Hyams, Leila 1905-1977Overview
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Leila Hyams
Freaks
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6 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 754 libraries worldwide A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers.
Forbidden Hollywood collection. Vol. 1
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 466 libraries worldwide In the early 1930's, before Hollywood began enforcing a self-imposed Production Code, many films allowed for extraordinary frankness including nudity, adultery and prostitution. In this restored and remastered three-movie collection, three daring young actresses are featured in racy, riveting star vehicles. Jean Harlow is a red-headed secretary who hooks the company's married boss, while carrying on with chauffeur Charles Boyer. A young soldier is forced to give up Mae Clarke when his well-to-do family learns she's a prostitute, in Waterloo Bridge. Finally baby-faced Barbara Stanwyck sleeps her way up the corporate ladder in a New York bank, not caring who gets hurt.
Freaks
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18 editions published between 1932 and 2004 in English and held by 404 libraries worldwide This film features a cast of actual side-show freaks, yet the film soon reveals that the normal members of the traveling carnival are the true monsters, pitiless, conniving and murderous!
Buster Keaton collection
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide The cameraman: "Keaton plays a tintype street photographer who tries his hand as a freelance newsreel cameraman in order to win the affection of a girl who works at a newsreel company." -- Container. Spite marriage: "A jilted actress pops the question to hapless admirer Keaton. The result is a marriage made in comedy heaven, filled with pursuits, rescues and slapstick. The landmark routine of putting the inebriated bride to bed became a staple of Keaton's 1950s live shows." -- Container. Free and easy: "Keaton departs Kansas with the newly crowned Miss Gopher City and heads for Hollywood determined to turn her into a star... [Keaton's] first talkie." -- Container.
Island of lost souls
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3 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and held by 212 libraries worldwide "Charles Laughton plays Dr. Moreau, the benign-looking doctor who lives and works on his own private South Seas island. When a shipwreck leaves Edward Parker stranded on the island, he learns of the hideous experiments that the doctor has been conducting in an area of the island known as "the House of Pain". When Parker encounters the beautiful creature Lota, the panther woman, Dr. Moreau gets the idea to create the first human-animal child through the two of them. The lines between humans and animals, however, begin to blur and Dr. Moreau could become the next victim of his own twisted creations"--Container.
Ruggles of Red Gap
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6 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in English and held by 152 libraries worldwide An English gentleman loses his stuffy manservant, Ruggles, in a poker game with an unmannered cowboy and his wife. Ruggles accompanies his new employers to the tiny, wild town of Red Gap, Washington and finds himself assimilating to the American way of life.
Greatest classic films collection. Horror
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 94 libraries worldwide Collects four classic horror films, including "House of Wax," in which a wax sculptor devises a murderous plan to restock his museum; "The Haunting," in which four individuals travel to a haunted house to study its supernatural phenomena; "Freaks," featuring a group of carnival performers who inflict revenge on a trapeze artist who mocks them; and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," the classic tale of one man's disastrous attempts to harness the evil that resides in everyone.
The Big house
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2 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in English and held by 67 libraries worldwide A vicious killer and his cellmates plan to break out of an overcrowded prison.
A girl in every port
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4 editions published between 1997 and 2002 in English and held by 29 libraries worldwide A sea-faring Romeo finds himself a step behind the competition when he visits his girlfriends in various ports of call.
Dancing mothers
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2 editions published between 1926 and 2005 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide Set during the 1920's flapper era, a wealthy family is torn apart when the wife discovers that her husband is cheating on her. The shock opens her eyes for the first time to the selfishness and shallowness of her daughter and husband.
The sins of the children
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide A German immigrant works long hours to support his children, who grow into selfish, ungrateful adults.
The girl said no
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide The story follows a brash young man (William Haines) out to make his fortune. His means: sell a passel of 7% bonds. His mark: wealthy Hettie Brown (Dressler). His method: ply the old biddy with booze until she signs on the dotted line. The result: a fall-down-funny (literally) comedy sequence.
Ruggles of Red Gap
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1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide A comedy classic concerning a British manservant who finds himself in the Wild West when his master loses him in a card game.
Red-headed woman
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1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide Precensorship story of gold-digging secretary Lil who works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her. She has another affair with the chauffeur Albert.
Freaks La monstrueuse parade
by Tod Browning
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 7 libraries worldwide
Turner Classic Movies greatest classic films collection. Disc 2, Horror
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide Freaks: When a trapeze artist treats the sideshow performers as less-than-human, they take their revenge against the "normal" person.
Red-headed woman Waterloo Bridge
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide In the early 1930's, before Hollywood began enforcing a self-imposed Production Code, many films allowed for extraordinary frankness including nudity, adultery and prostitution. In this restored and remastered three-movie collection, three daring young actresses are featured in racy, riveting star vehicles. Jean Harlow is a red-headed secretary who hooks the company's married boss, while carrying on with chauffeur Charles Boyer. A young soldier is forced to give up Mae Clarke when his well-to-do family learns she's a prostitute, in Waterloo Bridge.
Buster Keaton collection. Disc one
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1 edition published in 2004 and held by 4 libraries worldwide "Cameraman": Buster plays a tintype street photographer who tries his hand as a freelance newsreel camerman in order to win the affection of a girl who works at a newsreel company. "Spite marriage": A jilted actress pops the question to hapless admirer Elmer. The result is a marriage made in comedy heaven.
Murders in the Rue Morgue Island of lost souls / screenplay by Philip Wylie and Waldemar Young ; directed by Erle C. Kenton
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1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide In Murders in the Rue Morgue, a deranged scientist, Dr. Mirakle, searches Paris for a "prospective bride" for his pet gorilla. In Island of lost souls, a benign-looking doctor lives and performs hideous experiments on his own private South Seas island. more
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Adultery Ambition Animal experimentation Brush, Katharine,--1902-1952 Circus performers Comedy films Comedy films Courtship Drama England--London Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Freak shows Good and evil Great Britain Haunted houses Horror films Horror films Human experimentation in medicine Hyde, Edward (Fictitious character) Jekyll, Henry (Fictitious character) Keaton, Buster,--1895-1966 Man-woman relationships Marriage Motion pictures Motion pictures--Censorship Multiple personality Parapsychology People with disabilities People with disabilities--Abuse of Photojournalists Prison films Prostitutes Revenge Science fiction films Scientists Sex Sherwood, Robert E.--1896-1955 Sideshows Silent films United States Video recordings Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films Waxworks World War (1914-1918)
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