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1. Harryhausen : the movie posters [2018]

Description
Book — 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Summary
Harryhausen - The Movie Posters showcases the posters from all of Ray's movies, from 1949's Mighty Joe Young, to Clash of the Titans in 1981. There has never been a book published devoted solely to the promotional art associated with the films themselves. Featuring posters from all over the world, as well as commentary from The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, this is an essential addition to any fan's library.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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SAL3 (off-campus storage)

2. The art of horror movies : an illustrated history [2017]

  • Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard LLC, 2017.
Description
Book — 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Green Library

3. John Landis presents haunted houses [electronic resource] : classic tales of doors that should never be opened [2020]

  • London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.
Description
Book — 1 online resource.
Summary
Classic haunted house ghoststories curated by world-renowned filmmaker and horror genre expert John Landis. This beautifully presented, highly collectible anthology features ghost stories that have enthralled, terrified and inspired readers decade after decade. Some are relatively well known; others are long-lost treasures, awaiting rediscovery. The selection includes tales of terror by Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, and Percival Landon; studies of creeping dread by Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James; short, sharp shockers by Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James and Lafcadio Hearn; and comedic masterpieces by Oscar Wilde and Saki. Mr. Landis' own introduction explores each tale's fascinating impact on the contemporary horror genre. Step inside these ghost-ridden repositories of supernatural evil, if you dare... "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H. P. Lovecraft.
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4. Coming to America [videorecording] [1988]

  • Hollywood, CA : Paramount, 1999, c1988.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Comedy about a wealty, pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, the prince quickly finds a new job, new friends and lots of trouble.
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5. Innocent blood [videorecording] [1999]

  • Widescreen ed. - Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1999.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A comedy about a vampire who puts Pittsburgh in peril when she fails to kill off one of her victims, a mob boss who realizes how lucky he is to be a vampire with deadly powers.
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6. The Blues brothers [videorecording] [2005]

  • 25th anniversary ed.; Widescreen version. - Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005].
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (148 min. ; 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big show. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies than friends along the way.
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7. American grindhouse [2010]

  • [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Description
Video — 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 82 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound Sound: digital. Digital: video file; MPEG-4; Flash.
Summary
American grindhouse explores the history of exploitation films. From the early "Nudie cuties" to the Blaxploitation boom in the 70's, American grindhouse boasts interviews with film critics Herschell Gordon Lewis, Joe Dante, Larry Cohen, John Landis, Fred Williamson, Kim Morgan and many more, and features over 200 clips.
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8. Beverly Hills cop III [videorecording] [1994]

Description
Video — 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Detroit cop Axel Foley returns and is in pursuit of the bad guys at LA's popular theme park, WonderWorld.
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Media & Microtext Center

9. Mr. Warmth [videorecording] : the Don Rickles project [2007]

  • Collector's ed. - Universal City, Calif. : Salient Media : Distributed by Vivendi Visual Entertainment, c2007.
Description
Video — 2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
One of the legends of American comedy, Don Rickles, is shown in all his glory. This film contains tapes of Don's show (never before shown), interviews with Don's contemporaries, established and young comedians, plus actors, directors and various others in his life. Includes home movies, clips from movies, and more.
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10. Spies like us [videorecording]. [1998]

  • Standard version. - Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1998.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Comedy about two would-be spies who are dupes in an evil mastermind's plan to take over the world.
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Media & Microtext Center

11. An American werewolf in London [videorecording] [2009]

  • Full moon ed. - Universal City, CA : Universal, c2009.
Description
Video — 2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • disc
  • 1. Feature film
  • disc
  • 2. Bonus features.
It's a rainy night on the Welsh moors. Two American students on a walking tour of Europe trudge on to the next town, when suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl ... Three weeks later, one is dead and the other is in the hospital.
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12. An American werewolf in Paris [videorecording] [1997]

  • Wide screen [version] - [Burbank, CA] : Hollywood Pictures Home Video ; distributed by Buena Vista Pictures, [1998], 1997.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The daughter of a pair of werewolves lives in Paris where her mother and stepfather are trying to overcome her lycanthropic disease. A trio of American tourists on a thrill seeking trip around Europe manage to stop her from plunging to her death from the top of the Eiffel tower and are embroiled in a horrific but often hilarious plot.
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Media & Microtext Center

13. Slasher [videorecording] [2004]

  • [United States] : Docurama : New Video Group, c2004.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A frenetic and fascinating look at the bizarre life of used car salesman Michael Bennett, better known as 'The Slasher.' Share in one particularly crazed weekend as Bennett is called to help a struggling dealership, desperate to dump their inventory.
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Media & Microtext Center

14. Amazon women on the moon [videorecording] [2003]

  • Collectors ed. - Universal City, CA : Universal, c2003.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Assorted sketches spoof low-budget movies of the '50s and late-night TV commercials.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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15. Three amigos! [videorecording] [1999]

  • New York : HBO Home Video, [1999]
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
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Media & Microtext Center

16. Trading places [videorecording] [1983]

  • Widescreen version. - Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, c2002.
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
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Media & Microtext Center

17. Trading places [videorecording] [2007]

  • Looking good, feeling good ed.; widescreen. - Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Two old business partners bet that they can turn a street hustler into a successful businessman.
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Media & Microtext Center

18. Twilight zone [videorecording] : the movie [2007]

  • Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
Description
Video — 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Four short horrorific tales are anthologized in this film as a tribute to Rod Serling and his popular TV series.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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Media & Microtext Center

19. Sonic voyages [sound recording] [1994]

  • Hatfield, Hertfordshire : UH Recordings, p2007.
Description
Music recording — 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Retrocoagulant vox / Bret Battey & Stuart Dempster (11:33)
  • Soap opera I / Leigh Landy (1:49)
  • qwyet kar / Christopher Hobbs & John Richards (7:32)
  • Soap opera 2 / Leigh Landy (1:39)
  • The bathroom suite / Rob Weale (9:29)
  • Soap opera 3 / Leigh Landy (2:21)
  • Trace / John Young & Jörgen Pettersson (13:05)
  • Soap opera 4 / Leigh Landy (3:55)
  • Changing weights / Ron Herrema (6:23)
  • Soap opera 5 / Leigh Landy (1:33)
  • Clinamen / Andrew Hugill (4:55).
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Music Library

20. Il barbiere di Siviglia [1904]

Description
Music recording — 2 audio discs : digital, mono, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Largo al factotum (Giuseppe Campanari, 1909) (4:07)
  • Numero quindici (Alessandro Bonci, Ferruccio Corradetti, with piano, 1905) (3:13)
  • La calunnia (Marcel Journet, 1912) (3:13)
  • Manca un foglio / Pietro Romani (Antonio Pini-Corsi, 1906) (3:56)
  • Pace e gioia (Emilio Perea, Pini-Corsi, 1905) (2:48)
  • Lesson scene : Bellini, La sonnambula. Ah non, giunge (Marcella Sembrich, with piano, 1904) (2:40)
  • Ecco ridente in cielo (Fernando Carpi, c. 1913) (3:22)
  • Largo al factotum (Titta Ruffo, 1920) (4:12)
  • Se il mio nome (Charles Hackett, with harp, 1925) (3:15)
  • Una voce poco fa-- Io sono docile (Maria Barrientos, 1920) (7:27)
  • Lesson scene: Proch, Air and variations (Amelita Galli-Curci, 1917) (4:20)
  • Piano, pianissimo-- Ecco ridente in cielo (Bruno Landi, Wilfred Engelmann, 1942) (5:19)
  • Largo al factotum (John Charles Thomas, 1939) (4:29)
  • Se il mio nome (Tito Schipa, 1926) (2:40)
  • Una voce poco fa-- Io sono docile (Jennie Tourel, 1946) (6:16)
  • La calunnia (Ezio Pinza, 1946) (3:42)
  • Dunque io son (Lily Pons, Giuseppe de Luca, 1940) (4:56)
  • A un dottor della mia sorte (Salvatore Baccaloni, 1941) (4:18)
  • Piano pianissimo-- Ecco ridente in cielo (Cesare Valletti, Calvin Marsh, 1958) (7:50)
  • Largo al factotum (Leo Nucci, 1988) (5:00)
  • Se il mio nome (Luigi Alva, 1962) (2:42)
  • Una voce poco fa (Teresa Berganza, 1959) (5:57)
  • La calunnia (Cesare Siepi, 1955) (5:00)
  • A un dottor della mia sorte (Fernando Corena, 1951) (4:10)
  • Contro un cor (Victoria de los Angeles, Alva, 1962) (5:15)
  • Lesson scene: Rossini, La donna del lago. Tanti affetti (Marilyn Horne, 1972) (9:09)
  • Don Basilio! Cosa vegg'io?-- Buona sera (Roberta Peters, Valletti, Robert Merrill, Corena, Giorgio Tozzi, 1958) (11:04)
  • Cessa di più resistere-- Ah, il più lieto (Rockwell Blake, 1987) (8:07)
  • Di si felice innesto (Act II finale) (Peters, Valletti, Merrill, Corena, 1958) (2:10)
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