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- Sergeant York. by Hawks, Howard,film director.; Cooper, Gary,actor.; Tobias, George,actor.; Leslie, Joan,actor.; Lockhart, June,actor.; Ridges, Stanley,actor.; Brennan, Walter,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Gary Cooper, George Tobias, Joan Leslie, June Lockhart, Stanley Ridges, Walter BrennanOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 1941.Gary Cooper delivers an Academy Award-winning performance as the most decorated hero of World War I in this true story of Sergeant York.When Tennessee farmer Alvin York is drafted, he enters the military as a conscientious objector, refusing to use violence against anyone. Although a born leader and patriot, the deeply religious York goes to the front still believing in nonviolence. But when his unit is overwhelmed by Germans, Sergeant York takes up arms to defend his friends. Single-handed, he stops a German offensive and takes 132 prisoners.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Motion Pictures.; Biographical films.; War.; World War, 1914-1918.;
- The Herbert Macaulay Affair. by Umoren, Imoh,film director.; Balogun, Saidi,actor.; Benson, William,actor.; Destinations Flag (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Saidi Balogun, William BensonOriginally produced by Destinations Flag in 2019.Set in 1920s Nigeria, THE HERBERT MACAULAY AFFAIR follows the life of Nigerian nationalist Herbert Macaulay, who returns to Nigeria from England and begins the opposition to the colonial government.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Africa.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Nigeria.;
- Dance First. by Marsh, James,film director.; Gillen, Aidan,actor.; Gallagher, Bronagh,actor.; O'Shea, Fionn,actor.; Byrne, Gabriel,actor.; Peake, Maxine,actor.; Aramayo, Robert,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Aidan Gillen, Bronagh Gallagher, Fionn O'Shea, Gabriel Byrne, Maxine Peake, Robert AramayoOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2023.DANCE FIRST examines the life of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. Beckett lived a life of many parts: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse. But despite all the adulation that came his way, he was a man acutely aware of his own failings.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures, British.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Authors.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- Miss Austen Regrets. by Lovering, Jeremy,film director.; Scacchi, Greta,actor.; Bonneville, Hugh,actor.; Poots, Imogen,actor.; Huston, Jack,actor.; Williams, Olivia,actor.; Torrens, Pip,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville, Imogen Poots, Jack Huston, Olivia Williams, Pip TorrensOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2008.Based on Jane Austen's actual letters and diaries, MISS AUSTEN REGRETS unravels the secrets of this elusive woman. Jane is nearing her forties and has never married. To her niece, Fanny Knight - a young, pretty girl desperate to fall in love - Jane is a favourite aunt who offers the wisdom and knowledge that will help her in her own search for a happy marriage. But surely the woman so capable of writing love on the page must have experienced love herself? Jane surrenders little to her niece, but secrets there are, and Jane is forced to examine afresh the reasons why she has remained single.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Motion pictures, British.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- The wild west [videorecording] / by Cunningham, Liam.; Leon, David,1980-; Praed, Michael,1960-; Robinson, Tim.; Stephens, Toby,1969-; Stewart, David.; Swash, Colin.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Discovery Channel (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
- Toby Stephens, Liam Cunningham, David Leon ; narrator, Michael Praed.Re-evaluates three of the most famous figures of the time. Colonel Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn, Billy the kid, and the role that Wyatt Earp played in the gunfight at the OK Corral. Wild West presents the facts, uncovering secrets and twists, proving that once and for all, fact can be a lot more interesting than fiction.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo.
- Subjects: Billy, the Kid; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876; Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929; Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Western television programs.;
- © c2013., BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
- The Bohemian. by Václav, Petr,film director.; Ronchi, Barbara,actor.; Radonicich, Elena,actor.; Dyk, Vojtech,actor.; Music Box Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Barbara Ronchi, Elena Radonicich, Vojtech DykOriginally produced by Music Box Films in 2022.In the 18th century, aspiring composer Josef Mysliveček, a mentor to Mozart, travels to the sophisticated Venice opera world to achieve his dream in a lush biopic following the most prolific decades of an underappreciated musical great.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Musicals.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- The Chaperone. by Engler, Michael,film director.; Danner, Blythe,actor.; Scott, Campbell,actor.; McGovern, Elizabeth,actor.; Lu Richardson, Haley,actor.; Otto, Miranda,actor.; Hill, Victoria,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Miranda Otto, Victoria HillOriginally produced by PBS in 2018.Society matron Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern) volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It’s a story full of surprises--about who these women really are, and who they eventually become. Written by Julian Fellowes and based on the beloved novel by Laura Moriarty.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures, British.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Nineteen twenties.; Actors.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- Eichmann. by Young, Robert,film director.; Potente, Franka,actor.; Fry, Stephen,actor.; Kretschmann, Thomas,actor.; Garity, Troy,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Franka Potente, Stephen Fry, Thomas Kretschmann, Troy GarityOriginally produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2007.Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli police officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the Final Solution. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World War II, Eichmann (Kretschmann), the world's most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must confront each other in a battle of wills - the result of which will change a nation forever.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945.; Biography.; National socialism.; Nineteen sixties.;
- Carrington. by Hampton, Christopher,film director.; Thompson, Emma,actor.; Pryce, Jonathan,actor.; Wilton, Penelope,actor.; Sewell, Rufus,actor.; West, Samuel,actor.; Waddington, Steven,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Penelope Wilton, Rufus Sewell, Samuel West, Steven WaddingtonOriginally produced by MGM in 1995.The true story of the relationship between the English painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce). Between 1915 and 1932, they experimented with a way of life beyond the conventional standards, a life which broke all the taboos of society of their desire to live as freely and honestly as they could. They acknowledged openly what most are still reluctant to discuss: that a great many differences can exist between spiritual love and physical desire.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures, British.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Artists.; World War, 1914-1918.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- Resistance. by Jakubowicz, Jonathan,film director.; Ramsey, Bella,actor.; Poésy, Clémence,actor.; Harris, Ed,actor.; Eisenberg, Jesse,actor.; Schweighöfer, Matthias,actor.; Ramírez, Édgar,actor.; Game Theory Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Bella Ramsey, Clémence Poésy, Ed Harris, Jesse Eisenberg, Matthias Schweighöfer, Édgar RamírezOriginally produced by Game Theory Films in 2020.At the height of World War II, an aspiring Jewish actor – who would later become one of the world’s most famous performers – joins the French Resistance to save children orphaned by the Nazis.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Independent films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945.; War.; Actors.;
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