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1521) Mephisto
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Deutsch
Description
It concerns a passionate but struggling actor who remains in Germany during the Nazi regime and reaps the rewards of this Faustian pact by finally achieving the stardom he has long craved. Brilliantly adapted from Klaus Mann's 1936 novel, it is presented in a stunning 4K restoration by the Hungarian National Film Archive.
1522) Charles G. Rebozo
Author
Publisher
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
Charles G. Rebozo was born on November 17, 1912, in Tampa, Florida. In 1969, Charles Gregory "Bebe" Rebozo received $100,000 from a third party as a campaign contribution to the Republican Party, but he never gave it to them. He kept $100,000 in a safe deposit box and wanted to have it returned to the ultimate contributor, Howard Hughes. Rebozo, a close friend of President Richard M. Nixon, received a letter threatening to kill him in 1974. Rebozo...
1523) Ailey
Series
Publisher
Goodhue Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, director Jamila Wignot...
1524) Andreĭ Rublev
Series
Criterion collection volume 34
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Russian
Description
Tracing the life of a renowned icon painter, in the murky world of medieval Russia. The film follows Andrei Rublev as he passes through a series of poetically linked scenes, gradually emerging as a man struggling to preserve his creative and religious integrity.
1525) Donald Hiss
Author
Publisher
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
Donald Hiss was born December 15, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland. Donald Hiss is a brother of Alger Hiss. Donald Hiss attended Johns Hopkins University receiving his BA degree in June of 1929. He then attended Harvard Law School and received his LLB degree in June of 1932. In 1942, he was an Assistant to Legal Advisor at the Department of State. Donald Hiss was rejected following an Armed Forces physical in 1943, due to his psychoneurosis. He resigned...
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) turned Lower Manhattan into a disaster site. As the towers collapsed, Lower Manhattan was blanketed with building debris and combustible materials. This complex mixture created a major concern: that thousands of residents and workers in the area would now be exposed to known hazards in the air and in the dust, such as asbestos, lead, glass fibers, and pulverized concrete. In...
1528) Swing time
Series
Criterion collection volume 979
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens laces their romance with humor and clears the floor for the movie's showstopping dance scenes, in which Astaire and Rogers take seemingly effortless flight in a virtuosic fusion of ballroom and tap styles. Buoyed...
1529) The dragon painter
Series
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
None
Description
The dragon painter: Tatsu is a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a beloved princess fiancée who has been turned into a dragon. When an renowned-but-aging artist hears of the young hermit's talent, Tatsu is brought to civilization with the hope that he will both become the student of the old artist...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Big city blues: A free-wheeling chorus girl hooks up with the ultimate hick.
Hell's highway: A cool convict works the road crew for a corrupt warden.
The cabin in the cotton: Sharecroppers are taken advantage of by the planter who keeps them as virtual slaves.
When ladies meet: A female novelist whose latest work extols the virtues of extramarital amour has a fling with her married publisher.
I sell anything: A Second Avenue auctioneer gets played...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
None
Description
In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled...
