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The elephant man [videorecording] / by Lynch, David,1946-film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)205607; Sanger, Jonathan,film producer.; De Vore, Christopher,screenwriter.; Bergren, Eric,screenwriter.; Francis, Freddie,1917-2007,director of photography.; Morris, John,1926-2018,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)350901; Coates, Anne V.,editor of moving image work.; Craig, Stuart,1942-production designer.; Norris, Patricia,costume designer.; Hopkins, Anthony,1937-actor.(CARDINAL)346613; Hurt, John,1940-2017,actor.(CARDINAL)843734; Bancroft, Anne,1931-2005,actor.(CARDINAL)875711; Gielgud, John,1904-2000,actor.(CARDINAL)152365; Hiller, Wendy,1912-2003,actor.(CARDINAL)842978; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Treves, Frederick,1853-1923.Elephant man.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Montagu, Ashley,1905-1999.Elephant man.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.(CARDINAL)141482; Brooksfilms (Firm),production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269;
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (2.35:1); Dolby digital stereo.Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones.Director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; composer, John Morris ; production design, Stuart Craig ; costume designer, Patricia Norris.When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship.MPAA rating: PG.disc one. [Feature film; Trailer and radio spots] -- disc two. [Special features].
Subjects: Biographical films.; Historical films.; Film adaptations.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890; Neurofibromatosis; Abnormalities, Human; Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923; Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Easter parade [videorecording] / by Alton, Robert,1897-1957,musical director.; Astaire, Fred,actor.(CARDINAL)127967; Berlin, Irving,1888-1989,composer,lyricist.(CARDINAL)126936; Freed, Arthur,1894-1973,film producer.(CARDINAL)349091; Garland, Judy,actor.(CARDINAL)124253; Goodrich, Frances,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)185452; Hackett, Albert,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)751565; Lawford, Peter,1923-1984,actor.(CARDINAL)720232; Miller, Ann,1923-2004,actor.(CARDINAL)753917; Sheldon, Sidney,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)151132; Stradling, Harry,1901-1970,cinematographer.; Walters, Charles,1911-1982,film director.(CARDINAL)843548; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,presenter,production company.(CARDINAL)150193; Turner Entertainment Co.,publisher.(CARDINAL)769305; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.(CARDINAL)340305; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
Disc 1: Easter parade (103 minutes), new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements ; Special features: Optional audio commentary by Fred Astaire's daughter, Ava Astaire McKensie, and Judy Garland biographer, John Fricke ; [Judy] Garland trailer gallery -- Disc 2: Easter parade : on the avenue (new 'making-of' documentary, approximately 34 minutes) ; Judy Garland : by myself (American Masters documentary profile) (2004, approximately 116 minutes) (a production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Turner Entertainment ; directed by Susan Lacy ; written by Susan Lacy, Stephen Stept ; produced by Susan Lacy, John Fricke) ; Out-take musical number: Mr. Monotony (approximately 21 minutes) ; Audio vault: Radio promo (approximately 4 minutes), Screen Guild Playhouse broadcast from 3/11/1951 (approximately 54 minutes).Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; film editor, Albert Akst ; lyrics and music by Irving Berlin ; musical numbers staged and directed by Robert Alton ; musical direction, Johnny Green ; orchestration, Conrad Salinger, Van Cleave, Leo Arnaud ; vocal arrangements, Robert Tucker ; art directors, Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith ; set decorations, Edwin B. Willis ; women's costumes by Irene ; men's costumes by Valles.Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller.Astaire is trying to forget ex-dance partner Miller while rising to stardom with Garland. Too good to watch just at Easter time.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, region 1, dual layer, standard version; Dolby Digital mono.Academy Awards, 1949: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Johnny Green, Roger Edens)Writers Guild of America, 1949: Best Written American Musical (Sheldon, Goodrich, Hackett)
Subjects: Feature films.; Musical films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dancers; Easter; Man-woman relationships; Parades;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Dunn.
A postcard and several tourist brochures for Dunn and the General William C. Lee Airborne Museum. A Directory of Civic Organizations in Dunn for 1977-78. Newspaper article "These Little Things: Notes about Early Days of Our Town" by Hoover Adams, Dunn Daily Record, September 25, 1981. Newspaper section, "City of Dunn: on the way up! 1993 Annual Report." Newspaper section, "City of Dunn Annual Report 1991." Copy of an article, "History of Dunn" by Bessie D. Johnson from the Johnson Family History by Elizabeth Hodges Denning Johnson. Copy of a newspaper article, "This'n That" by Grace Oliphant containing "Note about Dunn, North Carolina (Early Days)"February 20, 1976, Dunn Dispatch. Booklet, "A History of Radio Station W.C.K.B. Dunn, North Carolina 1946-1986" by Herman P. Green, 1986, 8 p. Newspaper article, "Doctor Comments on Sale of Betsy Johnson" by Dr. John C. Midgley, October 3, 1995, Dunn Daily Record. Photograph, black and white, 8 x 10, of Coats Distributors, Inc. building, 3 copies. Two pages of handwritten abstracts from the Raleigh News and Observer and the Chatham Record dating from 1903 and 1887 pertaining to Dunn. Copy of a newspaper article, "Tourist Business is Good this Year" Dunn Dispatch, January 17, 1941. Typescript of a radio broadcast, "Durham and Southern Played Big Role in Area" about the Durham and Southern Railway Company, undated, 2 p. Program for Cape Fear Community Chorus program of "The Messiah" December 7, 1975 at First Baptist Church, Dunn. Information about the condition of the Wilkins Cemetery in Dunn, email from LaWanda Jones to Barbara MacLean, April 3, 2006, 5 p. Copies of two articles from the Dunn Daily Record regarding the cleanup of the Wilkins Cemetery in Dunn, March 1, 2005 and March 2, 2005. Copy of the biographical entry for John C. Clifford, attorney, in "History of North Carolina" vol. vi, "North Carolina Biography" by Special Staff of Writers, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1919, p. 234. Newspaper article, "Varney Estate Selling 1904 Dunn Bank Note" by Robert McNeill, Dunn Daily Record, November 25, 2005 about a bank note issued to the First National Bank of Dunn. Newspaper article, "Dunn Cotton Festival Celebrating Beards" Dunn Daily Record, November 3, 2005 about the beard contest of the Harnett County Sesquicentennial celebration. Newspaper article, "Barrington House: A Photo Tour" by Nancy Marositz, November 10, 2005, about the bed and breakfast inn at the Barrington House in Dunn. Newspaper article, "Hospital Celebration: the Journey Continues" by Nancy Marositz, September 30, 2005 about the opening of the new patient tower at Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital. Newspaper insert, "The Daily Record Presents Dunn and Harnett Counties, North Carolina" 14 p., undated but ca. 1953. Contains ads for businesses with photos. Newspaper article, "Family store has deep roots in Dunn" by Alice Thrasher, Fayetteville Observer, July 16, 2008, about E. Baer and Sons Furniture Store; includes color photo. Newspaper article, "Dunn Council Considers Turning School into Apts." includes photo of Harnett High School building, Daily Record, Nov. 16, 2010. Newspaper article, "Group to Hold Forum on Downtown Development: Rebirth of Downtown Dunn," Daily Record, July 30-Aug 1, 2010. Newspaper article, "Council Approves New Plan for Downtown Dunn," Daily Record, Dec. 16, 2010. Newspaper article, "Almost Forgotten Cemetery Slowly Emerging," by Brian Haney, Daily Record, April 25, 2012 about the African-American Wilkins Cemetery. Newspaper article, "Council Sets up Nonprofit to Turn Former School Into Senior Apartments," by Brian Haney, Daily Record, June 16, 2011 about the old Harnett High School. Newspaper article, "Wilkins Cemetery Cleanup Restarts," by Tom Woerner, Daily Record, May 11, 2011, includes color photo.
Subjects: Fiction.; Railroads;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Buena Vista Social Club [videorecording] / by Wenders, Wim,film director.(CARDINAL)842712; Cooder, Ry,film producer,performer.(CARDINAL)298575; Felsberg, Ulrich,film producer.; Nayar, Deepak,film producer.(CARDINAL)852054; Johnson, Brian(Film editor),editor of moving image work.; Widmer, Jörg,cinematographer.; Association relative à la télévision européenne,production company.(CARDINAL)316749; Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group),performer.; Criterion Collection (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)348269; Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica,production company.; Kintop Pictures (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)852077; Road Movies Filmproduktion,production company.(CARDINAL)843322;
Editor, Brian Johnson ; director of photography, Jörg Widmer.Buena Vista Social Club; featuring Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Amadito Valdés, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Barbarito Torres, Pío Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Juan de Marcos González.In 1996, Ry Cooder went to Cuba, rediscovering talents of Cuba's foremost folk musicians, and then making a recording selling millions and earning a Grammy Award. Cooder now returns to Cuba with filmmaker Wim Wenders to reveal the stories, personalities, and music of the performers who collaborated on that recording. Includes live performances in Amsterdam and at Carnegie Hall.DVD; region 1; NTSC; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
Subjects: Documentary films.; Concert films.; Biographical films.; Filmed interviews.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group); Popular music; Dance music; Jazz; Latin jazz; Musicians; Musicians;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Harnett County - Doctors.
Booklet, "Henry Marshall Turner, Surgeon of the Cape Fear" by A.T. Wyatt, M.D. Lillington, North Carolina, reprinted from third series, vol. III, no. 3, pages 248-254, Annals of Medical History, 1941. Typescript, "Harnett County's Country Doctors" by Jean W. Pipkin, radio series presented in 1955, 3 p. Copy of a newspaper article, "First drugstores in town were operated by doctors" April 30, 1974, Sanford Herald Centennial Edition. Copy of an article, "Folk Medicine in Harnett County" by Leonidas Betts, NC Folklore Journal, May 1974, vol. XXII, no. 2, 11 p. Copy of biographies from Sanford County MD's by Kathleen Matthews Carter, 1957, 3 p. Listings for Dr. Buckner Stith, Dr. George Washington Stith, Dr. William Franklin Stokes, Dr. Salmon Strong, Dr. Walter James Tate. Copy of obituary, "Dr. McKay, 84 Dies Sunday" January 14, 1976, no source. Newspaper article, "Buies Creek Native WCU Official Dies", undated, no source. Obituary for Hugh Archie Matthews, a native of Harnett County, who died in 1980. Copy of a newspaper article, "Physician Byrd Served Dunn Nearly 4 Decades" Dunn Daily Record, May 1, 1978, obituary for Dr. Charles William Byrd, Sr. Program from the dedication of C.B. Codrington Memorial Park, May 31, 1981. Dr. C.B. Codrington was a native of Barbados who moved to Dunn and practiced medicine until his death in 1965. Typed brief biographies of Dr. Judge Buster Davis, Dr. Ollen Lee Denning, and Dr. Carlie Roswell Young. Handwritten list of doctors who practiced in Harnett County, 4 p. Copy of a newspaper article, "Kipling Native Attests to Cure: He witnessed a miracle" by Shirley Hayes, Harnett County News, vol. 70, no. 28. Article is about Dr. Eliot W. Johnson, a native of Kipling and his role in the cure of Ann O'Neill, whose cure was one of the miracles attributed to Elizabeth Ann Seton. Copy of a newspaper article, "Carolinas doctors on list of America's best" March 10, 1996, Charlotte Observer; list includes Dr. Wesley Fowler, nephew of Malcolm Fowler. Newspaper article, "Reception fetes Blackmon" undated, about Dr. Bruce Blackmon, a candidate for state representative and a native of Harnett County. Newspaper, Harnett County News, January 26, 1978, front page article "Williford, Roberts Big Winners at Awards Fete" by Steve Plummer. Includes group photo of banquet award winners and a lengthy description of Dr. Williford's career to that point. Typed page, "Dr. McKay Honor'd by Friends Easter" about Dr. Joe F. McKay who was honored by a banquet for his 50 years of service as a physicians. This was apparently read as part of the 1954 radio series from an account printed in "Creek Pebbles" Campbell College, April 27, 1935. List of Harnett County doctors, undated, 2 p. Newspaper article, "Dr. Williford finds himself belle of the ball" by Tom Woerner, Harnett County News, March 12, 2003 about Dr. J.K. Williford. Copy of a pamphlet on the history and expansion of Good Hope Hospital in Erwin, circa the early 1980's, photos of numerous doctors, 8 p. Copy of biographical entries for Drs. Isham Faison Hicks, William Preston Holt, and Joseph W. Halford, from "History of North Carolina" vol. v, "North Carolina Biography" by Special Staff of Writers, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1919. Copy of the biographical entries for Drs. Coll H. Sexton and James Alexander Sexton from "History of North Carolina" vol. vi, includes portraits.
Subjects: Biographies.; Fiction.; Medicine; Physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Works for piano and orchestra [sound recording] / by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix,1809-1847,composer.(CARDINAL)148224; Ortiz, Cristina,performer.; Atzmon, Moshe,conductor.; Süddeutscher Rundfunk.Sinfonie-Orchester,performer.;
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in G minor op. 25 -- Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in D minor op. 40 -- Capriccio brillant in B minor op. 22 -- Rondo brillant in E flat major op 29.Cristina Ortiz, piano ; Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart ; Moshe Atzmon, conductor.Recorded Sept. 1983, Stuttgart.
Subjects: Concertos (Piano); Piano with orchestra.; Rondos (Piano with orchestra);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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