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  1. Here’s Looking at You, Warner Bros (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 108 min., 1995 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    A history of Warner Brothers film studios, which were founded by the sons of a Polish trader in 1904. This video covers 90 years with clips of, and commentary about, modern and classic Warner films. Includes...

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  2. Tcm Greatest Classic Films Collection - Shakespeare (2011 Video)

    2-disc set. See individual entries on this database for full details of cast and credits. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (1935). d. Dierterle. Commentary by film historian Scott Hamilton. Olivia de Havilland...

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  3. Gods and Idols

    Date
    27 Dec 2013, 12:38
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Why are stars often called ‘gods’ or ‘goddesses’? How was antiquity used to boost the image of the developing film industry and its stars? What does this historical association tell us about...

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  4. Jazz Singer, The (1927) (1927)

    Subject
    Film studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes ), £19.99

    THE JAZZ SINGER was heralded as the first feature-length film with synchronized dialogue and musical sequences. The movie, which brought Broadway superstar Al Jolson "alive" and seemingly singing from the...

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  5. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1965)

    Director
    Mike Nichols
    Producer
    Ernest Lehman
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 124 minutes), £9.99

    1965 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor based on the Broadway play by Edward Albee, focusing on the bitter quarrels of a middle-aged couple and their effect on a young couple visiting for the...

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  6. Woodstock (1969 Video)

    Director
    Michael Wadleigh
    Producer
    Bob Maurice
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 177 min.

    Film based on the popular music festival held in Bethel New York, in August 1969, attented by half a million hippies.

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  7. Plenty (1985 Video)

    Director
    Fred Schepisi
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 119 min.

    Feature film adapted by David Hare from his stage play in which a courageous and impulsive young Englishwoman returns home after fighting in the French Resistance to encounter the apathy of post-war England.

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  8. Nicholas Nickleby (2000)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 107 minutes), £9.99

    Film version of the novel by Charles Dickens.

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  9. Big Sleep, The (1946) (2000)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £7.99

    1946 film version of Raymond Chandler’s classic private eye novel, with Humphrey Bogart starring as Philip Marlowe.

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  10. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 152 minutes), £17.99

    Film adaptation of JK Rowling’s best-selling novel, starring Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman.

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