and popularity are the only criteria for success. When her popularity and luck sag, however, she must face the fact that she is as "clueless" about life and love as everyone else. 097 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7584 Cocoon
Summary: When the Antareans, advanced beings from another planet, arrive at an old age home in Florida, the senior citizens there get a second chance at being young in this story of youth, old age, and how people choose to live their lives. Directed by Ron Howard. 117 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 7405 Colgate Comedy Hour: Anything Goes
Summary: 1954 Colgate Comedy Hour presentation of "Anything Goes". 053 Min. VIDEO 1954

VH 2937 Color Purple, The
Summary: Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple is a powerful film set in America's rural south. Whoopi Goldberg makes a triumphant screen debut as the radiant, indomitable Celie, the story's central character. She is complemented by a distinguished cast that includes Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, and Adolph Caesar. Director: Steven Spielberg. 154 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1178 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Summary: The story revolves around a 20 year reunion taking place at a five-and-ten cent store for a James Dean fan club formed in 1955. Director: Robert Altman. 109 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5528 Commissar
Summary: In this drama set against the Russian Civil War, a tough Red Army commander's military career is disrupted by an unwanted pregnancy. Forced to stay with a poor Jewish family until her child is born, she finds herself transformed by the warmth and compassion of her hosts. She must ultimately decide whether to rejoin her troops or stay with her child. Directed by Alexander Askoldov. 105 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 8268 Confessing To Laura
Summary: Set during a violent civil war in Columbia which occurred after the assassination of liberal leader Jorge Elieser Gaitain in 1948. Three people are trapped in Laura's house during a riot, setting the scene for an unforgettable night. Directed by Jaime Osorio Gomez. 085 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 2633 Conformist, The
Summary: Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a rising young follower of Mussolini who must assassinate his former professor, now in political exile, to demonstrate his loyalty to the Fascist state. Bertolucci's breakthrough film makes total use of the medium to seduce us with gilded images of a decadent society. He equates the rise of Italian fascism with the psychosexual life protagonist for whom conformity becomes an obsession after a traumatic homosexual experience. Director Bernardo Bertolucci. 108 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 7164 Conversation, The
Summary: A provoking mystery-suspense drama exploring the morality of privacy. The story focuses on a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in a murder scheme. 113 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6685 Conversations with Willard Van Dyke
Summary: Still photographer and film maker Willard Van Dyke discusses his long and productive career in photography, and comments on his successes, failures, and regrets as he is seen reminiscing with longtime friends Ralph Steiner and Joris Ivens. Includes excerpts from his films on which he worked as cameraman and from programs he produced for several television series. 058 Min. VIDEO 1981

VH 3532 Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The
Summary: Written by Peter Greenaway. An exclusive restaurant houses four disturbing characters. Greenaway's powerful vision of greed, love, and violence may be too strong for some tastes. Rated R. Director: Peter Greenaway. 123 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7415 Country Gentlemen
Summary: Motion picture of two charming swindlers (Olsen and Johnson) trying to stay two steps ahead of the district attorney. 054 Min. VIDEO 1936

VH 4735 Cradle of Courage, The
Summary: A hood from San Francisco changes his ways after fighting in WWI. When he returns, he becomes a cop and is faced with bringing his old gang to justice . Directed by: William S. Hart and Lambert Hillyer. 050 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4242 Crash of the Moons
Summary: Two civilizations are threatened when their twin worlds head for collision. Director: Ray Kellogg. 072 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 1794 Crime of Monsieur Lange, The
Summary: Jules Berry, Rene Lefevre, Florelle & Sylvia Bataille. Directed by Jean Renior. When the owner of a small publishing company disappears with the firm's capital, the employees band together to take over the company & collectively publish a series of comic books written by one of the employees. 090 Min. VIDEO 1935 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7972 Crocodile Dundee
Summary: A free spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare hands, stares down giant water buffaloes, and drinks mere mortals under the table, faces the ultimate torture test, --a trip to New York City. Directed by Peter Faiman. 098 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 3049 Crooklyn - A Spike Lee Joint
Summary: Find a seat on the stoop and make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood. It's a time and place so magical and crazy that they nickname their hometown "Crooklyn, " scarcely noting that every passing day brings with it a lifetime of rich and remarkable experiences. Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Jose Zuniga, Isaiah Washington, Ivelka Reyes, Spike Lee, N. Jeremi Duru, Frances Foster and others. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Director: Spike Lee. 104 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1627 Cross Creek
Summary: Based on a book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawling. Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, Alfred Woodard & Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Martin Ritt. Authoress of nature book pursues the simple life in the Florida backwoods. 115 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY

VH 5570 Crossfire
Summary: Story begins with the murder of a Jew, who is brutally beaten in a hotel room. The finger of suspicion points to a troubled young soldier and to another soldier who openly admits his bigotry. It's up to a detective with a strong moral conscience to solve the mystery. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. 086 Min. VIDEO 1947 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4126 Crossing Delancey
Summary: Single, attractive Isabelle ("Izzy") Grossman has a rent controlled uptown apartment and a blooming career in publishing. She also has Bubbie, a tradition minded grandmother who's hired a matchmaker to find a husband for Izzy. There's already a prospect: the corner pickle seller. Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver. 097 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5571 Crossing Delancey
Summary: The grandmother of a 30-something year old woman in New York decides her granddaughter should be married, and hires a matchmaker. Isabelle, the granddaughter, who considers herself successful and happy, is appalled, but humors her grandmother and agrees to meet the marriage prospect. Directed by Joan Micklin Silver. 097 Min. VIDEO 1997 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1888 Crows and Sparrows
Summary: The portrayal of a dramatic struggle between tenants and landlords on the eve of the Communist revolution. 111 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES Series: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE CINEMA

VH 4719 Cruel Story of Youth
Summary: About the disillusionment that took hold in Japan following WWII. At t he center of the film are a teenage girl and her criminal boyfriend who perform sexual shakedowns on well to do middle aged men. Directed by: Nagisa Oshima. 096 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3448 Crumb
Summary: David Lynch (Blue Velvet) presents one of the most critically acclaimed films ever made. A hilarious and mysterious journey through artistic genius and sexual obsession, CRUMB is a wild ride through the mind of R. Crumb, creator of Zap Comix, Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat. Director: Terry Zwigoff. 119 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0917 Cry Freedom
Summary: Story of Black activist Stephen Biko and a liberal white newspaper editor who risks his own life to bring Biko's message to the world. Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton. Director: Richard Attenborough. 157 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2504 Crying Game, The
Summary: Starring Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson as Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker as their hostage, and Jaye Davidson as Whitaker's exotic girlfriend, the film is a haunting humorous and shocking romantic thriller. Directed by Neil Jordan. 112 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 8062 Culture Jam
Summary: Pranksters and subversive artists attempt to cause a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshare. "We follow three outlandish jammers: media tigress Car ly Stasko, Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping, and Jack Napier with t he Billboard Liberation Front. Armed with the tools of their trade, these jammers hijack, subvert and reclaim corporate media space. Directed by Jill Sharpe. 051 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 5544 Cup Final
Summary: In June 1982, in response to repeated terrorist attacks on its citizens, the Israeli army invaded Lebanon. This film takes place during the second week of that war, which just happens to coincide with the World Cup soccer tournament in Europe. Directed by Eran Rikilis. 107 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4192 Curfew
Summary: A young woman rushes home so she doesn't break her curfew, only to find two killers with time on their hands waiting for her. Director: Gary Winick. 086 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 1641 Cutter's Way
Summary: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichorn, Stephen Elliott & Ann Dusenberry. Directed by Ivan Passer. When a man is accused of murdering a teenage girl, his best friend, a veteran who has lost an eye, an arm & a leg in Vietnam, sets off with a vengeance to find the real killer. 110 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7559 Cyclist, The
Summary: Originally released as a motion picture in 1989, film is the story of an Afghan guest worker in Iran, who needs to obtain money to pay for medical care for his desperately ill wife. 075 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 2009 D. P.
Summary: Stan Shaw, Rosemary Leach & Julius Gordon. Against the ravaged background of post-World War II Germany, a black orphan encounters a black soldier who in the only other black he has ever seen. First aired on PBS. 060 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: LITERATURE-I, AFRICAN-AMERICAN Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 2174 D.W. Griffith (1911)
Summary: Nine of Griffiths films. Includes; The Londale Operator, Enoch Arden (1&2), Primal Call, Fighting Blood, Bobby the Coward, Country Cupid, The Last Drop of Water, As A Boy Dreams, and The Revenue Man and His Girl. Directed by D.W. Griffith. 121 Min. VIDEO 1911 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4734 D.W. Griffith Shorts (Vol. 1)
Summary: Originally released as silent films, organ accompaniment added. Direct ed by: D.W. Griffith. 050 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4606 Dakan
Summary: When Sori and Manga tell their parents they are in love, they respond that boys don't do that. The families try to "cure" their sons by separating them. The two sons try to live heterosexual lives. But they inevitably reunite. Director: Mohamed Camara. 087 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 8158 La Dama Del Alba
Summary: When a mysterious lady on her way to Santiago appears in an Asturian village and is given shelter, the grandfather of the family is obsessed with the fear that she might corrupt his grandchildren. 095 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 6947 Dancehall Queen
Summary: In the gritty world of the Kingston ghetto, there are few ways out. Fortunately Marcia, a humble street vendor struggling to survive as a single mother, discovers the world of the dancehall. Through it she finds more than great music and hot relationships: she finds a way to a better life. Directed by Don Letts and Rick Elgood. 096 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 7618 Dances With Wolves
Summary: Story of a Civil War hero who travels west where he is assigned to an abandoned fort. His nearest neighbors are members of a Sioux tribe, and they gradually become friends. He marries a woman from the tribe and ultimately must make a decision about the tribe and their life when he realizes what their fate will be at the hands of the white man. Directed by Kevin Costner. 181 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5025 Dangerous Liaisons
Summary: Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats and the havoc they wreak when they play dangerous games with people's lives. The beautiful widow Merteuil challenges rakish Valmont to seduce a virtuous young married woman, never suspecting that he would violate his personal credo and fall in love. Directed by Stephen Frears. 120 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5572 Daniel
Summary: Daniel depicts the famous trial and story of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson. Their son Daniel can't escape his past, a past that torments him and his sister with shattering memories of their parents' execution for espionage. Daniel embarks on a painful journey through three historical decades of dissidence and demoralizing struggles with the help of his wife, lawyer, and adoptive parents. Directed by Sidney Lumet. 129 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2915 Danzon
Summary: A film festival winner and critical favorite, DANZON is a surprising love story about a woman who finally discovers the passion that has been missing from her life. Maria Rojo, in an award-winning performance, stars as Julia, a Mexico City telephone operator whose tame, predictable life is enlivened only by the ballroom dancing she enjoys each week. When her dance partner, Carmelo, suddenly disappears, Julia stuns her friends by impulsively following his trail. 103 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 1589 Dark Victory
Summary: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald & Cora Witherspoon. Directed by Edmund Goulding. Score by Max Steiner. A dissipated young socialite, diagnosed as having a year to live, must find & explore true values within that time. 106 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5065 Das Boot, Part 1
Summary: This is an authentic undersea adventure inspired by the actual experiences of a WWII German photojournalist. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. 117 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 5066 Das Boot, Part 2
Summary: This is an authentic undersea adventure inspired by the actual experiences of a WWII German photojournalist. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. 091 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 4733 Daughter's of Eve
Summary: A vampy showgirl leads men astray but eventually suffers for her sins in the bullring. Directed by D. W. Griffith. 065 Min. VIDEO 1928 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4099 David Copperfield
Summary: David Copperfield enjoys an idyllic life with his gentle, widower mother and his loving nurse Peggotty. Then tragedy strikes when Mr. Murdstone, a monster of cruelty, weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy is forced to live in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt. Director: George Cukor. 131 Min. VIDEO 1935 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4954 David Copperfield
Summary: The tale of David Copperfield is the classic tale of success triumphing over adversity. Directed by: Delbert Mann. 118 Min. VIDEO 1969

VH 7668 Day Of The Triffids, The
Summary: Motion picture science fiction horror film about blinding meteorites and walking man-eating plants. Directed by Steve Sekely. 094 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 4948 Dead Man
Summary: A young man in search of a fresh start embarks on an exciting journey to a new town. When a heated love triangle ends in a double murder, Blake finds himself a wanted man. Directed by: Jim Jarmusch. 121 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5336 Dead Poets Society
Summary: English professor John Keating, who in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest. The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm, changing their lives forever. Directed by Peter Weir. 128 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7510 Deadly Thief, The
Summary: Motion picture drama, starring Rex Harrison, about a deadly contest to steal a precious jewel. 096 Min. VIDEO 1979

VH 3383 Death Becomes Her
Summary: Oscar-winning actresses Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn star with Bruce Willis in Robert Zemeckis' outrageously entertaining comedy about greed vanity, sex, immortality, life and death. Director: Robert Zemeckis. 103 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 2741 Death in Venice
Summary: Abroad on a solitary rest holiday in Venice, composed Gustav Aschenbach is to all the world reserved, distinguished, civilized. But one day he glimpses a vision of ideal beauty - and instantly abandons himself to a secret passion, one that will carry him to his doom. Director: Luchino Visconti. 131 Min. VIDEO 1971

VH 2439 Death of a Bureaucrat
Summary: A hilarious account of the tyranny of red tape in Cuba. The slapstick comedy begins with a sculptor who is buried with his union card. The widow needs the card to get her pension. A nephew is dispatched to get permission to exhume the body. He goes through the bewildering world of red tape. In Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea. 087 Min. VIDEO 1966 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0938 Death of a Salesman
Summary: A social drama about an aging traveling salesman who recognizes the emptiness of his life and commits suicide. Dustin Hoffman, Charles Durning, Kate Reid, Stephen Lang, John Malkovich. Director: Volker Schlondorff. 135 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2743 Decameron, The
Summary: Eight tales from 14th century Naples, including the seducing nuns, the three jealous brothers who murder their sister's lover, the wizard who could change his wife into a burro, and the story of a false saint. Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. 116 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 6652 Deceived
Summary: Adrienne Saunders' perfect life as a wife, mother and career woman disintegrates into a confusing world of betrayal and deception. After her husband apparently dies in a mysterious auto accident, Adrienne discovers a series of shocking truths about him and chilling evidence of a deadly scheme that threatens her life. Directed by Damian Harris. 108 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 7971 Deconstructing Harry
Summary: Harry Block has gone through three wives, six psychiatrists and dozens of girlfriends during his long literary career. But when Harry writes a bestseller about his best friends, his best friends become his worst enemies. Now, instead of going back to his old school to be honored for his literary achievements, Harry's going straight to hell. Directed by Woody Allen. 096 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 7509 Deep In My Heart
Summary: Motion picture musical, starring Elliot Arnold, Jose Ferrer, and Merle Oberon, about a composer writing a hit song. Directed by Stanley Donen. 132 Min. VIDEO 1954 Series: MUSICALS GREAT MUSICALS COLLECTION

VH 7177 Deer Hunter, The - Part 1
Summary: Tracks a group of steelworkers from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress. 183 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7178 Deer Hunter, The - Part 2
Summary: Tracks a group of steelworkers from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress. 183 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3866 Delicatessen
Summary: A modern comic book come to live action screen life. Its crazy quilt story takes place in a rickety apartment building. There, a sweet natured clown takes a room and becomes a catalyst in the lives of a cleaver wielding butcher, his myopic daughter, a woman with a flair for suicide, toymakers who create little boxes that go "moo, " and other unusual tenants. Director: Cladie Ossard. 095 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7713 Deliverance
Summary: Motion picture about four men who test themselves against the wilderness. Directed by John Boorman. 105 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 7398 Dementia 13
Summary: A motion picture in which a woman drives her spouse to a heart attack. The family holds onto the memory of a sister who drowned years ago and a series of axe killings which create the background for this story. 075 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 7799 Desiree
Summary: The tale of an unknown officer named Napoleon, a queen by the name of Desiree, and the rich and powerful Josephine. Directed by Henry Koster. 110 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES

VH 7378 Devil And Daniel Webster, The
Summary: Movie classic in which a lawyer (Daniel Webster) argues in a court before a jury of the damned, for the release of the soul of a young farmer (Jabez Stone) from the devil. 109 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 4701 Devil in a Blue Dress
Summary: Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under the table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger happy friend Mouse find the mysterious Daphine Monert trouble follows. Directed by: Carl Franklin. 101 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7704 Devil's Party, The
Summary: Motion picture drama about how five children from the slums (Hell's Kitchen) are now grown up, but in danger. Directed by Ray McCarey. 065 Min. VIDEO 1938

VH 5037 Devils, The
Summary: Centers on the staggering true life dementia of events in 1634 France. A priest who's submitted to his own passions is accused of lewdness and sorcery. A sordid mass exorcism is ordered for him and for an allegedly demon possessed convent. And it all climaxes in the maddening public spectacle of burning the priest alive. Directed by Ken Russell. 103 Min. VIDEO 1971

VH 5500 Diary of Anne Frank, The, Pt. 1
Summary: Dramatization of a young girl's diary describing the lives of eight people who hide in an Amsterdam attic for two years to avoid arrest by the Nazis. Directed by George Stevens. 170 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5501 Diary of Anne Frank, The, Pt. 2
Summary: Dramatization of a young girl's diary describing the lives of eight people who hide in an Amsterdam attic for two years to avoid arrest by the Nazis. Directed by George Stevens. 170 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7201 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Summary: Fictitious character detective drama. 065 Min. VIDEO 1947 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6419 Dinner Game, The
Summary: Friends have weekly dinner parties and compete to see who brings the "dumbest" guest. One guest surprises his hosts. 085 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 5087 Dirty Dancing
Summary: A vivid love story, Dirty Dancing is set to pounding rhythms and vibrant dance. Directed by: Emile Ardolino. 105 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7171 Dirty Dozen, The
Summary: A WWII drama in which an army major selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines. Directed by Robert Aldrich. 165 Min. VIDEO 1967

VH 3475 Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The
Summary: A masterpiece of surrealistic satire. An all star French cast assembles for an elegant dinner party, but whenever they try to eat, something happens to interrupt them. Brilliantly mixes biting social satire with bold surrealistic invention as the dinner party serves to lampoon such targets as diplomats, wealthy socialites and even radical terrorists. Director: Luis Bunuel. 100 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 7519 Dishonored Lady
Summary: Movie picture drama starring Hedy Lamarr and Dennis O'Keefe about a beautiful woman who has everything except happiness. Directed by Robert Stevenson. 082 Min. VIDEO 1947 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 2008 Displaced Person, The
Summary: The inhabitants of a 1940's Georgia farm find their lives disrupted by a Polish refugee family. The strong work ethic practiced by the foreigners makes their less-productive, if not lazy, neighbors regard them with caution and contempt. Irene Worth, John Houseman, Henry Fonda, Shirley Stoler, Lane Smith and Earl Jones. 058 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 6590 Divine Carcasse
Summary: Half fictional, half ethnographic, the film is a study in cultural contrasts, between a desacralized, materialistic European view of reality and an animist, pre-industrial African one. It follows the physical and metaphysical progress of a 1955 Peugeot automobile imported to Benin, Africa, by a European expatriate. Directed by Dominic Loreau. 060 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 6416 Divorce, Italian Style
Summary: Baron Pepe Cefalu is tired of his wife and begins directing his amorous attentions toward his teenage cousin and begins to plan in earnest to kill his wife in a fit of passion when he finds her unfaithful to him. But first he must arrange for his wife to have a lover so that she may be unfaithful. 106 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 2659 Docks of New York, The
Summary: A masterpiece from one of the greatest directors in film's infant years, Josef von Sternberg. Set on the grimy waterfront, it is a story of the decaying humanity that works and lives on the wharf. In the film, a two-fisted stocker changes his life by saving a suicidal woman. But von Sternberg's images of the grim, desolate and gritty existence on the docks overwhelm the mind with what can only be warmth and humanity for these two lapsed souls. 076 Min. VIDEO 1928 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4914 Dogfight
Summary: A group of four Marines who call themselves the "Four B's" have a standing bet called Dogfight. Each man puts fifty dollars in the pot and the Marine who comes back with the ugliest date wins. Only, Devil Dog Corporal Eddie Birdlace does not know that this bet will bring him love. Directed by: Nancy Savoca. 094 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5366 Dolores Claiborne
Summary: Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life. 132 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6496 Dominick & Eugene
Summary: A Childhood accident left Dominick partially brain damaged. He lives with his brother, Eugene in a working class neighborhood in Pittsburgh where Eugene is a medical student. Dominick's job as a garbage collector is putting Eugene through school. 111 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5024 Don Juan DeMarco
Summary: Is this dark handsome stranger truly Don Juan, the legendary lover who has seduced a thousand women? Dr. Jack Mickler's job is to find out. But as he begins to explore the fantasy world of Don Juan DeMarco, Mickler's own broken spirit is reborn, and the spark between him and his wife is rekindled, all due to the incredible passion for life of a most remarkable young man. Directed by Jeremy Leven. 092 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 8139 Don Juan Tenorio
Summary: Don Juan Tenorio, the risky seducer from Sevilla who always acts spurred by challenges and pushed by other people, is conquered by dona Ines' simplicity and purity. Her clean love implies the forgiveness and the salvation of the untiring seducer. Directed by Gustavo Perez Puig. 139 Min. VIDEO 1994 Series: VIDEOANTOLOGIA DE LA LITERATURA ESANOLA; NO. 11

VH 3865 Don't Look Now
Summary: Working with elements of the traditional horror genre - second sight, ESP, warnings from the dead, a mad killer - and a cinematography of disquieting beauty and dreamlike sense of dislocation, director Roeg weaves a fabric of anxiety that questions all reality. The evocative use of the back streets of Venice is a sinister participant in the action based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier . 112 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3046 Double Indemnity
Summary: Unsuspecting Mr. Dietrichson becomes increasingly accident prone after his icily calculating wife encourages him to sign a double-indemnity policy proposed by a smooth talking insurance agent. Against a backdrop of distinctly California settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect on the insurance. Perfect until a claims manager gets a familiar feeling of foul play and pursues the matter relentlessly. Director: Billy Wilder. 107 Min. VIDEO 1944 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4511 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Summary: The classic version of Robert Louis Stevenson's story in which the good doctor becomes addicted to the formula that turns him into a sadistic beast. Seventeen minutes from the original version, lost until recently, have been restored, including the infamous whipping scene. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Halliwell Hobbes, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton; Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. 097 Min. VIDEO 1932 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5023 Dr. Strangelove
Summary: Fueled by paranoia and a fanatical sense of patriotism, two psychotic generals trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr. Strangelove, a wheelchair bound nuclear scientist with bizarre ideas about mankind's future. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 091 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 4507 Dracula
Summary: Starring Bela Lugosi as the screen's most popular vampire, Count Dracula, the film creates an eerie, chilling mood that has been rarely realized since. Director: Tod Browning and Carl Laemmle, Jr. 061 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4653 Dracula's Daughter
Summary: This popular horror classic picks up where"Dracula" left off. Dr. Von Helsing, thinking he has rid London of all vampires, is instead arrested for murder. Just when Von Helsing's fate seems sealed, the bodies suddenly disappear. Soon several people are found mysteriously killed, their bodies drained of all blood. Director: Lambert Hillyer. 071 Min. VIDEO 1936 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7533 Dressed to Kill
Summary: The music boxes are the only clues that Holmes has to work with to find the location of bank notes stolen from the Bank of England. Directed by Roy William Neill. 072 Min. VIDEO 1946

VH 7368 Dressed To Kill
Summary: Sherlock Holmes uses his deductive powers to solve the case of music box killings. 072 Min. VIDEO 1946 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 3919 Drowning by Numbers
Summary: Three women who have the same name methodically rid themselves of unwanted husbands. When Cissie 1 finds her husband with another woman, she impulsively drowns him in a bubble bath. Her daughter, Cissie 2, later drowns her husband at sea, and Cissie 3 ultimately dispatches hers in a community swimming pool. The local coroner, Madgett, who's an obsessive game player, agrees to declare the deaths accidental drownings in return for sexual favors. But when things don't go exactly as planned, Madgett devises a final game that could be the undoing of them all, in the surprising climax of this fascinating film. Director: Peter Greenaway. 121 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1771 Drum
Summary: Based on a novel by Kyle Onstott. This is a sexy sequel to "Mandingo" in which the plantation owner & his daughter cavort with their slaves. Drum is a rebellious mulatto slave who is powerful both as a fighter & lover. Director: Steve Carver. 102 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 3050 Duck Soup
Summary: A pointed political satire. Groucho Marx is Rufus T. Firefly, the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Harpo and Chico are commissioned as spies by Groucho's political rival, the calculating Trentino. The film contains many of the Marx Brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand, a masterpiece of slow burn; the Paul Revere parody; the "We're Going to War" number. Director: Leo McCarey. 068 Min. VIDEO 1933 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2370 Duke Is Tops
Summary: Lena Horne plays a successful singer who very nearly loses her man because his career as a producer is on the skids. Lena Horne, Ralph Cooper, Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Vernon McCalla, Edward Thompson. Director: William Nolte. 072 Min. VIDEO 1938 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 6545 Dust in the Wind
Summary: A love story about a young couple from a village in the southern part of Taiwan. The boy goes to Taipei to work after graduating from junior high to earn money to send home. The girl follows him the next year, and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. When the young man spends three years in the military, the young girl marries someone else. 109 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION

VH 4284 Dybbuk, The
Summary: Years after their parents had made a pledge that they marry, a young couple meet and fall in love. The father of the young man had long before perished and the young woman's father, forgetting his vow, keeps the two apart. The film is the story of unfulfilled love, of broken promises, and of the supernatural, as the "dybbuk", the persona of the youth, enters his beloved's body and possesses her. Directed by Michal Waszynski. 120 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 6774 Earth
Summary: A love story set within the upheaval and violence of 1947 India in which much of the action is seen through the eyes of a little eight-year-old girl named Lenny. The movie opens in Lahore of 1947 before India and Pakistan became independent. 104 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES Series: INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

VH 5529 East and West
Summary: In a comedic film about assimilation and Jewish values, sophisticated New Yorker Morris Brown travels back to his village to attend his niece's traditional wedding. There he encounters the rambunctious Millie, whose hijinks include boxing, and teaching other young villagers to shimmy. Mollie meets her match, however, in an engaging young yeshiva scholar who forsakes tradition and joins the secular world to win her heart. Directed by Ivan Abramson. 085 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 0922 Easy Rider
Summary: The classic alienated youth film of the 1960's. Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the real America and along the way encounter drugs, sex, racism, bigotry and death. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. Director: Denis Hopper. 094 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7012 Eat A Bowl Of Tea
Summary: In New York's Chinatown of the late 1940's, young Ben Loy, fresh out of the service, has his whole life spread out before him, including a job, an apartment and a marriage arranged by his father. Directed by Wayne Wang. 104 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 1793 Eclipse, The
Summary: The surrender of a capricious young woman to a bland stockbroker. Alain Delon, Monica Vitti & Francisco Rabal. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Score by Giovanni Fusco. Italian, Subtitled in English. 123 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5953 Eclipse, The
Summary: The surrender of a capricious young woman to a bland stockbroker. Alain Delon, Monica Vitti & Francisco Rabal. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Score by Giovanni Fusco. Italian, subtitled in English. 123 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5102 Ecstasy
Summary: A poignant tale about a beautiful young girl and her unhappy marriage to a much older man. Although she marries to please her father, her loveless life compels her to run away with a younger lover. 067 Min. VIDEO 1933

VH 7413 Ed Wynn Show, The
Summary: The Ed Wynn Show episode with guest star Diana Lynn and featuring the Lud Gluskin Orchestra. 026 Min. VIDEO 1949

VH 0932 Elephant Man, The
Summary: Based on a true story, the film examines the complex emotional experiences faced by Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" when he is discovered by a dedicated surgeon. Rescued from his degrading life as a circus freak, Merrick is given a chance to live his last years with comfort, respect, and dignity. John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller. Directed by: David Lynch. 124 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 7744 Emitai
Summary: This film depicts the clash between French colonialist and the Diolas, an African tribe, in the closing days of World War II. It also encompasses the history and myths of this Senegalese tribe. In Diola and French with English subtitles. A film by Sembene Ousmane. 096 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0947 Emperor Jones, The (Paul Robeson): Tribute to an Artist
Summary: "The Emperor Jones"--Paul Robeson is young Brutus Jones: a man who through ambition, cunning and trickery has been catapulted from lowly porter to mighty Emperor of a Caribbean island. He struts about, exploiting, cheating and torturing his subjects. Then one morning he wakes to find his palace empty, the ominous beat of tomtoms off in the distance. Gathering what he can of his riches, the Emperor flees for the coast to seek sanctuary in another land. Directed by Dudley Murphy. 029 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 5187 Enchanted April
Summary: Two English housewives together with young socialite, Polly Walker, and the elderly widow, Mrs. Fisher, team up to escape their humdrum existence. Together, they rent an idyllic Italian castle, where they can commune with nature and each others. Directed by Mike Newell. 092 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 8111 Escape! Because Accidents Happen. Abandon Ship!
Summary: Looks at the historic evolution of maritime safety engineering. Includes stories behind the invention of life jackets, life boats, breathing apparatus, and other life-saving technologies. A Nova production by Windfall Films, Ltd. for WGBH/Boston. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: ED TECH

VH 8110 Escape! Because Accidents Happen. Car Crash/Nova Production
Summary: Investigates the innovations of scientists and engineers as they work to design safer cars. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: the invention of shatterproof and safety glass; "crash science, " which involves understanding the forces that injure the body -- in every accident two collisions occur: when the car collides with an object and when the passenger collides with the interior of the car. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: ED TECH

VH 8109 Escape! Because Accidents Happen. Fire/ A Nova Production
Summary: Traces the history of great fires, the lessons learned and the innovative firefighting tools used. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: ED TECH

VH 8108 Escape! Because Accidents Happen. Plane Crash/Alison Trinkl
Summary: Follows the history of aircraft safety, from the invention of the parachute to the ejection seat and escape systems created for NASA, to commercial airliners. Includes stories of aviators and aero-engineers who risked their own lives to save others. 060 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: ED TECH

VH 7677 Eternally Yours
Summary: Motion picture comedy/ melodrama, complete with magic show, love triangle, world cruises, etc. Directed by Jay Garnett. 095 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 5997 Europa Europa
Summary: The true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for 7 years in three different countries. 113 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4838 Eve's Bayou
Summary: Summer heats up in rural Louisiana as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they've kept and the betrayals they've endured. Directed by : Kasi Lemmons. 108 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7400 Ex-Mrs. Bradford, The
Summary: Crime comedy in which a doctor's ex-wife involves him solving a murder plot. 080 Min. VIDEO 1936

VH 4128 Exodus, Part 1
Summary: A chronicle of the rebirth of a people and the establishment of a nation. A resistance fighter leads 600 Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus to the shores of Palestine. Directed by Otto Preminger. 130 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4129 Exodus, Part 2
Summary: A chronicle of the rebirth of a people and the establishment of a nation. A resistance fighter leads 600 Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus to the shores of Palestine. Directed by Otto Preminger. 078 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5545 Exodus, Pt. 1
Summary: This film chronicles the story of the post World War II Jewish struggle for independence and their fight to establish a homeland in Israel. Directed by Otto Preminger. 208 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5546 Exodus, Pt. 2
Summary: This film chronicles the story of the post World War II Jewish struggle for independence and their fight to establish a homeland in Israel. Directed by Otto Preminger. 208 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7686 Exorcist, The
Summary: Motion picture drama about a young girl who becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured. Directed by William Friedkin. 122 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: DRAMA, COMMUNICATION

VH 7796 Exposure
Summary: Motion picture drama about drugs and arms dealing in Rio De Janeiro. Directed by Walter Salles, Jr. 105 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6355 Eyes Wide Shut
Summary: Tom Cruise plays Dr. William Harford, a New Yorker who plunges one fateful winter night into an erotic foray that threatens his marriage - and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery - after his wife's admission of sexual longings. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 159 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 7428 F for Fake
Summary: Experimental film done in a pseudo-documentary style and deals with lies and artistic charlatanism. Directed by Orson Welles. 089 Min. VIDEO 1973

VH 7137 Fahrenheit 451
Summary: In a future when books are banned and destroyed by the government, a fireman in charge of the burning becomes involved with a schoolteacher who flaunts the law by collecting and reading books. Directed by Francois Truffaut. 113 Min. VIDEO 1966

VH 7417 Falcon In Hollywood, The; The Saint's Double Trouble
Summary: While on vacation, the Falcon becomes involved with a murder at a Hollywood studio (Falcon In Hollywood); The Saint becomes involved with diamond smugglers and murder...all created by an identical double (Saint's Double Trouble). 123 Min. VIDEO

VH 7401 Falcon's Brother, The: The Saint in London
Summary: The Falcon Brother: The Falcon investigates the death of his brother and uncovers a Nazi assassination attempt. The Saint in London: The theft of a million pounds and a murder all spell trouble for The Saint. 123 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 7516 Fallen Idol, The
Summary: Motion picture drama starring Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan about the falsehoods told by the son of an ambassador in order to protect his idol. Directed by Carol Reed. 094 Min. VIDEO 1948 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 0929 Fanny & Alexander (Part 1)
Summary: Part comedy and part ghost story, the film, set in a rural Swedish town in 1907, tells the story of one year in the lives of the colorful Ekdahl family. Director: Ingmar Bergman. 195 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0930 Fanny & Alexander (Part 2)
Summary: Part comedy and part ghost story, the film, set in a rural Swedish town in 1907, tells the story of one year in the lives of the colorful Ekdahl family. Director: Ingmar Bergman. 195 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4189 Fantasia
Summary: This extraordinary blend of magnificent music and classic Disney animation is an exhilarating sight and sound experience that has emerged as a milestone in the history motion pictures. A restoration of the 1940 original. 120 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 5026 Faraway, So Close
Summary: When an angel dares to cross the line, he stumbles into the harsh reality of post cold war Berlin and finds himself engaged in deadly combat to protect the mortals he loves. Directed by Wim Winders. 146 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 5019 Fargo
Summary: A car salesman is desperately low on cash, and arranges to have his wife kidnaped in order to collect the ransom money from his rich father in law. A simple plan that quickly dissolves into a blood bath. Directed by Joel Coen. 100 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7406 Fashions
Summary: A pirate of the fashion world and an artist join forces to take over famous New York and Paris dress houses. The motion picture includes a major Busby Berkeley production entitled, "Spin A Little Web Of Dreams." 079 Min. VIDEO 1934

VH 3551 Fatal Attraction
Summary: A story too terrifying to resist, hinged on the triangle of a man, a wife and a vengeful "other woman." Directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. 120 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 2902 Fellini's Roma
Summary: Welcome to Rome, the Eternal City built upon a rich past. And welcome to Fellini's ROMA. It, too, is built upon a rich past: the famed director's memories of Rome before World War II. Fellini pulls out all the stops in this fantasy-laden, cinematic paean. More an experiential journey than a travelogue. ROMA teems with images and sequences inspired by the filmmaker's remembrances and by his sharp observations about modern times. Director: Federico Fellini. 129 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 7174 Few Good Men, A
Summary: A brash Navy lawyer is teamed up with a gung-ho litigator in a politically explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor. Directed by Rob Reiner. 138 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 5547 Fictitious Marriage
Summary: A humorous and insightful film that explores the ironies of Israeli life and asks what finally defines us and binds us to one another. Directed by Haim Bouzaglo. 090 Min. VIDEO 1988 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5869 Field of Dreams
Summary: Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Supported by his wife Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Along the way, he meets reclusive activist Terence Mann, the mysterious "Doc" Graham and even the legendary "Shoeless Joe" Jackson. 106 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 1969 Fig Tree, The
Summary: Karron Graves, Teresa Wright, Doris Roberts & Olivia Cole. Directed by Calvin Skaggs. Deals with pain & confusion surrounding the death of a loved one. Young Miranda (Karron Graves) fears death. She doesn't understand why her mama died so suddenly. 058 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: WONDERWORKS FAMILY MOVIE

VH 7169 Fighting Seabees, The
Summary: A tough civilian construction man and a navy officer organize a work force to repair installations close to Japanese lines in WWII. The story of the formation of the U.S. Navy's construction corps, the Seabees. Directed by Edward Ludwig. 100 Min. VIDEO 1944

VH 6319 Film
Summary: A man goes to considerable length to avoid being seen. Beckett's first venture into the film medium is a one-character drama without dialogue which is based on Berkeley's theory Esse est pericipi, that "to be is to be perceived." 021 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4177 Final Combat, The
Summary: This film is a stark vision of a post holocaust world in which water and women represent status and power, and the few nameless survivors have lost the ability to speak. The main character is simply the "Man", a lone figure determined to build an airplane from spare parts. When he succeeds, he finds his way to what remains of his world. Amidst the rubble, he becomes caught up in a raging battle between a savage "Brute" and a "Doctor" in the fortified, well stocked clinic he is steadfastly defending to preserve both his life and his "secret treasure." Director: Luc Besson. 093 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 1739 Finzan (A Dance for the Heroes)
Summary: The story of two women's rebellion. These two women's desire to control their own lives threatens the traditions of male supremacy in the village. Customs which had bound the community together now serve to drive out these women one into exile, the other possibly to her death. Director: Cheick Sissoku. 107 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3330 Fiorile
Summary: Covers several generations of a Tuscan clan living under a family curse which dates back to Napoleon's invasion of Italy. At that time Jean, a handsome French lieutenant, falls in love with Tuscan peasant girl Elisabetta, nicknamed Fiorile. When Jean is executed for a theft committed by her brother, the pregnant Fiorile vows revenge. 127 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 6939 Fire
Summary: Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country through a story of two sisters-in-law in loveless marriages. Directed by Deepa Mehta. 104 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 4212 Fireman & the Property Man, The
Summary: THE FIREMAN: With Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance. Written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. A Fireman's lot is not a happy one when Charlie fails to please the bullying fire Chief. THE PROPERTY MAN: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett. The comic action is nonstop backstage at a vaudeville theater. Charlie plays a blundering stagehand who buries a frail old man under a heavy trunk, pours a pitcher of beer down his own baggy trousers and makes the mistake of assigning the star dressing room to a couple of unbilled tragedians. 057 Min. VIDEO 1916

VH 5352 First Men In The Moon, The
Summary: H.G. Wells' science fiction drama about a mission to the moon/ 103 Min. VIDEO 1964

VH 4185 Five Easy Pieces
Summary: Robert Dupea has made a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. Presently working an oil field, Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his sexy but witless girlfriend Rayette. But when he is summoned to his father's deathbed, Dupea returns home with Rayette where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman. Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever. Director: Bob Rafelson. 098 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 2199 Flesh and the Devil
Summary: Gretta Garbo, John Gilbert & Lars Hanson. A beautiful woman comes between two old friends in this romantic classic. Director: Clarence Brown. 103 Min. VIDEO 1927 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4758 Flirting with Fate
Summary: A poor portrait painter falls in love with a woman in one of his paintings. The painting is stolen and the distraught painter hires an assassin to end his misery. In a twist ending, all ends happily. Directed by: W. Christ y Cabane. 051 Min. VIDEO 1916 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7167 Flying Tigers
Summary: Historic story of American airmen fighting the Japanese over China in early World War II. 101 Min. VIDEO 1942 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7416 Fog Island; Return of the Ape Man
Summary: Fog Island: An ex-convict invites his enemies to a fog-shrouded island as part of an elaborate murder plan. Return of the Ape Man: A mad scientist who transplants a human brain into the body of an ape like creature. 120 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 7387 Follow the Fleet
Summary: Musical comedy about two sailors romancing two sisters. Directed by Mark Sandrich. 110 Min. VIDEO 1936

VH 5865 Foolish Wives
Summary: Directed by Eric von Stroheim. A fake Russian count, with the aid of two female accomplices called "cousins", attempts to seduce and swindle unsuspecting women. 107 Min. VIDEO 1922

VH 6259 Forrest Gump
Summary: Through three turbulent decades, Forrest rides a tide of events that whisks him from a physical disability to football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp tycoon, from White House honors to the arms of his one true love. 142 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5575 Forward, The
Summary: The history of this successful Yiddish newspaper is chronicled from its inception in 1897. Shows the special role the Jewish daily "Forward" played in the lives of millions of immigrants who became Americans. Directed by Marlene Booth. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4740 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Summary: Partly set in Argentina, partly in France, this anti-Germany story describes the horrors of World War I as the background for a tragic story of illicit love. Directed by: Rex Ingram. 114 Min. VIDEO 1921 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1797 Four Hundred Blows, The
Summary: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier & Albert Remy. Directed by Francios Truffaut. Score by Jean Constantin. French boy runs up against the authority & structures of society. 13 year old Antoine is receiving more than his share of hard knocks from selfish, unloving parents and harsh school teachers. Is Antoine a lost cause, or will his indomitable spirit prevail? With sensitivity, humor, and poignancy, Truffaut explores the pain and joy of childhood. In French, subtitled in English. 099 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 6357 Four Weddings and a Funeral
Summary: Love takes Charles by surprise when he meets Carrie at a friend's wedding. The feeling is mutual, but the timing is off and so, over the course of three more weddings - and a funeral - Charles must pursue the woman of his dreams. From a stumbling priest to a Scottish wedding; from being trapped in a closet to being trapped at the altar; through too many parties and too many hangovers, Charles must leap the hurdles of love if he is to succeed. Directed by Mike Newell. 117 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 4510 Frankenstein
Summary: Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts. Directed by James Whale. 071 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4664 French Lieutenant's Woman, The
Summary: Romantic love and tragedy in the form of two parallel stories, that of a 19th century woman who keeps her mysterious past from the scientist who loves her, and the lead actor and actress in the film of the same story managing an illicit affair on the set. Directed by: Karel Reisz. 124 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2112 Frenzy
Summary: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey & Vivien Merchant. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Score by Ron Goodwin. The Necktie Murderer is terrorizing London & the wrong man is suspected in this classic Hitchcock thriller. 116 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7701 Frightmare
Summary: Motion picture horror flick about a series of gory killings. Directed by Pete Walker. 083 Min. VIDEO 1974

VH 5085 Frisco Kid, The
Summary: Newly-ordained orthodox rabbi Avram Belinski sets out on horseback from Philadelphia to San Francisco knowing only that California is somewhere near New York. Directed by: Robert Aldrich. 119 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5485 Frisco Kid, The
Summary: A pious Polish Rabbi is headed for San Francisco, where he will assume the leadership of a congregation. With the aid of a softhearted outlaw, the Rabbi works his way west from Pennsylvania. Along the way, his Orthodox values make a lasting impression on Indians and frontiersmen. Director: Robert Aldrich. 119 Min. VIDEO 1979 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5086 Funny Girl
Summary: When Fanny gets her first break in show business her debut get her hired as a comedienne. Fanny becomes a star, falls in love and marries Nick Arnstein, a handsome gambler whose luck doesn't hold out. Directed by: William Wyler. 155 Min. VIDEO 1968 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6936 Gabbeh
Summary: A folkloric carpet (Gabbeh), picturing a man and a woman riding away on horseback, is the prized possession of an elderly nomadic couple. When they wash it a beautiful young woman emerges from the carpet to reveal the secret of the carpet. Directed by Mahmoud Kalari 075 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 2575 Ganja & Hess, Part 1
Summary: An anthropologist's investigations of an ancient African culture take a bizarre and deadly turn when he finds himself infected with a strange parasite that turns its hosts into vampires in this haunting and arty blaxploitation horror film. 051 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2576 Ganja & Hess, Part 2
Summary: An anthropologist's investigations of an ancient African culture take a bizarre and deadly turn when he finds himself infected with a strange parasite that turns its hosts into vampires in this haunting and arty blaxploitation horror film. 060 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5502 Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Summary: This drama is set in Italy in 1938, when Mussolini's anti-Semitic edicts began to isolate the Jews from their communities. As the political atmosphere becomes increasingly hostile to Jewish citizens, the handsome and carefree children of a cultured Jewish family, the Finzi-Continis, turn their home into a refuge for their young friends. In an atmosphere of emotional instability, they play out heartbreaking romantic rituals which spiral into tragedy as Fascism gradually descents upon their world. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. 094 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3231 Gaslight
Summary: Ingrid Bergman is Paula, a vulnerable young woman who marries suave, romantic Gregory Anton, never suspecting that he is a murderer obsessed with locating jewels hidden in their London home. She becomes his helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity. George Cukor's assured direction and Joseph Ruttenburg's ominously calculated photography combine to create a motion picture masterpiece. 114 Min. VIDEO 1944

VH 4739 Gaslight Follies
Summary: Directed by: Albert Herman and Travers Vale. 078 Min. VIDEO 1945 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2501 Gates of Heaven
Summary: Inspired by an article entitled "450 Dead Pets Going to Napa Valley, " filmmaker Errol Morris set out to capture the event which centered around the transport of hundreds of animal remains from one pet cemetery to another. Using a straightforward cinematic approach to film his "stars"--pet cemetery proprietors, embalmers, pet owners, et al--Morris simply turns on the camera and lets them speak. Director: Errol Morris. 085 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5486 Genghis Cohn
Summary: A dark comedy about Genghis Cohn who is a two-bit Jewish comedian in prewar Europe who will say anything about the Germans to get a laugh. But his act literally dies at Dachau when the commandant orders his execution. 100 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5082 Gentleman's Agreement
Summary: This stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series of articles on Anti-Semitism. Searching for an angle, he finally decides to pose as a Jew and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. Directed by Elia Kazan. 118 Min. VIDEO 1947 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5578 Gentleman's Agreement
Summary: This stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism. Searching for an angle, he finally decides to pose as a Jew and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. Directed by Elia Kazan. 118 Min. VIDEO 1947 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1807 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Summary: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn. The seagoing stars, at the crest of their careers, have a ball. Directed by Howard Hawks. 092 Min. VIDEO 1953 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5014 Germinal, Tape 1
Summary: Tells the story of a miners' strike which destroys one family, yet plants the seeds of change for future generations. Part 1 of 2. Directed by Claude Berri. 087 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 5015 Germinal, Tape 2
Summary: Tells the story of a miners' strike which destroys one family, yet plants the seeds of change for future generations. Part 2 of 2. Directed by Claude Berri. 077 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 7975 Get Shorty
Summary: Loan shark Chili Palmer comes to L.A. to collect a debt from filmmaker Harry Zimm. Soon Palmer is pitching a script, schmoozing a film star, and romancing a movie queen. But the mob and drug smugglers who assigned him to collect come after him. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 109 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 5864 Ghost
Summary: Directed by Jerry Zucker. A ghost teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate. 127 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 4243 Giant Gila Monster
Summary: A big beaded lizard has the nerve to disrupt a local record hop in a sm all Texas town, foolishly bringing upon it the wrath of the local teens. Director: Ray Kellogg. 074 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7617 Gideon
Summary: Gideon Webb is a man with the mind of a child. Raised in rural south Carolina, his Aunt can no longer keep him when she remarries. Gideon is placed in the closest institution that can look after him: a retirement home. Directed by Claudia Hoover. 100 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4175 Ginger and Fred
Summary: An acclaimed story of Fellini-esque poignancy about an aging dance team. Years before they had gained success by reverently impersonating the famous dancing duo of Astaire and Rogers. Now, after thirty years, they reunite under the gaudy lights of a high-tech television special. Marcello Mastroianni, Giullietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Frederick Von Ledenberg, Martin Blau, Toto Mignoneu. Director: Federico Fellini. 128 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 4702 Glass Shield, The
Summary: An ambitious rookie cop and his station's only female deputy uncover widespread corruption and conspiracy when they realize that an innocent man has been jailed for a shocking murder. Suddenly, these two outsiders are forced to make an impossible choice: fit into an unjust system by breaking the law they're sworn to uphold...or break the unwritten code of silence that could be their only protection. Directed by: Charles Burnett. 110 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7672 Glorifying The American Girl
Summary: Motion picture musical about a singing department store girl and how she dances herself into a job with the Ziegfield Follies. Directed by Millard Webb. 080 Min. VIDEO 1929

VH 3197 Go Fish
Summary: A sassy, playfully sexy look at love among a small circle of gay young women. Max is a vivacious, aspiring writer with plenty of opinions on almost everything and a tendency to complain about being single while never actually doing anything about it. Ely, on the other hand, is a quiet, thoughtful woman whose mysterious out of town relationship may or may not be a cover up for her extreme shyness. For mutual friends, Kia, Evy and Diria, the challenge of getting Max and Ely together makes for a delightfully insightful, erotically charged film. Director: Rose Troche. 083 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3042 Go Tell It on the Mountain
Summary: To be Black in America. To seek both salvation and understanding in the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem. To be a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather. A story of violence and lust and of tenderness and compassion. So gripping and moving, laying bare the trials and sufferings, the yearnings and aspirations of three generation of an Afro-American family. Director: Stan Latham. 100 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 7715 Go West
Summary: Motion picture comedy western featuring the Marx Brothers. Directed by Edward Buzzell. 080 Min. VIDEO 1940

VH 2918 Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, The
Summary: This disturbing film is based on the acclaimed European novelist Peter Handke's story about Josef Bloch who, after being suspended for missing a penalty kick, wanders aimlessly around Vienna, losing his sense of reality. He picks up a movie cashier, spends the night with her and, in the morning, strangles her. He then escapes to a small town where he passively waits, reading newspaper accounts of the police dragnet that is slowly closing in on him. Director: Wim Wenders. 101 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4656 God's Stepchildren
Summary: From the story, "Naomi, Negress." Tells the story of a very light skinned African American girl, Naomi, who doesn't want to be considered a Negro. Abandoned by her real mother, she is raised by her foster mother. Forced by her foster mother to attend a Negro school, which she resents, a hate enters her heart and plays an important part in her life from then on. Directed by Oscar Micheaux. 065 Min. VIDEO 1937 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3779 Godfather, The, Part II, cassette 1
Summary: Part II of the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Coppola tells two stories in Part II: the roots and rise of a young Don Vito, and the ascension of Michael as the new Don. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. 200 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3780 Godfather, The, Part II, cassette 2
Summary: Part II of the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Coppola tells two stories in Part II: the roots and rise of a young Don Vito, and the ascension of Michael as the new Don. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. 200 Min. VIDEO 1974

VH 5299 Godfather, The, Tape 1
Summary: A chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleones' family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. 171 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 5300 Godfather, The, Tape 2
Summary: A chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleones' family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. 171 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 2022 Golden Honeymoon, The
Summary: To celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, an elderly couple journeys to St. Petersburg, Florida in the 1920's. They encounter the wife's suitor of 50 years past, vacationing with his spouse. Curiosity draws the two couples together & jealousy, doubt & a simmering competitive spirit momentarily jar the marriage. Director: Noel Black. 052 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7445 Gone Fishin'
Summary: Motion picture is a comedy about circumstances surrounding a planned fishing trip which was supposed to be relaxing and quiet. Directed by Christopher Cain. 094 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 5503 Good Evening Mr. Wallenberg: A Passion Taken From Reality
Summary: Raoul Wallenberg, an attache to the Swedish embassy, moved from Sweden to Budapest in late 1944 to help protect Jews from Adolph Eichmann's Sonderkommando. 115 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5579 Goodbye Columbus
Summary: A poor Bronx librarian falls in love with a pampered, Jewish debutante from Westchester. Their effort to cross class lines amid parental opposition create an atmosphere for bittersweet comedy. Directed by Larry Peerce. 105 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7373 Gorilla, The; Hymn Of The Nations
Summary: In the motion picture "The Gorilla", the Ritz Brothers investigate a creature (man or beast) that gives his victims a 24-hour warning, then murders them on the stroke of midnight. In the motion picture "Hymn Of The Nations", Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminister Choir with tenor Jan Peerce in the 1943 broadcast of Verdi's Hymn of the Nations and Overture to La Forza del Destino. 093 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 3691 Gorky Park
Summary: When three mutilated corpses are discovered in Moscow's Gorky Park, likable militia detective, Arkady Rendo is assigned to investigate the grisly crime. When one of the victims turns out to be American, Arkady becomes suspicious. Why isn't the KGB interested in the case? As Arkady digs deeper into a growing web of corruption, he finds himself being hunted by both the secret police and a tough, New York cop. Director: Michael Apted. 128 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2736 Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The
Summary: The birth, life, teachings and death on the cross of Jesus Christ presented almost as a cine-verite documentary. Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. 142 Min. VIDEO 1964

VH 7708 Grace Quigley
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a neurotic hit-man, and senior citizen at the end of her rope team up to provide a painless parting service for seniors who have had enough of life's bad moments. Directed by Anthony Harvey. 088 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 1791 Grand Illusion
Summary: Jean Gabin, Erich Von Strohiem, Pierre Fresnay & Marcel Dalio. Directed by Jean Renior. The classic antiwar statement. Prisoners of war in a maximum security prison plot escape & muse about the meaning of freedom. One prisoner (Gabin) & the commandant (Stroheim) come to terms with each other but are separated by the necessity of adhering to the roles they play in life. 111 Min. VIDEO 1937 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0001 Grapes of Wrath, The
Summary: Tells the story of the migration of the Joad family to California after their eviction from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Video recording of the 1940 motion picture, which was based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Director: John Ford. 128 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 5487 Great Dictator, The
Summary: Charlie Chaplin plays both a humble Jewish barber and the egomaniacal dictator Adenoid Hynkel of Tomania. As the anti-Jewish climate worsens, the barber finds himself an unlikely hero to his compatriots, who have been resisting deportation to a concentration camp. Chaplin ends the film with an impassioned plea for tolerance. Director: Charles Chaplin. 126 Min. VIDEO 1940 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4746 Great Director Series / G.W. Pabst
Summary: Pandora's Box, 3 Penny Opera, and The Joyless Street. Directed by: G.W . Pabst. 283 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7182 Great Escape, The - Part 1
Summary: A high-security German P.O.W. camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape. 172 Min. VIDEO 1963 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7183 Great Escape, The - Part 2
Summary: A high-security German P.O.W. camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape. 172 Min. VIDEO 1963 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1984 Great Expectations, Part 1
Summary: The Dickens tale of a young country boy who is transformed into an arrogant young gentleman. 150 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I

VH 1985 Great Expectations, Part 2
Summary: The Dickens tale of a young country boy who is transformed into an arrogant young gentleman. 150 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I

VH 7553 Greatest Love, The / Europa 51
Summary: An American society woman living in Rome seeks vainly for truth in the chaotic post war and is committed to an asylum by her husband. Directed by Roberto Rossellini. 108 Min. VIDEO 1952

VH 2010 Greatest Man In the World, The
Summary: When an illiterate lout becomes the first man to fly non-stop around the world, he instantly captures national attention. Government officials & the press will stop at nothing to make the man capable of such a feat into a hero worthy of honor & fit for public adulation. They fail dismally-& humorously. 051 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7173 Green Berets, The
Summary: John Wayne leads his special Forces troops against a deadly and determined enemy. Directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg. 142 Min. VIDEO 1968

VH 3812 Green Fields
Summary: A pastoral romance, based on Pertz Hirschbein's legendary tale of a young Hasidic scholar who leaves his studies to search the countryside for common people and a meaningful existence close to the land. He happens upon a family of simple Jewish peasants who take him in as a boarder and tutor for their children. The restorative effect of the open country upon a man who has known only classrooms and city streets is the powerful theme of this Yiddish literary classic. 120 Min. VIDEO 1916 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8067 Gringo in Manana-Land, The: A Musical
Summary: Dee Dee Halleck's compilation of Latin America, the Hollywood version, provides a crash course in visual ideology and racial stereotyping. While the U.S. Marines engaged in more than twenty invasions of the Americas, the silver screen waged its own battles for public approval over the last one hundred years. Halleck's massive archival research has brought together a century of cinematic gringos, all driven to tame the lands of trouble and promise. The work moves viewers from shock and laughter to an intellectual appreciation of the eerie, almost statistical regularity of Hollywood's dominant propaganda themes. Directed by Dee Dee Halleck. 061 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7749 Guelwaar
Summary: When Guelwaar, a political activist and a Christian, is mistakenly buried in a Muslim cemetery, family members, political and religious leaders become embroiled in the dispute that mirrors the strained ethnic relations existing in Senegalese society and the unexpected effects of foreign food aid. Directed by Sembene Ousmane. 115 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 6334 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Summary: When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance. 108 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, DRAMA

VH 8066 Guns of Navarone, The
Summary: A specialized commando team is assembled to destroy the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone, because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. 157 Min. VIDEO 1961

VH 3689 Hairspray
Summary: It's 1962, when cool was king and the Madison was the fave rave of the Hit Parade! Tracy Turnblad has the biggest bouffant on the block, and all the right moves to be a star on Baltimore's homegrown dance show, "The Corny Collins Show." Before long, Tracy has Mash Potatoed her way to the show's top spot, but at the expense of Amber Von Tussle, the snooty reigning princess. When it looks as if Tracy will win the coveted Miss Auto Show crown and Amber's ex-steady. Amber gets Tracy sent to jail. Director: John Waters. 092 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 0993 Hairy Ape, The
Summary: A film version of "O'Neill's play of bestial ship stoker in love with socialite passenger..." -L. Maltin. 090 Min. VIDEO 1944 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7391 Half Shot At Sunrise
Summary: Motion picture of a cinematic vaudeville set in wartime Paris. 078 Min. VIDEO 1930

VH 3690 Handful of Dust, A
Summary: Tony and Brenda Last appear to have the perfect marriage - living in fashionable England of the 30's in a Victorian country estate. But when Tony invites the dashing, yet penniless young socialite John Beaver for a weekend stay, he unknowingly ignites a series of shattering events: passion, infidelity, death. Director: Charles Sturridge. 118 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4172 Hanger 18
Summary: What would happen if a UFO were to crash land on Earth? Would the government let us know? Or would they fear nationwide panic and keep it under cover? This is the premise behind "Hanger 18" - and a scenario many believe has actually happened. This drama opens as two astronauts are deploying a satellite from the Space Shuttle when it collides with an unidentified object. The object makes a crippled but safe landing in the remote southwestern U.S. where it is quickly carted off by government agencies to an Air Force base - to Hanger 18. Directed by James L. Conway. 104 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 1372 Hanna K
Summary: Story of a woman attorney's tumultuous relationships with her sullen client, an accused Palestinian terrorist, her fiery lover and her new homeland of Israel. Director: Costa-Gavras. 112 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 7891 Hard Choices
Summary: When a 15-year-old boy is condemned to a life sentence in an adult pris on, a social worker becomes his friend, then his liberator and finally his lover . Directed by John Sayles. 090 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 3137 Harlan County USA
Summary: Chronicles the heroic fight of 180 coal mining families for dignity and fairness in Harlan County, Kentucky. Director: Barbara Kopple. 103 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 2365 Harlem Rides The Range
Summary: An unusual, action-packed all-black-cast Western with songs. Herbert Jeffrey plays the unemployed rider from Amarillo who is falsely accused of murder. Herb Jeffrey, Lucius Brooks, Flournoy E. Miller, Arctic Young, Spencer Williams, Clarence Brooks and Tom Southern. Director: Richard Kahn. 058 Min. VIDEO 1939 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5081 Harold Lloyd Films: 9 Shorts
Summary: This is a re-release of nine of Harold Lloyd's short films. 120 Min. VIDEO 1916 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3421 Harvest: 3000 years
Summary: Director Haile Gerima. Set in Ethiopia, "Harvest 3000 Years" is the story of a peasant family's struggle for survival on the farm of a wealthy feudal landowner. The film's pace and visual style is geared to the rhythms of daily life, providing a sensitive portrayal of the details and dramas of everyday reality. The drama is set in motion by the teenage son and daughter who contest traditional social roles, the tyrannical behavior of the landowner and the visionary and revolutionary deeds of the local "madman". 150 Min. VIDEO

VH 4621 Hate
Summary: A tale of three hoods living in the projects outside of Paris. Each of them needs to vent the anger they feel about the police brutality that landed another friend in the hospital. Directed by Matthew Kassovitz. 095 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1336 Haunted Summer
Summary: Fictional account of the summer of 1816, which Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and their lovers spent in Switzerland, and which was the genesis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Director: Ivan Passer. 106 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4738 Headline Woman
Summary: An ongoing feud between a police commissioner and a newspaper's city editor causes a reporter to make a deal with a policeman in exchange for news. Directed by: William Nigh. 075 Min. VIDEO 1935 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7795 Heart Of Darkness
Summary: Motion picture drama which takes place in Africa's Congo jungles. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. 105 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6926 Heaven and Earth
Summary: The story of a man who fought, a woman who endured, and a love caught u p in the explosive wartime upheaval in Vietnam. 142 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 5077 Heavenly Creatures
Summary: Heavenly Creatures is the true life story of a shocking crime. Two teenage schoolgirls become great friends and create a fantasy world only they can take part in. When their parents threaten to keep them apart the girls devise a secret plan. Directed by: Peter Jackson. 099 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4193 Hellstrom Chronicle, The
Summary: 1971 Academy Award Best Documentary. Of all the creatures on Earth, man's most powerful rivals are the insects. Their multitudinous numbers, ability to survive catastrophe and 50 million years of inherited experience make them a more than equal opponent to man. Directed by Walon Green. 090 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 2275 Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, A
Summary: The compelling family drama about a ghetto mother, stepfather and child. The child is Benjie, a sensitive 13-year-old with a confident wit and bright academic future. The pressures of drugs and crime nearly take that bright future away. Director: Ralph Nelson. 107 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5580 Hester Street
Summary: Lives and loves of Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side of New Yorkin 1896, and their adjustment to life in America. Directed by Joan Micklin Silver. 089 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4987 Hide and Seek
Summary: The film features Lou, a 12 year old girl who daydreams in a tree house, tries not to watch a sex education film, and is horrified to discover that her best friend is taking an interest in earrings and boys. Interwoven with Lou's story are the mostly hilarious, sometimes painful recollections of adult lesbians who try to figure out how they got from there to here. Directed by Sue Friedrich. 064 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3552 High Anxiety
Summary: Mel Brooks pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock and spoofs suspense thrillers with this zany sendup he directed, co-wrote and stars in. Director: Mel Brooks. 094 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 5549 Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
Summary: Four young Zionists are assigned to defend strategic Hill 24 outside Jerusalem in order to maintain access to the besieged city during Israel's War of Independence. Directed by Thorold Dickinson. 101 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1786 Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Summary: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dallas & Pierre Barbaud. Directed by Alain Resnais. An initially casual romantic encounter between a Japanese architect & a French actress working in Hiroshima triggers a chain of memories, as the woman gradually discloses the story of her first love affair with a German soldier during World War II. In French with English Subtitles. 091 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7514 His Double Life
Summary: Motion picture comedy starring Lillian Gish and Roland Young, about mistaken identity. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. 067 Min. VIDEO 1933 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 3776 His Girl Friday
Summary: Cary Grant stars as Walter Burns, a charming and conniving newspaper editor, and Rosalind Russell stars as his ex-wife Hildy, who is also the paper's ace reporter. Hildy's big story is that she's giving up the frantic newspaper business to remarry, move to Albany and raise a family. However, Burns is still in love with Hildy, whom he refers to as "a great newspaper man." To keep her from going through with her marriage plans, Burns offers Hildy the chance to cover a red hot murder story. The battle of wills begins when Hildy must choose between her new life or follow her journalistic instincts. Director: Howard Hawks. 092 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5581 His People
Summary: Originally released in 1925 and directed by Edward Sloman. Two young men stray from traditions cherished by their Russian-immigrant parents, but both generations learn to accept changing circumstances and desire in order to preserve the family. 091 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4750 Hitler Youth Quex
Summary: A German youth faces a conflict of ideals between his Communist father and his growing allegiance to the Hitler Youth movement which eventually leads t o his own death. Directed by: K.A. Schenzinger. 100 Min. VIDEO 1933 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4755 Home Sweet Home
Summary: Suggested by the life of John Howard Payne and his famous song "Home Sweet Home." Silent. Directed by: D.W. Griffith. 057 Min. VIDEO 1914 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5582 Homicide
Summary: Police hostage negotiator Robert Gold confronts his long buried Jewish identity as he searches for a criminal wanted by the FBI for the murder of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper. Assigned to the case because he's a Jew, Gold grapples with his unformed Jewish side while he learns about the murdered woman and her circle of acquaintances. Directed by David Manet. 100 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3739 Hoop Dreams
Summary: They have nothing - except talent and a dream - and in this tough Chicago neighborhood, dreams are all they can count on. True life story of Arthur Agee and William Gates and the unforgettable five year experience that turns them into men. You will come to know them and root for them as if they were your friends, your family, as against all odds, these boys prove that with faith, talent and a little luck, anyone can achieve the American Dream. Director: Steve James. 176 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 4202 Horror of Dracula
Summary: A retelling of the world's most fascinating and frightening vampire legend. Dracula, a centuries old nobleman damned to an eternal blood-crazed half-life, travels from native Transylvania to London, and to a savage fate. In the lurid nightlife of his adopted city, he finds new victims for his bloodlust. He also finds Dr. Van Helsing, a brilliant scientist who becomes the count's implacable foe in a cat and mouse game of gothic terror. Director: Terrence Fisher. 081 Min. VIDEO 1975

VH 2026 Horse Dealer's Daughter, The
Summary: Based on a book by D.H. Lawrence. A haunting story of a woman's search for her identity. 030 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION II, THE

VH 2502 Horse Thief
Summary: The tale of Norbu, a horse stealer, who is driven out by his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Forced to live in harsh isolation with his family, Norbu repents after the death of his son, but he must revert to stealing after the birth of another child. Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang. 088 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7376 Hound Of The Baskervilles, The
Summary: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the reappearance of a seemingly supernatural hound on a mission to destroy the House of the Baskervilles in accordance with an ancient curse. 080 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 2101 Hour of the Star
Summary: Macabea is a naive nineteen-year-old from the impoverished rural north of Brazil. Living without any real chance at success, she lives on hope & her fantasies & finally achieves a single moment of happiness. Director: Suzana Amaral. 096 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7525 Hour of the Wolf
Summary: A brooding artist accompanied by his wife travels to a remote island wh ere he hopes to escape his demons. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. 088 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 4508 House of Dracula
Summary: Horror veterans Lon Chaney as the Wolf Man and John Carradine as Dracula arrive at the laboratory of Dr. Edelman to beg for a cure to relieve them of their killing instincts. The Wolf Man is sincere, but Dracula is scheming to get close to the doctor's nurse. Directed by Erle C. Kenton. 067 Min. VIDEO 1945 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7365 House Of Fear, The
Summary: Sherlock Holmes travels to Drearcliff to solve the case of "The Club Of Death". 069 Min. VIDEO 1945 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 4911 House of Games
Summary: Pulitzer prize winner David Mamet wrote and directed this modern film noir work. Dr. Margaret Ford who lives her life through her patients is a successful psychiatrist, until she falls in love with a con man. Directed by: David Mamet. 102 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, COMMUNICATION

VH 5550 House On Chelouche Street, The
Summary: Set in Tel Aviv during the turbulent period at the end of the British Mandate, this film centers on a family that left a life of comfort in Alexandria to settle in Palestine. 111 Min. VIDEO 1973 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4206 House on Haunted Hill
Summary: Vincent Price is a wealthy eccentric who throws an unusual party. He will give his five guest each $10, 000 if they will stay in his house all night, haunted by the ghosts of seven people who have already been murdered there-then he tries to kill them all before the morning. To add to the spirit of adventure he gives them loaded guns in little coffins as party favors. As Vincent Price tries to kill his guests, his wife and her lover are trying to kill him. Director: William Castle. 075 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 7241 Hudsucker Proxy, The
Summary: In a move that they believe will allow them to gain controlling interest in a company after the founder's death, the members of the board of directors appoint a naive, unsophisticated young man as president, resulting in unexpected and hilarious consequences. Directed by Joel Coen. 111 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7395 Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
Summary: Academy award winner Charles Laughton stars as Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame and Maureen O'Hara is Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy he adores. Directed by William Dieterle. 118 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 4741 Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
Summary: A drama about a hunchback bell ringer in the Cathedral of Notre Dame during the reign of Louis XI who falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl. Directed by: William Dieterle. 100 Min. VIDEO 1923 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3798 Hyenas Hyenas
Summary: Director Djibril Diop Mambety brilliantly adapts Swiss dramatist Frederich Durrenmatt's celebrated parable of human greed, The Visit of the Old Woman, in to a biting satire of today's Africa - betraying the hopes of independence for the false promises of Western materialism. 113 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3450 I Am Cuba
Summary: Filmed by Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov "The Cranes are Flying", I am Cuba is an epic poem to Communist kitsch - a whirling, feverish dance through the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. In four main stories showing the rise of the revolution. Kalatozov's astonishingly acrobatic camera takes the viewer on a rapturous roller-coaster ride of bathing beauties, landless peasants and student revolutionaries. The first movie ever jointly presented by master Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. 141 Min. VIDEO 1964 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4895 I Confess
Summary: An exciting tale of inner spiritual turmoil and outer physical jeopardy. Father Michael Logan, to all appearances a model of clergy piety, hears a killer's confession and plunges into peril: circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts point to a priest as a slayer - and the sacrament of penance forbids Logan to speak out. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 095 Min. VIDEO 1953 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4704 I Like it Like That
Summary: When her well meaning husband Chino is arrested, a young mother, Lisette, finds herself unprepared to support the family. Fast talking her way into a job with a record producer, Lisette quickly discovers her own hidden talents. But the boys in the neighborhood report back to Chino that Lisette is dating her bigwig boss, leading to a major confrontation that changes their life together. Directed by: Darnell Martin. 106 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2011 I'm A Fool
Summary: Andy, a "swipe" doing manual labor on the Ohio racetrack circuit in the early 1900's meets a beautiful young woman at the track. He tries to impress her by exaggerating his position in life. When the girl reveals her fondness for him & her wish to continue the relationship, Andy is trapped. 038 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 2906 I Vitelloni
Summary: Fellini's semi-autobiographical drama, argued by some to be his finest work. Five young men grow up in a small Italian town. As they mature, four of them remain in Romini and limit their opportunities by roping themselves off from the rest of the world. The characters are multi-dimensional, including a loafer who is supported by his sister and a young stud who impregnates a local woman. The script has some brilliant insights into youth. Director: Federico Fellini. 104 Min. VIDEO 1953

VH 7386 I Walked With a Zombie
Summary: Suspense thriller about a nurse's experience with a zombie on a remote tropical island. 069 Min. VIDEO 1943

VH 7504 Idiot's Delight
Summary: Motion picture, starring Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, is a comedy which is set in Europe between the wars. Directed by Clarence Brown. 107 Min. VIDEO 1939 Series: DIAMOND JUBILEE COLLECTION

VH 8319 If
Summary: The story of a British boarding school and three unruly seniors who fail to conform. The students at College House are kept in line by tradition, strict discipline, and prefects. The repressive conditions and the pain of rebelling builds to its surreal and violent ending when the students have their day. Directed by Lindsay Anderson. 111 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 0914 Importance of Being Earnest, The
Summary: A witty, delightful story about a love struck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Earnest. Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Margaret Rutherford, Edith Evans, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Greenwood. Director: Anthony Asquith. 095 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5583 Imported Bridegroom, The
Summary: Asriel Stroon is an immigrant who's made good in America. At the turn of the century, he has a successful business, a large home, and a beautiful daughter. But the cost of such affluence is his spiritual life. By marrying off his precious Flora to an imported "yeshiva bocher, " he hopes to compensate (on some heavenly scorecard) for his own failings. But Flora has other plans. Directed by Brian Heffron. 093 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7121 Impromptu
Summary: Two lovers could never be more different than the brazenly forward George Sand and frail romantic Frederic Chopin. Yet they are drawn together by an unnerving bond. A bond that can't be broken despite the best efforts of those around them to keep them apart. 108 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 4912 In & Out
Summary: Kevin Kline plays stunned Howard, scrambling to go forth with his wedding to devoted Emily and doing his best to assert his manliness after a former student who's now a superstar actor tells an audience of millions that Howard is gay. Poor Howard is outed when he doesn't even know he is in. Directed by Frank Oz. 092 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6846 In Harm's Way
Summary: An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor that details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind the scenes stories. 165 Min. VIDEO 1965

VH 6847 In Harm's Way
Summary: An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor that details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind the scenes stories. 165 Min. VIDEO 1965

VH 6775 In the Name of Brotherhood
Summary: Fictional story, based on actual events, about pledging, hazing, friendship, betrayal and survival in an exclusive fraternity. Directed by Walter "Big Walt" Anderson. 085 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 8064 An Injury to One
Summary: Provides a glimpse of early 20th century American labor history in Butt e, Montana and how the history of Butte was entirely shaped by its exploitation by the Anaconda Mining Company. Chronicles the mysterious death of Wobbly organizer Frank Little in August 1917 who was abducted by still-unknown assailants wh o hung him from a railroad bridge. 053 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2755 Innocence Unprotected
Summary: Innocence Unprotected combines the first Serbian talkie, with those who made it some twenty years later, and with wartime newsreels. 078 Min. VIDEO 1968 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2740 Innocent, The
Summary: Giannini's a Sicilian aristocrat who ignores wife Antonelli and dallies with scheming mistress O'Neill. Discovering his wife's infidelity, he's profoundly disillusioned, and his manly notion of self disintegrates. Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Giancarlo Giannini. Subtitled in English. Director: Luchino Visconti. 125 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 7682 International House
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a scientist, who invents a radio that can be seen. Characters from around the world converge at the exhibitor's hotel in China in order to buy the rights to the machine for their respective countries. Directed by Edward Sutherland. 108 Min. VIDEO 1933

VH 2100 Interrogation
Summary: Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Agnieszka Holland, Anna Romantowska. Directed by Richard Bugajski. The film details the horrifying abuse of a cabaret singer in 1950's Warsaw. After a one-night-stand with a military officer, she is taken into custody by the secret police and imprisoned, without ever being informed of her alleged crime. 118 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6306 Intimate Relations
Summary: Harold Guppy is a handsome young sailor who rents a room in the apparently staid Beasley household. Harold is only looking for a room, but before long, he finds himself relentlessly pursued, and ultimately seduced, by Marjorie Beasley. When Marjorie's bizarre fourteen year old daughter, Joyce, finds out about the affair, the results is an unusual triangle of passion, blackmail and deceit which soon has Harold scrambling to escape the clutches of both of his admirers. 105 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 2139 Intolerance, Part 1
Summary: The 1916 epic drama that depicts man's prejudice and bigotry in four interwoven storylines that range from ancient times to modern day. Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Constance Talmadge and Erich Von Stroheim. Directed by D.W. Griffith. 108 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2140 Intolerance, Part 2
Summary: The 1916 epic drama that depicts man's prejudice and bigotry in four interwoven storylines that range from ancient times to modern day. Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Constance Talmadge and Erich Von Stroheim. Directed by D.W. Griffith. 069 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1618 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Summary: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones. Directed by Don Siegel. Subtle science fiction film is a classic of paranoia as the inhabitants of a small town are gradually replaced by doubles grown from strange alien "pods". 080 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4180 Irma Le Douce
Summary: Set in the red light district of Paris, a rookie policeman falls for a beautiful prostitute. Before long, he discovers the only way to keep her is to become her "business manager." It isn't long before he becomes insanely jealous of MacLaine's customers. Despairing, he devises a clever way to keep her all for himself, yet allow her to continue in her profession. And when his plan backfires, there's only one person who can help him, but will she believe him? Director: Billy Wilder. 144 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 6342 Iron Crown, The
Summary: The story of a crown, fashioned from a nail of the true cross, that rights injustices. The crown regains a throne for the rightful heir. 098 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4759 Iron Mask, The
Summary: The fearless d'Artagnan rights the wrongs in France during the reign of Louis XIII. Directed by: Alexandre Dumas. 086 Min. VIDEO 1929 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6740 Island of Dr. Moreau, The
Summary: Dr. Moreau is a brilliant geneticist on the brink of superceding evolution. When a U.N. diplomat visits the island laboratory he discovers experiments turning animal life forms into human-like beasts. The beasts revolt, threatening not only the island but ultimately all mankind. 096 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4509 Island of Lost Souls
Summary: This is an adaptation of the book "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Dr. Moreau lives in his own private South Seas island and transforms animals into partial humans. Directed by Erle C. Kenton. 071 Min. VIDEO 1932 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7409 Isle of the Dead
Summary: An eerie thriller about a group of travelers stranded on a small island during a plague epidemic. 072 Min. VIDEO 1945

VH 1782 Italianamerican & The Big Shave
Summary: "Italianamerican"--Scorsese captures the rapid-fire storytelling of his two irrepressible parents and in the process becomes little "Marty" all over again. Shot on location in his parents' little Italy apartment. "The Big Shave" --A young man nicks himself shaving and suddenly, an ordinary morning is transformed into a frightening religious experience. 054 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3692 Jagged Edge
Summary: Jeff Bridges is the prime suspect and Glenn Close plays the attorney who falls in love with him. When a San Francisco socialite is viciously murdered, her publisher husband, Jack Forrester, is accused of committing the crime. Teddy Barnes decides to defend the charming, manipulative Jack, only to disregard legal ethics by having an affair with him. With the help of private eye Sam Ransome, she takes on a ruthless D.A. who's using the case as a political stepping stone. Director: Richard Marquand. 108 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 7434 Jakob the Liar
Summary: In Nazi occupied Poland a poor Jewish café owner invents fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto inhabitants. Directed by Peter Kassovitz. 120 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 1992 Jane Eyre, Part 1
Summary: Timothy Dalton & Zelah Clarke. The classic about a governess's love for her melancholy employer. Directed by Robert Stevenson. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 1993 Jane Eyre, Part 2
Summary: Timothy Dalton & Zelah Clarke. The classic about a governess's love for her melancholy employer. Directed by Robert Stevenson. 119 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 3549 Jaws
Summary: In 1975, director Steven Spielberg brought Peter Benchley's best-selling novel to the screen. One of the greatest box-office attractions in motion picture history. Jaws left an indelible mark upon the movie-going (and beach-going!) public, distilling a sea of fear from these five words: "Don't go in the water." Once the terror begins, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw must join forces on a desperate quest to destroy a killer embodying nearly three tons of instant white death. 125 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7205 Je, Tu, Il, Elle = I, You, He, She
Summary: Julie stays in a virtually bare room writing a long love letter, with which she becomes increasingly frustrated. She hitchhikes along the Brussels highway, where she is picked up by a truck driver. Arriving at the apartment of her former lesbian lover, Julie spends the night but silently leaves the apartment the next morning. Shot in cinema verite technique with minimal dialogue. Directed by Chantal Akerman. 086 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 5038 Jean de Florette
Summary: Set amidst the rugged hills of Provence, this epic saga follows the heroic efforts of Jean Cadoret, who inherits a farm from his mother, Florette, and leaves his city job behind, hoping to create a "new Eden" with his loving wife and daughter. But, unbeknownst to Jean, his greedy neighbor Cesar Soubeyran, is plotting to steal the land out from under him. Cesar hatches a wicked scheme that drives Jean to the brink of desperation. Directed by Claude Berri. 121 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 5898 Jefferson in Paris
Summary: During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But, when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire! Directed by James Ivory. 139 Min. VIDEO

VH 0889 Jericho
Summary: Robeson is falsely accused of murder and a kindly captain takes pity on him only to be betrayed by his mistake. In an effort to seek revenge, the captain tracks Robeson to Africa where he has set himself up as the leader of a powerful tribe. Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon and Wallace Ford. Director: Thornton Freeland. 075 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 6516 Jesus
Summary: Witness the most remarkable story of passion, intrigue, pain, and glory as you are taken back two thousand years to the life of Jesus Christ. Directed by Peter Sykes and John Kirsh. 083 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 3778 La Jetee
Summary: After the destruction of World War III, a desperate band of survivors, living underground, uses their remaining scientific resources to find a way out of the radioactive impasse. They draw upon the future for the means of survival by performing experiments in time travel. The hero voyages into the past before the bombs fell, where he encounters a woman he had glimpsed as a child at the Paris airport. He falls in love and chooses to remain with her rather than return to his hopeless future, but one cannot escape time. Directed by Chris Marker. Plus 1934 "Buck Rogers" film shown at the Chicago World's Fair and cult cartoon "Bambi Meets Godzilla!" 042 Min. VIDEO 1962 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2013 Jilting of Granny Weatherall, The
Summary: On her deathbed, a stubborn & once domineering matriarch, faces the long suppressed realization that all her accomplishments of life cannot compensate for the shame-filled day she was left standing at the altar. Still, her indomitable will to live & act independently infuses the last day of her life. Director: Randa Haines. 057 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7419 Joan of Arc
Summary: Born to a peasant family, young Joan hears the voices of saints telling her to unite her besieged nation. At seventeen, she leads one of the greatest campaigns for freedom the world has ever witnessed. Directed by Christian Duguay . 140 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4186 Joan of Arc
Summary: In 1428, France and England had been at war for nearly a century. In a small village in Lorraine a young peasant girl is inspired to drive the enemy from France, and crown the Dauphin in Rheims' cathedral. Pressing her ambition, she leads an army of believers to numerous victories on the battlefield. But, a counterplot is at work as a sordid truce is signed with the English, frustrating Joan's zeal to rid France of the enemy. Director: Victor Fleming. 100 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 4173 Johnny Got His Gun
Summary: Plunged into a chilling nightmare, we hear the young war victim's thoughts. He suddenly realizes that both his arms and legs have been amputated. Hitting his head against the bed he manages to top out a feeble S.O.S. in Morse Code. "K-I-L-L M-E", he pleads. Director: Dalton Trumbo. 111 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 2014 Jolly Corner, The
Summary: Based on a story by Henry James. James shows the conflict between the American ideal of commercial success & the appeal of traditional European values. Brydon, an expatriate American who fled from the Civil War, returns to New York thirty-five years later with Alice, the woman he might have married. He painfully reconstructs the secrets of his past & the potential of an appealing future. 043 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 4716 Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Summary: Tells the story of eight veterans of 1968, stranded between revolution and accommodation, each with their own eccentric answers to the problems of society. Directed by: Alain Tanner. 110 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0941 Joseph Andrews
Summary: Story of an innocent 18th century servant boy who must fight off all sorts of wicked characters, but virtue triumphs in the end. Ann Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Natalie Ogle. Director: Tony Richardson. 099 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 7721 Journey of the Lion, The
Summary: A Jamaican Rastafari dreams of his ancestor's land: Africa. On a journey in search of his roots and his identity he travels through three continents and with great humor and sensitivity discovers the world and Africa. A film by Fritz Baumann. 088 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: CARIBBEAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 5604 Journey, The
Summary: A young Russian boy and an American Jewish engineer meet in Leningrad during World War II and form a friendship that changes both their lives. Directed by Sara Wurtzel. 034 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5899 Joy Luck Club
Summary: Tells the uplifting story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of the startling events and conditions that have shaped their lives - and how these experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for each of their children. Directed by Wayne Wang. 139 Min. VIDEO

VH 4213 Joyless Street, The
Summary: Greta Garbo's final European feature before embarking on her Hollywood career. The setting is a small, seedy street in post WWI Vienna, and the scenario chronicles the lives and despair of its residents; their existences are contrasted to the volatile, ostentatious lives of selfish, greedy profiteers. Director: G.W. Pabst. 124 Min. VIDEO 1925

VH 2595 Ju Dou
Summary: They were destined, if not doomed, to be together. She was the mill owner's battered bride; he was his overworked nephew. Out of their plight grew a profound and powerful secret love. Their hearts were free, but only murder could free the lovers from the tyranny of the mill owner. Or could it? Gong Li, Li Bao-Tian, Li Wei, Zhang Yi, Sheng Jian. Directed by Z. Yi-mou and Y. Feng Liang. 098 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4742 Jud Suss
Summary: The anti-Jewish images it propounded contributed greatly to Hitler's policy, aimed at European Jews. The real power of the film lies in its blending of art and propaganda to create a devastating subconscious anti-Semitic statement. Directed by: Veit Harlan. 100 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7517 Judge Priest
Summary: Motion picture drama, starring Will Rogers, about the trial of a Civil War veteran accused of assault. Directed by John Ford. 081 Min. VIDEO 1934 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 5504 Judgement at Nuremberg, Tape 1
Summary: A fictionalized account of a war crimes trial at Nuremberg, Germany, of four Nazi jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. Provides insight into Nazi brutality and raises questions about freedom of choice, loyalty to one's country, and responsibility to mankind. Directed by Stanley Kramer. 186 Min. VIDEO 1961 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5505 Judgement at Nuremberg, Tape 2
Summary: A fictionalized account of a war crimes trial at Nuremberg, Germany, of four Nazi jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. Provides insight into Nazi brutality and raises questions about freedom of choice, loyalty to one's country, and responsibility to mankind. Directed by Stanley Kramer. 186 Min. VIDEO 1961 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7383 Juggernaut
Summary: Boris Karloff stars in this 1937 motion picture about a doctor who is offered research funds by a millionaire's wife if he will help her murder her husband. 064 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 4622 Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Summary: A spirited Brooklyn teenager coping with life in the projects fiercely wants to go to college and become a doctor. Directed by Leslie Harris. 096 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 4743 Juve Contre Fantomas
Summary: The second chapter of the Fantomas serial about the adventures of Fantomas, the mysterious bandit in a black hood who is relentlessly tracked by Juve, the detective. Directed by: Louis Feuillade. 045 Min. VIDEO 1913 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5021 Kagemusha
Summary: As Shingen, a powerful warlord, lies dying from his battle wounds, he orders his clan to find a double to replace him, to keep his death secret so that his enemies will not attack. The man chosen for this role is called kagemusha, the shadow warrior. However, this kagemusha turns out to be a petty criminal who must somehow transform himself into a great leader and command the allegiance of 25, 000 samurai warriors. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 160 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2738 Kaos, Part 1
Summary: Based on five stories by author-playwright Luigi Pirandello, deals with peasant life in Sicily at the turn of the century, with everyday people in mystical situations. "Part fairy tale, part pagan romp" the scenarios range from the gothic to the comedic, to the sublimely nostalgic. Like the best of folk tales, they magically transcend time and place to represent the fears, joys, and sorrow in us all. Directed by: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. 188 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 2739 Kaos, Part 2
Summary: Based on five stories by author-playwright Luigi Pirandello, deals with peasant life in Sicily at the turn of the century, with everyday people in mystical situations. "Part fairy tale, part pagan romp" the scenarios range from the gothic to the comedic, to the sublimely nostalgic. Like the best of folk tales, they magically transcend time and place to represent the fears, joys, and sorrow in us all. Directed by: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. 188 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 4805 Keita: The Heritage of the Griot
Summary: Keita introduces Americans to one of the most important works of African oral literature, The Sundjata Epic. The film frames its dramatization of this legend within the story of a contemporary young African's initiation into the history of his family. In Jula and French with English subtitles. Directed by: Dani Kouyate. 094 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7697 Kill
Summary: Motion picture thriller about the criminal investigation of freelance killings. Directed by Romain Gary. 110 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 2573 Killer of Sheep
Summary: Shows the struggle of an African American slaughter house worker to survive economic and social obstacles. 079 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 2315 Killing Floor, The
Summary: Set in the early 1900's, this true story retells the often brutal and violent beginnings of the U.S. Labor Movement through the eyes of a Southern black share cropper who finds work in a Chicago slaughterhouse. Director: Bill Duke. 118 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 3051 King Kong
Summary: Behold the discovery of the giant ape King Kong on Skull Island, his terrifying battle against the prehistoric creatures that live there, and his brutal murder of the ship's sailors who follow him. See Kong's voyage to New York and his fatal attraction to the beautiful Fay Wray, leading to death and destruction as Kong pursues Fay through New York City. Witness the awe-inspiring finale as Kong ascends the Empire State Building - only to be shot. Director: Merian C. Cooper. 100 Min. VIDEO 1933 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5039 King of Hearts
Summary: Set in the beautiful French countryside during WWI, a Scottish soldier is sent to a village on a suicide mission to dismantle explosives set by the retreating German army. The village, soon to be blown sky-high, has been abandoned by its inhabitants-except for the inmates of the local insane asylum. The mental patients take over the town, welcoming the soldier and coronating him as their King of Hearts. Directed by Philippe De Broca. 101 Min. VIDEO 1966

VH 0942 King Solomon's Mines
Summary: The search for King Solomon's Mines leads a safari through the treacherous terrain of the desert, fending off sandstorms, Zulus, and a volcanic eruption. Adapted from the novel by H. Rider Haggard. Director: Robert Stevenson. 081 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 0910 Kiss of the Spider Woman
Summary: Release of the 1985 motion picture. Based on the novel of the same title by Manuel Puig, originally published in Spanish as: El beso de la mujer arana. In a prison cell somewhere in Latin America, Molina and Valentin have only one thing in common--they are both victims of society. This is the complex story of the relationship that develops between two men with radically different perspectives on life. William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia. Director: Hector Babenco. 119 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4747 Kriemhilde's Revenge
Summary: Kriemhilde avenges the murder of Siegfried by marrying Attila the Hun and causing mass slaughter. Directed by: Fritz Lang. 095 Min. VIDEO 1924 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4623 L'Atalante
Summary: This is the restored version of the 1934 film by Jean Vigo. This video tells the story of a young woman's stormy initiation into marriage. In French with English subtitles. Directed by Jean Vigo. 087 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4946 L'Avventura
Summary: A wealthy woman disappears while on a yachting trip and her lover and best friend begin having a love affair. Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni. In Italian with English subtitles. 145 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4205 Labyrinth
Summary: Sarah has just made a terrible wish. She wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins-and her wish has come true! The Goblin King has whisked the boy off to his castle to be goblinized. Now Sarah must rescue him, but that means getting into the Goblin Castle and facing the mighty Jareth. Between Sarah and the castle stands the "Labyrinth", a magically mesmerizing world of mazes, mystery and spellbinding excitement! A world where all sorts of endearing and tricky, delightfully mischievous creatures lurk around every corner. Director: Jim Henson. 102 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 4655 Lair of the White Worm, The
Summary: James D'Ampton returns to his country castle in England. Legend has it that James' distant ancestor once slayed the local dragon - a monstrous white worm with a fondness for the sweet flesh of virgins. The young Lord dismissed the legend as folklore, until archaeology student, Angus Flint, unearths a massive reptilian skull and the ancient worship site of a pagan snake god on James' property. Directed by Ken Russell. 093 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7583 Landmines of the Heart
Summary: Shows how Cambodians are striving to overcome decades of civil war and genocide at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Follows the annual "walk of truth" led by Buddhist monks to encourage peace and reconciliation. Examines the underlying factors that still hamper free elections. Visits memorial museums, a rehabilitation clinic, the restoration work on Angkor Wat, and a national cultural festival of the arts. Directed by Yvonne Simon Ginsberg & John Hewitt. 058 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 5033 Last Days of Chez Nous, The
Summary: Beth, a successful author, maintains a shaky marriage with husband J.P. The arrival of Beth's little sister Vicki, brings long suppressed undercurrents of passion and yearning boiling to the surface. Directed by Gillian Armstrong. 096 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 2896 Last Emperor, The
Summary: It's an epic adventure. Full of slaves and concubines, empresses, and warlords. The true story of Pu Yi, who, at the age of 3, toddler to the Imperial Dragon Throne to become "Lord of 10, 000 Years, " China's last emperor. From then on, his was a life marked by the absurdity of fate: from emperor to playboy to prisoner to, finally, an unskilled gardener in the streets of Beijing. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci. 164 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 6950 Latcho Drom
Summary: Presents in documentary format, scenes and music from Gypsy cultures in India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France and Spain. Directed b y Tony Gatlif. 103 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DANCE

VH 5558 Late Summer Blues
Summary: Set in 1970 during the War of Attrition at the Suez Canal, this film chronicles events in the lives of seven Israeli students on summer break between their final exams and their induction into the Israeli army. 101 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7577 Latin Dance Party 101
Summary: Dance teacher, Franky Armas and students demonstrate salsa, mambo, merengue and bachata dance moves. Directed by Devora Cooper. 047 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DANCE

VH 5489 Lenny
Summary: The film captures Lenny Bruce, a troubled comedian on stage and off, trying to make sense of a world full of pretense and sham. Bruce's vulgarity is well apparent, but so is his humor, which hits home with uncanny accuracy. Directed by Bob Fosse. 112 Min. VIDEO 1974 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7393 Leopard Man, The
Summary: An escaped leopard is blamed for killings but then the leopard is found dead and the killings continue. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. 066 Min. VIDEO 1943

VH 7698 Let'em Have It
Summary: Motion picture drama about the lives of federal agents from the time of their training. 096 Min. VIDEO 1935

VH 3473 Letter from an Unknown Woman
Summary: Joan Fontaine stars as Lisa Berndia, a young woman hopelessly obsessed with dashing, yet callous concert pianist Stefan Brand. And though their paths cross over the years, Lisa unflaggingly carries a torch for a man who can't ret urn her love - and holds a secret that could destroy them both. Director: Max Orphuls. 087 Min. VIDEO 1948

VH 7443 Lie Down With Dogs
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a recent college graduate who travels to a seaside party town. 084 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 7560 Life And Nothing More
Summary: Originally released as a motion picture in 1992 under the title: "Zendegi va digar hich", film investigates the aftermath of the 1990 earthquake which killed 50, 000 people in northern Iran. 091 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7389 Life Is Worth Living
Summary: Tape of televised lecture presented by Bishop Fylton J. Sheen. 071 Min. VIDEO 1955

VH 3815 Light Ahead, The
Summary: The story of Fishke, a lame man who is a ward of the Jewish community and his love for the blind woman, Hodl. They are kept from marrying until a traveling bookseller turns the community's fear of the supernatural to the couple's advantage. A penetrating look at shtetl life, the film provides insight into Mendele's Eastern European Jewish world. 094 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 5305 Lilies
Summary: An emotionally intense, suspense laden tale of love, betrayal and revenge between men. In 1952, a Catholic bishop makes an exceptional visit to a prison to hear a dying inmate's confession. Once inside the chapel, the bishop is taken hostage by Simon, a childhood friend. With the aid of his fellow inmates, Simon's version of the events that took place forty years earlier are reenacted. The action moves seamlessly through time between the crude prison and the actual events of 1912. The drama culminates on the tragic night when both men's fates were decided. 096 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7887 Lion of the Desert
Summary: A historical drama detailing the Italian occupation of Tripoli/Libya from 1911 thru 1929 and the heroic yet tragic armed resistance put up by the Bedouins under Omar Mukhtar. Directed by Moustapha Akkad. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981 (filmed in 1979). 206 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7888 Lion of the Desert
Summary: A historical drama detailing the Italian occupation of Tripoli/Libya from 1911 thru 1929 and the heroic yet tragic armed resistance put up by the Bedouins under Omar Mukhtar. Directed by Moustapha Akkad. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981 (filmed in 1979). 206 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1990 Little Dorrit's Story, Part 1
Summary: Victorian melodrama centers on the struggles of Little Dorrit who tries to overcome poverty & injustice. 092 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: LITTLE DORRIT

VH 5507 Lodz Ghetto
Summary: Chronicles the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Lodz from German occupation beginning on September 8, 1939 to liberation by the Russians on January 17, 1945. Focuses on the forcible move of Jews into the ghetto, the harsh conditions within, deportation to Auschwitz, and the survival of the few Jews who remained behind and hid in the ghetto. Directed by Kathryn Taverna and Alan Adelson. 118 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7381 Lonely Wives
Summary: Motion picture in which Edward Everett Horton acts in dual roles as an attorney by day, and womanizer by night. 086 Min. VIDEO 1931

VH 7388 Long Kiss Goodnight, The
Summary: Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in this motion picture which portrays a schoolteacher who uncovers her past with the help of a detective. Directed by Renny Harlin. 120 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7176 Longest Day, The
Summary: Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view, the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sit es in France. Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki. 178 Min. VIDEO 1962

VH 5606 Longest Hatred, Part 1
Summary: Drawing on interviews with Semites and anti-Semites, as well as prominent scholars in Europe, American and the Middle East, this program traces anti-Semitism from its earliest manifestations in antiquity to the recent ominous outbreaks in Germany, Russia, and elsewhere. Also takes a humanistic look at relations between Arabs and Israelis. 150 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5607 Longest Hatred, Part 2
Summary: Drawing on interviews with Semites and anti-Semites, as well as prominent scholars in Europe, America and the Middle East, this program traces anti-Semitism from its earliest manifestations in antiquity to the recent ominous outbreaks in Germany, Russia, and elsewhere. Also, takes a humanistic look at relations between Arabs and Israelis. 150 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3136 Look Back In Anger
Summary: As relevant today as when it first exploded on the English stage, John Osborne's timeless drama of a post-war couple in crisis captured the heart and hostility of an entire generation. Director: Tony Richardson. 114 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 3449 Look Who's Talking
Summary: If you've always wanted to know what a baby thinks of the world around him, you've finally got your chance. With Bruce Willis supplying the voice of Mikey's thoughts, this is one baby who says exactly what's on his mind. Director: Amy Heckerling. 096 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7696 Loot
Summary: Motion picture comedy about who might have committed a bank robbery. Directed by Silvio Narizzano. 102 Min. VIDEO 1970

VH 5339 Lord of the Flies
Summary: After crashing at sea, a group of American military cadets find themselves marooned on a deserted island. The boys band together, but as the island becomes their own, competition and power struggles split them into two groups. One group preaches civilized ingenuity and togetherness, and the other builds a faction of barbaric hunters. The powerful shift in conscience transforms ordinary kids into primal killers, setting off a devastating battle of good versus evil. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5079 Lost World, The
Summary: Professor Challenger, the man of vision, persuades his colleagues to return to a remote South American plateau where he has discovered living dinosaurs. 090 Min. VIDEO 1925 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7124 Love For Lydia, Volume 2
Summary: In this volume, Lydia grows tired of Richard's propriety and arranges a secret tryst. Thrilled, he pledges everlasting love, but his passion turns to jealousy as Lydia flirts outrageously with other men. 099 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 7127 Love For Lydia, Volume Five
Summary: In this volume, hoping to forget Lydia, Richardson goes to work on Tom's farm, only to realize that he has not gone far enough. After another tragic turn of events, he departs for a job in London. 102 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 7126 Love For Lydia, Volume Four
Summary: In this volume, Lydia's lavish 21st birthday party is marred by an incident that seems to be a dire omen. First there is a death in the family: then, one fine summer evening, a terrible, irrevocable accident. 099 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 7123 Love For Lydia, Volume One
Summary: In this volume, Lydia comes to live with her aunts in Northamptonshire, after the passing of her father. Lydia meets the first man whose life she will change forever: Edward Richardson, a restless young writer. 099 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 7129 Love For Lydia, Volume Seven
Summary: In this volume, Richardson believes that he has gotten over Lydia, but learns that she may need his affection in order to survive. She makes a deeply moving request, and he makes a crucial decision. 052 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 7128 Love For Lydia, Volume Six
Summary: In this volume, Richardson works in a London bookshop and begins writing a novel. Back home, Lydia's ever-wider life and heavy drinking make her quite ill. Richardson returns to find her near death. 104 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 7125 Love For Lydia, Volume Three
Summary: In this volume, amidst a whirl of parties and dances, Richardson and his friends Tom and Alex contend for Lydia's attention. As if to spite them, she becomes friendly with Blackie Johnson, an uncouth mechanic. 099 Min. VIDEO 1977 Series: LOVE FOR LYDIA

VH 4749 Love Never Dies
Summary: Based on the novel, "The Cottage of Delight" by William Nathaniel Harben. Directed by: King Vidor. 055 Min. VIDEO 1922 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4748 Love of Jeanne Ney, The
Summary: A blind girl in a story of politics, intrigue, and robbery and murder. Directed by: G.W. Pabst. 098 Min. VIDEO 1927 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6651 Lover Come Back
Summary: Rock Hudson and Doris Day are rival advertising account executives competing for the right to represent VIP, a product they don't know is nonexistent. Directed by Delbert Mann. 107 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7511 Lucky Jim
Summary: Comedy film, starring Kingsley Amis and Ian Carmichael, which takes place in a small university setting. Directed by John Boulting. 091 Min. VIDEO 1962

VH 3133 Lust In The Dust
Summary: It's 1884 and gold fever has struck the sleepy rustic town of Chile Verde, New Mexico. Legend has it that somewhere in the surrounding countryside lies a fortune in buried treasure. Out of the hills descend every cowboy and his mother drooling after the gold like dogs. Director: Paul Bartel. 085 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 2368 Lying Lips
Summary: Lying Lips, a classic melodrama from famed director Oscar Micheaux, stars Edna Mae Harris as a nightclub singer who is unjustly convicted and sent to prison for the murder of her aunt. Edna Mae Harris, Carmen Newsome, Armanda Randolph, Frances Williams, Frank Costell, J. Louis Johnson, Teddy Hall, Slim Thompson, Juano Hernandez, Robert Earl Jones. 060 Min. VIDEO 1939 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 3887 Lyrical Nitrate
Summary: Directed by Peter Delpeut. Nitrate stock was the only film in use during the early days of filmmaking and half the films shot on the extremely volatile stock are thought to have disintegrated. Delpeut preserved some crumbling fragments of stock found in an Amsterdam theater and put them together with an appropriate period soundtrack. 050 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7351 M
Summary: A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer. 099 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: DRAMA, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 5309 M
Summary: The ultimate portrait of a serial killer. Peter Lorre conveys the agony of a man driven by his compulsions, tormented by self-loathing, and hunted by both the criminal underworld and the police. 111 Min. VIDEO 1931

VH 8335 La Machine / The Machine
Summary: Dr. Marc Lacroix, psychiatrist and inventor, is obsessed with the psychopathic mind. When his brilliant brain - transfer machine melds his psyche with that of a patient and cold blooded killer, his family and his life all fall victim to the horrible experiment. Directed by Francois Dupeyron. 096 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 4197 Mad Max
Summary: Set on the stark highways of the post-nuclear future, an ex-cop seeks personal revenge against a roving band of vicious outlaw bikers who killed his wife and child. Director: George Miller. 090 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 4199 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Summary: Max drifts into evil town ruled by Turner and becomes gladiator, then gets dumped in desert and is rescued by band of feral orphans. Director: George Miller & George Ogilvie. 107 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 6733 Madame Curie
Summary: Docudrama about the Polish student Marie Sklodowska who came to Paris to study chemistry with Dr. Curie and discovered the radioactive element radium. Directed by Mervyn Leroy. 126 Min. VIDEO 1943

VH 5076 Mademoiselle Striptease
Summary: Brigitte Bardot is a romp of a girl who becomes tied-in with the theft of a rare and valuable book, and her shenanigans as she tries to get herself disinvolved. Directed by: Marc Allegret. 099 Min. VIDEO 1956 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6354 Madness of King George, The
Summary: When George III loses the colonies in the American Revolution, his eccentric behavior becomes nothing less than mad. King George's unpredictable behavior sets the state for a thrilling game of betrayal, politics, and palace intrigue. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. 110 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 4204 Magic
Summary: Anthony Hopkins stars as a ventriloquist who used the brash, abusive voice of his dummy to express his twisted desires to Ann Margret. A portrait of a love affair between a man who hides in the world of illusion and a beautiful woman desperately trying to recapture lost dreams. Director: Richard Attenborough. 106 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 3677 Magic Of Melies, The
Summary: In 1896, Georges Melies began taking short actualities, which he showed at his Theatre-Robert Houdin. Melies's films were extremely influential and popular in the United States during the 1901-1903 period, until the production of violent crime films in Great Britain and the United States took cinema in a new direction. Melies, however, continued to produce a combination of spectacular story films and trick pictures, many of which are included in this volume. Director: Melies. 103 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: MOVIES BEGIN, THE: A TREASURY OF EARLY CINEMA 1894-1914

VH 7355 Magic Stone, The
Summary: Motion picture story about the Vikings, who are lost in the shores of North America and need the magic stone to find their way home. 095 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7684 Magic Town
Summary: Motion picture starring James Stewart as Rip Smith, who goes out of the opinion poll business due to being broke. Rip learns that Grandview is a town that may actually reflect national views, and embarks on a fact-finding mission to confirm his belief. Directed by William Wellman. 103 Min. VIDEO 1947

VH 4179 Magician, The
Summary: A master magician in 19th century Sweden wreaks ill in this darkly comical, supernatural parable. Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstand, Bibi Andersson, Naima Wifstrand. Director: Ingmar Bergman. 101 Min. VIDEO 1958

VH 7714 Main Street to Broadway
Summary: A young playwright struggles to make it to the bright lights of Broadway. 102 Min. VIDEO 1970

VH 3230 Making Love
Summary: What would you do if your husband fell in love - with another man? "MAKING LOVE" is about Zack and Claire - two attractive, successful and playfully affectionate partners who share the perfect marriage. He's a medic. She's a TV exec. And, they're about to buy an absolutely gorgeous Beverly Hills home. Enter Bart. He's a gay writer whose striking good looks pepper his social life with enough one night stands so that he easily avoids commitment. Director: Arthur Hiller. 112 Min. VIDEO 1982

VH 2759 Malcolm X, Part 1
Summary: Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington join other top talents to bring to the screen the life and times of Malcolm X. Director: Spike Lee. 100 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, DRAMA

VH 2760 Malcolm X, Part 2
Summary: Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington join other top talent s to bring to the screen the life and times of Malcolm X. Director: Spike Lee. 101 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, DRAMA

VH 0911 Maltese Falcon, The
Summary: Videocassette release of the 1941 motion picture. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. After the death of his partner, private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton Maclane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet. Director: John Huston. 101 Min. VIDEO 1941 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1414 Man Escaped, A
Summary: In 1943, Lt. Fontaine is captured by the Gestapo and is imprisoned in Fort Montluc. He carefully plans his escape but puts it off until sentenced to death. 102 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5351 Man of No Importance, A
Summary: Alfie is a kindly bus conductor who dreams of mounting a production of "Salome" written by his idol Oscar Wilde. When the luminous Adele steps onto the bus and into his life, he sees her as his inspiration and begins transforming a rag-tag troupe of non-actors into a polished theatrical company. But first, he must battle his sister and his landlord, who conspire to halt this "blasphemous" production. 098 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 7694 Man On The Eiffel Tower, The
Summary: Motion picture drama in which a french police inspector relentlessly searches for the murderer of a wealthy old woman. Directed by Burgess Meredith. 088 Min. VIDEO 1949 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2017 Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, The
Summary: Based on a book by Mark Twain. Is Hadleyburg as honest a town as it self-righteously claims? An anonymous traveler concocts a scheme to test the town's leading citizens: A huge sum of money is left to be claimed by the citizen who once gave the stranger $20 & a bit of sound advice. The townspeople react to the scheme & Hadleyburg's true colors are revealed. 040 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 4894 Man Who Knew Too Much, The
Summary: A wealthy British couple who, on a vacation in St. Moritz, unwittingly befriend a secret agent investigating a political assassination plot. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 075 Min. VIDEO 1934 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0985 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The
Summary: Tenderfoot lawyer is determined to rid a small town of a bad man, and is aided by his friend and protector. James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray. Director: John Ford. 123 Min. VIDEO 1962

VH 2819 Man with a Movie Camera, The
Summary: A plotless, experimental view of Moscow through the creative eye of the cameraman Dziga Vertov, founder of the Kino Eye. The editing methods and camera techniques used in this silent film were very influential and still stand up to scrutiny today. 094 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1340 Mandela
Summary: The story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela is about one couple standing for a whole nation's political history. It is a stirring tale of passion and reason in a land still divided by racial prejudice and hate. Director: Philip Saville. 135 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1770 Mandingo
Summary: Based on a novel by Kyle Onstott. Shows the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. Director Richard Fleischer. 126 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1745 Mapantsula (Hustler)
Summary: (Zulu, subtitled in English). Thomas Mogotlane. Directed by Oliver Schmitz. Mogotlane plays Panic, a petty township hoodlum whose "looking out for number one" attitude undergoes a gradual change as he finds himself caught up in forces that are too large for him to ignore. 104 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 5586 Marjorie Morningstar
Summary: Marjorie leaves her family and fiancé for a season of summer stock at an east coast resort, where she meets and falls in love with a handsome producer. He sweeps her off her feet and into a once-in-a-lifetime love affair and teaches Marjorie her first lessons about the theatre and life. Directed by Irving Rapper. 125 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1629 Marlene
Summary: Legendary film star Marlene Dietrich is the elusive subject of actor Maximillian Schell's frustrating but always compelling film biography. Director: Maximillian Schell. 097 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, BIOGRAPHY

VH 2098 Marriage of Maria Braun, The
Summary: Hanna Schygulla & Klaus Lowitsch. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Score by Peer Raben. A provocative portrait of a sensuous beauty who sells herself for wealth, & the husband who sacrifices his freedom for her. In German with English subtitles. 120 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7561 Marriage Of The Blessed, The
Summary: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989, film is the story of a shell-shocked veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, who struggles to find meaning in his life when he returns to his job as a photojournalist. 070 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5036 Married to the Mob
Summary: Mafia princess, Angela DeMarco wants out. Everything she owns is either stolen or permanently borrowed. Her seven year old son is running petty cons in the backyard. And her husband, hit man Frank "The Cucumber" DeMarco is taking bubble baths with the boss' bimbo. An activity Tony "The Tiger" Russo pulls the plug on, permanently. With Frank dead, Angela decides it's time to divorce "the mob" and start a new life. But what she doesn't realize is once you're married to the mob, it's until death do you part, usually yours. Directed by Jonathan Demme. 104 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 4651 Martin
Summary: Martin is a misunderstood young man who happens to be a vampire...maybe. The sun really just bothers his eyes a little, garlic and crosses have no effect, and he has no fangs. He also doesn't have any vampiric powers, which makes acquiring blood an extremely harrowing experience for all involved. An excellent combination of satire and gore. Director: George A. Romero. 096 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0913 Marty
Summary: Marty is a tender and heartwarming love story. A 34-year-old Brooklyn plain-looking butcher fears that he will never find love but at a Saturday night dance he meets a girl with similar fears. Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair. Director: Delbert Mann. 094 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7573 Maurice
Summary: Motion picture about the relationship of two young men who meet while at Cambridge during the pre- World War I era. Directed by James Ivory. 140 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 4941 Mean Streets
Summary: This is Martin Scorsese's semi-autobiographical tale of the lifestyles of the first generation sons and daughters of New York's Little Italy. Directed by: Martin Scorsese. 112 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4715 Medium Cool
Summary: The time: 1968. The place: Chicago, setting of the Democratic National Convention and a hotbed of political and social change. As protesters and police face off in the streets, fate brings together an unlikely pair: John, a dispassionate TV news cameraman, and Eileen, a warmhearted Appalachian raising her son in a Chicago ghetto. Their relationship deepens and so does the impending danger, as John and Eileen are swept into a maelstrom of fear and violence that has captured the attention of an entire nation. Directed by: Haskell Wexler. 111 Min. VIDEO 1969 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7426 Meet Me in St. Louis
Summary: Set in St. Louis at the time of the 1930's world's fair. The Smith family is crushed to learn of father's transfer to New York. The five children don't want to leave their friends, or, most of all, miss the St. Louis World's Fair. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 113 Min. VIDEO 1944

VH 7616 Meet the Parents
Summary: Greg Focker will be proposing to his girlfriend Pam while they are visiting her parents. But he must ask her father first. Directed by Jay Roach. 208 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 7552 Meetings with Remarkable Men
Summary: Story of Georges Gurdjieff's youth which he spent in the Middle East and Asia searching for the knowledge which would make him complete. He follows this spiritual quest for meaning through many countries and religious sects until he arrives in a secret monastery in Asia. Directed by Peter Brook. 108 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 1621 Memories of Underdevelopment
Summary: Set in the early 1960's. An antirevolutionary, Europeanized intellectual takes a stand against the new government in Cuba. Director: Tomas Gutierrez Alea. 097 Min. VIDEO 1968 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7420 Memory Lane Movies By Robert Youngson. #2 (1949-1956)
Summary: "I Never Forget A Face"--"Horsehide Heroes"--"Some Of The Greatest"--"The Swim Parade"--"They were Champions" 061 Min. VIDEO 1949

VH 4174 Mephisto
Summary: An egomaniacal actor sides with the Nazis to further his career, with disastrous results. Director: Istvan Szabo. Subtitled in English. 132 Min. VIDEO 1981

VH 6648 Mermaids
Summary: Mrs. Flax is a free-spirited and unconventional woman. She's exasperating to her daughters, Charlotte, age 15, and Kate, age 9. Mrs. Flax meets Lou Landsky who tries to turn the trio into a family. Directed by Richard Benjamin. 110 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 1674 Metropolis
Summary: This futuristic city is controlled by tyrannical industrialists who live in splendor, while slavelike workers live underground in squalor. Director: Fritz Lang. 090 Min. VIDEO 1927 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5188 Metropolitan
Summary: A wry, witty look at the high-spirited escapades of high society's rich kids. The sophisticated young adults think they've seen and done it all, until a charming stranger invades their clique and teaches them just how unprepared they are for real life...and real love. Directed by Wilt Stillman. 098 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 8368 Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point
Summary: In the rebellious counter-culture of the 1960s, two young people meet I n Death Valley of the western United States. Director Antonioni shows our society to be more alienating and hostile than the barren desert. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. 112 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 3860 Midnight Cowboy
Summary: Focuses on the strangely moving relationship between two losers: Joe, a native Texan who is convinced he can make a living in the city by selling himself to lonely rich women, and Ratso Rizzo, the seedy, crippled con artist who becomes Joe's only friend. Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy. Director: John Schlesinger. 113 Min. VIDEO 1969 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7532 Midnight Lace
Summary: As a newly wed heiress, Doris is slowly being driven mad by life-threatening phone calls and near fatal accidents. Directed by David Miller. 108 Min. VIDEO 1960

VH 6851 Midway
Summary: The saga of the 1942 naval battle that turned back the advancing Japanese navy. Includes World War II footage. 132 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5020 Miller's Crossing
Summary: Leo is the benevolent Irish gangster and political boss who rules an Eastern city with the help of Tom, his trusted lieutenant and counselor. But their control of the town is challenged by an over reaching Italian underboss and his ruthless henchman. Just as this threat erupts, Leo and Tom have a falling out over the same woman. Tom, caught in the jaws of a gangland power struggle, walks a deadly tightrope as he tries to control and manipulate its violent outcome. Directed by Joel Coen. 115 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 2905 Miracle in Milan
Summary: One of the watershed films of the Italian cinema renaissance. De Sica used fantasy, satire, and biting humor to condemn the degrading conditions that existed for millions of displaced Europeans following World War II. The story of Toto, an abandoned newborn who is raised by a kindly old lady to be a paragon of goodness, illustrates the frustration of innocence in the face of life's harsh realities. Director: Vittorio De Sica. 096 Min. VIDEO 1951

VH 7453 Miracle On 34th Street
Summary: Christmas film drama based on the 1947 motion picture screenplay. 113 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0002 Miracle Worker, The
Summary: Teleplay by William Gibson based on his play of the same title. A dramatization of the story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. 098 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4283 Mirele Efros
Summary: Mirele, a noble, dignified widow and successful businesswoman who comes into conflict with the daughter-in-law she chose for her eldest son. Her generosity and love for her son lead to her undoing. Set in the turn of the century Grodno. A classic study in the relations between mothers and daughters-in-law. Directed by: Joseph Berne. 091 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 5535 Mirele Efros
Summary: Mirele, a noble, dignified widow and successful businesswoman comes into conflict with the daughter-in-law she chose for her eldest son. Her generosity and love for her son lead to her undoing. Directed by Joseph Berne. 080 Min. VIDEO 1994 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 8140 Misericordia
Summary: Presents the plight of the homeless in a semi-musical format. A poor woman struggles to help those she loves but faces the frustration of not getting the help she needs. Directed by Jose Luis Alonso, Juan Mediavilla. 109 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 1337 Missing
Summary: Based on an actual event, the story involves the search by his wife and father for a young American who has disappeared during a South American coup. Director: Costa-Gavras. 122 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: LATIN AMERICAN

VH 2349 Mississippi Masala
Summary: An interracial romance sets off a cultural collision in a small Southern town when Mina, a sheltered Indian woman, falls in love with Demetrius, an ambitious black man with his own carpet-cleaning business. Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmilla Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry. Director: Mira Nair. 118 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7461 Misty Wharf
Summary: An army deserter escapes to Le Havre where he falls in love with a young girl. They are unsuccessful in escaping from the fog-bound port to pursue their dreams and plans. 090 Min. VIDEO 1938

VH 5857 Mitzvah Machine, The
Summary: This animated story serves as a catalyst for teaching in junior high school about the nature of Mitzvah living. 012 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1691 Mo' Better Blues
Summary: Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined. Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Joie Lee, Wesley Snipes, Cynda Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams. Director: Spike Lee. 129 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 0908 Modern Times
Summary: This movie is a satire on the effects of mass production on the lives of factory workers and shows Charlie Chaplin as a factory worker, jailbird, night watchman, and a singing waiter. Director: Charlie Chaplin. 087 Min. VIDEO 1936 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7580 Monsoon Wedding
Summary: An extended Punjabi family gathers for an arranged wedding in New Delhi. The bride is to marry a man who works in Houston, Texas, and leave her family home to be with him. However, she is in love with her former boss, who happens to be married, and is having doubts about going through with the wedding. Directed by Nira Nair. 115 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 5028 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Summary: Here be the Python's tale of good King Arthur and his knights as they quest for the Holy Grail. Watch as they face great odds and silly sots. Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. 090 Min. VIDEO 1974

VH 7418 Monty Python's Life Of Brian
Summary: A satirical comedy depicting religious, capital punishment, political, terrorism, graffiti, and science fiction concepts as performed by the cast of Monty Python. 090 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 3553 Morning After, The
Summary: A superb cast stars in director Sidney Lumet's classic, suspenseful thriller. Jan Fonda, nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of a struggling alcoholic, awakens in a strange bed - next to a murdered man. She flees in panic that eventually turns into terror. Jeff Bridges is the redneck ex-cop trying to help her through the increasing suspense. Raul Julia is Fonda's suave, ambitious estranged husband. Lumet's seemingly calm sun-drenched Los Angeles provides a startling contrast to the film's frightening reality. 103 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6584 Mortu Nega (Those Whom Death Refused)
Summary: In 1973, independence was proclaimed in Guinea Bissau, ending five centuries of Portuguese colonization and a decade of armed struggle. This film portrays this critical period in history through the story of one woman, Diminga, whose husband is fighting on the front lines. The camera captures Cabral's assassination, the ending of the hostilities, and the reconstruction of the economically and spiritually devastated country struggling with drought and famine. Directed by Flora Gomes. 093 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 8404 Mosaferan
Summary: Story of a wedding ceremony which turns into a funeral wake when the bride's sister and her family are killed in a traffic accident. Directed by Bahram Beyzaie. 090 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 7647 Moses Peart's Me Yu an'mi Taxi
Summary: Enjoy Jamaica's popular theatre with this comedy featuring Jamaica's finest comedians. 106 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 7384 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Summary: Because of a legal hitch, a young couple discover that their marriage is void. The couple separate and decide to give single life a go, reluctantly on the husband's part, as he hopes to win his "un-wife" back. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 095 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 7613 Mr. Capra Goes to America
Summary: A tribute to Frank Capra, one of Hollywood's most beloved and prestigious directors. 050 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: BIOGRAPHY

VH 4148 Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Summary: A wildly funny satire of middle class vacationers on a summer holiday. Mr. Hulot's presence at a very proper French seaside resort provokes one outrageous catastrophe after another. A hilarious blend of colorful characters, sparse dialogue, impeccably timed sight gags, and an innovative sound track. Directed by: Jacques Tati. 086 Min. VIDEO 1953 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1547 Mr. Motto's Last Warning
Summary: The great Japanese detective finds himself up to his neck in murder and clues and has to handle a seemingly endless crew of dangerous suspects. Peter Lorre, George Sanders, Robert Coote, John Carradine. Director: Peter Lorre. 071 Min. VIDEO 1939 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5490 Mr. Saturday Night
Summary: Comedian Billy Crystal makes his directorial debut playing Buddy, a Jewish comic who "rose to the middle." Buddy's hysterical career missteps tell the story of a performer obsessed with winning the love of audiences while sacrificing the love of his family. 119 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1625 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Summary: Jean Arthur, James Stewart and Claude Rains star in Frank Capra's, "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, " the award winning 1939 classic about an idealistic, small town senator who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him. Director: Frank Capra. 125 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7669 Mr. Wong, Detective
Summary: Motion picture mystery/ detective film about a poison gas killer, and exploding gas bombs which are triggered by sound. 069 Min. VIDEO 1938

VH 6654 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Summary: Dorothy Parker, a brilliant writer with a razor-sharp tongue, shares a professional but intimate relationship with comic genius Robert Benchley. But when she meets Charlie McArthur, she falls hopelessly in love, a condition even literary genius can't seem to cure. Directed by Alan Rudolph. 124 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 4201 Mummy, The
Summary: Inscribed within the sacred tomb's Scroll of Life is the curse: "He who robs the graves of Egypt dies. But British archaeologist John Banning is more concerned about digging than dying. He and his crew have unearthed the greatest discovery of their careers - the untouched, 4, 000 year old burial tomb of Princess Ananka. What Banning and his men don't realize is that they may be digging their own graves. Because concealed within the tomb is Kharis. He's "The Mummy", the high priest sworn to protect Ananka in life and in death. Director: Terrence Fisher 088 Min. VIDEO 1959

VH 1808 Murder
Summary: Herbert Marshall & Nora Barring. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Believing a convicted actress is innocent, a jurist conducts his own investigation. Early sound experimentation with background stream-of-consciousness monologues. 092 Min. VIDEO 1930 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7703 Murder At Midnight
Summary: Motion picture murder mystery in which a game of charades leads to an actual murder. Produced by Phil Goldstone. 067 Min. VIDEO 1931

VH 7414 Murder By Television
Summary: A professor who perfects television technology is murdered; the professor's assistant is a prime suspect. 055 Min. VIDEO 1935

VH 7663 Murder Is Announced, A
Summary: Motion picture detective film in which Miss Marple investigates the death of a hotel waiter during a party game called "murder". Directed by David Giles. 155 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE

VH 1976 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Summary: Ben Kingsley, Craig T. Nelson, Frigyes Harsanyi, Renee Soutenkijk & Louisa Haigh. Directed by Brian Gibson. Captures the unforgettable story of Simon Wiesenthal's life during the Holocaust, & his ongoing quest for justice. 157 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: HOLOCAUST

VH 5050 Muriel's Wedding
Summary: No one ever paid much attention to Muriel and her small-town life, so she and her friend Rhonda decide to leave it behind and head for the city...where they end up having the time of their lives. Directed by P.J. Hogan. 105 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 5741 Music Box
Summary: In this intense courtroom thriller, Chicago attorney Ann Talbot agrees to defend her Hungarian immigrant father Mike Laszlo against accusations of heinous war crimes committed 50 years earlier. Directed by Costa-Gavras. Direct ed by Costa-Gavras. 126 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6351 My Beautiful Laundrette
Summary: Set in the Pakistani community in South London, the film focuses on two youths, friends from schooldays. Johnny is a working class white whose punkish friends are members of the National Front, a fascist group of thugs. Omar, a Pakistani, lives with his left leaning father, who spends most of his time in bed drinking vodka. Directed by Stephen Frears. 093 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 8327 My Best Friend's Wedding/LaDoba de mi mejor amigo
Summary: Commitment shy Jules Potter has four days to steal back her best friend Michael before he marries someone else. Directed by P.J. Hogan. 105 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 7692 My Dear Secretary
Summary: Motion picture starring Kirk Douglas as a well-known novelist, whose character is known for gambling and chasing women. Directed by Charles Martin. 094 Min. VIDEO 1948

VH 0939 My Fair Lady (Part 1)
Summary: Two videocassettes, VH 939 & 940. Cockney waif is transformed by Professor Henry Higgins into an elegant lady, "through the science of speech." Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel. Director: George Cukor. 170 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 0940 My Fair Lady (Part 2)
Summary: Two videocassettes, VH 939 & 940. Cockney waif is transformed by Professor Henry Higgins into an elegant lady, "through the science of speech." Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel. Director: George Cukor. 170 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 5491 My Favorite Year
Summary: A hysterically funny fictional treatment of the backstage shenanigans of the 1950s Sid Caesar's television program, Your Show of Shows. Directed by Richard Benjamin. 092 Min. VIDEO 1982 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6349 My Life As A Dog
Summary: A tale of one boy's special growing up year. Bundled off to a rural village while his ill mother recuperates, young Ingemar finds unexpected adventure with the town's warmhearted eccentrics. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. 101 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 6415 My Mother's Castle=Le Chateau de ma Mere
Summary: The story of Marcel Pagnol's childhood holidays in Provence continues in My Mother's Castle. During a Christmas in the region Marcel's affection for the area deepens and he also learns to love and appreciate his Mother's true nature. 098 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: BIOGRAPHY

VH 2506 My Own Private Idaho
Summary: River Phoenix is Mike, a narcoleptic street hustler haunted by his idyllic memories of childhood and obsessed with finding his estranged mother. Keanu Reeves is Scott, a runaway rich kid who's on a personal "crusade" to find the meaning of life, biding his time until he inherits his father's estate. Together they're lost in a bizarre world of wealthy strangers and stranger than life adventures. Director: Gus Van Sant. 105 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 1588 My Uncle
Summary: Written, Directed by, and starring Jacques Tati. Dubbed in English. About the jobless brother-in-law of a wealthy Paris factory owner with no prospects for getting work. The factory owner, his wife and son live in an ultra-modern house, Mr. Hulot does not. 109 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7695 Mysterious Island
Summary: Motion picture sci-fi movie about escaped confederate prisoners who wind up on an island in the Pacific, where Captain Nemo tries to rescue them from the island's dangers. 101 Min. VIDEO 1961

VH 7689 Mysterious Mr. Wong
Summary: Motion picture drama based on the tradition that the twelve coins given by Confucius on his death bed to twelve trusted friends will some day come to the possession of one man and give him extraordinary powers. Directed by William Nigh. 065 Min. VIDEO 1935

VH 7970 Mystery Men
Summary: When Captain Amazing falls into the hands of the evil madman Casanova Frankenstein, the aspiring superheroes show what they can do. Directed by Kinka Usher. 122 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 7407 Mystery Of The Mary Celeste, The
Summary: Motion picture about the sighting of a ship on an erratic course without anyone onboard. 063 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 3775 Mystery Train
Summary: Set in Memphis, Jim Jarmusch creates three intertwined tales featuring a unique and compelling cast of characters - A teenage couple from Japan on a pilgrimage to Graceland. A mysterious Italian beauty with plenty of cash, escorting her dead husband's body back to Italy. And an angry, unemployed and armed misfit who goes by the name of Elvis. Their lives will converge tonight at the crossroads of myth and circumstance. Director: Jim Jarmusch. 110 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6587 Nagstappie: Walk in the Night, A
Summary: Recounts a single terrible night when the fragile world of Mikey Adonis, a young colored steel worker, disintegrates; illustrates how a decent man can be driven to an act of brutality by a racist society which humiliates him at every turn. Directed by Mickey Madoda Dube. In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles. 079 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 5017 Naked
Summary: Follows the wanderings of a complex drifter as he embarks on a bizarre odyssey through the streets of London. Out in the cold, he meets a succession of lost souls who allow him briefly into their lives and shed some light on the absurdities of life. Directed by Mike Leigh. 131 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7489 Naked Gun, The
Summary: An inept cop, played by Leslie Nielsen, stops a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth at a baseball game in the United States. Directed by David Zucker. 085 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5008 Nashville, Tape 2
Summary: A drama and comedy that interweaves the lives of 24 major characters during five days in the country music capital of the world. Directed by Robert Altman. 159 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5728 Nasser 56
Summary: A docudrama which includes vintage newsreel footage of the events surrounding the 1956 nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. 140 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 7949 National Lampoon's Animal House
Summary: The members of Delta Tau Chi fraternity offend the straight-arrow and uptight people on campus in a comedy film which irreverently mocks college traditions. Directed by John Landis. 109 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 7379 Natural Born Killers - Director's Cut
Summary: Director's Cut of the motion picture "Natural Born Killers". 125 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7380 Natural Born Killers - Director's Cut Bonus Footage
Summary: Director's Cut Bonus Footage of the motion picture, "Natural Born Killers". 062 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7433 Nephew, The
Summary: Chad Egan has come to his mother's homeland following her tragic death in hopes of finding the family he never knew. Instead, he finds an aloof Uncle named Tony, a bitter 20 year feud and a beautiful girl willing to help him uncover the past. 104 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7239 Net, The
Summary: A freelance software analyst, Angela Bennet, is inadvertently drawn into a dangerous conspiracy when a client ask her to de-bug a CD-ROM game. Soon the client turns up dead and Angela is next on the hit list. After the assassins obliterate her official identity, Angela realizes hers is not the only life being destroyed on the Net. Directed by Irwin Winkler. 114 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: COMPUTERS

VH 5304 Network
Summary: When longtime UBS-TV news anchor Howard Beale is fired, he suffers a violent, on air breakdown. Ironically, his angry ranting boosts his sagging ratings - much to the surprise and delight of the UBS brass. 121 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 5588 Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Summary: Set in the 50s, this is the story of a young man's struggle for independence. Larry Lapinsky leaves his home in Brooklyn for the freedom and excitement of Greenwich Village. There he starts his acting career, falls in with a group of free spirits and learns to cope with his overbearing mother. Directed by Paul Mazursky. 112 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7680 Night And Day
Summary: Motion picture about the life and times of Cole Porter. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 128 Min. VIDEO 1946

VH 2165 Night and Fog
Summary: Disturbing rumination on the atrocities of the Holocaust is one of the most powerful films ever made. Director: Alain Resnais. 032 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: COMMUNICATION, HOLOCAUST

VH 5508 Night and Fog
Summary: Disturbing rumination on the atrocities of the Holocaust is one of the most powerful films ever made. Director: Alain Resnais. 032 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: HOLOCAUST, COMMUNICATION Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5894 Night and Fog
Summary: The definitive film on Nazi concentration camps and a devastating record of man's inhumanity to man. 030 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: HOLOCAUST

VH 6421 Night Porter, The
Summary: A former SS officer is now the night porter at a strange hotel occupied by ex-Nazis. When a beautiful young woman checks in with her husband, he immediately recognizes her as one of his victims. Flashbacks of humiliation, torture, and rape reveal the horror of his abuse, and yet she enthusiastically agrees to resume their sordid love affair. 118 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 7693 Night Train To Munich
Summary: Motion picture spy drama about kidnapping and concentration camp confinement by the Nazis of a scientist's daughter during WWII, in an attempt to get the father and his secrets. The daughter escapes and contacts her father. Directed by Carol Reed. 095 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2903 Nineteen Hundred (1900), Part 1
Summary: 1900 is both a vast history of 20th century Italy and an intimate portrait of two families. It is also the story of the conflicts between two boys, both born on January 1, 1900. A peasant and a landowner pass through the upheavals of the modern world, and their personal conflicts become an allegory of the political turmoil of Italy. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci. 255 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 2904 Nineteen Hundred (1900), Part 2
Summary: 1900 is both a vast history of 20th century Italy and an intimate portrait of two families. It is also the story of the conflicts between two boys, both born on January 1, 1900. A peasant and a landowner pass through the upheavals of the modern world, and their personal conflicts become an allegory of the political turmoil of Italy. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci. 255 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 5301 Nixon, Tape 1
Summary: Takes a riveting look at a complex man whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power - when his involvement in conspiracy jeopardized the nation's security and the presidency of the United States! 191 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 5302 Nixon, Tape 2
Summary: Takes a riveting look at a complex man whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power - when his involvement in conspiracy jeopardized the nation's security and the presidency of the United States! 191 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 7427 Nobody's Business
Summary: Oscar A. Berliner, father of director Alan Berliner, is the reluctant subject of this study of family history and memory. Family members add their comments to this portrait of a retired Jewish sportswear manufacturer and salesman who describes himself as "just an ordinary guy." Directed by Alan Berliner. 060 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7392 None But The Lonely Heart
Summary: Ernie Mott, a cockney in search of the free life in pre-World War II London, drifts into a life of crime. His mother dies and his girlfriends leave him, putting his future in doubt. 113 Min. VIDEO 1944

VH 2016 Noon Wine
Summary: Fred Ward, Lise Hilboldt & Stellan Skarsgard. A hard-working Swedish immigrant winds up on a small farm in Texas, which sets in motion an unavoidable confrontation involving the farm family. Originally shown on PBS. 081 Min. VIDEO Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 3864 North by Northwest
Summary: Roger Thornhill is not a spy. And he's certainly no murderer. Nevertheless, Thornhill's a wanted man: enemy agents want him dead, the police want him arrested, and a cool, mysterious blonde just plain wants him. A victim of mistaken identity, Thornhill can't afford to make any mistakes of his own - so he embarks on a death defying run for his life. Relentlessly pursued by plane, train and automobile, Thornhill's cross country chase finally ends atop Mt. Rushmore where, if he doesn't watch his step, he could be in for a terrible fall. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 136 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7009 Not One Less
Summary: Follows the adventures of a 13-year-old country girl who, despite her young age, finds herself working as a substitute teacher in the village school. Trying to fulfill her promise of keeping all the pupils in school, she leaves her rural Chinese province and sets off on a crusade to the big city to bring back one of her 10-year-old students who was forced to leave school and find work due to his family's financial difficulties. Directed by Zhang Yimou. 106 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 6762 Nothing to Lose
Summary: Advertising executive Nick Bean has completely bottomed out. His career is a mess, his marriage is on the rocks and a fast talking, would be carjacker has just jumped into his car. Nick throws common sense out the window and turns the tables on his captor. Soon this mismatched pair speeds off on a comical crime spree. Directed by Steve Oedekerk. 098 Min. VIDEO

VH 4130 Notorious
Summary: In this riveting World War II drama, the daughter of a convicted Nazi traitor is hired by an American secret agent to go undercover and find German scientists hiding in Brazil. To prove her loyalty to America, she agrees to marry her father's former Nazi conspirator, even though she and the agent have fallen in love. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 103 Min. VIDEO 1946 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7656 Nueba Yol III
Summary: Balbuena, an illegal immigrant living in New York City, faces deportation under a new immigration law if he cannot prove himself a legal resident before "Black Tuesday, " the day the new law goes into effect. Balbuena resorts to a green-card wedding in order to become legal and then faces the challenge of proving the authenticity of his marriage to a doubting and persistent immigration official. 103 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 7691 Number Seventeen
Summary: Motion picture drama in which a female jewel thief reforms and aids to prevent a gang from escaping to France. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 063 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7446 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Summary: Motion picture about three escaped chain gang prisoners and the people they meet on their way to recover buried items from a bank robbery. Directed by Joel Coen. 103 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2070 Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An
Summary: Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce. A short film with a devastating effect. A man is about to be hung, accused of sabotage during the Civil War. Manipulating the flow of time, the film tells the story of his final moments on the gallows. Winner of an Academy Award and the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Director: Robert Enrico. 029 Min. VIDEO 1962 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7974 Odd Couple, The
Summary: Two divorced men (one is fastidious, the other is a slob) share a New York apartment. Directed by Gene Saks. 106 Min. VIDEO 1968

VH 2901 Oedipus Rex
Summary: A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy "Oedipus Rex." Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, his mother puts out her eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar. Set in Morocco, the film is a visual wonder of desert landscapes and powerful Moorish architecture. The interesting cast includes avant garde film. Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. 110 Min. VIDEO 1967

VH 4015 Official Story, The
Summary: Details the collapse of an affluent Argentinean family. Alicia, the wife of a successful businessman, faces the ultimate challenge when she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been stolen from a family of "Los desaparecidos" (the disappeared ones). Determined to find out the truth, Alicia risks everything, even at the cost of her own family. Director: Luis Puenzo. 110 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS, COMMUNICATION

VH 0935 Oh, Bloody Life
Summary: Relates the wry experiences of a young actress in 1951 Hungary who is the victims of communist party bureaucracy and various people who attempt to exploit her. Director: Peter Bacso. 115 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 0014 On Golden Pond
Summary: One summer in the life of a crotchety, retired university professor and his family; dealing with the conflict among three generations. Director: Mark Rydell. 109 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5003 On the Waterfront
Summary: A film about a dockside worker and ex-prizefighter who heroically goes up against his corrupt labor leaders to expose the union's criminal practices. Directed by Elia Kazan. 108 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7456 On Tip Toe: The Music Of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Summary: Tells the inspiring story of the group that introduced South African music to the world, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The film records how a music affirming its deeply traditional roots has been passed down and popularized under the most hostile circumstances. Directed by Eric Simonson. 056 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 7579 Once Upon A Time, Cinema
Summary: A loving comedic homage to movies and movie making in Iran. It jumps around from the old silent days under the Shah to the current day, and makes fun of censorship rules. The leading character is known simply as "Cinematographer", and characters appear in multiple roles onscreen in recreated films from previous eras, as well as the story itself. In some cases, the screen characters leave the movie they are in and interact with real people. This antic comedy also screens clips from well known Iranian films of the past. Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. 088 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 4191 One Minute Before Death
Summary: A woman is buried in catatonic state, and returns from the grave to exact retribution. Director: Rogelio Gonzales, Jr. 084 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 7712 One, Two, Three
Summary: Motion picture comedy starring James Cagney as C.R. MacNamara, who is an executive level employee with an American-based cola company and is stationed at the West Berlin, Germany plant when Berlin was a divided city (East/ West). Directed by Billy Wilder. 110 Min. VIDEO 1961

VH 3619 Opening Night
Summary: Academy Award nominee Gena Rowlands (Best Actress - A Woman Under The Influence) and screen favorites Ben Gazzara and John Cassavetes deliver riveting performances in this story of heartfelt emotion and electrifying courage. Rowlands shines as Myrtle Gordon, a Broadway actress at the height of a brilliant career. But when suddenly touched by personal crisis, she faces the drama of real life. Director: John Cassavetes. 144 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6353 Opposite of Sex, The
Summary: Dedee Truit is the opposite of sweet sixteen. Politically incorrect, outrageous, and bracingly honest, she descends on the Indiana town of her half brother Bill like the force of nature she is. Within weeks Dedee seduces his beautiful but befuddled live in boyfriend Matt, announces Matt's the father of her unborn child, and escapes with him to Los Angeles. Directed by Don Ross. 106 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 4732 Orchids and Ermine
Summary: Silent. Black and White. A shortened version of the 1927 seven reel feature released by First National Pictures. Directed by Alfred Santell. 075 Min. VIDEO 1926 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 8132 Oriana / Oriane
Summary: Marie returns to her Aunt Oriana's rundown house in the Venezuelan jungle where she spent summers as a child. The house brings back memories as she sorts through old cupboards and come upon a special jewelry box filled with pictures, love letters and mementos from her aunt's life. The film dissolves into a flashback about an emotionally turbulent summer that Marie spent at the house when her adolescent sexuality led to a surprising encounter. Directed by Fina Torres. 088 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 3534 Orlando
Summary: A film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel which covers 400 years in the life of an English nobleman, who not only defies death but evolves from a man to a woman in the intervening years. Director: Sally Potter. 093 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4731 Orphans of the Storm
Summary: Two sisters who are cruelly separated are caught up in the French revolution of 1789. Directed by: D.W. Griffith. 122 Min. VIDEO 1921 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2072 Orpheus Descending
Summary: Vanessa Redgrave & Kevin Anderson. Lady Torrance is saddled with the burden of running her caustic husband's Dry Goods Store while he recuperates upstairs from a lengthy illness. Her fate is sealed however when a young drifter-musician, Val Xavier walks into her life. Director: Peter Hall. 117 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3671 Our Daily Bread
Summary: Perhaps no other feature film made during the Great Depression addressed the plight of the migrant laborer and dispossessed urbanite with the sincerity and conviction of King Vidor's Our Daily Bread. Director: King Vidor. 074 Min. VIDEO 1934 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5100 Our Town, 1940
Summary: A look at small town America, as seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. The people of the town look back on their own lives and the life of their little town through flashbacks and recollections. 086 Min. VIDEO 1940

VH 1977 Our Town, 1980
Summary: This classic film is based upon one of the most important American plays of the 20th Century. In it, a small town examines itself through flashbacks & recollections to reveal a touching glimpse of the American way of life. Director: George Schaefer. 090 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7536 Out of Africa
Summary: The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who, with her philandering husband, runs a coffee plantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and the mysterious white hunter. Directed by Sydney Pollack. 161 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 7213 Outland
Summary: Science fiction detective motion picture. 111 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 0003 Outsiders, The
Summary: 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. Director: Francis Coppola. 091 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5560 Over the Ocean
Summary: Set in 1962 and narrated from the perspective of a 10-year old boy whose parents cannot agree whether to move to Canada or remain in Israel, Menachem envisions better opportunities in Canada while Rosa perceives the family as too deeply rooted in Israel to move abroad. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4282 Overture to Glory
Summary: Moishe Oysher is the "Vilner Balabesl, " the cantor who leaves his position as Vilna Cantor in order to seek fame and fortune as an opera star in Warsaw. He feels uncomfortable in his new environment and yearns to return home to his wife, child and community. Directed by: Max Nosseck. 085 Min. VIDEO 1940

VH 7492 Pack of Lies
Summary: A friendship between two women is threatened when one of them is accuse d of espionage. Directed by Anthony Page. 100 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 2737 Padre Padrone (My Father, My Master)
Summary: The story of a son's development under an oppressive father. Gavino Ledda lives in solitude as an illiterate Sardinian shepherd. His father is the brutal instrument of that solitude. Year after year Gavino is isolated, alone with his flock in the mountains, separated from family, schools and the collectivity of his town. Finally, he rebels against his father and his own illiteracy. Studying by himself, Gavino earns his degree and writes a book. Director: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani. 116 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 6453 Paisan
Summary: Six stories dealing with Italian and American soldiers meeting under battle conditions during World War II. Directed by Roberto Rossellini. 115 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 2603 Paris is Burning
Summary: Documentary about the young men of Harlem who originated "voguing, " and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation and the pursuit of a desperate dream. Director: Jennie Livingston. 076 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2505 Parting Glances
Summary: Michael is editing an S&M science fiction novel he can't stand, his friend and former lover Nick is dying of AIDS and his current lover Robert is about to leave for two years in Africa. And there begins a surprisingly funny, wonderfully acted love story set in the gay scene of Manhattan. Director: Bill Sherwood. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 6352 Passage to India, A
Summary: The story of love and class struggle in 1928 India. Adela Quested travels to India to visit her fiancee who is the city magistrate of Chandrapore. She is accompanied on the adventure by his mother, Mrs. Moore, an elderly woman who is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the British who rule and occupy Chandrapore. Directed by David Lean. 163 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 7681 Passage To Marseille
Summary: Motion picture drama about ex-convicts who fight for France during WWII. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 109 Min. VIDEO 1944 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7892 Passion Fish
Summary: Following an accident which paralyzes her, a soap-opera star returns to her family home in Louisiana to recuperate. She and her nurse form a bond of friendship in their support of each other. Directed by John Sayles. 135 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 7159 Passion Of Joan Of Arc, The
Summary: Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution, based on actual court records. This film is notable for its extensive use of close-ups, extreme close-ups, expressionistic camera angles, and historically accurate sets and costumes. 082 Min. VIDEO 1928 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7690 Passport To Pimlico
Summary: Motion picture comedy in which the detonation of an unexploded German bomb reveals an ancient document which shows that London's Pimlico district really belongs to France. Directed by Henry Cornelius. 075 Min. VIDEO 1949

VH 2619 Pathfinder
Summary: Pathfinder unfolds as a savage tribe murders a young boy's entire family in the snow-covered great northern tundra. Razor sharp cross bows and the love of the girl he desperately needs delivers the boy into manhood in an adventure of gripping action and pure suspense. A battle of good against evil and overwhelming odds is fought to the finish. Director: Nils Guip. 088 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2018 Paul's Case
Summary: A young man yearns to leave his ordinary life & enter the sophisticated world of glamour. Sensitive & romantic, a failure at school & at work, he escapes to New York using money stolen from his employer. He briefly lives his illusion until reality brings tragedy. 052 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 4124 Pawnbroker, The
Summary: An embittered survivor of a Nazi death camp can't escape the ghosts of his past or the powerful lesson that awaits him in the future. Now a Harlem pawnbroker, Sol Nazeman condemns the dregs of society who pass through his shop and ridicules his idealistic assistant, Ortiz. But when Ortiz puts his life on the line for Sol, only then does he learn the ultimate truth about hope and humanity. Directed by: Sidney Lumet. 116 Min. VIDEO 1964 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5856 Pawnbroker, The
Summary: Sol Nazerman is a WWII Nazi death camp survivor. Now, he runs a pawnshop and takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity. When his assistant sacrifices his own life for the pawnbroker during a robbery, Sol is finally confronted with the inherent goodness of the human spirit. Directed by Sidney Lumet. 116 Min. VIDEO 1997 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7180 Pearl Harbor, Part 1
Summary: Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly airplanes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. December 7, 1941 arrives and changes all of their lives forever. 183 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7181 Pearl Harbor, Part 2
Summary: Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly airplanes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. December 7, 1941 arrives and changes all of their lives forever. 183 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7562 Pedlar, The
Summary: Originally produced as a motion picture, film of three loosely connected stories set among the poor of contemporary Tehran. 085 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 0988 Peeping Tom
Summary: A study of a voyeuristic maniac who kills women while filming them with his 16mm camera. Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley. Director: Michael Powell. 101 Min. VIDEO 1960

VH 1417 Perfumed Nightmare
Summary: A semi-autobiographical fable about a Filipino named Kidlat Tahimik and his awakening to, and reaction against American cultural colonialism. 092 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7675 Perils Of Pauline, The
Summary: Motion picture fictional biography of Pearl White, a popular actress of the old movies. Directed by George Marshall. 094 Min. VIDEO 1947

VH 7572 Peter's Friends
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a man who brings together his best friends from ten years earlier to celebrate the arrival of the new year at his recently inherited mansion. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. 102 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 6583 La Petite Vendeuse De Soleil
Summary: A parable which uses the struggles of a young crippled girl in Dakar trying to earn her living in a crowded market selling newspapers to mirror Africa's role in the international marketplace. In Wolof with English subtitles. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety. 043 Min. VIDEO 1999 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3863 Phantom of Liberty, The
Summary: Links playful nightmares to hilarious satire in a bold mockery of mankind's pretensions to freedom. Director: Luis Bunuel. 104 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4196 Phantom of the Opera, The
Summary: Deranged, disfigured music lover haunts the sewers of a Parisian opera house and kills to further the career of an unsuspecting young soprano. Lon Chaney Sr., Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland. Silent. Directed by Rupert Julian. 079 Min. VIDEO 1925

VH 0505 Phedre
Summary: Film version of Racine's classic play based on the ancient Greek tragic legend of passion and remorse. 095 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5110 Philadelphia
Summary: Two compelling lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. And as their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries. 125 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 5004 Philadelphia Story, The
Summary: A sophisticated romantic comedy about a rich spoiled socialite who learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Directed by George Cukor. 112 Min. VIDEO 1940

VH 3997 Piano Lesson, The
Summary: The Charles family has survived a turbulent past. At the heart of their struggle stands a magnificent piano. A carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm, the same fields their family worked as slaves, but his sister Bernice refuses to part with it. Director: Lloyd Richards. 099 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5109 Piano, The
Summary: Arouses erotic passions and vengeful jealousies when Ada, a young mute woman, is desired by two men, her husband by an arranged marriage, and the husband's darkly intense neighbor. Violent emotions erupt, but only one man understands that Ada's heart can only be won through her beloved piano. 121 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 2891 Picnic
Summary: Based on William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. A revealing look into the hearts and minds of a select group of Kansas townsfolk over Labor Day weekend, this story William Holden as an itinerant drifter who swings into town, stirring up trouble and awakening the dormant libido of Kim Novak. Director: Joshua Logan. 113 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5863 Picture of Dorian Gray, The
Summary: Directed by Albert Lewin. Dorian Gray, an extraordinarily handsome man who, upon viewing a newly completed portrait of himself, expresses the wish to remain youthful while the picture grows old. By chance, Gray's wish is made in the presence of a statue of an ancient Egyptian god which holds the power to grant any desire. 111 Min. VIDEO 1945

VH 6585 Pieces D'Identites
Summary: A Congolese king searches for his daughter in Brussels where for a time he loses his royal fetishes, his identity, but finds a friend, a local cabdriver with a secret identity. With his help and a chain of coincidence (it must be destined), Mani Kongo is reunited with his daughter and his regalia and returns to Africa with a circle of friends. 093 Min. VIDEO 1998 Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4913 Pierrot Le Fou
Summary: After attending a mindless party full of shallow chatter, Ferdinand feels his mundane world is closing in on him. Desperately wanting to escape he finds himself in the arms of another woman. Unaware that Marianna's past still haunts her, they take off for the south of France where these two lovers meet their final fate. Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard. In French with English subtitles. 110 Min. VIDEO 1965 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2019 Pigeon Feathers
Summary: Chronicles 16-year-old David's difficult quest to understand his own mortality. Frustrated by pat answers from his parents & his minister David ultimately finds the solution in an unlikely setting - the family barn. 045 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7397 Pimpernel Smith
Summary: Motion picture of a mysterious figure aids enemies of Nazi Germany to escape Hitler's grasp. 120 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 7538 Places in the Heart
Summary: It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally griping story centers around Edna Spalding and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships. Directed by Robert Benton. 113 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 7342 Planet of the Apes
Summary: Astronauts crash land on a distant planet under the control of intelligent apes. 112 Min. VIDEO 1968

VH 5303 Planet of the Apes
Summary: This initial story features Charlton Heston as astronaut Taylor, who crash lands on a distant planet. The world is similar to earth, but here intelligent apes rule, hunting primitive speechless humans for sport and conducting scientific experiments on the ones they don't kill. Soon Taylor himself is among the hunted. 112 Min. VIDEO 1968

VH 5056 Platoon
Summary: Based on the first hand experience of director Oliver Stone, this is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war torn jungles of Vietnam. 120 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4998 Play it Again, Sam
Summary: Woody Allen plays Allen, a fanatical movie buff with an outrageous recurring hallucination. His married friends Dick and Linda fix him up with several eligible young ladies, but his self-confidence is so weak that he's a total failure with them all. Eventually Allen discovers that there is one woman he's himself with: Linda, his best friend's wife. Directed by Herbert Ross. 085 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 2500 Player, The
Summary: When callous movie studio executive Griffin Mill starts receiving anonymous death threats from a rejected screenwriter, his already shaky career begins to crumble. Finally, his desperation drives him to kill, but did he rub out the wrong writer? Director: Robert Altman. 124 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 1792 Playtime (Jacques Tati)
Summary: Jacques Tati & Barbara Dennek. Directed by Jacques Tati. Score by Francis Lemarque. This fourth film in the Mr. Hulot series explores the difficulty Mr. Hulot has when trying to keep an appointment. Everything gets in his way from skyscrapers to clumsy waiters. In French with English subtitles. 108 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5349 Plenty
Summary: In post war Britain, Susan Traherne returns to her homeland, haunted by her experiences as a Resistance fighter in occupied France. Her philosophy: If you want it, take it. Strong willed and confident, Susan's unconventional behavior begins to destroy her own sanity and alters irreparably the lives of those around her: her diplomat husband, his colleagues, her young lover. 119 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 0949 Plow That Broke the Plains, The & Night Mail
Summary: The first work is the story of America's Great Plains, which details the ravages of drought and the area's history, and the migration of farmers to the Pacific Coast. Directed by Pare Lorenz. The second work, by Britain's famed GPO Film Unit is an homage to the British postal and railway systems. Produced by Basil Wright and Henry Watt. 050 Min. VIDEO 1936

VH 7664 Pocketful Of Rye, A
Summary: Motion picture detective film in which Miss Marple investigates the deaths of a husband and wife. Directed by Guy Slater. 101 Min. VIDEO 1984 Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE

VH 3420 Poison
Summary: It examines the motives behind a seven year old boys murder of his own father, relates the intriguing story of a scientist who isolates the sex drive in liquid form, and graphically explores the sexually obsessive relationship between two prison inmates. As the pieces snap into place, the tension intensifies, culminating in an explosive climax of unsettled emotions. Director: Todd Haynes. 085 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 3626 Polyester
Summary: The Fishpaws are a typical nouveau riche family: pornographer/patriarch Elmer is the owner of the lucrative Charles Art Theatre, a home away from home for the local raincoat crowd, teenage daughter Lu-Lu go-go dances for the boys during lunch period, glue snorting son Dexter has a foot fetish; and poor obese Francine, loving wife and mother, can barely cope. The nosy neighbors hate Francine for being a smut king's spouse. Her ditsy daughter is pregnant. Her deranged son has been declared criminally insane. And her husband has left her for cheap sex with his slut/secretary Sandra. Its enough to drive one to drink. And it does. But just when things look their bleakest, Francine's life is about to change. Director: John Waters. 083 Min. VIDEO 1981

VH 7685 Poppies Are Also Flowers
Summary: Motion picture drama about tracking the leaders of the drug world by infesting a crop of poppies with radioactive material. Directed by Terance Young. 085 Min. VIDEO 1966 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, DRAMA

VH 1620 Portrait of Teresa
Summary: Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llaurado. Directed by Pastory Vega. Teresa is a housewife and mother who works in a textile factory. Her involvement in political and cultural groups incurs the displeasure of her husband, who expects her to be waiting with a hot meal when he comes home at night. 103 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5005 Postman, The
Summary: Mario is a bumbling mailman who's madly in love with the most beautiful woman in town...and who's too shy to tell her how he feels. But when a world famous poet unexpectedly moves into town, Mario is inspired. Directed by Michael Radford. 108 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 6568 Predator
Summary: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth - because the Predator is not of this Earth. Directed by John McTiernan. 107 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 0004 Pride and Prejudice
Summary: Videocassette release of the 1940 motion picture by Lowe's Inc. Renewed in 1967 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An opinionated young lady of the early 19th century wins herself a rich husband she had at first despised for his pride. 118 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6348 Prince of Tides, The
Summary: A rich human story about love between men an women, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and ultimately the love of oneself. The film explores that love and its healing powers to accept, forgive, transform and liberate us from the pains and scars of the past. Directed by Barbra Streisand. 132 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 7424 Princess Tam Tam
Summary: An exotic Pygmalion-like musical comedy. A French aristocrat succeeds in presenting a Tunisian shepherd girl as an Indian princess until the beat of nightclub tom-toms compels her to dance. Directed by Edmond Greville. 080 Min. VIDEO 1935

VH 5537 Prisoner of Honor
Summary: After a Jewish officer in the French artillery is found guilty of trying to sell secrets to the enemy, the Army appoints a new Head of Counter-Intelligence who re-opens the case when he discovers the officer is innocent. Directed by Ken Russell. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5492 Private Benjamin
Summary: Goldie Hawn plays a spoiled young Jewish woman who joins the Army after her husband drops dead on their wedding night. She enlists under the impression that she can lead a cushy military lifestyle in an exotic paradise. She quickly finds herself in a rugged boot camp at the mercy of a leathery drill sergeant. Directed by Howard Zieff. 110 Min. VIDEO 1980 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6935 La Promesse
Summary: Igor and his father, Roger, are making a decent living renting apartments to illegal immigrants and sometimes working them illegally (among other scams). But when the building inspector pays a surprise visit and Amidou falls off a scaffold in his hurry to hide, things start to unravel, particularly when Igor makes a promise to the injured Amidou that ultimately exposes the different values of Igor and Roger, and of Amidou's wife, Assita. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. 093 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 5006 Prospero's Books
Summary: A magical realm of exquisite beauty, where the innocence of love and dreams of revenge collide to create a tempest. Directed by Peter Greenaway. 126 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 1838 Psycho
Summary: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, John Gavin & John McIntire. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Score by Bernard Herrmann. Hitchcock's classic in horror stars Perkins as a lonely young man who manages the desolate Bates motel with his jealous & overprotective mother. 109 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6552 Pulp Fiction
Summary: Clever, dark film that tells four separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 164 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7372 Pumping Iron
Summary: Documentary film on the art and sport of body building, with emphasis on the physical and mental preparations for the Mr. Universe competition. 085 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 5590 Purple Heart, The
Summary: This is the story of a World War II crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation, being tried and convicted as war criminals. Directed by Lewis Milestone. 098 Min. VIDEO 1944 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 0919 Purple Rose of Cairo, The
Summary: Cecilia is a poor waitress whose only escape is the thrill and excitement of going to the movies. Suddenly, while watching her favorite movie, the leading man jumps out of the picture to be with her. Confusion abounds as the actors he has left in the movie try to get him back. Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello. Directed by Woody Allen. 082 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2702 Quartier Mozart
Summary: The story of 48 hours in a working class neighborhood in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital. It recounts the education of a young schoolgirl, Queen of the Hood, still proud like a woman who has never known men. Maman Thekla, the local sorceress, helps her enter the body of a young stud, My Guy, so she can understand the real "sexual politics" of the quarter. 081 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4418 Quilombo
Summary: Director Carlos Diegues's historical saga is a fusion of folklore, political impact, and dynamic story telling. The story derives from fact: in 17th century Brazil, groups of runaway slaves escaped to mountainous jungle strongholds, where they formed self-governing communities known as quilombos. 114 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5001 Quintet
Summary: Set during Earth's final ice age, it is an imaginative tale in which mankind's last survivors spend their final days playing "Quintet, " a macabre form of backgammon where the loser is killed by another player. Directed by Robert Altman. 118 Min. VIDEO 1979

VH 7670 Rage Of Paris
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a beautiful French model and her encounters with a businessman. Directed by Henry Koster. 077 Min. VIDEO 1938

VH 4942 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Summary: Archaeologist Indiana Jones will stop at nothing to keep Nazis from obtaining the mystical Ark of the Covenant. Directed by: Steven Spielberg. 115 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2282 Rainbow, The
Summary: Defying the moral constraints of Victorian England and her parents, Ursula engages in unbridled promiscuity first with a beautiful, fascinating school teacher, then with a young soldier, before setting out on her own to capture the fuller sensuality of life itself. Director: Ken Russell. 104 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0348 Raise The Red Lantern
Summary: Set in 1920's China, 19 year-old Songlian (Gong Li) has become Fourth Wife to the wealthy Chen. Yet she must share her husband with his three existing wives. Each wife has her own house on the estate, and each must wait until dusk for the arrival of a red lantern. Where the lantern is carried signifies which wife the master will sleep with that night. The lantern brings with it privileges none of the wives will sacrifice without a fight. Directed by Zhang Yimou. 125 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, COMMUNICATION

VH 1612 Ramparts of Clay
Summary: Leila Schenna. Directed by Jean-Louis Berluccelli. This film portrays the struggles of a young Tunisian woman to liberate herself from the subservient role her people's ancient customs demand. She seizes her opportunity when a strike erupts between a large company and working-class villagers. In Arabic, subtitled in English. 085 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2474 Ran
Summary: Japan's foremost director, Akira Kurosawa, has created a masterpiece with his own "King Lear" that brilliantly mixes Japanese history, Shakespeare's plot and Kurosawa's own feelings about loyalty. With Kurosawa's relentless demand for perfection evident in every scene, RAN won an Oscar for Costume Design and was voted Best Film of 1985 by the National Society of Film Critics. 160 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 2012 Rappaccini's Daughter
Summary: Set in Italy's distant past is this romantic story of a young man's entanglement with a beautiful woman in a poisonous garden. In his attempt to free her from the control of her father & to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on his life, he unwittingly destroys her. 057 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 0915 Rashomon
Summary: Originally released as a motion picture produced in Japan in 1950. In medieval Japan, four people involved in a rape and murder recite their differing versions of the sequence of the events. Director: Akira Kurosawa. 083 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7702 Reaching For The Moon
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a businessman who falls in love with a woman while on voyage on a ship. Directed by Edmund Goulding. 067 Min. VIDEO 1930

VH 2003 Rear Window
Summary: Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 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. But things really begin to get hot for Stewart, Kelly and the unassuming audience when he suspects his neighbor (Burr) of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden. 113 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2111 Rebecca
Summary: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, C. Aubrey Smith & Gladys Cooper. Alfred Hitchcock's American directorial debut. A timid young girl marries a widower only to find her new home haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first Lady de Winter. The new Mrs. de Winter must discover the secret locked in her husband's heart, the truth about Rebecca. 132 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4943 Red Desert
Summary: Giuliana has become sensitive to her environment since her nervous breakdown. Alienated from modern existence she seeks some emotional basis for hope: in family, in group sex, and in an affair with her husband's colleague. Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni. In Italian with English subtitles. 120 Min. VIDEO 1964 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7507 Red Dust
Summary: Motion picture romance starring Clark Gable, and Jean Harlow. Directed by Victor Fleming. 083 Min. VIDEO 1932 Series: DIAMOND JUBILEE COLLECTION

VH 5000 Red River
Summary: John Wayne plays Tom Dunson, a cattle baron who built his ranch with hard work and a determination to kill any man who would dare try to take his land. But when plummeting livestock values endanger his beloved ranch, Tom and his adopted son set out to get a fair price for their cattle by driving them through the treacherous Chisolm Trial from Texas to Kansas. Directed by Howard Hawks. 133 Min. VIDEO 1948

VH 0902 Reds, Part 1
Summary: The story of the love affair of John Reed and Louise Bryant in a war torn world and how the Russian revolution shook their lives. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton. Director: Warren Beatty. Two videocassettes, VH 902 & 903. 100 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0903 Reds, Part 2
Summary: The story of the love affair of John Reed and Louise Bryant in a war torn world and how the Russian revolution shook their lives. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton. Director: Warren Beatty. Two videocassettes, VH 902 & 903. 195 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4745 Reggie Mixes In
Summary: When rich Doug befriends Bessie, he takes a job as a bar bouncer to be near where she works, and gets more action than he expected. Directed by: D.W. Griffith. 058 Min. VIDEO 1916 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5002 Reservoir Dogs
Summary: They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killer s realize one of them is a police informer. But which one? Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 100 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 5296 Return of Martin Guerre, The
Summary: Tells the suspenseful true story of a 16th century peasant who disappears shortly after his marriage. When he returns from the war nine years later a much changed man, his identity is questioned by everyone, including his own wife. It is only at the end of an intense trial that the truth becomes established. 123 Min. VIDEO 1982

VH 2020 Revolt of Mother, The
Summary: Set on a New England farm in 1890, this program shows how Sarah overcomes her penny-pinching husband's failure to keep his promise to build the family a better home. As witnesses to their mother's revolt & compassionate reconciliation, daughter Nanny & son Sammy are themselves changed forever. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, COMMUNICATION Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 5609 Ritual: Three Portraits of Jewish Life
Summary: Examines three Jewish religious rituals: daily prayer, as an example of repetitive ritual; the building of a sukkah, typifying the celebration of a festival; and circumcision, marking a milestone in the life cycle. 060 Min. VIDEO 1997 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3451 Road Scholar
Summary: Take satirist, poet and all-around wise -guy Andrei Codrescu. Put him behind the wheel of a blazing cherry-red '68 Cadillac convertible. And strap yourself in for a zany, freewheeling version of that most venerable of American traditions: the cross-country road trip. Director: Roger Weisberg and Jean De Segonzac. 082 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4198 Road Warrior, The
Summary: The first sequel to "Mad Max" take place after nuclear war has destroyed Australia. Max helps a colony of oil-drilling survivors defend themselves from the roving murderous outback gangs and escape to the coast. Director: George Miller. 095 Min. VIDEO 1982

VH 7508 Roberta
Summary: Motion picture musical comedy, starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, about a group of American entertainers operating a dress shop in Paris. Directed by William A. Seiter. 106 Min. VIDEO 1935 Series: MUSICALS GREAT MUSICALS COLLECTION

VH 2734 Rocco & His Brothers, Part 1
Summary: A modern classic about four brothers who move with their mother from the Italian countryside to Milan. Director: Luchino Visconti. 170 Min. VIDEO 1960

VH 2735 Rocco & His Brothers, Part 2
Summary: A modern classic about four brothers who move with their mother from the Italian countryside to Milan. Director: Luchino Visconti. 170 Min. VIDEO 1960

VH 3135 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Summary: It's the story of an "ordinary" couple and one unforgettable night at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad-scientist from the planet transsexual. Brad and Janet have arrived on a special night, the night Dr. Furter's "beautiful creature", Rocky, the Adonis humanoid created for the release of Frank's "tension", was to be born. Director: Jim Sharman. 100 Min. VIDEO 1975

VH 7385 Room Service
Summary: A broke producer stalls to avoid eviction from his hotel room. 078 Min. VIDEO 1938

VH 4892 Rope
Summary: Granger and Dall are two friends who strangle a classmate for intellectual thrills and then proceed to invite his family and mutual friends for dinner, with the body stuffed inside the trunk they use for a buffet table. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 081 Min. VIDEO 1948 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1978 Rose For Emily, A
Summary: Dramatization of Faulkner's story about an indomitable Southern woman obsessed with the past. Angelica Huston; Narrated by John Houseman. Director: Lyndon Chubbuck. 027 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7506 Rose Marie
Summary: Motion picture drama stars Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and James Stewart. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. 112 Min. VIDEO 1936 Series: DIAMOND JUBILEE COLLECTION

VH 6934 Rosetta
Summary: Rosetta, a shy 17 year old girl, lives with her alcoholic mother in a trailer park in Belgium. Desperate to live a normal life, her one ambition is to get and keep a job. Directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. 095 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 3418 Ruby in Paradise
Summary: When you get your chance to change your life, you take it. For Ruby Gissing, that means leaving the mountains of Tennessee and never looking back. With nothing but her journal, her dreams and her Granny's rocker, Ruby heads South to Panama City Beach, a summer resort she visited as a child. But it's Fall and friends, money - and second changes are scarce. Can she make it on her own? Ruby Lee Gissing is about to find out. Adventure, excitement, love - and trouble - are all waiting for Ruby in Paradise. Directed by: Victor Nunez. 115 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 8403 The Runner
Summary: Iranian orphan Amiroo lives in an abandoned ship, earning a meager living through casual jobs such as shoe cleaning. But mainly, Amiroo is in a hurry. He runs. He races. And he tries to out distance his illiteracy by ceaselessly learning all kinds of things. As he follows lessons at an evening school, he attains victory and self-respect in a race with his peers. 088 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST

VH 7343 Running Man, The
Summary: The year is 2019. Television is now ruling people's lives. In the 21st Century, the most popular "audience participation" game show is "The Running Man" - where convicts can win pardons instead of "parting gifts" by defeating murderous henchmen known as "stalkers." 101 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 7976 Ruthless People
Summary: When loathsome millionaire Sam Stone's wife is kidnaped by inept kidnappers, Sam cries tears of joy and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam celebrates. Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. 093 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 1744 Saaraba (Utopia)
Summary: Saaraba is a Wolof word for a mythical place free of the misery and contradictions of daily existence, equivalent to the Western idea of Utopia or El Dorado. Presents an unsparing indictment of a corrupt older generation (in Senegal) chasing material wealth, power and the lifestyle of the former French colonialists. Director: Amadon Seck. 086 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 2409 Sabotage
Summary: A woman suspects that her kindly husband is keeping something from her. He indeed is a saboteur, plotting to explode a highly explosive bomb in an underground station on Lord Mayor's Day. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 076 Min. VIDEO 1936 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3861 Safe
Summary: Carol White is a suburban housewife whose affluent environment suddenly turns against her. SAFE is a bold, darkly comic, completely original drama depicting Carol's descent into the horrors of modern day living. Director: Todd Haynes. 119 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 7410 Saint in New York, The: The Saint Strikes Back
Summary: The Big Apple has a rotten core under the influence of the mysterious " Big Fellow" and his crime syndicate. That is, until a citizen's committee secretly calls in the suave super sleuth Simon Templar, better known as the Saint, to drive the snakes out of Manhattan. 135 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 0943 Saint Joan
Summary: Graham Green's adaptation of Bernard Shaw's play about the life of Joan of Arc. Director: Otto Preminger. 110 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 5562 Sallah
Summary: A satirical comedy showing the problems an immigrant family from North Africa encounters in adjusting to life in Israel. 105 Min. VIDEO 1964 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4730 Salome
Summary: The Biblical story of the temptress and the death of John the Baptist. Directed by: Charles Bryant. 034 Min. VIDEO 1922 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0944 Salsa the Motion Picture
Summary: In a nightly escape from his dreary day job as a mechanic, young Rico enters his true element: the wild exuberance of the East L.A. "La Luna" salsa club. Robby Rosa, Rodney Harvey, Magali Alvarado. Director: Boaz Davidson. 096 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DANCE

VH 0945 Salt of the Earth
Summary: A social drama which depicts the attempt of a New Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged Mexican and American workers who endeavor to prevent their wives from participation on an equal basis in the strike. Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacon, Will Geer. Director: Herbert Biberman. 094 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 0984 Sanders of the River
Summary: Commissioner Sanders, representative of the British Crown, puts down a bloody rebellion and reestablishes harmony for the pro-British river people in this tale of adventure in West Africa. Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney. Director: Zoltan Korda. 086 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 7168 Sands Of Iwo Jima
Summary: Stryker (John Wayne), a hard-nosed Marine sergeant prepares a company of recruits for combat in WW II's Pacific Theater. This preparation is put to the test in a full-scale battle against the Japanese on Iwo Jima. 109 Min. VIDEO 1949 Subject: DRAMA Series: JOHN WAYNE COLLECTION

VH 3089 Sango Malo, The Village Teacher
Summary: A tale of two schoolteachers and two philosophies of education. The strict headmaster insist on a conventional French style curriculum which doesn't challenge the village power structure. When an innovative young teacher Sango Malo arrives, he introduces a more practical education designed to make the peasants the focus of rural development. Soon his ideas spread to the rest of the village and the peasants open a cooperative store and farm. Directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio. 094 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 3417 Sankofa
Summary: Director: Haile Gerima. SANKOFA, an Akan word meaning, "one must return to the past in order t o move forward, " is the story about the transformation of Mona, a self-possessed African American woman sent on a spiritual journey in time to experience the pa in of slavery and the discovery of her African identity. 125 Min. VIDEO

VH 3615 Sans Soleil
Summary: An unknown woman reads and comments on the letters she receives from a friend - a freelance cameraman who travels around the world and wonders about the meaning of his work and about the role of the memory he helps create. Photographed in the high tech world of Tokyo and the low tech regions of West Africa, SANS SOLEIL is a literate, rueful, humorous and astute meditation on nothing less complex than the quality of life on earth and its ever-changing characteristics. Explores the immense diversity of the human species and its differing societies. Director: Chris Marker. 100 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6848 Saving Private Ryan, Part 1
Summary: Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. 169 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 6849 Saving Private Ryan, Part 2
Summary: Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Directed by Steven Spielberg. 169 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 5610 Saying Kaddish
Summary: Portrays the experience of the Roth family when Rachel Roth dies of cancer at age 59. She leaves behind an immediate family consisting of her husband and two daughters. The film focuses on the pain and searching of the Roth family, particularly on the tensions between the demands of Jewish traditions and their own needs during Shiva, the seven day mourning period following the burial. Directed by Oren Rudavsky. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2200 Scar of Shame
Summary: Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Norman John Stone, Ann Kennedy, William E. Pettus, Pearl MacCormick, Lawrence Chenault. In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in "Scar of Shame", the story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent, middle-class mother. Director: Frank Perugini. 090 Min. VIDEO 1927 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7683 Scarface
Summary: Motion picture drama of the life and death of a Chicago gangster during the prohibition in the 1920's. Directed by Howard Hawks. 093 Min. VIDEO 1932 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6264 Scarface, Pt. 1
Summary: Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, "Scarface" follows the violent career of a small time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. 093 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 6265 Scarface, Pt. 2
Summary: Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, "Scarface" follows the violent career of a small time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. 093 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 3777 Scarlet Street
Summary: Christopher Cross is a timid and unassuming clerk who sees his life change quickly when he saves a beautiful woman from a dark alley assailant late one night. Kitty March is the femme fatale who seizes the opportunity to use her influence over Cross to swindle him out of a fortune. Kitty's lecherous lover, Johnny Prince, orchestrates the master plan that will bring he and Kitty quick wealth at Cross's expense. Director: Fritz Lang. 103 Min. VIDEO 1945 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7161 Scent Of Green Papaya, The
Summary: Set in the 1950's and 1960's Saigon, a young country girl joins a family as their servant and develops an enduring but secret attachment to a friend of the eldest son. 104 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 2788 Schindler's List, part 1
Summary: Based on the true story of how German war profiteer and prison camp Director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during WWII. The actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden - Schindler's Jews - portrays the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil. Director: Steven Spielberg. 132 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: HOLOCAUST

VH 2789 Schindler's List, part 2
Summary: Based on the true story of how German war profiteer and prison camp Direktor Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during WWII. The actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden - Schindler's Jews - portrays the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil. Director: Steven Spielberg. 065 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: HOLOCAUST

VH 5515 Schindler's List, Pt. 1
Summary: Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Steven Spielberg's film tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a dashing and resourceful German Catholic businessman who saved more than 1, 000 Polish Jews from almost certain annihilation. Director: Steven Spielberg. 197 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5516 Schindler's List, Pt. 2
Summary: Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, this Steven Spielberg film tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a dashing and resourceful German Catholic businessman who saved more than 1, 000 Polish Jews from almost certain annihilation. 197 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 0918 School Daze
Summary: A music-filled, off-beat contemporary comedy that takes an unforgettable look at black college life. Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Art Evans, Ellen Holly, Spike Lee and Ossie Davis. Director Spike Lee. 114 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3099 School for Scandal
Summary: British television adaptation of Richard Sheridan's comedic play of the morals and manners of 18th century England. 100 Min. VIDEO 1965

VH 4125 School Ties
Summary: When David Greene, a working class teenager in Pennsylvania during the 1950' s, receives a football scholarship to an exclusive New England prep school, it seems an opportunity too good to be true. David becomes the team hero and wins the attentions of a beautiful debutante. But the ties of his newfound friendships are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal. Directed by: Robert Mandel. 110 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5591 School Ties
Summary: David Greene, a popular student at an exclusive New England prep school, becomes the object of ridicule and scorn when his Jewish heritage is revealed, leading him to take the most important stand of his life. Directed by Robert Mandel. 110 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3195 Searchers, The
Summary: THE SEARCHERS gave John Wayne his favorite role. Working together for the 12th time, Wayne and director John Ford forged THE SEARCHERS into an indelible image of the frontier - and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He's seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender - to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. Directed by John Ford. 144 Min. VIDEO 1956

VH 1846 Secreto De Romelia, El (Romelia's Secret)
Summary: Diana Bracho, Pedro Armendariz, Dolores Beristain, Subtitled in English. Directed by Busi Cortes. 101 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 8063 Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News
Summary: Discusses the history of the camcorder and how it has become the eyes o f the world. Directed by Katerina Cizek and Peter Wintonick. 059 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6647 Send Me No Flowers
Summary: As husband and wife, the two seem to be the ideal suburban couple but their relationship takes a turn for the worse when the husband turns hypochondriac and mistakenly believes he has only a few weeks to live. Directed by Norman Jewison. 100 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 4624 Set it Off
Summary: Four women take the law into their own hands and try to get some pay-back by robbing the city's biggest banks. Directed by Gary Gray. 123 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1986 Seven Samurai, The, Part 1
Summary: Japanese, subtitled in English. Toshiro Mifune. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Award winning tale of a 16th century village torn by civil war and marauding bandits. Villagers engage the services of seven professional warriors. 099 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES

VH 1987 Seven Samurai, The, Part 2
Summary: Japanese, subtitled in English. Toshiro Mifune. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Award winning tale of a 16th century village torn by civil war and marauding bandits. Villagers engage the services of seven professional warriors. 098 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES

VH 6258 Seven Year Itch, The
Summary: A husband of seven years, alone in New York while his family vacations, fantasizes an affair with the TV model in the upstairs apartment. Directed by Billy Wilder. 105 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 5055 Seventh Seal, The
Summary: Set in the 14th century, a knight returning home from the Crusades encounters Death who challenges him to a chess game. In the balance hang the lives of a knight and a group of traveling players. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. 096 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7362 Sexton Blake And The Hooded Terror
Summary: A motion picture in which a British private detective is searching for "The Snake", a master criminal. 069 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 4891 Shadow of a Doubt
Summary: Joseph Cotten stars as the charming Uncle Charlie, a beguiling killer who travels from Philadelphia to California just one step ahead of the law. But soon his unknowing niece begins to suspect her uncle of being the Merry Widow murderer, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 108 Min. VIDEO 1942 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6006 Shall We Dance?
Summary: A comedy about a middle-aged workaholic's incredibly dull life that takes a funny turn when he signs up for ballroom dance class--just to meet his sexy dance teacher. 119 Min. VIDEO Subject: DANCE

VH 5472 Shalom Sesame: The People of Israel
Summary: Through a lively combination of animation, song, comedy, and film, this show explores the colorful mix which makes up Israel's people. Visit a Druse home and sing with Israeli Jewish and Arab children Shalom Sesame's vision of "It's a small world." Also includes skits oh Hebrew letters and numbers. 031 Min. VIDEO 1986 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1690 She's Gotta Have It
Summary: Tracy Camila Johns, Spike Lee, Tommy Redmond Hicks & John Canada Terrell. Director: Spike Lee. An independent-minded young black woman (Johns) has three men after her, but is in no hurry to choose between them. 084 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7370 Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon
Summary: The Allies depend upon Sherlock Holmes to discover who kidnaped the inventor of a new secret weapon and the prototype. Lionel Atwil debuts as super-criminal Professor Moriority in this mystery drama. 068 Min. VIDEO 1942 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 7363 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Summary: Sherlock Holmes solves the case of "The Tragic Family Secret" when he learns that a chessboard holds the clues to murders and a hidden fortune. 068 Min. VIDEO 1943 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 4486 Sherlock Jr. and Our Hospitality
Summary: A dazzling display of cinematic inventiveness that races along like the driver-less motorcycle hurtling through a traffic clogged city in the film's unforgettable climax - with a stone faced Buster perched obliviously on the handle-bars. / Keaton as a New York man who returns to his Southern antebellum homeland to find himself embroiled in a longstanding feud between his family and that of the woman he loves. Directed by Buster Keaton. 119 Min. VIDEO 1923

VH 4572 Sherman's March
Summary: An autobiographical film about the quest for true romance, as the filmmaker follows the route of General Sherman's Civil War march through Georgia and the Carolinas. Directed by Ross McElwee. 157 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7448 Shirley Valentine
Summary: Motion picture comedy about an English housewife who takes a vacation to Greece. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. 108 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 6001 Shoah, Vol. 1
Summary: The Nazi extermination of Jews is examined through interviews of survivors, witnesses and perpetrators and through footage of the sites of the death camps and environs as they appear today. Those interviewed include Jewish survivors of the death camps and the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Polish farmers and villagers who lived near the camps and Nazis who worked in the camps and the ghettos. 149 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6003 Shoah, Vol. 3
Summary: The Nazi extermination of Jews is examined. 149 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6004 Shoah, Vol. 4
Summary: The Nazi extermination of Jews is examined. 143 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 8200 Shoot to Kill
Summary: An innocent man is murdered during a police round-up while his mother watches. Refusing to accept the official version of the story, she launches a campaign for justice. A journalist begins to investigate the story at the risk of his own life. Directed by Carlos Azpurua. 093 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 6174 Shop on Main Street, The
Summary: Tells the heart-breaking story of the friendship that develops between an elderly, hard of hearing Jewish woman who owns a button shop, and the good natured carpenter appointed by the Nazis as her Aryan controller. Directed by Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos. 126 Min. VIDEO 1965 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7515 Shriek In The Night, A
Summary: Motion picture detective/mystery film starring Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot. 066 Min. VIDEO 1933 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 7770 Sia, The Dream of the Python
Summary: Epic drama about Kombi, a poverty-stricken city dominated by a tyrant king. In order to bring back prosperity, the king is advised by his priests to make the traditional human sacrifice of a young virgin. Sia, the most beautiful woman of the village has been designated. Struggles and revelations follow as the characters confront issues of honor, corruption and power. A film by Dani Kouyate. In Gumatj with English subtitles. 096 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5564 Siege
Summary: An Israeli woman loses her husband during the Six Day War. Her husband's friends want her to remain the ever-mourning widow. The woman wishes to break from the past and normalize her life. 095 Min. VIDEO 1970 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7741 Siesta
Summary: Claire is a professional stuntwoman. When she awakens beneath a hot Spanish sun covered in blood, she can only recall fragments of her memory. As her nightmarish journey begins, she wanders roads and back alleys of an alien countryside, haunted by visions of her past few days. 098 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 5292 Silence of the Lambs
Summary: A psychopath known as Buffalo Bill is kidnaping and murdering young women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling to interview a demented prisoner who may provide psychological insight and clues to the killer's actions. The prisoner is a psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant, murderous cannibal who will only help Starling if she will feed his morbid curiosity with details about her own complicated life. 118 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 4421 Silences of the Palace
Summary: Written and directed by Moufida Tlatli. Set in Tunisia in the 1950's. Alia, the young servant-girl is misused by her masters and wooed by the rebel. Arabic with English subtitles. Directed by Moufida Tlatli. 127 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7412 Silver Blaze
Summary: In this motion picture, Sherlock Holmes clears a racehorse of having killed its trainer. 071 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 5307 Singin' in the Rain
Summary: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Conner are at their liveliest in one of the most beloved musicals ever to come out of Hollywood. 103 Min. VIDEO 1952

VH 4281 Singing Blacksmith, The
Summary: Story of a blacksmith who sees too many women and drinks far too much liquor. Then, he meets Tamare and his life changes, or does it? Directed by: Edgar Ulmer. 096 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 5186 Sirens
Summary: Hugh Grant plays an idealistic young minister on a mission. He must tame the wicked ways of a notorious artist whose nude paintings of his beautiful models scandalize the nation. Intent on delivering salvation, the repressed reverend and his wife instead are lead into temptation by their playfully seductive hosts and sensuous new surroundings. 094 Min. VIDEO

VH 2021 Sky Is Gray, The
Summary: A black farm youngster's odyssey of discovery of himself & his world begins when his mother takes him to visit the dentist. In the rural Louisiana town, he encounters a wide variety of people whose attitudes form a backdrop against which his mother's insistence on dignity & self-reliance comes into focus for him. 046 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: LITERATURE-I, AFRICAN-AMERICAN Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 2620 Slacker
Summary: Talented film maker Richard Linklater's first feature is a wickedly funny social satire on a growing generation of young idlers or "slackers" in Austin, Texas. Set in coffee houses, clubs, bars, apartments, stores and the streets of this college town, SLACKER is fascinating series of rambling vignettes sprinkled with would-be philosophers, musicians, anti-artists, film makers, conspiracy buffs, UFO enthusiasts, anarchists, street people, and crazies. 097 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4729 Slapsticks
Summary: This anthology features bits and pieces of the films that made the world laugh before movies learned to talk. Directed by: Mack Sennett. 076 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7582 Slave Ship
Summary: Over 150 documented mutinies occurred aboard slave ships between 1699 and 1845; only once, in the case of the Amistad, did slaves successfully return to Africa. Using that remarkable and anomalous incident as a focus, this program takes an in-depth look at the slave trade. Directed by Noah Morowitz. 052 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 3232 Sleeping with the Enemy
Summary: At first, Martin Burney appeared to be the man of Laura's dreams. He was handsome, successful, and seductively attentive. It wasn't until they were married that she discovered the real Martin was a woman's worst nightmare compulsive, controlling, and dangerously violent. After three years of living in fear and dread, Laura plans her escape. Director: Joseph Ruben. 099 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5185 Smoke
Summary: A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York Cigar store manager, Auggie, befriends them. Among them is a writer, who can't write, a reluctant father, hiding from his past, a streetwise teen, with an unusual identity crisis, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend, who returns with surprising news. 112 Min. VIDEO Subject: DRAMA

VH 4997 Snapper, The
Summary: When the oldest daughter of a riotous, close knit family announces her unexpected pregnancy, everyone wants to know who fathered the "snapper" she's carrying. But the young woman's refusal to reveal anything about her predicament sends the entire town into a tizzy. Directed by Stephen Frears. 095 Min. VIDEO

VH 7449 Snatch
Summary: Motion picture drama of a diamond heist that goes awry. 103 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7440 Snow Falling on Cedars
Summary: A murder trial has upset the quiet community of San Piedro, and now this tranquil village has become the center of controversy. For a local reporter the trial strikes home when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case. Directed by Scott Hicks. 139 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 2023 Soldier's Home
Summary: Harold Krebs is a soldier returned home after the end of World War I. He is in need of peace & time to work things out for himself, yet he is pressured to rejoin a community in which he feels alien. The tense relationship between Krebs & his mother culminates in a climactic scene in which he leaves to begin a new life elsewhere. Director: Robert Young. 041 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: LITERATURE-I Series: AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION, THE

VH 4181 Some Like It Hot
Summary: Marilyn Monroe as a ukulele-playing singer, and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as down and out musicians who escape irate Chicago mobsters by changing their names to Josephine and Daphne to join a female jazz band. Director: Billy Wilder. 121 Min. VIDEO 1959

VH 5201 Sometimes a Great Notion
Summary: Ken Kesey's best-selling novel about a two-fisted Oregon lumber family is the basis for this film. The story concerns a family that bucks the close-knit timber community in which they live to deliver a shipment of logs in defiance of a strike. Directed by: Paul Newman. 115 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7403 Son of Kong
Summary: Showman Carl Denham finds himself back on mysterious Skull Island in search of lost treasure, when he discovers the oversized offspring of King Kong. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. 070 Min. VIDEO 1933

VH 7646 Son Son
Summary: Son Son, who lives in the ghettos of Kingston Jamaica with his mother, stepfather and sister, resists his mother's demands that he get a job. When he turns to crime instead, he finds that he should have heeded his mother's words. 077 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 6347 Sophie's Choice
Summary: A drama set in post World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo a would be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbor. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. 152 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: HOLOCAUST

VH 4852 Sorrows of Satan, The
Summary: Struggling writer unwittingly makes a deal with Satan for material success. Based on the Faust legend. Directed by: D.W. Griffith. 090 Min. VIDEO 1926 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4851 Soul Fire
Summary: South Pacific high seas induce Cupid's arrow. Directed by John S. Robertson. 100 Min. VIDEO 1925 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4705 Soul Food
Summary: Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth watering, 40 year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters. Directed by: George Tillman Jr. 114 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6739 Soylent Green
Summary: The setting is New York City, the year is 2022 and the city is teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by the government. Police officer Thorn finds the truth about the synthetic greenish, wafer like food substitute called soylent. 097 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA Series: CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS

VH 5080 Spanish Dancer
Summary: A gypsy dancer is frequently called to perform for King Philip and Queen Isabella. 065 Min. VIDEO 1923 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2899 Special Day, A
Summary: A SPECIAL DAY is the story of a touching and brief encounter between two unlikely people: the "special day" is May 8, 1939, the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome. On this day, an intimate drama unfolds between Antonietta, a worn-out and weary housewife, and Gabriele, a former radio announcer. An accidental meeting brings them together for almost two hours of comic and touching confidences, arguments and self-searching. Director: Ettore Scola. 110 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 7706 Speckled Band, The
Summary: Motion picture murder mystery about the death of the stepdaughter of Dr. Rylott. "Band and speckled" were the last words uttered by the dying girl. Directed by Jack Raymond. 050 Min. VIDEO 1931

VH 4890 Spellbound
Summary: Dr. Murchison has retired from his position as head of the Green Manors Mental Asylum, and his replacement, the famous psychiatrist Dr. Edwards, finds himself attracted to the beautiful, but cold, Dr. Constance Petersen. However, Dr. Petersen soon realizes that he is a paranoid amnesiac imposter and tries to cure him while solving the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwards. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 111 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7366 Spider Woman, The
Summary: Sherlock Holmes confronts London's deadliest woman, The Spider Woman, and solves the case of the "Pajama Suicides". 062 Min. VIDEO 1944 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 7382 Spy In Black, The
Summary: A story of espionage melodrama in a World War I setting in Scotland. 077 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 4889 Stage Fright
Summary: Eve Gill, a drama student, who envisions the acting challenge of a lifetime in the desperate predicament of a friend she feels is being framed by flamboyant stage star Charlotte Inwood for a killing. Her plan? To pose as a maid, go to work for Charlotte and uncover the truth of the matter. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 110 Min. VIDEO 1950 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1889 Stage Sisters
Summary: An epic tale of the theater by China's most popular film director, Xie Jin. 112 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE CINEMA

VH 3048 Stagecoach
Summary: Nine disparate travelers are thrust together in a perilous journey, a ride on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory. Directed by John Ford. 097 Min. VIDEO 1939 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7973 Stanley & Iris
Summary: Love story about two blue-collar workers trapped in their own private prisons. Stanley is held back by his inability to read or write, while Iris is paralyzed emotionally by the loss of her husband. Together they set out to help each other, and end up learning to live and, ultimately, love again. Directed by Martin Ritt. 105 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 5861 Star Is Born, A, Part 1
Summary: Directed by George Cukor. Garland is Esther Blodgett, an undeniable talent on the rise. She catches the eye of Norman Maine, an alcoholic actor in career decline. Their intense love transforms them both. Only one will survive Hollywood's slings and arrows. 175 Min. VIDEO 1954

VH 5862 Star Is Born, A, Part 2
Summary: Directed by George Cukor. Garland is singer Esther Blodgett, an undeniable talent on the rise. She catches the eye of Norman Maine, an alcoholic actor in career decline. Their intense love transforms them both. Only one will survive Hollywood's slings and arrows. 175 Min. VIDEO 1954

VH 4232 Star Wars
Summary: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo team together with robot duo, R2-D2 and C-3P O, to rescue the princess and restore justice in the Empire. Director: George Lucas. 121 Min. VIDEO 1977

VH 7563 Stardust Stricken, Moshen Makhmalbaf
Summary: Originally produced in Iran in 1996, film is a documentary on the life of the controversial filmmaker Moshen Makhmalbaf. 070 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: BIOGRAPHY

VH 6493 Steam
Summary: Francesco, a successful designer from Rome, arrives in Istanbul to dispose of an inheritance left him by and aunt he never knew. Once there he discovers that the property is a harem, a traditional Turkish steam bath. Mehmet, the beautiful son of the harem's custodian, ushers Francesco into the sultry world of the baths. Enlightened and unbound, Francesco decides to remain in Istanbul and restore the harem. 096 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0306 Stella Dallas
Summary: An uncouth, lower-class woman must learn to let go of the daughter she loves so that the girl may have a better life. Director: King Vidor. 106 Min. VIDEO 1937 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6946 Stepping Razor Red X
Summary: Packed with rare concert footage, interviews, and narration by Peter Tosh himself from his personal taped diaries, this film traces the rise of the Reggae musician from the slums of Kingston to international superstardom, and probes the unanswered questions concerning his brutal murder. Directed by Nichols Campbell. 103 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 7520 Storm In A Teacup
Summary: Motion picture comedy, starring Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison, about saving an unlicensed dog which is condemned to death. Directed by Victor Saville and Ian Dalrymple. 084 Min. VIDEO 1937 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 6734 Story of Louis Pasteur, The
Summary: Battling official censure and public indifference, Pasteur struggles with research to develop the vaccine and anti-toxin that will prevent anthrax and rabies. Directed by William Dieterle. 086 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 7402 Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The
Summary: Depicts the lives of the famous turn of the century dance team, Vernon and Irene Castle. Directed by H.C. Potter. 093 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 5051 La Strada
Summary: In her first starring role, Giulietta Masina perfectly combines comedy and pathos as the slow-witted innocent who falls for an abusive, circus strongman. For a time she finds comfort with a funny clown, until all three people are destroyed. Directed by: Federico Fellini. 107 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3455 Straight From The Heart
Summary: Videocassette release of a 1994 motion picture. Produced and directed by Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid; writer, Sharon Wood; editor, Deborah Hoffmann; music, Mary Watkins; cinematography, Frances Reid; narrator, Robert McAfee Brown. Parents of gay children tell of their struggles with homophobia. 024 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4888 Strangers on a Train
Summary: A tennis star hates his estranged wife and wants to be free to marry another woman. On a train, he meets Bruno, who hates his father. Bruno has a chillingly simple plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clues, nothing to link the two but a casual meeting of strangers on a train. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 101 Min. VIDEO 1951 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5592 Street Scene
Summary: The lives of New York City residents are explored when a young girl's life is torn apart as her father returns home unexpectedly to find her mother with another man in this version of Elmer Rice's prize winning play. Directed by King Vidor. 078 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1015 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
Summary: Tennessee Williams' play about a neurotic southern belle with a hidden past who comes to visit her sister and is abused and is driven mad by her brutal brother-in-law. Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Williams. Directed by Elia Kazan; Written by Tennessee Williams; Music by Alex North. 122 Min. VIDEO 1951

VH 3171 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1983)
Summary: Made-for-television adaptation of Tennessee Williams play. Blanche goes to New Orleans to visit her sister Stella after the family estate dwindles to nothing. She is raped and driven mad by her brutal brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. Ann-Margret, Beverly D'Angelo, Treat Williams, Randy Quaid, Rafael Campos, Erica Yohn. Directed by John Erman; Music by Marvin Hamlisch. 096 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 1624 Strike
Summary: Eisenstein's debut, and a silent classic. Russian film concerns the suppression of a 1912 worker's strike. Director: Sergei Eisenstein. 082 Min. VIDEO 1924 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3331 Sud
Summary: Videocassette release of the 1993 motion picture. director, Gabriele Salvatores; producers, Mario & Vittorio Cecchi Gori; screenplay, Franco Bernini, Angelo Pasquini, Gabriele Salvatores .... 092 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 2180 Sunrise
Summary: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Bodil Rosing, Margaret Livingston, J. Farrell MacDonald. Directed by F. W. Murnau. Silent story of a simple country boy who, prodded by an alluring city woman, tries to murder his wife. Remade as "The Journey To Tilsit." 110 Min. VIDEO 1927

VH 7429 Sunset Boulevard
Summary: The story of an aging silent movie film queen, who refuses to accept that stardom has ended for her, and the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness. Directed by Billy Wilder. 110 Min. VIDEO 1950

VH 1766 Super Fly
Summary: Priest (Ron O'Neal), a big time cocaine dealer is a Black prince of the streets. He's slick, he's smart, he's got the high uptown style and everything else the pusher's life provides. But Priest wants out from its confinements and treacheries. And he wants to go out in the highest style-which means one final and extra-special deal. Carl Lee, Julius W. Harris. Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. 090 Min. VIDEO 1972 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 2730 Suspicion
Summary: Ranks as one of Alfred Hitchcock's most skillfully crafted tales of suspense and deception. The tension begins shortly after Linda McLiadlaw (Joan Fontaine), a shy and wealthy woman, marries Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant), a rather charming if irresponsible man with a somewhat mysterious past. The tension grows as Linda is presented with evidence that suggests her dear husband is not exactly the man she thought him to be. Is he indeed a thief? Or worse? Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 099 Min. VIDEO 1941 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5740 Sweet Lorraine
Summary: A lively comedy-drama about the dilapidated Lorraine Hotel, a once proud Catskill landmark. Directed by Steve Gomer. 091 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5054 Swimming to Cambodia
Summary: Director Jonathan Demme's riveting concert film of Spalding Gray's live stage performance about life in general. Gray tells of what he felt about our secret bombing of Cambodia and the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge on their own people. 085 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7679 Swing High - Swing Low
Summary: Motion picture about a talented trumpeter. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. 095 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 5127 Swingers
Summary: A group of friends who spend their days looking for work and their nights in and out of Hollywood's coolest after hours hangouts. When lovesick Mike can't seem to shake a relationship rut, his smooth talking buddy Trent decides he'll do whatever it takes to show Mike a good time! 096 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 2701 Ta Dona
Summary: The story of the quest for secret knowledge by a young Bambara man. Here the hero, Sidy, is a modern agricultural expert in the Ministry of Rivers and Forests. While working in a peasant village, he is also searching for the seventh canari, a forgotten, secret Bambara herbal remedy used in childbirth. Faced with a scorching drought and a corrupt government, Sidy manages to save the village and rediscover the seventh canari. 102 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7437 Talented Mr. Ripley, The
Summary: Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes its better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back the playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder. Directed by Anthony Minghella. 139 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 7673 Tall Blonde Man With One Black Shoe, The
Summary: Motion picture comedy of mistaken identity. The life of a professional musician is changed when he is mistaken for a secret agent. Directed by Yves Robert. 090 Min. VIDEO 1972

VH 7569 Tap
Summary: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988, story of a promising but disillusioned tap dancer, who was recently released from prison and must resolve the conflict between his craft and the fast track life of a high-stakes thief. 110 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DANCE, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 4654 Targets
Summary: An aging horror film star plans his retirement, convinced that real life is too scary for his films to have an audience. A mad sniper at a drive-in movie seems to prove he's right. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. 092 Min. VIDEO 1967 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1010 Taxi Driver
Summary: A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption. Director: Martin Scorsese. 112 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 4625 Taxing Woman's Return, A
Summary: A tenacious tax inspector is investigating a corrupt fundamentalist order. Directed by Juzo Itami. 127 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4756 Temptress, The
Summary: An unhappy wife falls in love with a Spanish engineer. When it is revealed that Elena is not only married, but has also been the mistress of a banker, Robledo returns to South America. Subsequently, Elena and her husband also go to South America. Years later Robledo returns to Paris and runs into Elena who does not seem to recognize him. Elena has become a pathetic drunkard who is apparently beyond Robledo's help. Directed by: Mauritz Stiller. 090 Min. VIDEO 1926 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4944 Terminator, The
Summary: In the year of darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet decide they will reshape the future by changing the past. A brilliant flash of light and an earsplitting explosion mark the arrival of the Terminator, a cyborg sent to present day Earth. His task is to kill a young woman whose life will have great significance on years to come. Directed by: James Cameron. 108 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7539 Terms of Endearment
Summary: A comedy-drama about the evolving 30+ year relationship between a mother and daughter. Directed by James L. Brooks. 131 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 2634 La Terra Trema
Summary: The classic example of Italian neo-realism, about a poor Sicilian fisherman, his family and their village. A spare, slow-moving, profound and ultimately lyrical tragedy, this semi-documentary explores the economic exploitation of Sicily's fishermen. Filmed on location with the villagers playing themselves; highly acclaimed though not commercially successful. In Sicilian with English subtitles. Director: Luchino Visconti. 161 Min. VIDEO 1948 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 8254 Terranova
Summary: Motion picture about self-awareness and liberation of individual characters and their relationships, set in a 1950's rural Venezuelan town. Directed by Calogero Salvo. 101 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 7369 Terror By Night
Summary: Sherlock Holmes uncovers a complicated scheme of murder and theft based on false identities and poison darts. 060 Min. VIDEO 1946 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 5539 Tevye
Summary: Tevya, the dairyman, finds that his love for his daughter, Chavah, is in conflict with his commitment to religious tradition, when Chavah falls in love with, and marries, a gentile. Directed by Maurice Schwartz. 096 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 3813 Tevye the Milkman (Tevye Der Milkhiker)
Summary: Maurice Schwartz's adaptation of the familiar Sholom Aleichem story is set in Czarist Russia. The film focuses in on one of Tevye's daughters, Khave, and her love for Fedye, a Gentile. Tevye's paternal affection is placed in direct conflict with his deep commitment to religious tradition. Subtitled in English. 080 Min. VIDEO 1919

VH 7374 Texaco Star Theatre With Milton Berle...
Summary: "Mr. Television visits the United Nations of show business." 060 Min. VIDEO 1951

VH 4170 That Obscure Object of Desire
Summary: Fernando Rey stars as the fifty-ish gentleman who falls desperately in love with a woman half his age. The master of surrealism, Bunuel teases the audience by using two actresses with similar features to play the heroine, alternating between a dainty virgin and a sensual pleasurist. Bunuel's darkly humorous satire illustrates the unfathomable nature of sexual obsession and remains a lasting tribute to his unique cinematic vision. Director: Luis Bunuel. 100 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7676 That Uncertain Feeling
Summary: Motion picture comedy about how an apparently happy marriage is interfered with by an egotistical, eccentric musician. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 085 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 7371 They All Laughed
Summary: A detective agency is hired to trail three wives who are suspected of being unfaithful. 115 Min. VIDEO 1981

VH 7408 They Won't Believe Me
Summary: Man plots to kill his wife, but finds she has committed suicide. Then he's charged with murder. Directed by Irving Pichel. 095 Min. VIDEO 1946

VH 4850 Thief of Baghdad, The
Summary: Ahmed the Thief is happy to be a vagabond rogue until he falls in love with the beautiful Princess. He must prove himself worthier of her hand than his rival, the evil Prince of the Mongols, who has come to seize the Princess and Baghdad, for his own. Directed by: Raoul Walsh. 154 Min. VIDEO 1924 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7502 Thin Man, The
Summary: In New York over Christmas, a tipsy detective, his wife and their dog solve the mysterious disappearance of an eccentric inventor. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. 090 Min. VIDEO 1934 Series: DIAMOND JUBILEE COLLECTION

VH 7170 Thin Red Line, The
Summary: A realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II. Directed by Terrence Malick. 170 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 6945 Third World Cop
Summary: Set in the edgy, mean streets of modern day Kingston, Jamaica. Capone, a stare crime fighter, is transferred back to his hometown, where he is reunited with his friend Ratty who is the right hand of the notorious local don. Torn between their obligations and their personal histories, each man offers the other the chance to make a change. Unwilling and ultimately unable to alter the course their lives have taken, the movie follows Capone and Ratty to a tragic and violent finale. Directed by Christopher Brown. 098 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 2503 This is Spinal Tap
Summary: Master comedy directory Rob Reiner ("The Princess Bride, " "When Harry Met Sally...") takes you on the infamous U.S. tour of Britain's loudest heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, in this hilarious behind-the-scenes mock rockumentary. 093 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4744 Three Ages, The
Summary: Silent film with musical score. A parody of D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" with Keaton in prehistoric days, ancient Rome, and modern times. Directed by: Buster Keaton. 058 Min. VIDEO 1928 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7635 Three Sovereigns For Sarah (Part 1)
Summary: Motion picture drama about reviewing the aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials by Sarah Cloyce, who was called before a special commission set up by the Queen of England in 1692. It is resolved by officials that all charged are innocent, and that all "witches" be released. Directed by Philip Leacock. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7636 Three Sovereigns For Sarah (Part 2)
Summary: Motion picture drama about reviewing the aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials by Sarah Cloyce, who was called before a special commission set up by the Queen of England in 1692. It is resolved by officials that all charged are innocent, and that all "witches" be released. Directed by Philip Leacock. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8330 THX 1138
Summary: In the 25th century high tech computerized, underground, sterile world of the future humans are required to be in continuous drug-induced stupors, love and sex are outlawed, and robots maintain absolute order. But one man struggle s to break free. Directed by George Lucas. 086 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 8202 Tilai
Summary: Saga returns to his village to find that his fiancee Nogma is now his father's second wife. Still in love, they find each other again -- which the village views as incest. His brother supposedly kills him, the villagers think he' s dead, but Saga and Nogma escape and live happily -- until Saga has to go back to the village because his mother is dying. Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. 081 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 4210 Tillie's Punctured Romance
Summary: Charlie Chaplin plays a city slicker who courts a country maiden, Tillie, and then runs off with her money. When he hears that her rich uncle has died, he begs forgiveness and they marry. But when Tillie catches Charlie kissing his old sweetheart, Mabel, she is not amused. What follows is a chase scene done up in the great Keystone tradition - cops and all. Director: Mack Sennett. 100 Min. VIDEO 1914

VH 6944 Time Regained
Summary: Set in 1922, this film opens with Proust on his deathbed remembering his life. Gradually his own experiences give way to the characters in his novel. Fiction eclipses reality as the author's creations combine with his own experiences. Directed by Raoul Ruiz. 158 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 6544 Time to Live and the Time to Die, The
Summary: The film depicts a family transplanted from mainland China to Taiwan in the early 1950s. The father dies of illness and the elder sister marries. A-ha, the protagonist, struggles to deal with adolescence. 137 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 5337 Titanic, Part 1
Summary: The story of two young lovers is set against the background of the first great disaster of the 20th century, the sinking of the Titanic. 194 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5338 Titanic, Part 2
Summary: The story of two young lovers is set against the background of the first great disaster of the 20th century, the sinking of the Titanic. 194 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5493 To Be Or Not To Be
Summary: Comedy about a theatrical troupe in Warsaw during World War II. They use every trick at their command to outwit the Nazi occupation troops, and at the same time, hold the Nazis up to ridicule. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 099 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6307 To Catch a Thief
Summary: A retired American jewel thief living on the French Riviera seeks to prove his innocence by exposing the burglar who has been imitating his technique. 106 Min. VIDEO 1955

VH 7571 To Live
Summary: Motion picture drama set in 1940's China, where a drunken young man gambles away his family's fortune, home and all possessions. Directed by Zhang Yimou. 133 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 2284 To Sleep With Anger
Summary: At first a comic, introspective look at a black middle-class family going about their business in the heart of Los Angeles. Sly charmer Danny Glover shows up and enthralls the entire family with his slightly sinister storytelling and a gnawing doom gradually permeates the household. Insightful look into the conflicting values of Black America. Director: Charles Burnett. 102 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7160 Tokyo Monogatari
Summary: An elderly couple visit their grown-up children in Tokyo, but find themselves a burden to the family. They return home, and the mother dies, leaving the father to face the future alone. 131 Min. VIDEO 1953

VH 6834 Tom Jones
Summary: The lusty adventures of a handsome and good-natured young man seeking his fortune and his true parentage in 18th century England. 129 Min. VIDEO 1963

VH 2025 Tomorrow
Summary: Robert Duvall & Olga Bellin. Directed by Joseph Anthony. A Mississippi farmer (Duvall) befriends a homeless pregnant woman & falls in love with her, only to have her die in childbirth shortly after they marry. 102 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7375 Tomorrow At Noon
Summary: "Suspense thriller about the "Black Ace" killer and the amateur detective determined to track him down." 062 Min. VIDEO 1933

VH 5101 Topper Returns
Summary: Cosmo Topper and his ghostly friends, the Kirbys, are back. This time they're involved in a spooky murder mystery when a beautiful girl who is murdered by mistake, returns from the dead to find out why. Join Topper as he tries to find the murderer in this film loaded with laughs, thrills, and slapstick. 087 Min. VIDEO 1941

VH 7797 Totally F___ed Up
Summary: A fictional version of the troubled world of gay and lesbian teenagers who agonize about drugs, sex, dating, suicide, violence, family and gay identity. Presented as a documentary made by one character about himself and five friends. Directed by Gregg Araki. 080 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 4200 Touched By Love
Summary: The true story of a handicapped child who begins to communicated when her teacher suggests she write to Elvis Presley. Sincere and well performed. Director: Glis Trikonis. 095 Min. VIDEO 1980

VH 2700 Touki Bouki
Summary: Touki Bouki with its jump cuts, its casual mixing of fantasy and reality, its subversive blend of humor and pathos has an exuberance reminiscent of the French New Wave at its best. The film reveals an Africa confronting a seemingly inevitable modernity, where Western materialism is sweeping aside all traditional ties and values. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety. 086 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 2869 Traffic
Summary: A laugh filled look at modern society and the automobile, captures the absurdities of human behavior on the street and behind the wheel. Mr. Hulot returns to the screen as an absentminded inventor trying to transport his ultramodern camper to Amsterdam of an auto show. The route along the frenzied superhighway is paved with brilliant string of pantomime feats and sound gags, including one of the most balletic car crashed ever recorded. 089 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4849 Traffic in Souls
Summary: Two sisters work at a New York candy store. One of them, Lorna, is abducted by white slavers. The other sister helps capture the villains and secure Lorna's freedom. Directed by: George Loane. 050 Min. VIDEO 1913 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5519 Transport From Paradise
Summary: A Jewish ghetto is preserved by the Nazis as an example of their "fair"treatment of Jews. When no longer useful, those living in the ghetto are shipped to concentration camps. Directed by Zbynek Brynych. 094 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2897 Tree of Wooden Clogs, The, Part 1
Summary: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" is the story of a small community of peasants in Italy near the turn of the century. It follows four families through the seasons and lovingly portrays the events of their lives, from the momentous - marriage and birth - to the minor - a small but pivotal incident where a young boy breaks one of his clogs on the way home from school. Director: Ermanno Olmi. 185 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 2898 Tree of Wooden Clogs, The, Part 2
Summary: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" is the story of a small community of peasants in Italy near the turn of the century. It follows four families through the seasons and lovingly portrays the events of their lives, from the momentous - marriage and birth - to the minor - a small but pivotal incident where a young boy breaks one of his clogs on the way home from school. Director: Ermanno Olmi. 185 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 5060 Trees Lounge
Summary: All Tommy wants from life is a job, a girl, and a good time. The harder he tries, the worse things get. And the more time he spends at Trees Lounge. 094 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7442 Trick
Summary: Motion picture comedy about two frustrated guys trying to find a place for a simple one night stand. Directed by Jim Fall. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7667 Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, The
Summary: Motion picture based on "The Valley of Fear" by sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. 084 Min. VIDEO 1935

VH 5847 True Lies
Summary: Harry Tasker is a top spy for the ultra-secret Omega Sector, although to his wife he's just a boring computer salesman--then his two lives collide in this non-stop action adventure. 141 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1615 True Stories
Summary: John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Annie McEnroe, Pops Staple s, Tito Larriva & Jo Harvey Allen. Directed by David Byrne. Fancifully offbeat comedy with music tells tall tales of Texas townsfolk. 089 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2646 Tunel, El
Summary: Sabato's first novel introduces the theme of the artist who becomes insane because of his inability to communicate. The protagonist, a painter who becomes the lover of a blind man's wife, is blinded by his own personal and artistic goals. The program traces the convoluted route by which love turns to hatred. Director: Jose Luis Cuerda. 065 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 7687 Tunnel Vision
Summary: Motion picture starring Chevy Chase, Larraine Newman, and Howard Hesseman, in which a committee is charged with the investigation of Tunnelvision, "The People's Network"said to be the first uncensored and free television network. Directed by Brad Swirnoff & Neil Israel. 075 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 8318 Twelve Monkeys
Summary: Cole arrives at a mental hospital, claiming to be a time traveler from the year 2035. His mission: to track down a killer virus that will devastate th e future world population. A beautiful psychiatrist initially classifies Cole as delusional, but she soon joins him in an effort to unravel the mystery surrounding his questionable sanity with two clues: a haunting childhood memory and a series of puzzling symbols from a group known as The Army of the Twelve Monkeys . Directed by Terry Gilliam. 130 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 4178 Twice Upon a Time
Summary: In a once upon a time world, our heroes are Ralph, the all purpose animal, and his constant companion Mumford, who only talks in sound effects. Their mission is nothing short of saving the cosmos from the dastardly plot of Sunonamess Botch, who wants to unleash a barrage of nightmare bombs to ensure nonstop bad dreams. They cross paths with a colorful array of characters. Directors: John Korty & Charles Swenson. 075 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1796 Two Daughters
Summary: Original Indian language-subtitled in English. Told in two parts, "Two Daughters" tells of the hungers, pains and joys of youth in terms of compassionate understanding and truth. Director: Satyajit Ray. In original Indian language with English subtitles. 115 Min. VIDEO 1961 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2744 Two Women
Summary: Portrayal of a mother ravaged by one of war's most tragic consequences . She and her 13-year old daughter become the focus of an attack by retreating German soldiers. When the mother recovers consciousness, she finds her daughter in a complete state of shock. How these two women find their way back to life and survive the horror of war makes a heart wrenching, intensely moving story. Director: Vittorio De Sica. 099 Min. VIDEO 1961

VH 1975 Ulysses
Summary: Adapted from the novel by James Joyce. Milo O'Shea and Barbara Jefford. Portrays a stream-of-consciousness day in the life of Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, and Stephen Dedalus. Director: Mario Camerini. 120 Min. VIDEO 1967

VH 4848 Umberto D
Summary: An elderly man lives alone, except for his dog, on a meager pension determined to retain his dignity to the end. Directed by: Vittorio DeSica. 089 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7447 Unbreakable
Summary: Motion picture about a sole survivor of a train crash, and the theory regarding his situation. 106 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 4286 Uncle Moses
Summary: A "despot" rules his Lower East Side sweatshop with a tight grip. Although Uncle Moses comes from the same Polish town, that does not stop him from cruelly exploiting them. The story becomes all the more complicated, when the tyrant falls in love with the daughter of one of his discontented workers. This powerful story focuses on such important issues of the day as working conditions, labor employer relations and the plight of the immigrant. Directed by: Aubrey Scotto and Sidney Goldin. 087 Min. VIDEO 1932

VH 4171 Under Capricorn
Summary: The setting is Australia in the 1830's. Sam Flusky has served out his sentence for killing his wife's brother and has now become a very successful businessman. But his wife, Lady Henrietta, is strangely dispirited and degenerating deeper into alcoholism - until an old friend arrives Down Under and begins to pay her the most ardent attention. The tension builds between the two men until it erupts into attempted murder, and the story twists sharply to expose a painful secret. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 117 Min. VIDEO

VH 7699 Undersea Kingdom, The - Part One
Summary: Science-fiction Republic serial about submariners who find the lost continent of Atlantis and the adventures that take place. 100 Min. VIDEO 1936 Series: CLIFFHANGERS: THE EPIC STORY

VH 7700 Undersea Kingdom, The - Part Two
Summary: Science-fiction Republic serial about submariners who find the lost continent of Atlantis and the adventures that take place. 100 Min. VIDEO 1936 Series: CLIFFHANGERS: THE EPIC STORY

VH 3535 Untouchables, The
Summary: This classic confrontation between good and evil stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to best the mob: shoot fast and shoot first. Directed by Brian De Palma. 119 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3914 Up Close & Personal
Summary: When aspiring news reporter Tally Atwater tries to break into television, only veteran newsman Warren Justice will give her a shot. In time, he teaches her everything she knows about news and she teaches him how to love again! But with her rise from local TV weather girl to network anchor, Tally and Warren must balance the dream of success with their desire for each other. Director: John Avnet. 124 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1773 Uptown Saturday Night
Summary: An all-star cast of unlikely heroes survives car crashes, church picnics, politicians, private eyes, hustlers, & shootouts - all to retrieve a lottery ticket. Directed by: Sidney Poitier. 104 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3474 Vagabond
Summary: The story of Mona, an aimless drifter whose only desire in life is to be truly free. As she wanders through the wintry French countryside, Mona encounters violence, hunger, fear and cold. She deeply touches the lives of those people she meets on the road, confronting them with her own ideas of freedom. Director: Agnes Varda. 105 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 1549 Valley Girl
Summary: The story of a Romeo and Juliet-like love between a true "valley girl" from California's wealthy San Fernando Valley, and a fast-moving teen from the Hollywood Hills. Directed by: Martha Coolidge. 095 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 3036 Verdict, The
Summary: Paul Newman gives one of the finest performances of his career as a down and out alcoholic lawyer who gets one last chance to redeem himself when he takes on a controversial case. Directed by: Sidney Lumet. 129 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2105 Vertigo
Summary: Based on a novel, D'Entre Les Morts, by Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones & Ellen Corby. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Score by Bernard Herrmann. This haunting tale of obsession, phobia, & murder centers on a troubled San Francisco detective (Stewart) who's terrified of heights & obsessed with a lost love & her look-alike. 128 Min. VIDEO 1958 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7521 Villian Still Pursued Her, The
Summary: Motion picture comedy, starring Alan Mowbray, about anti-drinking melodramas of the 1800's. 067 Min. VIDEO 1940 Series: VIDEO FILM CLASSICS

VH 2778 Viridiana
Summary: Viridiana is a wickedly funny and cynical story of a young nun who loses her innocence when forced to visit her perverted uncle's estate. With her uncle's sudden death, she inherits the property and turns the house into a refuge for the town's homeless only to find her faith shattered by their atrocious ingratitude and monstrous behavior. Director: Luis Bunuel. 090 Min. VIDEO 1961 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS

VH 1018 Volpone
Summary: In French; English subtitles. A film version of Ben Jonson's moral comedy. Volpone, a rich Venetian nobleman, with the assistance of his servant, Mosca, has devised a method for increasing his wealth by pretending that he is dying. The plan is to trick speculators into currying his favor by bringing him gifts in the expectation of being named in his will. Director: Maurice Tourneur. 090 Min. VIDEO 1947

VH 7070 Volume 3: The '40's
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, this volume examines civilians at war [1941-1945]: World War II was the first war in history that killed more civilians than soldiers, as leaders on both sides accepted noncombatant casualties as inevitable--and to some, even desirable. 160 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HOLOCAUST Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 4287 Vow, The
Summary: Two friends have pledged that their as yet unborn children will marry. The families lose contact with each other, and although the children meet and fall in love, their love is overlooked as the father of the boy makes other marriage plans for his son. The prophet Elijah intervenes and one can only guess as to the outcome of this classic drama. The story of love, with an admonition against the breaking of vows and a denunciation of careless pledges. Directed by: Henryk Szaro. 090 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 6417 Voyage in Italy, Viaggio in Italia
Summary: A couple takes a holiday in Italy on family business. While he remains bored and sarcastic, she explores this new world of ancient ruins, natural landscapes and temperamentally different people. They come to the brink of breakup before being momentarily reconciled. 083 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 2312 W.C. Fields Festival Vol. 1
Summary: A collection of three of W.C. Fields' greatest comedy shorts: "The Fat al Glass of Beer" 1933 18 min. A satire on an old melodrama "Stolen Bonds." It is set in a Yukon cabin, Field's son consumes one beer too many and winds up in the jug for stealing bonds. "The Golf Specialist" 1932 20 min. Fields goes to a famous Florida resort. The house detective's wife falls for him. He takes he r to the golf course and does his notorious golf routine. 056 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3196 Walker
Summary: The astonishing story of a real life American soldier of fortune who declared himself president of Nicaragua in 1855 and ruled the country for two turbulent years. William Walker (Ed Harris) puts together a band of mercenaries and leads a violent and bloody invasion of the Latin American nation. He then installs himself as the self proclaimed leader in the belief that he knows what's best for the country's citizens. Director: Alex Cox. 095 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7175 War Dogs
Summary: War dogs recounts the great untold story of the Vietnam War. Witness the emotionally powerful, real life story of several thousand courageous dogs that fought with allied soldiers and saved countless lives. 071 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 7928 War Game, The
Summary: Fictionally enacts the carnage and destruction that would result from a thermonuclear war between the Soviet Union and England. Raises questions about the societal logic that permits the existence of thermonuclear weapons. 049 Min. VIDEO 1966

VH 4194 Warriors Of The Wind
Summary: An animated voyage through time and space to the magical and dream like Valley of the Wind where good battles evil for the future of the human race. Directed by Kazuo Komatsubara. 095 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 5111 Waterdance, The
Summary: A moving story of rehabilitation and redemption. Joel Garcia is a talented young writer who awakes after a hiking accident and learns that he is permanently paralyzed. Before he can return to the "real" world, he must graduate from a physical rehabilitation center. There, the violent, the reckless and the unlucky are thrown together and taught to live, and love, again. 106 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 6492 Waterland
Summary: Disillusioned history professor Tom Crick, in an age of cynicism and despair, inspires his students to embrace the past and discover the marvels and mysteries of life. 094 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3862 Waterloo Bridge
Summary: The film tells the story of two lovers caught up in the frantic pace of WWI. Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on the famed bridge during a London air raid. They are about to marry but Roy is suddenly called to the front. Having lost her job and believing Roy dead in action, Myra turns to prostitution. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. 109 Min. VIDEO 1940

VH 4847 Waxworks
Summary: A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid. Directed by: Paul Leni. 060 Min. VIDEO 1922 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4123 Way We Were, The
Summary: The story begins on a college campus in 1937 where Hubbell Gardiner is the popular star athlete while Katie Morosky is the abrasive defender of radical causes. It is only by chance that eight years later they meet in a bar and fall in love. Their marriage is strained by their inevitable conflicts and reaches a painful end when Hubbell, now a screenwriter in Hollywood, is threatened by McCarthy's communist hunters and takes the easy way out, while Katie is determined to fight them. Directed by: Sidney Pollack. 118 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5593 Way We Were, The
Summary: Set during the 1940s, this is the story of the attraction of two totally opposite people, the love that binds them together, and the differences that tear them apart. Directed by Sydney Pollack. 118 Min. VIDEO 1985 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5059 Wedding, A
Summary: Director Robert Altman makes a satiric statement about the institution of marriage in the United States. Two families overflowing with lunatics attempt to get along for one afternoon, but succeed in exposing one another's secrets. 125 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7439 Wedding Banquet, The
Summary: Comedy about the age old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, The Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' match-making by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials! Directed by Ang Lee. 108 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 1587 Wedding March, The
Summary: Erich Von Stroheim, Fay Wray, ZaSu Pitts, Matthew Betz & George Fawcett. Directed by Erich Von Stroheim. Score by J.S. Zamecnik & Louis De Francesco. A prince challenges the importance of love in a marriage. 113 Min. VIDEO 1928 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 8328 Wedding Planner, The / Experta en Bodas
Summary: A romantic comedy about love, marriage and other events you just can't plan for. Mary is a successful, work obsessed wedding planner in San Francisco who finally finds a man of her own, or so she thinks. He turns out to be the groom in the biggest wedding of her career . Will she get the job or the guy? Directed by Adam Shankman. 104 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 1788 Weekend
Summary: Despite their often-expressed desire to kill one another, a shamelessly greedy Parisian couple, Corinne and Roland, set out for a ritual weekend visit to her parents home in the country. Enroute, the scheming bourgeois couple encounter an appallingly funny progression of traffic jams, burning cars, and cannibalistic revolutionaries. Director: Jean-Luc Godard. 105 Min. VIDEO 1967 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1746 Wend Kuuni (God's Gift)
Summary: A mute child without memory is found under a tree by a peddler. He is adopted by the peddler's village who in gratitude rename him, Wend Kuuni or "God's gift.' In a series of flashbacks, we learn how bigotry and cruelty ironically drove Wend Kuuni to discover the compassion of his adopted village. Director: Gaston Kabore. 070 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4996 What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Summary: Good fortune can happen in unexpected ways. Gilbert Grape's break came when "She" sputtered into town in a big, silver camper that had engine trouble. Johnny Depp plays Gilbert and Juliette Lewis is the visitor who turns his life around. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. 118 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 7574 What's Up Doc?
Summary: Motion picture comedy starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal as guests of a hotel, whose traveling cases get mixed up with other guests' cases. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. 094 Min. VIDEO 1984

VH 4195 When The Wind Blows
Summary: Based on Raymond Brigg's best selling novel, "When the Wind Blows" is a story about the consequences of nuclear war. Featuring music and song by David Bowie, Roger Waters Genesis and Squeeze, this animated masterpiece was created and produced by the makers of Yellow Submarine. Director: Jimmy T. Murakami. 080 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 5058 Where Angels Fear to Tread
Summary: This is the adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel of the same title. This is a story of passion, betrayal, and turn of the century cultures in collision. Recently widowed and desperate to escape her in-laws, Lilia finds refuge in rural Italy. 112 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4420 Where is the Friends Home?
Summary: A traveler searching for his friend's home finds himself on an excursion through places and moments of great beauty and wonder. Farsi dialogue with English subtitles. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. 090 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6988 Where the Green Ants Dream
Summary: A Sympathetic geologist, working for a uranium mining company, must confront the passive resistance of the Aborigine tribes of South Australia. The spots where the deposits are richest is sacred ground, the place "where the green ants dream, " for them the origin of all life. Directed by Werner Herzog. 102 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 7352 Where The Rivers Flow North
Summary: Spectacular but unforgiving terrain of 1927 Vermont sets the stage for this collision between high-stakes progress and a frontier way of life. 105 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 4634 White Balloon, The
Summary: A young girl's desire for a pretty goldfish, her family cannot afford sparks an adventure. With the shops closed for the New Year in Tehran, Razieh pleads with her mother to buy her the fish she has seen in a pet store. Directed by Jafar Panahi. 085 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4183 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Summary: This is a tale of a man, a woman and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. It's a world where laughing can be dangerous, romance can be hilarious, and Toons and people live side by side. Director: Robert Zemeckis. 104 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 5189 Widow's Peak
Summary: When a sexy stranger moves to Widow's Peak she turns the town upside down with her devious lies and shocking secrets. Using all of her charms, she seduces the men, enrages the women, and unleashes a major scandal. Directed by John Irving. 098 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 4999 Wild Bunch, The
Summary: The powerful tale of hang dog desperados bound by a code of honor. They'll go out in a blaze. Not of glory, but of the hellfire of bullets. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. 145 Min. VIDEO 1969

VH 5057 Wild Strawberries
Summary: Wild Strawberries confronts eternal questions of loneliness, aging, and mortality with a warmth and humanity not often found in Bergman's world. This film follows an aged doctor's journey through a compelling landscape of dream and memory as he travels to receive an honorary degree. Haunting flashbacks along the way force him to confront his failings. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. 090 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6261 Wild Things
Summary: A thriller about two high school students, the guidance counselor they accuse of rape, and the detective who knows there's more to the story. 108 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 2313 Wildcats
Summary: Central High: an inner-Chicago combat zone sometimes called a school. It's the home of the Wildcats, a brawn-before-brains football team of rowdy rappers, bruisers and losers. Goldie Hawn stars as Molly, the coach who turns a down-and-out team's wayward ways into winning plays. Director: Michael Ritchie. 106 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4203 Wind, The
Summary: A drama of a woman driven to madness on the Texas prairie. Tormented by the driving, relentless wind, and her moral confusion stemming from the affections of two men who want her - young, innocent Letty fights for her sanity, and her life. Director: Victor Seastrom. 082 Min. VIDEO 1928

VH 2685 Wings of Desire
Summary: An ethereal, haunting modern fable about one of many angels observing human life in and above the broken existence of Berlin, and how he begins to long to experience life as humans do. Director: Wim Wenders. In German with English subtitles, and with black-and-white sequences. 130 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6649 Wings of the Dove, The
Summary: A young society woman's love for a common journalist presents her with an impossible decision: leave him or marry and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist when she befriends a lonely young heiress whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible but dangerous solution. Directed by Iain Softley. 102 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 5525 Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Summary: From April to December, 1961, in the Jerusalem District Court, Adolf Eichmann was tried and found guilty of crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a "criminal organization." He was sentenced to death and executed on May 31, 1962. This record presents the extensive testimony and evidence which revealed the scope of Eichmann's responsibility for the "final solution of the Jewish question." Numerous eye-witness accounts are included which provide the first comprehensive public examination of the Holocaust. 090 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 4211 Wizard of Oz
Summary: The story of a young girl from Kansas named Dorothy, who romped along the Yellow Brick Road with her pals the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman and Cowardly Lion in the Wonderful Land of Oz. Directed by Larry Semon. 093 Min. VIDEO 1925

VH 7198 Wolves At Our Door
Summary: Video is a documentary of the complex social behavior of gray wolves, as filmed over a three year time period. 050 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 5858 Woman Called Golda, A, Part 1
Summary: A docudrama that traces the life of Golda Meir from her childhood in Russia to her historic meeting with Anwar Sadat. Directed by Gene Corman. 192 Min. VIDEO 1982 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5859 Woman Called Golda, A, Part 2
Summary: A docudrama that traces the life of Golda Meir from her childhood in Russia to her historic meeting with Anwar Sadat. Directed by Gene Corman. 192 Min. VIDEO 1982 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3645 Woman Called Moses, A Part 1
Summary: The life story of Harriet Ross Tubman, founder of the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North before the Civil War. During the Civil War, Tubman aided the Union Army as a reconnaissance agent, mobilizing black troops against the Confederates, freeing slaves and staging raids on plantations. Later she became a leader of the suffragette movement with connections to many of the nation's great political figures. To those she helped get to the "Promised Land, " Harriet Tubman became known as Moses. Director: Paul Wendkos. 200 Min. VIDEO Subject: DRAMA

VH 3646 Woman Called Moses, A Part 2
Summary: The life story of Harriet Ross Tubman, founder of the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North before the Civil War. During the Civil War, Tubman aided the Union Army as a reconnaissance agent, mobilizing black troops against the Confederates, freeing slaves and staging raids on plantations. Later she became a leader of the suffragette movement with connections to many of the nation's great political figures. To those she helped get to the "Promised Land, " Harriet Tubman became known as Moses. Director Paul Wendkos. 200 Min. VIDEO Subject: DRAMA

VH 5103 Woman in Green
Summary: Along with the aid of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes goes looking for the villain behind the most atrocious murders. 067 Min. VIDEO 1945

VH 7367 Woman In Green, The
Summary: Sherlock Holmes solves the case of murdered women whose thumbs have been severed, and the hypnotic powers of a beautiful young woman. 068 Min. VIDEO 1945 Series: SHERLOCK HOLMES

VH 4846 Woman in the Dunes
Summary: An entomologist needing shelter for the night is advised by some village people to stay in a shack at the bottom of a sandpit. The next morning the rope ladder is gone and he is trapped. Gradually, he accepts the realization that he is expected to stay and help the woman in the sandpit shovel sand. Directed by: Teshigahara Hiroshi. 123 Min. VIDEO 1964 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2280 Women In Love
Summary: Drama of two steamy affairs, based on D.H. Lawrence's classic novel. Alan Bates and Jennie Linden, Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson play mismatched pairs swept up in love, lust, inhibition, rage, jealousy and hate. Director: Ken Russell. 132 Min. VIDEO 1969 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3531 Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
Summary: Surreal and hilarious romp through the lives of film dubber Maura, her ex-lover, his crazed ex-mistress, his new lover, his son, and his son's girlfriend. They meet in a comedy of errors, missed phone calls, and rental notices, while discovering the truth and necessity of love. Director: Pedro Almodovar. 088 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4182 Woody Woodpecker
Summary: Woody Woodpecker animated feature. 030 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 4893 Wrong Man, The
Summary: Henry Fonda stars as Manny Balestrero, a wronged man filled with visible but unspoken rage. Vera Miles plays his wife, driven to madness by the ordeal. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. 105 Min. VIDEO 1956 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2917 Wrong Move
Summary: The essentially humorous story about an intense, self-absorbed young writer who has never written anything, but longs to someday experience the life he hopes to write about. Wilhelm drives across Germany, searching for things to experience firsthand. Along the way he meets an ex-Nazi and his mute companion, a wandering poet and an actress who, together, challenge Wilhelm's desire to become a writer. "WRONG MOVE" is freely adapted from Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's. Director: Wim Wenders. 103 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7040 Wuthering Heights
Summary: When Heathcliff loses Cathy Earnshaw, the woman he obsessively loves, to the wealthy but inferior Edgar Linton, he plans a savage retaliation upon both families. 104 Min. VIDEO 1939

VH 7745 Xala
Summary: A rich businessman takes on a third wife to show the world his wealth, only to be cursed. A satirical image of life in post-independence Senegal. In French and Wolof dialogue with English subtitles. Inspired by the novel by Sembene Ousmane. 123 Min. VIDEO 1974

VH 8329 Xica da Silva
Summary: Based on the true story of Xica da Silva, a legendary black slave who lived in the second half of the 18th century in Arraial do Tijuco in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. 109 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 6948 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
Summary: A teen-aged girl named Xiu Xiu is sent down to a remote corner of Tibet for manual labor in 1975. A year later, she agrees to go to an even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp to learn horse herding. Directed by Joan Chen. 100 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 8019 Yaaba
Summary: A young girl and her cousin Bila happen upon an old witch outcast by their village many years before. Although forbidden by his parents to have any contact with the old lady, Bila is drawn to her mystique and the fear she brings to the village. 090 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1740 Yeelen (Brightness)
Summary: "Yeelen" tells the story of Nianankoro, a young warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret "Komo" cult, and with it his father, and inevitably himself. The video follows him on a quest across arid Bambara, Fulani and Dogon lands, and through a cross-section of West African cultures and folklore. Director: Cisse Soulemane. 105 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 1890 Yellow Earth
Summary: The landmark film of China's Fifth Generation with cinematography by Zhang Yimou. Director: Chen Kaige. 089 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE CINEMA

VH 5540 Yentl
Summary: Adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's story set in 1900s Eastern Europe about a Jewish girl who masquerades as a boy in order to study the Talmud, and who becomes enmeshed in romantic miscues. Directed by Barbra Streisand. 134 Min. VIDEO 1983 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2410 Young And Innocent
Summary: Derrick de Marney is a young writer accused of murder. He escapes, meets a young girl and persuades her to help him. That's the start of many adventures with tramps, hotel lounges, lime pits and slow-witted policemen inextricably involved. The search for evidence to prove the writer's innocence continues while romance begins. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. 082 Min. VIDEO 1937 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7678 Young And Innocent
Summary: Motion picture murder mystery about a young screenwriter, who is suspected of murdering an actress. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 080 Min. VIDEO 1937

VH 3891 Young and the Damned, The (Los Olvidados)
Summary: The film focuses on Pedro, a young boy whose mother has no use for him, and who becomes involved with a malevolent gang of delinquents; and on Jaibo, an older, more hardened youth, who leads Pedro deeper into the world of crime. The movie is absolutely overflowing with images that are disturbing for their eroticism, violence or pure irrationality. Director: Luis Bunuel. 079 Min. VIDEO 1950 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6358 Young Mr. Lincoln
Summary: The early career of Lincoln from storekeeper to his first big law case. Based on real and conjectured incidents which include the rail splitting contest, his romance with Ann Rutledge, and meeting with Stephen Douglass and Mary Todd. 100 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, U.S. HISTORY

VH 1011 Z
Summary: A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places. French with English subtitles. Director: Constatin Costa-Gavras. 128 Min. VIDEO 1969

VH 8369 Zamani Baraye Masti Asbha/A Time for Drunken Horses
Summary: Just off the Iraqi border in the cold and stark mountains of Iranian Kurdistan, a boy is forced into the smuggling trade and his sister into a loveless marriage in order to raise money to get medical treatment for his older bother. Directed by Bahman Ghobadi. 080 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 1742 Zan Boko (Homeland)
Summary: This video tells the story of a village swallowed up by one of Africa's sprawling cities. Through this commonplace event, the film reveals the transformation of an agrarian, subsistence society into an industrialized, commodity economy and of an oral culture into a mass media culture. "Zan Boko" is also the story of two men, from different worlds but sharing a common integrity. Director: Gaston Kabore. 094 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 5083 Zelig
Summary: Conceived as a mock documentary, Zelig is an amazing true case history of a man who is able to change his personality to fit in all possible situations. Directed by: Woody Allen. 079 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5308 Zentropa
Summary: An American visiting devastated postwar Germany, gets seduced by a beautiful woman and suddenly finds himself caught in a never-ending web of mystery and intrigue. 112 Min. VIDEO

VH 4240 Zombies of the Stratosphere, Part 1
Summary: The saga of the fearless space explorer who battles Martian invaders planning to detonate a massive nuclear device so that their dying planet will inherit Earth's orbit. Directed by Fred Brannon. 167 Min. VIDEO 1952

VH 4241 Zombies of the Stratosphere, Part 2
Summary: The saga of the fearless space explorer who battles Martian invaders planning to detonate a massive nuclear device so that their dying planet will inherit Earth's orbit. Directed by Fred Brannon. 167 Min. VIDEO 1952