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LITERARY STUDIES ON VIDEO CASSETTE.

AMERICAN LITERATURE ON VIDEO CASSETTE.

From Joyce Carol Oates to William Styron

Based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, this sensitive and sensual coming-of-age drama is the story of a group of alienated high school girls united by a mysterious stranger who hides her own emotional needs beneath a tough exterior. A great youth film -- rebellious and energetic, hopeful and heartbreaking. With Angelina Jolie, Hedy Burress, Cathy Moriarty and Chris Mulkey. #S30916 VHS #DV65502 DVD		VHS	LEA Price: $30.00	DVD	LEA Price: $37.00

14. A moveable Feast: Profiles of Contemporary American Authors: Moveable Feast, Joyce Carol Oates: American Appetites, A An enlightened series profiling contemporary American authors and their work in the environments that most influenced them. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of New York, this unique collection presents interviews with, readings by, and documentary segments about some of the most vibrant voices in modern American literature--a true banquet of ideas, identities and intelligence. Eight volumes. #S14768				VHS	LEA Price: $30.00
	15. Norman and the Killer

Adapted from a short story by the American novelist, essayist and playwright Joyce Carol Oates, Norman and the Killer concerns the psychological and emotional trauma inflicted upon a young man and his efforts to reconcile his trauma and guilt when he confronts the man responsible for the crime against him. 30 mins. #S17023			VHS	LEA Price: $37.00
21. Smooth Talk	Joyce Chopra				1985

An adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, about a 15- year-old girl's stormy coming of age. With Treat Williams and Laura Dern.

Joyce Chopra

Based on the short story by Flannery O'Connor, with a script by Horton Foote. With Irene Worth, John Houseman, Shirley Stoler. From From American Short Story Series. #S01958			VHS	LEA Price: $37.00
5. Wise Blood	John Huston				1979

Based on the powerful novel by Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood traces the career of a religious fanatic who attempts to found a without salvation. An offbeat masterpiece featuring superb performances by Ned Beatty and Harry Dean Stanton.

Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar for her performance as call-girl Gloria Wandrous, a high class NYC tart who yearns to settle down and find Mr. Right. Based on the 1935 novel by John O'Hara. The title refers to a phone number. With Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Susan Oliver, Kay Medford and Laurence Harvey as Weston Liggett.
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He is the uncontested master of the macabre, a man whose melancholy nature made his own life as tragic as one of his dark tales. An A & E Biography.
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Selections from the acclaimed PBS series, "Anyone for Tennyson?" Henry Fonda, William Shatner and James Whitmore are featured in readings of great poetry, often on location, including Frost, Sandburg, Holmes, Edgar Lee Masters (Spoon River Anthology), Edgar Allan Poe, Emerson and T.S. Eliot. 45 mins. #S08792

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A collection of five experimental American films spanning 1906-1933; Edwin S. Porter's landmark Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906, 6 mins., color tints); Salome, a bold and stylized version of the Oscar Wilde play starring the dancer Nazimova and based on drawings by Aubrey Beardsley; The Fall of the House of Usher, James Watson and Melville Webber's version of Edgar Allan Poe's tale; Watson and Webber's Lot in Sodom, an experimental telling of the Old Testament story in terms of homosexuality and the subconscious; and finally Charles Vidor's The Bridge, an experimental telling of the Ambrose Bierce story, Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. #S09927

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A rare silent feature inspired by the famous Edgar Allan Poe poem. Disapproving of his daughter's love for a fisherman, the father agrees to the match only if her intended goes away for a year and the love remains true. Starring Jack O'Brien, Lorraine Harding, Florida Kingsley, and Louis Stearns. Transferred from a 35mm tinted print. #S52983

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Four master silent works of the surreal and fantastic. Jean Epstein boldly reimagines Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher (France, 1928, 51 mins); Hans Richter's Ghosts before Breakfast (Germany, 1928, 8 mins.) is an absurd Dada comedy; Richter's Rhythmus 21 (Germany, 1921, 3 mins.) explores the functions of a square; and Erno Metzner's Uberfall (Germany, 1929, 16 mins.) recreates a crime victim's subjective view through distorted camera effects. With an organ musical score.

When a carnival hypnotist (Boris Karloff, bearing a striking resemblance to Dr. Caligari) arrives in a small town, the local lodge-keeper (Lionel Barrymore) is haunted by the spirit of the man he brutally murdered. Inspired by the poem by Edgar Allan Poe, this spooky silent feature has been digitally remastered from an original tinted-and-toned nitrate 35mm print, with a music score by Eric Beheim and "The William Pratt Players" (William Pratt was Karloff's real name). Also included is Rene Clair's The Crazy Ray (France, 1922, 19 mins.), a marvelous, surreal short film, in which an eccentric scientist freezes the population of Paris.
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Robert Aldrich's brilliant exploration of greed and desperation in Hollywood. The story of blackmail involves movie star Charlie Castle (Jack Palance), his estranged wife (Ida Lupino) and a sleazy, ruthless studio boss (Rod Steiger). Adapted by James Poe from Clifford Odets' play. With Everett Sloane, Jean Hagen, Shelley Winters and Wesley Addy. "...immorality is attacked with almost obscene relish, the knife turns into a buzz saw. Maybe because of all these faults of taste, you can't take your eyes off it" (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker). #DV69432 DVD

Edgar G. Ulmer (Detour) directs Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in this stylish horror work. Ulmer pulled out all the stops in this movie about a young American couple trapped in the house of a demented scientist. With David Manners, Jacqueline Wells, Lucille Lund, and Egon Brecher. From a story by Edgar Allan Poe. #S17270

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An obscure, low-budget horror film inspired by the Poe story. Made in Dallas, this independent production was filmed in black and white, with enough gore to satisfy the drive-in crowd. Watch out for the nasty, kitty eye-plucking scene. #S53027

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Loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, Lucio Fulci's film departs from the extremely graphic style the director is best known for in favor of a more atmospheric, traditional Gothic approach. The residents of a small English village begin to die in a series of grisly "accidents" that may have a dark feline heart behind them. Patrick Magee stars. Dubbed in English.
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11. The Black Cat/The Fat Black Pussycat

Harold Hoffman/Harold Lea

1966/1963

It's a killer kitty double feature! The Black Cat (Harold Hoffman, USA, 1966) is an obscure, low-budget horror film inspired by the Poe story. Made in Dallas, this independent production was filmed in black and white, with enough gore to satisfy the drive-in crowd. Watch out for the nasty, kitty eye-plucking scene. The Fat Black Pussycat (Harold Lea, USA, 1963) is a forgotten grindhouse treasure about some bloody beatnik murders in Greenwich Village. A cat is the only witness to the crimes of a sexually perverted, schizophrenic killer.
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Once, Ravenscroft Hall was an asylum for the incurably insane. Now, the isolated mansion is a school for troubled teenaged girls run by charismatic psychiatrist Robert Vaughn. Captivated by his charm, a young woman (Karen Witter) joins his staff. She is soon tormented by nightmare visions of the long-dead victims of a nameless killer. When the students begin to disappear, she realizes he still lives…John Carradine and Donald Pleasance star in this classic tale of terror based on an Edgar Allan Poe story.

Insults between Italian noblemen lead into this charming tale. Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato by playing on his friend's vanity and love of wine. Soon Fortunato finds himself deep underground in Montresor's cellar in search of the prized amontillado wine. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe. 18 mins.
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Barbara Steele stars in "one of the most surprising and unique films of all Italian horror" (Gary Johnson, Images). Inspired by the writing of Edgar Allan Poe, the film begins with a reporter tracking down Poe himself. The encounter leads to a peculiar wager in which the reporter must spend the night in a castle said to be haunted. Once there, he finds that several members of the undead--including the beautiful Elizabeth (Steele)--do inhabit the castle...and he may be unable to leave. Also known as Danse Macabre. #S09131 VHS
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The Cash of Amontillado, based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the masterpieces of horror fiction, and The Necklace, based on a story by Guy de Maupassant, in which the borrowed necklace is lost, and the couple must mortgage the last ten years of their life. 40 mins. #S05814				VHS	LEA Price: $30.00
	18. Crime of Dr. Crespi	John H. Auer				1935

Low-budget but fascinating version of Poe's "Premature Burial" with Erich von Stroheim in great form--the entire film was shot in less that two weeks. #S06008				VHS	LEA Price: $45.00
	21. Edgar Allan Poe: Architect of Dreams

Poet, short-story writer and critic, Edgar Allan Poe mastered all of these areas, but is perhaps best known for his macabre sensibility. In works like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Tell-Tale Heart, he showed the world a new and strange literary universe. Dave Smith hosts this documentary which looks at Poe's unhappy life and his literary legacy. From the About the Authors… series. USA, 1991, 30 mins. #S27043

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Any Poe admirer will enjoy the three presentations included in this collection. The Tell-Tale Heart (Scott Mansfield, USA, 2000, 25 mins.) is a faithful dramatic film of the classic story of madness and murder. Edgar Allan Poe: A Journey in Verse (34 mins.) is an overview of Poe's life and career from the "Master Poets Collection" series. The images come from your imagination as you listen to Edgar Allan Poe: Stories & Tales I (116 mins.), with audio theatrical versions of "The Gold Bug," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." #S49761 VHS
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Vincent Price stars as the tormented Roderick Usher, whose family history is plagued by madness and murder, in Roger Corman's adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story. The finale is a visual tour de force, thanks in large part to Floyd Crosby's camera work. The first of eight Poe adaptations Corman would direct, this film established that, when he set his mind to it, the king of bargain basement cinema could be a very accomplished filmmaker. Acclaimed fantasy writer Richard Matheson wrote the screenplay. #S37655 VHS
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Kay Tendeter is Lord Roderick Usher. His sister is dead but he really isn't so sure. This causes great anxiety and a steep decline in property values. With Gwendoline Watford, Irving Steen, Gavin Lee and Lucy Pavey as the Hag. Source material is Edgar Allan Poe.				VHS	LEA Price: $37.00
	26. Four for Thrills, Edgar Allan Poe, Etc.

Here is a quartet of exciting and colorful animated shorts containing Edgar Allan Poe's classic Masque of the Red Death, Harry Belafonte's presentation of The Hand and the immortal Casey at the Bat, and the story of The Hangman as told by Herschel Bernardi. #S03957

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27. Fugitive Road and Crime of Dr. Crespi

John H. Auer

1935

Two "B" movies starring Erich von Stroheim. Fugitive Road enabled von Stroheim to recreate his role in Grand Illusion in which he played a World War I Austrian officer. In Crime of Dr. Crespi he plays a mad scientist in a story loosely based on writings by Edgar Allan Poe. #S02321

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Edgar Allan Poe's classic story in which a young boy in search of butterflies becomes involved, instead, in a terrifying hunt for hidden treasure. With Robert Blossom, Geoffrey Holder.

The prolific and infamous Fred Olen Ray dares to put his questionable talents to use on an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's Premature Burial. Jan-Michael Vincent and Karen Black are along for the attempted terror, but your eyes will probably be glued to the unforgettably frightening face of Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) and lovely scream queen Brinke Stevens. Few chills, but plenty of chuckles to be found in this bargain basement effort.
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The vibrant worlds of two of America's giant literary figures--Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain--are explored. This vivid and informative program also skillfully guides the student through the fascinating world of William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. In English.

This special program in The Master Poets Collection celebrates the writer who has blessed American literature with some of the most striking and moving imagery ever created. Includes readings of The Conqueror Worm, Annabel Lee, The Raven and many more. 34 mins. #S50024

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32. La Chute de la Maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher)

Jean Epstein

1928

Though directed by Jean Epstein, this French silent version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic is also notable for having given apprenticeship to Luis Bunuel. Henri Langlois of the Cinematheque Francaise wrote, "An absolute mastery of editing and rhythm in which slow motion, super-impressions, moving camera shots, and the mobile camera combine to play a totally ungratuitous [sic] role. The lighting of the sets transforms them and imparts a sense of mystery. The actors were merely objects." A remarkable film that proves the German Expressionists did not have a corner on Gothic horror. #DV62460 DVD			VHS	LEA Price: $89.00	DVD	LEA Price: $38.00

34. Maniac/Narcotic
Two truly crazed exploitation classics from the early '30s, both directed by the notorious Dwain Esper. Maniac (1934, 54 mins.) is a low-rent variation on Poe's The Black Cat, with nudity, necrophilia and general mayhem. Narcotic (1933, 57 mins.) follows the downward spiral of an idealistic medical student whose fall from grace leads him to opium dens, a carnival freak show, dingy brothels and, finally, the barrel of his own gun. The next time someone lectures you about the "clean," morally upright films of yesteryear, play one of these memorably lurid offerings.

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Vincent Price stars in Roger Corman's popular screen adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe tale. It's a lavishly produced effort featuring great sets of the horrific castle of Prince Prospero. There, an indifferent nobility pursues their debauched pastimes while the countryside endures the scourge of the red death. Nicolas Roeg provided the brilliant color cinematography. "...the best and most ambitious of Corman's Poe cycle" (Tom Milne, Time Out).

36. The Masque of the Red Death/The Premature Burial

Roger Corman

1964/1962

A great double feature of films from Roger Corman's series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. Vincent Price stars as Prince Prospero in The Masque of the Red Death (1964, 88 mins.), "...the best and most ambitious of Corman's Poe cycle" (Tom Milne, Time Out). Nicolas Roeg provided the brilliant color cinematography. Next, Ray Milland stars in Premature Burial (1962, 81 mins.), "...the ultimate in graveyard ghoulishness" (Halliwell's Film and Video Guide). Hazel Court co-stars in both films.
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37. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Robert Florey

1932

An expressive horror translation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story. Set in Paris, the film stars Bela Lugosi as the brilliant Dr. Mirakle, who prowls the streets to find an experimental companion for his pet gorilla. Famed director John Huston worked on the screenplay. With Sidney Fox, Leon Waycoff, Brandon Hurst and Noble Johnson #S17274

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38. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Gordon Hessler

1971

Jason Robards and Lilli Palmer star in this film based upon the Edgar Allan Poe masterpiece of terror about a horror theater whose staged murders become all too real. #S00899

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39. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)

Jeannot Szwarc

1986

George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay and Val Kilmer star in this adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's mystery thriller set in 19th-century Paris. Police are baffled by the murder of a woman and her child, especially since the room where it happened is locked from inside. Dupin (Scott) must solve this riddle before anyone will feel safe again.

Detective thriller based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, a medical examiner investigates the disappearance of a famous actress. With Maria Montez. #S03785				VHS	LEA Price: $52.00
	42. The Oblong Box	Gordon Hessler				1969

The Oblong Box was the last of Vincent Price's many films inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, although the story is used very loosely here. He plays a cruel aristocrat who keeps his disfigured brother chained and hidden. After being buried alive, the sibling seeks revenge. Not quite up to par with the Poe films Price made for Roger Corman, but still worthwhile for horror fans. Christopher Lee co-stars.

43. The Oblong Box/Scream and Scream Again

Gordon Hessler

1969

The Price is right on this bargain-priced, diabolical double bill featuring the terrifying talents of Vincent Price (as well as fellow horror superstar Christopher Lee). The Oblong Box (1969, 97 mins.) was the last of Price's many films inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, although the story is used very loosely here. He plays a cruel aristocrat who keeps his disfigured brother chained and hidden. After being buried alive, the sibling seeks revenge. Not quite up to par with the Poe films Price made for Roger Corman, but still worthwhile for horror fans. Director Gordon Hessler reunited Price and Lee, adding the great Peter Cushing to the mix for Scream and Scream Again (1969, 95 mins.), in which mad scientist Vincent takes limbs from unsuspecting victims to create a master race of emotionless creatures. #DV63901 DVD

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Karl Malden stars as mad Dr. Marais, who trains a gorilla to kill a series of girls and is tracked by police in the classic Poe tale of horror. Look for Merv Griffin as a college student. #S34610 VHS

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The second of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptations is an atmospheric chiller, highlighted by Floyd Crosby's stylish cinematography and the entertaining theatricality of Vincent Price's performance. The torture chamber sequences are particularly inventive. Barbara Steele and Luana Anders co-star in this horror classic, with a screenplay by Richard Matheson. #S37654 VHS
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Actor Michael Kane (Lonely Are the Brave, Three Days of the Condor) performs Edgar Allan Poe's famous story of murder, guilt and panic in an impressive reading for television. 1958, 43 mins. #S50365 VHS

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An incredible collection of great writers, great poems and the best of the human spirit. Ruby Dee, Jack Lemmon, Will Geer and Fred Gwynne recite from a large assortment of classic poems. Works by Poe, Swift, Auden, Longfellow and many more are included. 58 mins. #S23603 VHS

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48. Poetry by Americans Series:Poetry by Americans: Edgar Allan Poe

Biographical sketches of four great American poets are collected in this series. Each short also includes a dramatic reading of one of their best regarded poems. Lorne Greene reads "Annabel Lee." 9 mins. #S23466 VHS

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This rare feature opens with a history of Edgar Allan Poe's ancestors and follows his rise to maturity. Unable to integrate himself into society, Poe turns to alcohol. This crutch inspires his hallucinatory vision and throws him into the world of "The Raven." Although Poe was more accurately addicted to narcotics, this film remains one of the earliest and most eccentric biopics. With Henry B. Walthall and Wanda Howard. Silent with an added music track.
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Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi appear in this horror film based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including the title story and The Pit and the Pendulum. Lugosi is the doctor with the Poe-obsession, Karloff his innocent victim, about a doctor who blackmails a killer into killing the woman who rejected him.
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A highly enjoyable comic horror film, with three legendary stars--Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre--hamming it up in amusing fashion in a tale that is very loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe story. Jack Nicholson also makes an early screen appearance in this Roger Corman feature, shot by Floyd Crosby with a screenplay by Richard Matheson. #S04191 VHS			VHS	LEA Price: $30.00
54. Spirits of the Dead	Roger Vadim/Louis Malle/Federico Fellini				1968

Jane and Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot and Terence Stamp are among the stars cast in this adaptation of three Edgar Allan Poe tales. The three episodes are Metzerngerstein, directed by Roger Vadim; William Wilson, directed by Louis Malle; and Fellini's brilliant Toby Dammit. In the first, the Fonda siblings are involved in a macabre tale built around incestuous desire. The middle work concerns a sadistic fiend (Delon) who, among other things, whips the then-wildly famous Bardot. Finally, Stamp plays a movie star who loses his head and makes a bet with the devil, whom Fellini portrays, in a brilliant master stroke, as a beautiful little girl in a white dress. French with English subtitles. #S27647 VHS
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Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone join Vincent Price in these four tales of terror adapted from Edgar Allan Poe stories. It's a classic Corman horror romp in which Price and Lorre really get the chance to camp it up. Lots of fun. #S04192 VHS
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Edgar Allan Poe's classic story elaborated into a story of a jealous love and murder. With Laurence Payne, Adrienne Cori, Dermot Walsh. #S05053 VHS

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This classic, based on the famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, is hauntingly filmed in stark black and white to accentuate the good versus evil theme. The viewer cannot help but be captured this carefully woven web of murder, investigation, and the dreadful reality of betrayal from within. Starring Sam Jaffe. #S14260 VHS

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One of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories is brought to the screen again. This version is very faithful to Poe's original, managing to convey in its short running time the feelings of mystery and madness in the tale of a man driven to murder. #S49760 VHS

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A Roger Corman production based on Edgar Allan Poe's work of the same name, starring Vincent Price. Strange events occur when Price marries after burying his first wife.
63. War Gods of the Deep		Jacques Tourneur				1965

The last film directed by the talented Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie) combines horror elements with Jules Verne-styled science fiction. Vincent Price and Tab Hunter star in a story about the discovery of a sub-oceanic kingdom where monstrous gill-men serve as slaves. Said to be inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem The City in the Sea, although that may have been more of a ploy to exploit Price's fame in Roger Corman's Poe adaptations. Released as City Under the Sea in England. #DV68189 DVD

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This extremely rare film from prolific Expressionist-era director Richard Oswald (father of famed director Gerd Oswald) stars Conrad Veidt and Anita Berber in a compilation of stories, including Poe's The Black Cat. An early example of the fascination of silent-era German filmmakers with tales of horror and the occult. #S30121 VHS

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Upset by the mysterious passing of her mother, a nine-year-old girl lives unhappily with the fear of death. This live-action adaption of the Pulitzer Prize-winning short story by Katherine Anne Porter has been praised by The New York Times as "a memorable little gem." 58 mins. #S13524 VHS

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Based on the short story by Katherine Anne Porter, and starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Lois Smith. From American Short Story series. #S02003 VHS

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Joanne Woodward hosts this episode from the PBS series American Masters. Porter was one of America's most intriguing authors. Now the unique perspective of this Pulitzer Prize winner is revealed through an in-depth show highlighted by memories from authors Eudora Welty and Robert Penn Warren. 60 mins. #S23607 VHS

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For 35 years, Monroe Wheeler was a close advisor to the directors of the Museum of Modern Art; this unique documentary captures Wheeler at the age of 86, talking about the formative years and his close associations with some of the world's most famous artists and writers, including Matisse, Calder, Pavel Tchelitchew, Somerset Maugham and Katherine Anne Porter. Personal photos and art illuminate his stories. 30 mins.

Based on Katherine Anne Porter's acclaimed novel, the interlocking stories tell of passengers on a ship sailing from Mexico to pre-Hitler Germany. With Simone Signoret, Michael Dunn, Vivien Leigh, Lee Marvin and others.
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Michael Biehn has had his share of tough times in the movies. He battled Arnold Schwarzennegger in The Terminator, aliens in Aliens and Lauren Bacall in The Fan. Now he plays a disfigured WW II veteran who writes love letters to his pre-war sweetheart only to have them delivered by a murderer. With Patrick Dempsey, Michael Beach and Maureen Mueller. Filmed in Virginia. Based on the novel by James Purdy.

8. What Is It, Zach? (1983)
Adapted from the play by dramatist James Purdy, this live TV production by the Australian filmmaker uses oblique projection to set the stage for the drama of an aging pensioner and the tormented servant living with him. The director of the play was Bette Gordon.

Tim Burns

Classic adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel has lost little of its impact over the years. The film follows a group of German recruits during World War I from their idealism to disillusionment. #S01686 VHS
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A television adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel (first filmed by Lewis Milestone in 1930) about a group of German soldiers engaged in trench warfare during World War I. Ernest Borgnine is the determined career soldier responsible for shaping them into fighting men. With Richard Thomas, Patricia Neal, Ian Holm and Donald Pleasance. #S07774 VHS
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Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman star in this adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel about a refugee doctor and a girl with a past in Paris, just before the Nazi invasion.

A television remake of Lewis Milestone's adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel. Anthony Hopkins returns to World War II era Paris to exact his revenge on a man who tormented him and the woman he loved. With Leslie-Anne Down and Donald Pleasance.

Set against the dark reign of Nazi oppression, John Cromwell's film is an excellent adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel Flotsam, about a German refugee's escape and attempted flight. With Fredric March, Glenn Ford, Erich von Stroheim and Frances Dee. #S18032 VHS

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F. Scott Fitzgerald adapted Erich Maria Remarque's novel about three German army officers (Robert Taylor, Robert Young and Franchot Tone) who attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the Armistice. They find meaning in their relationship with an impoverished English woman (Margaret Sullavan), who exercises a magnetic pull over their habits and lives.
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Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, in their first starring roles, deal with growing up in an affluent Jewish suburban environment. Based on a novella by Phillip Roth. Benjamin is a discontented Bronx librarian romancing a college girl from suburbia. Sexual politics, spiritual values and material success will be discussed. #S02852 VHS				VHS	LEA Price: $30.00
	1. Portnoy's Complaint	Ernest Lehman				1972

Philip Roth's sexual novel of frustration and self-abuse is now a movie starring Dick Benjamin as Alexander Portnoy. Lee Grant is his Jewish mother and Karen Black is Monkey, his sexual fantasy playmate. Not recommended for the visually impaired--it could give them ideas. #S04176 VHS

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Dana Andrews is a soldier in love with Susan Hayward in this well-handled, sentimental WWII love story. Based on J.D. Salinger's story Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut. Theme by Victor Young.

Director George Stevens shot this documentary footage which depicts American efforts in Europe during World War II. It includes some of the most extensive color footage available of both the Normandy invasion and the fall of Berlin. This film won 3 Emmy Awards and was originally commissioned by Dwight D. Eisenhower. George Stevens, Jr. narrates. With William Saroyan, Irwin Shaw and Ivan Moffat. #S26760 VHS

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Clarence Brown directed many quality films for MGM, excursions into rural Americana. Human Comedy, based on the story by William Saroyan, stars Mickey Rooney as a telegraph messenger in Ithaca, California, learning the lessons that come from the experience of separation and loss. #S04206 VHS			VHS	LEA Price: $37.50
6. The Time of Your Life	Kirk Browning				1976

Patti LuPone headlines this performance of William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the lonely, lovelorn, weary and cynical patrons of a San Francisco bar in 1939. The playwright himself recites the prologue. "Saroyan writes with compassion, understanding, and solid personal research" (New York Herald Tribune). Filmed for PBS. #DV68680 DVD

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Mario Cuomo hosts this illuminating four-volume portrait on the Great Depression from the Crash of 1929 to the coming of World War II, filled with photos by Dorothea Lange and newsreel footage of pivotal events. Profiles FDR, Pretty Boy Floyd, Upton Sinclair, Douglas MacArthur and more. Each tape is 50 mins. #S34342 VHS

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An ordinary urban couple become farmers and, incidentally, host to a collection of drifters who join together and become a unified community. This tale of organic socialism was released independently because the major studios feared its political theme. An exclusive introduction from the director and two newsreels, California Election News, which were meant to hurt the socialist campaign of Upton Sinclair, are also included. This collector's version is mastered from the finest print available. #S00979 VHS
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4. Que Viva Mexico!

Sergei Eisenstein/Grigori Alexandrov

1931/1979

Eisenstein's long-lost diamond-in-the-rough, shot by the great Eduard Tisse, and financed by Upton Sinclair. Reconstructed in 1979 by Grigori Alexandrov, the last surviving member of Eisenstein's Mexican team, Que Viva Mexico is a silent film narrated in Russian and subtitled in English. It is divided into segments: a wedding, a bullfight, a fiesta, a dramatized abortive uprising by peons against feudal masters at the turn of the century. Anyone who has seen the lyrical, ravishing images of Eduard Tisse's Que Viva Mexico will revel in the priceless beauty of Eisenstein's incomplete master-work. Russian with English subtitles. #S12976 VHS
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Ron Silver plays a Holocaust survivor with a serious problem. Three women are in love with him and he is already married to two of them. Paul Mazursky directs this appealing translation of an Isaac Bashevis Singer story set in the boroughs of postwar New York. The film earned Oscar nominations for Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin for Best Supporting Actress. With Alan King and Margaret Sophie Stein in her U.S. film debut.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer stars in this latest issue from the About the Authors series. This quintessential Jewish writer shares his 80-plus years of experience through memories and interviews. He is seen in his cluttered New York office and on the streets of the city. Narrated by Judd Hirsch. 60 mins. #S21233 VHS

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Barbra Streisand directs herself in a sweeping entertainment based on the Isaac Bashevis Singer short story about a young woman who disguises herself as a young man in order to study the Talmud. With Amy Irving and Mandy Patinkin.

This 1969 conversation explores the cinema approaches of film directors Varda and Sontag, who were among the small group of artists represented in the prestigious seventh annual New York Film Festival (1969). Here they discuss their ideas and their films with Jack Kroll, senior editor at Newsweek. Discussion covers similarities in their aesthetic and their work, how their new films concern the problems of tortured personalities, politics and the grotesque in everyday matters. 28 mins. #S31578 VHS				VHS	LEA Price: $89.00
	4. Holocaust (Sontag)

In Dark Places, writer and social critic Susan Sontag, with a group of present day students, explores the meaning of Hitler's genocide. This powerful documentary is complemented by How Came Israel?, The Good Omen, and Herschel Bernardi's narrating The Hangman, three gripping shorts which probe and elaborate on the same theme. #S03984 VHS

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9. Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me

Perry Miller Adato

1970

This portrait of the famous American writer shows Stein in Paris from 1905 through the 1930's. Her creativity was expressed not only in writing but in influential friendships with a host of major artists. Picasso, T.S. Eliot, Thorton Wilder, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and many more relied on her companionship, criticism and support. Home movies of Stein and her longtime lover, Alice B. Toklas, a rare radio interview, and footage of Stein's art collection round out this exciting documentary. 89 mins. #S26648 VHS				VHS	LEA Price: $89.00
	20. The Moderns	Alan Rudolph				1988

Alan Rudolph recreates the cafe society of Paris in 1926 in his 12th feature. Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Marcel Duchamp are background figures in this intriguing tale of art forgery and complicated human relationships. Rudolph's patented romantic melancholy fits well into the setting, resulting in a "historical fiction" that resonates emotionally. With Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Genevieve Bujold, Wallace Shawn, Geraldine Chaplin and John Lone as the ruthless art collector. #DV67671 DVD

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22. Paris Was a Woman (1996) An "intelligent and revealing" (New York Times) portrait of the creative community of women writers, artists, photographers and editors who flocked to the Left Bank of Paris between the World Wars. Greta Schiller and writer Andrea Weiss highlight Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein, Romaine Brooks, Marie Laurencin, Berenice Abbott, Gisele Freund, booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier and New Yorker correspondent Janet Flanner. #S32910 VHS			Greta Schiller	VHS	LEA Price: $52.00
	29. Waiting for the Moon	Jill Godmilow				1987

Jill Godmilow's meditation on Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Linda Hunt plays Alice B. Toklas and Linda Bassett is Gertrude Stein, in a personal drama about the two remarkable women who were the focal point of Paris expatriate culture and society., #S04343 VHS

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Few writers have captured the flavor of American life the way John Steinbeck did in such literary classics as The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Cannery Row and Of Mice and Men. This episode of Biography delves into the life of the man behind the books. 50 mins. #S44806 VHS

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Adaptation of John Steinbeck stars Nick Nolte as an ex-baseball player turned marine biologist and Debra Winger as a young runaway. Narration by John Huston, photography by Sven Nykvist, music by Jack Nitzsche.#S02988 VHS

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The film that catapulted James Dean to cult status! Adapted from the Steinbeck novel, East of Eden is a modern retelling of the Cain and Abel story. Dean shines in an emotionally charged performance as the lost innocent in search of love and acceptance. Also featuring excellent performances by Raymond Massey and Julie Harris.

5. Eminent Scholars Series, Introduction to John Steinbeck's Fiction
Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.
Steinbeck biographer Jackson Benson provides an informative and detailed discussion of the author's life, career and views. #S08179 VHS

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6. Eminent Scholars Series, Understanding Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrat

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.
Prof. Jackson Benson clarifies the ideological backgrounds, composition and literary merits of Steinbeck's masterpiece. #S08188 VHS

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John Steinbeck wrote the story and script for this moving film about the ancient life of Mexico, the story of the little pueblo of Santiago on the skirts of a hill in the mountains. An extremely moving portrait of life in a Mexican village. Narrated by Burgess Meredith. #S08785 VHS

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Certainly one of the all-time classics, this adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel of the dust bowl migration from Oklahoma to California stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, John Carradine as Casey. The film won the Academy Award for Best Director. #S00525 VHS

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A fascinating series of informative and entertaining programs about the lives and works of some of the most celebrated authors of all time. These revealing profiles contain insightful commentary as well as rare interviews, documents and other historical materials. Each volume is 45 minutes. #S51925 VHS

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John Steinbeck wrote this widely anthologized story about the Tiflins, a ranching family who figure in the The Red Pony cycle of stories. Valuable as literature, this work also reveals much about the American frontier. 23 mins. #S23447 VHS

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Riveting war drama, written by John Steinbeck, starring William Bendix and Tallulah Bankhead as survivors of an American vessel torpedoed by a German sub during World War II. The eight are set adrift in a tiny lifeboat and the drama unfolds as they take aboard a stranded Nazi. Another gem from Alfred Hitchcock with his "appearance" coming in a most unusual way.
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The first and best film adaptation of John Steinbeck's great novel about two itinerant farm workers trying to find a place to earn a living and stay out of trouble. Burgess Meredith is excellent as George, trying his best to protect hulking, slow-witted Lenny, played by Lon Chaney, Jr. in the performance of his career. In spite of a couple of Hays Code-inspired changes to the original text (notably in George's fate at the end of the film), this beautifully filmed feature manages to capture the spirit of Steinbeck's book and vividly portrays rural life during the Depression. Aaron Copland's lovely score is the icing on the cake and the pre-credits sequence was an innovation for its time. #S42361 VHS
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Mexican production of the John Steinbeck story about a poor fisherman who finds a beautiful pearl which changes his life. Pedro Armendariz is the bewildered fisherman who finds it hard to believe the changes that happen to himself and his wife.

John Steinbeck's classic story is brought to life in this tasteful version. A boy escapes his unpleasant family life through his love of a horse. With Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy. Music by Aaron Copeland.

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Steinbeck's salty story about a California fishing community gets star treatment from Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Akim Tamiroff and Sheldon Leonard, and a moving performance by Frank Morgan as a canine devotee. #S15651 VHS

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Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, and Michael Moriarty star in Karel Reisz's screen adaptation of Robert Stone's novel, Dog Soldiers, about post-Vietnam cynicism and the heroin trade. "Reisz nimbly avoids the Big Theme style, finds the pace of his material early, and sustains it brilliantly, emerging with a contemporary classic of hard-edged adventure" (Paul Taylor, Time Out Film Guide). #S06992 VHS
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11. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903 & 1914)

Edwin S. Porter/William Robert Daly

1903/1914

This tape includes the two earliest film versions of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic tale of slavery. The 1903 version was restored from Library of Congress paper prints. The 1914 version features Sam Lucas--the first black actor to star in a film. #S15482 VHS

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An early version of the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel of slavery stars Sam Lucas, who was said to be the first black man to have a leading role in films, as Tom, and also has some black stage actors in the cast. #S11452 VHS

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Filmed previously in 1903 and 1914, this 1927 adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's literary classic was a far more elaborate production. Its production budget (LEA Price: $1.8 million) and two-year shooting period were quite extravagant for its era and the film retains the look of a grand-scale production. Besides its obvious interest for the cultural considerations of its subject matter, the film also incorporates elements of 19th century "barnstorming" theatrical traditions that would soon disappear from cinematic styles. Silent, with color tinting.
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An adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's controversial novel about social and racial conditions and black enfranchisement in the pre-Civil War South. When Abraham Lincoln met Stowe, he reportedly told her, "So, you're the little lady who started this big war." With Herbert Lom as the nefarious Simon Legree.

An exceptional cast highlights this television interpretation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's incendiary novel about pre-Civil War relations between blacks and whites, epitomized in the brutally racist actions of landowner Simon Legree (Edward Woodward). With Avery Brooks, Phylicia Rashad, Bruce Dern, Kate Burton, Paula Kelly and Kathryn Walker. #S19683 VHS

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Alfre Woodard hosts this History Channel documentary about the great liberation movement, set up by a network of runaway slaves, freed black men and women, and anti-slavery activists. The remarkable, risk-taking achievements of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison and others are highlighted in this informative and inspiring program. 1998, 100 mins. #S53556 VHS

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William Styron's short story about the painful ghosts of our nation's slave trade is given a delicate screen treatment by his daughter Susan. Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell play a Depression-era couple trying to survive on what was once prosperous family plantation land. A 99-year-old former slave travels 600 miles from Alabama just so he can die on the land he once worked on, making a lasting impression on the couple, their family and a young child he befriends. Van Dyke Parks composed the musical score. #DV60862 DVD

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Meryl Streep received an Oscar for her depiction of a Polish Catholic mother who survives the death camp at Auschwitz but not the memories that haunt her in her new life in the United States. Based on the William Styron novel. With Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. #S04600 VHS
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