O'Brien, George b. 1900Overview
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George O'Brien
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George O'Brien
Sunrise a song of two humans
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17 editions published between 1927 and 2009 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide A villager in love with a city woman tries to kill his wife but then repents and spends a happy day with her.
Fort Apache
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2 editions published between 1948 and 2000 in English and held by 149 libraries worldwide Embittered Lt. Col. Owen Thursday is stuck with the command of Fort Apache, a remote southwest garrison, despite his excellent war record. He concocts a scheme to make his reputation as an Indian fighter, which Captain York, a bootstrap veteran of many Indian campaigns, knows means disaster.
F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927)
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1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 99 libraries worldwide The story of a young farmer who comes near murdering his wife, only to love her more in the end.
Sunrise
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4 editions published between 1927 and 2004 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 68 libraries worldwide A tender story of betrayal and redemption when a farmer intends to drown his wife, so he can be with a seductive city woman.
The iron horse
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6 editions published between 1972 and 2007 in English and held by 49 libraries worldwide One of the earliest westerns, this film is a dramatization of the monumental "joining of the rails" in the late 1800's. One man's vision of a coast-to-coast railroad is realized by his son, who overcomes impossible odds, greedy officials, and crooked Indians to unite the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways.
Daniel Boone
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7 editions published between 1936 and 2002 in English and held by 48 libraries worldwide Frontiersman Daniel Boone battles both Indians and renegade whites during the settling of America.
Sunrise a song of two humans
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2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide A villager in love with a city woman tries to kill his wife; later he repents and spends a happy day with her.
Zane Grey's The dude ranger
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1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide An Easterner who inherits a ranch plagued by cattle rustling goes undercover to try to discover who is stealing his cattle. In the process, he meets and begins to fall in love with the ranch foreman's daughter.
F.W. Murnau's Sunrise
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide In this tale of temptation and redemption, the pleasant and peaceful life of a naive country man is turned upside down when he falls for a cold-blooded yet seductive woman from the city. She tries to persuade him to drown his virtuous wife and come back to the city with her.
Riders of the purple sage
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1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide A Texas ranger pursues the kidnappers of his sister and niece.
Mystery ranch
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide "A maniacal ranch baron .. lords over his region. O'Brien is sent to stop his evil schemes. Dark and creepy. '30s horror fans will be impressed"--Sinister Cinema website.
George O'Brien in Gun law
by Eleanor Lewis Packer
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1 edition published in 1938 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
Zane Gray's Riders of the purple sage
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide A Texas ranger pursues the kidnappers of his sister and niece.
The iron horse
by John Ford
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Sunrise a song of two humans
by F. W Murnau
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Considered by historians to be one of the most beautiful of all silent films, this tells the story of a farmer who plans to murder his wife so he can be with his lover. (1927).
The seas beneath
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1 edition published in 1931 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Presents the story of an American officer and his attempt to lure a German sub into battle. Romantic complications arise when he begins falling for a beautiful German spy, the sister of the sub commander.
John Ford's the iron horse
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1 edition published in 1983 in English and held by 1 library worldwide One of the earliest westerns, this film is a dramatization of the monumental "joining of the rails" in the late 1800's. One man's vision of a coast-to-coast railroad is realized by his son, who overcomes impossible odds to unite the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railways. This version includes a short documentary about the making of the film.
Zane Grey's riders of the purple sage
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1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Gold raiders
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1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 1 library worldwide The Three Stooges join a hero as he tracks down a few bad hombre gold hijackers in the Old West. more
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Big little books Biography Boone, Daniel,--1734-1820 Chevalier, Maurice,--1888-1972 City and town life Coaching (Transportation) Comedy films Cummings, Robert,--1908-1990 Drama Farm life Feature films Feature films Fiction Film adaptations Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Frontier and pioneer life History Horror films Husband and wife Jones, Buck,--1889-1942 Kentucky Lassiter (Fictitious character) Love Man-woman relationships Marriage Married people Mix, Tom,--1880-1940 Moran, Lois,--1909-1990 Mormon women Motion picture actors and actresses Motion pictures Pictorial works Polygamy Railroads Silent films Silent films Specimens Submarines (Ships) Sudermann, Hermann,--1857-1928 Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Tyler, Tom,--1903-1954 United States Valente, Alfredo Video recordings for the hearing impaired West (U.S.) Western films Western films Women ranchers
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