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Salt of the earth by H. J Biberman( Visual )

4 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 433 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Mexican American zinc miners in New Mexico. When an injunction is issued against the workers, their wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. Produced independently by blacklisted filmmakers

Of Human Bondage by John Cromwell( Visual )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 216 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This widely praised adaption of Somerset Maugham's novel stars Bette Davis in one of her finest roles. The protagonist is young, club-footed Philip Carey (played by Leslie Howard), who falls in love with a cold-hearted waitress. Also starring Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Irene Rich

The General by Buster Keaton( Visual )

4 editions published between 2003 and 2020 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves

The phantom of the opera by Rupert Julian( Visual )

2 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and held by 204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A melodrama about a strange man who lives in the catacombs below the Paris Opera House

Meet John Doe by Frank Capra( Visual )

6 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 203 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?

Detour by Edgar G Ulmer( Visual )

2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hitchhiking nightclub performer runs into trouble with a mysterious death and a blackmailing woman

Scarlet Street by Fritz Lang( Visual )

3 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in English and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, her venal fiancé persuades her to con him out of some of the fortune she thinks he has

The kennel murder case by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

4 editions published between 1996 and 2002 in English and held by 197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Philo Vance mystery with the customary sealed room puzzle

Cyrano de Bergerac by Michael Gordon( Visual )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 17th-century Paris, a long-nosed poet and swordsman helps his handsome friend win the girl he himself loves

The hunchback of Notre Dame by Wallace Worsley( Visual )

7 editions published between 1996 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of the grotesque hunchback, Quasimodo, and his devotion to the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, in 15th century France