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    A star is born "Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's continues to plummet"--Internet movie database.
    • Contributor: Marlow, Lucy - Gershwin, Ira - Leavitt, Samuel - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) - Heindorf, Ray - Blangsted, Folmar - Cukor, George - Transcona Enterprises, Inc - Allen, Gene - Haver, Ronald ... Marlow, Lucy - Gershwin, Ira - Leavitt, Samuel - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) - Heindorf, Ray - Blangsted, Folmar - Cukor, George - Transcona Enterprises, Inc - Allen, Gene - Haver, Ronald - Luft, Sid - Hart, Moss - Warner Home Video (Firm) - Noonan, Tommy - Arlen, Harold - Warner Brothers Collection (Library of Congress) - Warner Bros. Pictures - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Carson, Jack - Garland, Judy - Bickford, Charles - Mason, James
    • Date: 1984
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    Intolerance Four separate, interwoven stories, unified by the common theme of man's inhumanity to man. The Babylonian story deals with the fall of Babylon in 538 B.C. The Judean story treats the life of Christ. The French story centers on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572.The modern story is set in an American mill town and the slum area of an American city.
    • Contributor: Gish, Lillian - Marsh, Mae - Cooper, Miriam - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Loos, Anita - Owen, Seena - Pallette, Eugene - Gaye, Howard - Harron, Robert - Talmadge, Constance - Love, Bessie
    • Date: 1970
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    Daughters of the dust In 1902, the Gullah Peazant family, descendants of slaves, live on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. The family is moving to the mainland and to the North. Their departure causes upheaval within the family.
    • Contributor: Jafa, Arthur - Linton, Amy Carey - Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae - Law, Lindsay - Barnes, John - American Playhouse Theatrical Films - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Barbara-O - Dash, Julie - Bruce, Cheryl Lynn - Geechee Girls Productions, Inc - Burton, Joseph - Anderson, Adisa
    • Date: 1992
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    All quiet on the Western Front A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the horror of World War I. Paul Baumer and his friends, a group of German schoolboys, are pursuaded to enlist by their very patriotic teacher. As they witness the death and mutilation all around them, boyhood ideas about the glory of battle disappear, leaving them angry, frightened, and horrified.
    • Contributor: Wray, John - Afi/Universal Pictures Collection (Library of Congress) - Remarque, Erich Maria - Universal Pictures Corporation - Laemmle, Carl - Andrews, Del - Milestone, Lewis - Abbott, George - Lucy, Arnold - Summerville, Slim - Ayres, Lew - Anderson, Maxwell
    • Date: 1930
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    Louisiana story Filmed in the Petit Anse bayou country of southern Louisiana, this documentary-style dramatization of the simple life of the Cajuns shows, from the point of view of a small boy, the natives' wonderment at the mechanical wizardry of an oil company's floating derrick.
    • Contributor: Boudreaux, Joseph - Leblanc, Lionel - Bienvenu, E. - Afi/Flaherty (Robert, Mrs.) Collection (Library of Congress) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Leacock, Richard - Hardy, Frank - Thomson, Virgil - Flaherty, Robert Joseph - Afi/Sonneborn (Jonathan) Collection (Library of Congress) - Flaherty, Frances Hubbard - Durant, Helen
    • Date: 1948
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    The magnificent seven LP18010 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Mirisch-Alpha; 12Oct60; LP18010. Music, Elmer Bernstein ; photographer, Charles Lang ; editor, Ferris Webster. Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen. Based on the Japanese film "Seven Samurai" produced by Toho Company and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Beginning of front credits lacking. Condition of film: scratched, color faded. Source used: AFI Archives database. Received: 10/25/93; ref print; gift, ATM 179;...
    • Contributor: Afi/Sonneborn (Jonathan) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1960
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    The treasure of the Sierra Madre Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two down-on-their luck Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Although they discover treasure, they also find plenty of trouble, not only from ruthless bandits lurking in the dangerous Mexican wilderness but from their own insecurities and greed, which threaten to bring conflict at any...
    • Contributor: Blanke, Henry - Bogart, Humphrey - Warner Bros. Pictures - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Traven, B. - Huston, Walter - Bedoya, Alfonso - Huston, John - Bennett, Bruce - Steiner, Max - Holt, Tim
    • Date: 1948
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    Laura The police had decided that Laura Hunt had been murdered, a woman's body was found in her flat. Mark McPherson is detailed to make the investigations. He contacts Waldo Lydecker and Shelby Carpenter, both friends of Laura's, though he finds the story of Laura's life very appealing. Then Laura reappears, having been away at her country cottage, and it is then established that the...
    • Contributor: Andrews, Dana - Dratler, Jay - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress - Webb, Clifton - Hoffenstein, Samuel - Aubinoe (Alvin L., Jr.) Family Film Collection (Library of Congress) - Reinhardt, Betty - Tierney, Gene - Preminger, Otto
    • Date: 1944
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    The godfather
    Mario Puzo's The godfather
    The Corleone family nearly falls from power in America, but the organized crime family prevails and power passes from father to son.
    • Contributor: Pacino, AL - Castellano, Richard - Paramount Home Video (Firm) - Caan, James - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Coppola, Francis Ford - Brando, Marlon - Rota, Nino - Zinner, Peter - Puzo, Mario ... Pacino, AL - Castellano, Richard - Paramount Home Video (Firm) - Caan, James - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Coppola, Francis Ford - Brando, Marlon - Rota, Nino - Zinner, Peter - Puzo, Mario - Duvall, Robert - Conte, Richard - Ruddy, Albert S. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Alfran Productions - Willis, Gordon - Reynolds, William - Hayden, Sterling - Keaton, Diane - Marley, John
    • Date: 1981
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    The asphalt jungle This story of a million-dollar jewel heist in a bleak and nameless midwestern city focuses on the criminals themselves, their loyalties, their failings, and the details of their profession. The mastermind of the caper is Doc Riedenschneider and his team of specialists is composed of Louis Ciavelli, the safecracker, Gus Minissi, the driver, and Dix Handley, the "hooligan." When Riedenschneider is released from prison,...
    • Contributor: Calhern, Louis - Maddow, Ben - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Huston, John - Hayden, Sterling
    • Date: 1993
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    Salome LP35451 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Raymond Rohauer; 1Jan67; LP35451. Photography, Charles Van Enger ; assistant cameraman, Paul Ivano ; costumes and sets, Natacha Rambova. Alla Nazimova, Mitchell Lewis, Nigel De Brulier, Arthur Jasmina, Earl Schenck, Rosa Dione, Frederick Peters, Luis Dumar. A shortened version of the six reel feature distributed by United Artists in 1922 and 1923 (LP18586 and LP18655). Based on the work...
    • Contributor: Van Enger, Charles J. - Winters, Peter M. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Ivano, Paul - Nazimova - Bryant, Charles - Lewis, Mitchell - De Brulier, Nigel - Rambova, Natacha - Afi/Triangle Laboratories Estate Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1967
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    Boyz n the hood
    Boyz in the hood
    In 1984 South Central Los Angeles, Reva Styles sends her wild son Tre to live with his father, Furious Styles. He becomes close friends with Ricky and Doughboy Baker. Seven years later, the three are reunited at a barbecue for Doughboy's release from prison. Tre and Furious, a financial adviser who speaks out against violence between black gangs as serving white oppression, have a...
    • Contributor: Ice Cube - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Singleton, John - Fishburne, Laurence - Gooding, Cuba
    • Date: 1991
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    Footlight parade
    Busby Berkeley's Footlight parade
    Numbers created and staged by Busby Berkeley. James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh. Side one contains the cartoon Honeymoon hotel and the original theatrical release trailer for Dames. LC copy is a reissue; reissue date is copyright date for videodisc package. On videodisc jacket: ML 101676. Source used: videodisc jacket. Received: 4/28/94; viewing copy; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
    • Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1990
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    The great dictator PA960-022 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Roy Export Company Establishment (employer for hire). Prev. reg.: Motion picture prev. reg. 1938, DU60332. NM: rev. version of motion picture; additional material. DCR 1993; PUB 1Feb93; REG 28Jun00; PA960-022. Two discs in one jacket. Sources used: copyright data base; copyright data sheet. Received: 10/5/2000; viewing copy; copyright deposit--no agreement; Copyright Collection.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1993
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    Annie Hall Follows the up and down relationship of two mismatched New York neurotics. Jewish comedy writer Alvy Singer ponders the modern quest for love and his past romance with tightly-wound WASP singer Annie Hall. The twice-divorced Alvy knows that it's not easy to find a mate when the options include pretentious New York intellectuals and lifestyle-obsessed Rolling Stone writers, but la-di-dah-ing Annie seems different. Along...
    • Contributor: Allen, Woody - Brickman, Marshall - Keaton, Diane - Magnetic Video (Firm)
    • Date: 1981
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    The last picture show A study of life in a small Texas town during the 1950s, following the exploits of two high school football stars.
    • Contributor: Friedman, Stephen J. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - McMurtry, Larry - Johnson, Ben - Columbia Pictures - Burstyn, Ellen - Bottoms, Timothy - Bbs Productions - Shepherd, Cybill - Bogdanovich, Peter - Leachman, Cloris - Bridges, Jeff - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
    • Date: 2009
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    The big sleep Private-eye Philip Marlowe is hired to keep an eye on General Sternwood's youngest daughter, Carmen, who has fallen into bad company and is likely to do some damage to herself and her family before long. He soon finds himself falling in love with her older sister, Vivien, who initially takes a deep dislike to Mr Marlowe. However, the plot thickens when murder follows murder.
    • Contributor: Brackett, Leigh - Hawks, Howard - Faulkner, William - Bogart, Humphrey - Ridgley, John - Bacall, Lauren - Aubinoe (Alvin L., Jr.) Family Film Collection (Library of Congress) - Furthman, Jules
    • Date: 1984
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    The hustler "Fast" Eddie Felson is a pool hustler obsessed by the need to challenge and beat the legendary Minnesota Fats.
    • Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1982
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    The night of the hunter A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment.
    • Contributor: Gish, Lillian - Mitchum, Robert - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Gregory, Paul - Gleason, James - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - United Artists Corporation - Winters, Shelley - Paul Gregory Productions - Voyager Company ... Gish, Lillian - Mitchum, Robert - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Gregory, Paul - Gleason, James - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - United Artists Corporation - Winters, Shelley - Paul Gregory Productions - Voyager Company - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Grubb, Davis - Agee, James - Afi Theatre Collection (Library of Congress) - Varden, Evelyn - Mgm Collection (Library of Congress) - Graves, Peter - Laughton, Charles
    • Date: 1987
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    Top hat LP5812 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 29Aug35; LP5812. Editor, William Hamilton ; music, Cole Porter ; photographed by David Abel. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. Oringinally released as a motion picture in 1935 by RKO. Four discs in one jacket. Number on videodisc container: ID2443TU. Sources used: The RKO features, a complete filmography of the feature films released or...
    • Contributor: Rogers, Ginger - Berman, Pandro S. - Horton, Edward Everett - Sandrich, Mark - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Scott, Allan - Astaire, Fred
    • Date: 1994
  • Biography
    Lawrence of Arabia The experiences of T.E. Lawrence, a young British officer, who helped lead the revolt of Arab tribes against the Turks during World War I.
    • Contributor: Spiegel, Sam - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Bolt, Robert - Sharif, Omar - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - O'Toole, Peter - Coca-Cola Collection (Library of Congress) - Lean, David
    • Date: 1983
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    Greed McTeague, a dentist, marries Trina, his best friend Marcus' "girl." Trina wins a $5000 lottery prize and hoards it. Over the years, the couple descends to living in squalor. McTeague goes mad, kills Trina for the money, and escapes into Death Valley where Marcus finds him; they fight. McTeague is alone in the desert without water, handcuffed to Marcus' corpse.
    • Contributor: Mathis, June - Von Stroheim, Erich - Reynolds, Benjamin - Gowland, Gibson - Norris, Frank - Pigott, Tempe - Pitts, Zasu - Hersholt, Jean - Ashton, Sylvia - Conklin, Chester ... Mathis, June - Von Stroheim, Erich - Reynolds, Benjamin - Gowland, Gibson - Norris, Frank - Pigott, Tempe - Pitts, Zasu - Hersholt, Jean - Ashton, Sylvia - Conklin, Chester - Gibbons, Cedric - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Standing, Joan - Daniels, William - Fuller, Dale - Farnham, Joseph W.
    • Date: 1925
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    Easy rider Two motorcyclists embark on a coast-to-coast odyssey in search of the real U.S. They encounter hippies and prostitutes, make friends with an alcoholic small town lawyer, take drugs, and are harassed and attacked by rednecks.
    • Contributor: Coca-Cola Company Collection (Library of Congress) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Fonda, Peter - Raybert Productions, Inc - Rca/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm) - Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Hopper, Dennis - Pando Company - Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection (Library of Congress) - Nicholson, Jack - Southern, Terry
    • Date: 1983
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    Lassie come home A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate.
    • Contributor: Whitty, May - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - McDowall, Roddy - O'Malley, J. Pat (James Pat) - Bruce, Nigel - Smith, Leonard - Shields, Arthur - Wilcox, Fred M. - Knight, Eric - Butler, Hugo ... Whitty, May - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - McDowall, Roddy - O'Malley, J. Pat (James Pat) - Bruce, Nigel - Smith, Leonard - Shields, Arthur - Wilcox, Fred M. - Knight, Eric - Butler, Hugo - Crisp, Donald - Craig, Alec - Lanchester, Elsa - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Lewis, Ben - Gwenn, Edmund - Napier, Alan - Webster, Benjamin - Loew's Incorporated - Taylor, Elizabeth
    • Date: 1943
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    Paths of glory Copyright notices on jacket: Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation ; 1957 and The Criterion Collection ; 1989. Photography, George Krause ; music, Gerald Fried ; film editor, Eva Kroll. Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready. Originally released in 1957. The original trailer for Paths of glory appears on this videodisc. This copy is a reissue. Additional company on disc jacket: MGM/UA Home Video. On...
    • Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1989