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The Disney revolt : the great labor war of animation's golden age / by Friedman, Jake S.,author.;
Part I: Innovation -- My father was a socialist -- Poor and starving -- The value of loyalty -- Arthur Babbitt: Heil-raiser -- Fighting for his salary -- You can't draw your ass -- The Disney art school -- Three little pigs -- Enter Bioffsky -- The cult of personality -- A feature-length cartoon -- Bioff stakes his claim -- A drunken mouse -- Disney's folly -- Defense against the enemy -- Part II: Turmoil -- A growing divide -- The norconian -- A wooden boy and a world war -- Dreams shattered -- Hilberman, Sorrell, and Bioff -- The federation versus the guild -- The guild and Babbitt -- Disney versus the labor board -- The final strike vote -- Strike! -- The big stick -- The 21 club -- Willie Bioff and Walt Disney -- The guild and the CIO -- Not the drawing -- The final goodbye -- And they lived.Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed it. Art Babbitt animated for the Disney studio throughout the 1930s and through 1941, years in which he and Walt were jointly driven to elevate animation as an art form, up through Snow White, Pinocchio, and Fantasia. But as America prepared for World War II, labor unions spread across Hollywood. Disney fought the unions while Babbitt embraced them. Soon, angry Disney cartoon characters graced picket signs as hundreds of animation artists went out on strike. Adding fuel to the fire was Willie Bioff, one of Al Capone's wiseguys who was seizing control of Hollywood workers and vied for the animators' union. Using never-before-seen research from previously lost records, including conversation transcriptions from within the studio walls, author and historian Jake S. Friedman reveals the details behind the labor dispute that changed animation and Hollywood forever.
Subjects: Disney, Walt, 1901-1966.; Babbitt, Art, 1907-1992.; Walt Disney Company.; Walt Disney Productions; Walt Disney Productions; Animators; Strikes and lockouts; Animators; Animators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Lights, camera, Rebecca! : a Rebecca classic. by Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.(CARDINAL)734161;
"Rebecca is thrilled to spend the day at a real movie studio, and when a super, spectacular opportunity presents itself, she is quick to volunteer. But how will this scene play out? Then, on a visit to Coney Island, Rebecca gets the chance to use her acting skills to lighten the mood in an embarrassing situation--and her climbing skills to rescue someone in a dangerous spot. But a factory tour makes Rebecca believe her skills are needed there, too. How can she help make things better--what part can she play?"--740L
Subjects: Fiction.; Jews; Motion pictures; Sweatshops; Strikes and lockouts; Families;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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First strike / by Chʻeng, Lung,1955-(local)tlcaut5030458145526000; Wu, Chen Chun,Actor(local)tlcaut5030458218078600; Lou, Jackson,Actor(local)tlcaut5030458315219100;
Jackie Chan, Chen Chun Wu, Jackson Lou.In post-Soviet Russia, nothing is as it seems. When members of the Russian Mafia pose as KGB agents to steal a nuclear missile, the CIA calls on martial arts master Jackie Chan to stop them. Jackie treks the globe--from the icy glaciers of the Ukraine to the pristine beaches of Australia--traveling by submarines, stilts and snowboards, encountering man-eating sharks and heartstopping beauties.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Rated PG-13.Laserdisc, CLV, widescreen, digital sound, stereo.
Subjects: Feature films.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Strike force [videorecording] / by Gere, Richard,actor.; Digital Video Dreams,production company.;
Richard GereRichard Gere stars as the cool "undercover" cop, on the Streets of New York where the mob takes on the Feds in a blood bah battle. A teenage boy who witnesses a mafia exection in progress becomes the next murder victim in the drug infested gangland war. Richard Gere heads up the strike force created to crack the case and put the drug dealers behind bars. The cool cop jumps into action in this exciting thriller, serving justice to revenge the death of the teenage boy. DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.0.
Subjects: Fiction films. ; Police;
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Strike up the band / by Little Feat (Musical group),performer.(CARDINAL)681747;
4 days of heaven 3 days of work -- Bayou mama -- Shipwrecks -- Midnight flight -- Too high to cut my hair -- When hearts fall - Strike up the band (feat. Larkin Poe) -- Bluegrass pines (feat. Molly Tuttle, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams) -- Disappearing ink -- Love and life (never fear) -- Dance a little -- Running out of time with the blues -- New Orleans cries when she sings.Little Feat.
Subjects: Rock music;
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Infestation / by Galang, Tomas,film director.; Heinz, Steve,actor.; Yeager, Michele,actor.; Donini, Lisa,actor.; Latimer, Tom,actor.; Fire Strike (Firm); Prolific Pictures (Firm),publisher.; Shooter Productions (Firm),production company.;
Steve Heinz, Michele Yeager, Lisa Donini, Tom Latimer, Nathan Epperson.A woman, long fascinated with the idea of extraterrestrial life, stumbles across a worldwide phenomenon of alien communication. Her discovery suggests the imminent threat of a deadly invasion, designed to infect the unsuspecting population of Earth.Rating: Not rated.DVD, region 1, NTSC, wide screen (16:9, 2.35:1); AC3 stereo.
Subjects: Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters;
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The Story of Star Wars [videorecording]
The Skywalker family is the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed it all: the famous droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2! Episodes IV, V, and VI are explored in "The Story of Luke Skywalker," which follows the young man escaping from his daily chores on Tatooine to his becoming a hero in the Rebel Alliance. In "The Story of Anakin Skywalker," you'll go behind the mask fo the greatest Star Wars willain and discover how Darth Vader started life as a young Podracing champion on Tatooine and later became a headstrong young Jedi seduced by the dark side of the Force. With clips from the Star Wars films, C-3PO and R2-D2 take you on an hour-long journey through the saga and prepare you for the explosive final chapter: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Empire strikes back (Motion picture); Return of the Jedi (Motion picture); Star wars (Motion picture); Star wars, episode I, the phantom menace (Motion picture); Star wars, episode II, attack of the clones (Motion picture); Cinematography; Motion pictures; Science fiction films; Star Wars films;
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Strike back. [videorecording] by Casey, Michael,television producer.(CARDINAL)681336; Clunes, Martin,1961-actor.(CARDINAL)340137; Green, Robson,actor.(CARDINAL)346715; Iure??, Marcel,1951-actor.; Jackson, Milauna Jemai,actor.; Lukes, Michelle,actor.; Mitra, Rhona,1976-actor.(CARDINAL)544873; O'Kane, Patrick,1965-actor.; Roberts, Selwny,television producer.; Ryan, Chris,1961-(CARDINAL)645588; Scott, Dougray,1965-actor.(CARDINAL)848105; Stapleton, Sullivan,actor.; Thompson, Chris,1952-television producer.; Varla, Zubin,actor.; Walker, Catherine,actor.; Winchester, Philip,1981-actor.; Cinemax (Firm)production company,broadcaster.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)distributor.(CARDINAL)348533; Home Box Office (Firm)publisher.(CARDINAL)165002; Warner Home Video (Firm)distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television adaptations.; Television series.; Thrillers (Television programs); Intelligence officers; Terrorism; Terrorists; Terrorists;
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First strike [videorecording] / by Chan, Jackie, actor.; Cheng, Long,1954-(CARDINAL)529875; Lou, Jackson,actor.; Robinson, J. Peter,composer.; Tong, Stanley.; Wu, Chen Chun,actor.; New Line Cinema Corporation.(CARDINAL)340619; New Line Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)785753;
Director of photography, Jingle Ma ; production design, Oliver Wong ; editors, Peter Cheung, Chi Wai Yau ; music, J. Peter Robinson.Jackie Chan, Chen Chun Wu, Jackson Lou.Martial arts master Jackie Chan tries to recover nuclear missles from the Russian Mafia.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD Dolby digital surround stereo.
Subjects: Adventure films.; Feature films.; Gangster films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Air strike [videorecording] / by Chen, Ping,screenwriter.; Chen, Benjamin,film producer.; Feng, Xiao,film director.; Willis, Bruce,1955-actor.(CARDINAL)346674; Liu, Ye,1978-actor.; Brody, Adrien,actor.(CARDINAL)784225; Willis, Rumer,actor.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)publisher.(CARDINAL)340342;
DVD; Widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.Bruce Willis, Ye Liu, Adrien Brody, Rumer Willis, Seung-Heon Song, Shengyi Huang.Rating: R.As a U.S. Army colonel trains Chinese aviators to battle Japanese fighters, a hotheaded pilot begs to fly a powerful bomber that could stop the attacks. Meanwhile, a team of spies and refugees must carry a game-changing decoder device through the war-torn countryside.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945; World War, 1939-1945,;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 19
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