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Sterling Holloway
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Sterling Holloway
Alice in Wonderland
by Florida Friebus
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32 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in English and held by 3,977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An animated musical version of Lewis Carroll's tale about a girl named Alice. Alice follows a White Rabbit through a very small door and enters Wonderland, where she has many unusual adventures
The aristocats
by Walt Disney
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18 editions published between 1970 and 2012 in English and held by 3,869 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat. Duchess has three little kittens. A greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day
Dumbo
by Ben Sharpsteen
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20 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,624 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential
The jungle book
by Walt Disney
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10 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in English and held by 2,497 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Mowgli is a boy who has been raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. When the wolves hear that the fierce man-hating tiger Shere Khan has returned, they decide to send Mowgli to a local "man tribe" for his own safety. With the help of Bagheera the wise panther and the happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, Mowgli meets and befriends many jungle animals as he makes his way to the village
The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
by Walt Disney Productions
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18 editions published between 1977 and 2013 in English and held by 2,239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Animated adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends
Three little pigs
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Collection of seven short animated films produced by Walt Disney studios between 1933 and 1951
The reluctant dragon
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 587 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A lighthearted story that follow the adventures of a brave young boy who, emboldened by tales of brave knights, decides to pursue the horrible dragon this is terrifying the villagers. But what he discovers is a surprisingly friendly dragon that is more interested in receiting poetry and making music than devouring fair damsels. Now the young boy will have to stop the local hero before he challenges the dragon to a fiery battle
A walk in the sun
by Lewis Milestone
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36 editions published between 1945 and 2010 in English and held by 582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This war melodrama tells the story of a platoon of American soldiers in Italy in 1943 striving to attain their objective: a farmhouse occupied by German soldiers
Winnie the Pooh and the honey tree
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6 editions published between 1980 and 1997 in English and held by 561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Pooh gets into a big jam when he climbs to the top of a honey tree and meets a swarm of bees who disapprove of his "bee"havior! Now it's up to thei Hundred Acre pals to save their sweet-toothed friend!
Winnie the Pooh and the blustery day
by A. A Milne
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6 editions published between 1981 and 1991 in English and held by 537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide It's "Windsday," and a strong breeze has kicked up and sent Winnie the Pooh on a fur-raising adventure involving Tigger, a spooky nightmare, a rain storm and a sudden flood
W.C. Fields comedy collection
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide You can't cheat an honest man: "W.C. Fields portrays Larson E. Whipsnade, ringmaster of the seedy circus Giganticus. Whipsnade gets nothing but trouble from his performers, and his daughter (Constance Moore) is torn between a wealthy cad and a charming ventriloquist, played by Edgar Bergen"--Container
Disney rarities celebrated shorts, 1920s-1960s
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A collection of rare animated films by Walt Disney Productions
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too
by A. A Milne
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10 editions published between 1974 and 1994 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 427 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up with an idea to get the bounce out of Tigger. Rabbit suggests they take him into the middle of nowhere and leave him overnight. The idea backfires, and Rabbit, Piglet and Pooh find themselves lost (until Pooh's tummy does guides them home). At the end everyone--including Rabbit--agrees they liked the old bouncy Tigger better
Meet John Doe
by Frank Capra
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2 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide To further his presidential aspirations, oil tycoon D.B. Norton buys a newspaper, renames it, and tells managing editor Connell to downsize. After being fired, cheeky reporter Ann Mitchell retaliates in her final story by creating John Doe, who writes a "Letter to the Editor," describing his disgust at the state of the world, capped by a threat to commit suicide on New Year's Eve in protest. John Doe's story causes an instant media sensation, so Ann finds a bum to "play" him. She selects former minor league ballplayer turned hobo Long John Willoughby, who goes along with the scheme. Soon he's making motivational speeches on the radio, and becoming a popular national figure, while corporate misbehavior, consumerism, and the attempted subversion of the resultant popular movement follow. Can Willoughby become the figure of integrity and principle he had only pretended to be? Even if it means sacrificing himself so that the real John Doe's can be saved?
Dancing lady
by Robert Z Leonard
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway
The merry widow
by Franz Lehár
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3 editions published between 1989 and 2012 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Count Danilo follows rich widow Sonia to Paris, hoping to woo her back to her homeland, so it won't face financial ruin
Doubting Thomas
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3 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in English and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Will Rogers plays Thomas Brown, president of Brown's Breakfast Sausage. All's well until Mrs. Brown decides to join an amateur theater group. Even a disastrous opening night fails to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, so Thomas resorts to other means to discourage his wife's theatrical ambitions
Remember the night
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Classy shoplifter Lee Leander, on trial for swiping a diamond bracelet, has her case postponed by Assistant District Attorney John Sargent until after Christmas. Taking pity on her, he bails her out of jail. He's driving home to Indiana for the holidays, and when he finds Lee's a Hoosier too, offers to drop her at her mother's on the way. When she's rejected by her mother, he brings her home to his place where his mother, his aunt and their farmhand, Willie, give her a real Christmas and the love she's never had. Inevitably, Lee and John fall in love -- but there's still a trial ahead
International house
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A zany scientist in China invents a radio you can see : television. Every country wants to buy the rights, so characters from around the world converge on China and collide into a free-wheeling double-dealing variety show
Life begins at 40
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4 editions published between 1935 and 2006 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Kenesaw H. Clark hires a young ex-con, Lee Austen, to work at his paper, the town's rich banker, Colonel Abercrombie shuts down Clark's operation more
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Adventure and adventurers Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll) Bank employees Bees Boys--Conduct of life Brothers Bulls Butlers Card players Caricatures and cartoons Carroll, Lewis, Cats Chickens Circus Circus animals Courage Dancers Dragons Dwellings Elephants Feral children France--Paris Friendship Heroes Honey Imaginary places India Inheritance and succession Inventors Jungle animals Lion Man-woman relationships Mice Mowgli (Fictitious character) New York (State)--New York Operas Oral interpretation of poetry Orphans Political corruption Rabbits Reporters and reporting Swine Tigger (Fictitious character) Toys United States Widows Winds Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character) Wolves World War (1939-1945)
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Halloway, Sterling
Halloway, Sterling 1905-1992
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