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E LA NAVE VA
See AND THE SHIP SAILS ON.
E.L. DOCTOROW (A World of Ideas)
[6974 VHS 30min 1994? ]
Bill Moyers interviews the American author, discussing the role of the writer in society.
EACH DAWN I DIE
[fs 3320 VHS 5696 Laser 92min bw 1939 dir:William Keighley cast:James Cagney; George Raft]
A reporter, framed by a group of corrupt politicians and sent to jail, befriends a gangster who later returns to the prison to save him.
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE: Motion Studies
[fs 5403 LaserCAV1 30min bw silent 1990]
A compilation of the work of the first man to photograph animals and people in motion.
THE EAGLE
[fs 5041 LaserCLV1 81min silent bw 1925 dir:Clarence Brown cast:Rudolph Valentino; Louise Dresser]
A young Russian lieutenant catches the czarina's eye, spurns her advances, is branded a deserter, and becomes an outlaw.
EARLY AUTEUR FILMS
[fs 3869 VHS ~120min bw subtitles]
Collection of shorts made by noted directors early in their careers.
EARLY CAR CLIPS
[fs 1144 16mm 19min bw]
Clips from: Automobile Parade, Jimmy Hicks in Automobile, Runaway Match, and Fine Feathers.
EARLY HOLLYWOOD STARS
[fs 1092 16mm 30min bw]
Contains Hi Ho Broadway with Al Jolson and Hollywood Hit-O-Rama featuring Gary Cooper, John Barrymore, Mae West, early pin-ups.
EARLY RUSSIAN CINEMA
[fs VHS bw silent]
A collection of films made in Russia before the Communist Revolution.
  1. BEGINNINGS [4147 45min total]
    • A Fish Factory in Astrakhan (1908)
    • Sten'ka Razin (1908)
    • Princess Tarakanova (1910)
    • Romance with Double Bass (1911)
  2. FOLKLORE AND LEGEND [4148 55min total]
    • Drama in a Gypsy Camp (1908)
    • Brigand Brothers (1912)
    • A 16th Century Russian Wedding (1909)
    • Rusalka (1910)
  3. STAREWICZ'S FANTASIES [4149 58min total]
    • The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913)
    • Christmas Eve (1913)
    • The Lily of Belgium (1915)
  4. PROVINCIAL VARIATIONS [4150 55min total]
    • Wedding Day (1912)
    • Merchant Bashkirov's Daughter (1913)
  5. CHARDYNIN'S PUSHKIN [4151 45min total]
    • The Queen of Spades (1910)
    • The House in Kolomna (1913)
  6. CLASS DISTINCTIONS [4152 95min total]
    • The Peasants' Lot (1912)
    • Silent Witnesses (1914)
  7. EVGENII BAUER [4153 95min total]
    • A Child of the Big City (1913)
    • The 1002nd Ruse (1915)
    • Daydreams (1915)
  8. IAKOV PROTAZANOV [4154 104min total]
    • The Departure of a Great Old Man (1912)
    • The Queen of Spades (1916)
  9. HIGH SOCIETY [4155 100min total]
    • Antosha Ruined by a Corset (1916)
    • A Life for a Life (1916)
    • The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaia (1919)
  10. END OF AN ERA [4156 72min total]
    • The Revolutionary (1917)
    • For Luck (1917)
    • Behind the Screen (1917)
EARLY STONE TOOLS
[0128 VHS 20min 1967]
A demonstration of stone tool manufacturing and examples from Olduvai Gorge and various Neanderthal sites.
EARLY SUMMER
[2970 VHS 135min 5391 LaserCLV2 125 min bw Japanese/sub 1951 dir:Yasujiro Ozu]
A young woman's choice of husbands reflects her independence but causes a hardship for her family.
EARLY WESTERNS #1
[fs 4914 VHS 115min bw silent]
  • The Fatherhood of Buck McKee 1912
  • The Sheriff of Stone Gulch 1913
  • The Man from Nowhere 1914
  • The Man from Tia Juana 1917
  • Four Gun Bandit 1919
  • Fight It Out 1920
EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...
[fs 3957 VHS 5372 LaserCLV1 105min bw French subt 1954 dir:Max Ophuls cast:Charles Boyer; Danielle Darrieux; Vittorio De Sica]
A French general's wife squanders money to support her habits without her husband's knowledge.
EARTH
[fs 0964-0965 16mm 2911 VHS 3557 VHS 88min bw silent 1930 dir:Alexander Dovzhenko]
Based on a newspaper article about a young collective farm leader murdered by a reactionary land owner. Commissioned by the Soviet Communist League, it was the last of the Soviet silent films.
EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY
[fs 5593Laser 1988 99min dir:Julien Temple cast:Geena Davis; Jim Carrey; Damon Wayanis; Jeff Goldblum]
Musical comedy about three aliens set free in L.A. for a weekend.
THE EARTH HAS A HISTORY
[3808 VHS 20min 1989]
Intended to help students comprehend the reality of geologic changes and the vast time scale of such processes.
EARTH: Its Structure
[1944 16mm 11min 1980]
Graphically represented theories of the internal structure of the earth, along with photographic geological evidence.
EARTH: The Action of Rivers
[1942 16mm 11min 1969]
The mechanics and effects of river erosion, from inside a waterfall to aerial views of rivers.
EARTH: The Coastlines
[1943 16mm 11min 1969]
The composition of shorelines and the effects of oceans on them.
EARTH KEEPING
[VHS 60 each 1993]
A series of broadcast programs on ecological issues in America.
  • A Call to Action
    [4659] Shows several examples of people doing something about their threatened environment.
  • Mastering the Marketplace
    [4660] Examines the impact of American consumerism on the environment.
  • Rocking the Boat: You Can Fight City Hall
    [4661] Shows how some people have mobilized to get government response to their concerns over environmental issues.
  • Toxic Racism
    [4662] Shows that government and industry often dump their ecological disasters on minorities and the poor.
EARTH REVEALED
[VHS 29min each 1992]
An introductory geology course.
  1. Down to Earth [2694]
  2. The Restless Planet [2694]
  3. Earth's Interior [2695]
  4. The Sea Floor [2695]
  5. The Birth of a Theory [2696]
  6. Plate Dynamics [2696]
  7. Mountain Building [2697]
  8. Earth's Structures [2697]
  9. Earthquakes [2698]
  10. Geologic Time [2698]
  11. Evolution Through Time [2699]
  12. Minerals: the Materials of Earth [2699]
  13. Volcanism [2700]
  14. Intrusive Igneous Rocks [2700]
  15. Weathering and Soils [2701]
  16. Mass Wasting [2701]
  17. Sedimentary Rocks: the Key to Past Environments [2702]
  18. Metamorphic Rocks [2702]
  19. Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion, Deposition [2703]
  20. Running Water II: Landform Evolution [2703]
  21. Groundwater [2704]
  22. Wind, Dust, and Deserts [2704]
  23. Glaciers [2705]
  24. Waves, Beaches, and Coasts [2705]
  25. Living with Earth, Part I [2706]
  26. Living with Earth, Part II [2706]
EARTH SCIENCE: Minerals and Rocks
[0375 16mm 17min 1967]
A description of the identifying characteristics of rocks and minerals and a time-lapse demonstration of crystal growth.
EARTH SCIENCE SLIDES
[35mm 500 slides w/guidebook 1974 John S. Shelton]
A picture collection covering most of the topics of the science of geology.
  • Tray 1: slides 1 - 77
    [9020] Atmosphere, volcanism and extrusive igneous rocks, intrusive igneous rocks, clastic sedimentary rocks.
  • Tray 2: slides 78 - 153
    [9021] Clastic sedimentary rocks, organic and chemical sedimentary rocks, fossils in sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks.
  • Tray 3: slides 154 - 230
    [9022] Metamorphic rocks, folds, joints and faults, unconformities, weathering and soils.
  • Tray 4: slides 231 - 304
    [9023] Weathering and soils, downslope movements, streams and fluvial landscapes, lakes and other local depressions.
  • Tray 5: slides 305 - 380
    [9024] Shore processes, glaciation, windblown sand and dust.
  • Tray 6: slides 381 - 448
    [9025] Windblown sand and dust, groundwater, basic landforms, geological hazards.
  • Tray 7: slides 449 - 500
    [9026] Man's impact on the natural scene, miscellaneous.
EARTHQUAKES
[0570 16mm 26min 1972]
Discusses earthquake theory, emphasizing tectonic plate movement and the methods used to measure it.
THE EAST
See PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA.
EAST AFRICA: Two Lifestyles
[0591 VHS 19min 1970]
A comparison of the lives of two men of Tanzania: a fisherman on the coast and a herder in the mountains.
EAST AND WEST (OST UND WEST)
[JHVC 7051 VHS fs 4811 VHS 85min 1923 bw silent dir:Ivan Abramson, Sidney M. Goldin cast:Goldin, Molly Picon]
The very American daughter of a Jewish Polish immigrant accidentally marries a yeshiva student while visiting the old country.
EAST OF EDEN
[fs 3889 VHS 5135 LaserCLV1 115min bw 1955 dir:Elia Kazan cast:James Dean; Julie Harris; Raymond Massey]
Twin brothers vie for the love of their father. From the novel by John Steinbeck.
EAST OF WAR
[fs6573 VHS 117min 1996 dir:Ruth Beckermann]
Former soldiers give differing accounts of atrocities committed by the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. Those who worked to rebuild the country and shaped today's society discuss their experiences.
EASTER ISLAND: Puzzle of the Pacific
[1628 16mm 28min 1970]
Explores the art and culture of Easter Island.
EASTER PARADE
[fs 5697 Laser 104min. 1948 dir:Charles Walters cast:Fred Astaire, Judy Garland]
Irving Berlin musical. A professional dancer is torn between two partners, one classy, one funny.
EAST SIDE STORY
[fs 6696 VHS fs 9544 DVD color and bw sub 78min 1997]
Documentary about Soviet and eastern bloc musicals of the 30's through 60's that promoted the glories of socialism.
EASY LIVING
[fs 6725VHS bw 86min 1937 dir:Mitchell Leisen cast:Jean Arthur; Edward Arnold; Ray Milland]
A fur coat thrown out of a window sets off a series of events in this romantic comedy.
EASY RIDER
[fs 5331 LaserCLV1 95min 1969 dir:Dennis Hopper cast:Peter Fonda; Dennis Hopper; Jack Nicholson]
Three young men finance their chopper vacation from the status quo by dealing in cocaine.
EASY STREET
[fs 0258 16mm 19min bw silent 1917 cast:Charlie Chaplin]
A bum-turned-policeman has trouble getting respect.
EASY TO LOVE
[fs 5837 Laser 96min. 1953 dir:Charles Walters cast:Esther Williams, Van Johnson]
Busby Berkeley "choreography" of a musical comedy revolving around the star of a Cypress Gardens water show. With TEXAS CARNIVAL.
EASY VIRTUE
[fs 4423 VHS 9246 DVD 60min bw silent 1927 dir:Alfred Hitchcock cast:Isabel Jeans; Franklin Dyall]
Noel Coward play6. Between an alcoholic husband and a lover who commits suicide, a woman's life is ruined.
EAT A BOWL OF TEA
[fs 3379 VHS 104min 1989 dir:Wayne Wang]
In New York's Chinatown of the late 1940's a young man must separate his own dreams from his father's.
EBONY/JET GUIDE TO BLACK EXCELLENCE: THE ENTREPRENEURS
[6587 VHS 35min 1991]
Story of John Johnson, CEO of Johnson Publishing Co., most successful Black businessman in American history; Joshua Smith, Chairman and CEO of Maxima Corporation, and Oprah Winfrey, all of whom came from economically disadvantaged families.
THE ECLIPSE
[fs 0781-0783 16mm 3876 VHS 123min bw Italian subt 1962 dir:Michelangelo Antonioni cast:Monica Vitti; Alain Delon]
A woman leaves a man with whom she has had a long affair. Although they have little in common, she and her mother's broker then begin an affair
L'ÉCOLE DES FEMMES
[4924-4925 VHS 131min French 1989]
A filmed stage production of the play by Molière.
ECSTASY
[fs 3538 VHS 82min bw Czech subt 1933 dir:Gustav Machaty cast:Hedy Lamarr]
A young woman married to an older man falls in love with a young man, and is torn between propriety and forbidden romance.
EDDIE (DRIVE)
[1529 VHS 54min 1962 dir:Robert L. Drew]
Cinema verité documentary about race driver Eddie Sachs during a three-year attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 from the pole position.
THE EDDIE CANTOR STORY
[fs 1119-1121 16mm 116min 1953 dir:Alfred E. Green cast:Keefe Brasselle; Marilyn Erskine]
As the title says.
EDISON, THE MAN
[fs 5236A LaserCLV1 107min bw 1940 dir:Clarence Brown cast:Spencer Tracy]
Biography of the adult portion of Thomas Edison's life.
See also YOUNG TOM EDISON
EDOUARD MANET: Painter of Modern Life
[3642 3643 VHS 27min 1983]
A documentary which examines Manet's major paintings, using the artist's own words and those of his contemporaries.
EDWARD HOPPER: The Silent Witness
[fs 4540 VHS 43min 1994]
A docudrama tracing the path of artist Edward Hopper along the coast of Cape Cod, trying to find the same scenes that inspired a selection of his paintings.
EDWARD II
[fs 4409 VHS 91min 1992 dir:Derek Jarman cast:Steven Waddington; Andrew Tiernan; Tilda Swinton]
Modern interpretation of the play by Christopher Marlowe, in which the king of England chooses homosexuality over his duty to country and wife
EDWARD R. MURROW
See
EDWIN S. PORTER FILMS
[fs 2818 3039 VHS 120min bw silent 1898-1905]
Films made for the Edison Film Company. Times are approximate.
  • Elopement on Horseback [~.5min]
  • Strange Adv. of New York Drummer [~1min]
  • Uncle Josh's Nightmare [~1.5min]
  • Terrible Teddy the Grizzly King [~1min]
  • Love by the Light of the Moon [~1min]
  • Circular Panorama of Electric Tower [~1min]
  • Panorama of Esplanade by Night [~1min]
  • Martyred Presidents [~1min]
  • Uncle Josh at Moving Picture Show [~1.5min]
  • The Twentieth Century Tramp [~1min]
  • Fun in a Bakery Shop [~1min]
  • Jack and the Beanstalk [~7min]
  • Life of an American Fireman [~5min]
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin [~14min]
  • The Gay Shoe Clerk [~1min]
  • A Romance of the Rail [~3min]
  • Rounding Up of the Yeggmen [~11min]
  • European Rest Cure [~11min]
  • The Ex-Convict [~8min]
  • The Kleptomaniac [~9min]
  • The Seven Ages [~5min]
  • How Jones Lost His Roll [~7min]
  • The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog [~4min]
  • The Great Train Robbery [~10min]
  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend [~5min]
EFFI BRIEST
[2717 VHS 135min bw German subt 1974 dir:Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast:Hanna Schygulla; Wolfgang Schenk; Ulli Lommel]
A vivacious young society wife, lured into an indescretion, runs afoul of the strict Prussian legal code of 19th-century Germany.
THE EGG AND I
[fs 1326-1328 16mm 108min bw 1947 dir:Chester Erskine cast:Claudette Colbert; Fred MacMurray]
City dwellers try their hand at chicken farming.
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 movements
[fs 6058 VHS 80min 1957 dir:Hans Richter]
Surreal film with chess-like characters featuring many notables:
Jean Ark, Jean Cocteau, Jaqueline Matisse, Yves Tanguy, Julien Lary, Richard Hulsenback, Alexander Calder, William De Vogel, and Dorothy and Max Ernst.
8 1/2
[fs 0792-0795 16mm 3101 VHS 5134 LaserCLV2 135min bw Italian subt 1963 dir:Federico Fellini cast:Marcello Mastroianni]
A film director at the pinnacle of his career is unable to find inspiration for a new film project.
1860
[ 8111 VHS 72min. 1933 Italian/sub bw dir:Alessandro Blasetti cast:Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia]
Recreates, from a revolutionary shepherd's point of view, an episode of the Risorgimento, a Sicilian rebellion, aided by Garibaldi, against the King of Sicily.
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LIFE IN WILLIAMSBURG
[1695 VHS 20min]
Daily life as intepreted in the "living history museum" of Colonial Williamsburg.
THE EIGHTH DAY
[JHVC 7134 VHS 23min 1985 ]
Drama of the decision to circumcise a boy in the Maccabean era.
THE EIGHTIES
[fs 3291 VHS 82min French subt 1983 dir:Chantal Akerman]
The first part is a montage of auditions for parts in a musical comedy. Part two is a preview of the musical: Window Shopping.
THE EIGHTY-FIRST BLOW
[7236 VHS 115min bw Hebrew/Yiddish subt 1974]
A documentary of footage and stills shot by the Nazis. A compilation of testimony from witnesses who appeared at the Eichmann trial.
EIJANAIKA
[fs 5095 LaserCLV2 152min Japanese subt 1982 dir:Shohei Imamura]
A fictional sampling of the troubles brought on in Japan by contact with the West in 1866, especially among the lower classes.
EL DORADO
[fs 2224-2226 u-matic 127min 1967 dir:Howard Hawks cast:John Wayne; Robert Mitchum]
When a gunfighter rides into El Dorado, he discovers his old friend, the sheriff, is drinking heavily and has left the town to desperados.
EL MARIACHI
[fs 5320 LaserCLV1 90min 1992 dir:Robert Rodriguez cast:Carlos Gallardo; Consuelo Gómez; Peter Marquardt]
Dressed in black and carrying a guitar case, a wandering musician is mistaken for a renegade hit man in a Mexican border town.
EL SALVADOR: Another Vietnam?
[2785 VHS 53min 1981]
An overview of U.S. military and economic policy in Central America from 1948 to 1981.
THE ELEGANT CRIMINAL
[fs 6258 VHS 120min French/sub 1992 dir:Francis Girod cast:Daniel Auteuil]
"..a story of contradictions, propelled by the most curious motivations ever to emerge from the criminal mind."
ELENA AND HER MEN
[4898 VHS 98min French/sub 1956 dir:Jean Renoir cast:Ingrid Bergman; Mel Ferrer; Jean Marais]
An impoverished Polish princess in turn-of-the-century Paris is involved in political intrigue while being courted by too many men.
THE ELEPHANT MAN
[fs 3367 VHS 123min bw 1980 dir:David Lynch cast:Anthony Hopkins; John Hurt]
The story of John Merrick, horribly deformed, who was rescued from a life as a sideshow freak by a doctor in Victorian England.
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (ASCENSEUR POUR L'ÉCHAFAUD)
[fs6344 VHS 87min 1957 French/sub bw dir:Louis Malle cast:Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet]
Drama of a woman and her lover plotting to kill her husband. Miles Davis score.
ELLA CINDERS
[fs 3581 VHS 75min bw silent 1926 dir:Alfred E. Green cast:Colleen Moore; Lloyd Hughes]
A Cinderella-like girl goes to Hollywood.
ELLIS ISLAND
[2566 VHS 28min 1982 dir:Meredith Monk]
Through dance, music, and documentary-style photography, the historical meaning of Ellis Island is contrasted against the modern descendants of the European immigrants.
THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL (LE CAPORAL ÉPINGLÉ)
[fs 5289 LaserCLV1 108min bw French subt 1962 dir:Jean Renoir cast:Jean-Pierre Cassel; Claude Brasseur]
French soldiers make many inept attempts to escape from a German prison camp during World War II.
ELVIS DOUBLE FEATURE: THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS & HARUM SCARUM
[fs 5698 Laser 85, 80min. 1969, 1965 cast:Elvis Presley]
In one film, Elvis is managing a 1927 Chautauqua tent show; in the other, he is saving a Middle Eastern ruler from dastardly enemies.
ELVIS ON TOUR
[fs 5699 Laser 93min. 1972 ]
Elvis Presley documentary of a 1972 15-city cross-country tour.
ELVIS: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
[fs 5700 Laser 108min. 1970 ]
Elvis Presley documentary of a 1970 Las Vegas gig.
EMMA
[5406 LaserCLV2 121min 1996 dir:Douglas McGrath cast:Gwyneth Paltrow]
Emma plays matchmaker, often unsuccessfully, until she falls in love.
THE EMPEROR WALTZ
[fs 1661-1663 16mm 106min 1948 dir:Billy Wilder cast:Bing Crosby; Joan Fontaine]
Adventures of a phonograph salesman in Franz Josef Austria.
THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON
[fs 3813 VHS 122min Japanese subt 1988 dir:Kazuo Hara]
A disturbed World War II veteran leads a documentary team in uncovering the truth about the wartime murders of his army buddies.
EMPIRE OF THE AIR: The Men Who Made Radio (KEN BURNS' AMERICA)
[fs 8027 VHS 120min. 1991 dir:Ken Burns]
From Lee de Forest to Garrison Keilor (by way of Red Barber), the history of radio's Golden Age.
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
[fs 5605 LD 124min 1980 dir:Irvin Kershner cast:Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher]
STAR WARS sequel. Luke Skywalker travels from the ice-planet Hoth to the swamp-planet Dagobah to Cloud City, hoping to be able to confront Darth Vader on equal terms.
EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE
[fs 4093 VHS 75min bw 1933 dir:Roy Del Ruth cast:Warren William; Loretta Young; Wallace Ford]
The ruthless manager of a large department store impacts the lives of all the employees in his drive to have the store survive the depression era economy. See also fs 5419LD FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION
THE EMPTY QUARTER
[0452 VHS 48min 1968]
Wilfrid Thesiger, British author of Arabian Sands, crosses the Saudi desert with a group of Bedouin life in Saudi Arabia.
EN COMPAGNIE D'ANTONIN ARTAUD
See MY LIFE AND TIMES WITH ANTONIN ARTUAD
THE END OF ILLUSIONS
[1239-1240 16mm 55min 1975]
Documents the events leading to World War II from the standpoint of British foreign policy.
THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG
[fs 4143 VHS 75min bw silent 1927 dir:V. I. Pudovkin]
Dramatizes the 1917 Russian Revolution from the viewpoint of a common worker
END OF THE AFFAIR (1955)
[fs9288 DVD 105min 1955 b/w dir:Edward Dmytryk cast:Deborah Kerr, John Mills, Van Johnson]
Graham Greene's novel. A jealous lover investigates the other man in Sarah's life, and finds He is God.
END OF THE AFFAIR (1999)
[fs9289 DVD 101min 1999 dir:Neil Jordan cast:Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore, Ralph Fiennes]
Graham Greene's novel, with jealous lover and husband, saintly wife.
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
[fs 3542 VHS 107min bw French subt 1949 dir:Jean-Pierre Melville]
The hothouse relationship of an adolescent brother and sister leads to tragedy.
L'ENFER (HELL)
[fs9159 DVD 100min 1994 French/sub dir:Claude Chabrol cast:Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet]
Paul is obsessively jealous of his wife.
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
[5417 LD 2 discs 162min 1996 dir:Anthony Minghella cast:Ralph Fiennes; JulietteBinoche; Willem Dafoe; Kristin Scott Thomas]
A mysterious amnesiac patient is cared for by a devoted nurse. The story of his past istold in flashbacks.
ENRIQUE COLINA: Six Short Films
[3516 VHS Spanish subt dir:Enrique Colina]
A series of humorous shorts depicting aspects of Cuban society.
ENTHUSIASM
[fs 3089 VHS 67min bw Russian, 1930 dir:Dziga Vertov]
A photographically stylistic propaganda documentary showing antireligious activity and glorifying heavy industry and collective farming during the early years of Soviet Communism.
ENTR'ACTE
[fs 0262 16mm 3449 VHS 17min bw silent 1924 dir:René Clair]
A dada-surrealist short in which inanimate objects come to life.
ENTRE NOUS
[fs 3607 VHS 9106 DVD 110min French subt 1983 dir:Diane Kurys cast:Miou Miou; Isabelle Huppert]
The story of a friendship between two women in post-war France.
EPHEMERAL FILMS 1931-1960
[fs 9033/CD-ROM 1992]
Computer version of To New Horizons and You Can't Get There from Here. For MacIntosh and Windows.
EQUINOX FLOWER
[fs 3758 VHS 118min Japanese subt 1958 dir:Yasujiro Ozu]
A father regrets that his own marriage was arranged, yet is opposed to his elder daughter marrying the man she loves.
ERA NOTTE A ROMA
[fs 4370 VHS 136min bw Italian subt 1960 dir:Roberto Rossellini]
World War II Rome revisited but with a different focus than Rossellini's Rome, Open City.
ERENDIRA
[2925 VHS 103min Spanish subt 1983 dir:Ruy Guerra cast:Irene Papas]
A teenage girl is exploited as a sexual slave by her grandmother. Written by Gabriel García Márquez.
ERIN BROCKOVICH
[fs9393 DVD 132min. 2000 dir:Steven Soderbergh cast:Julia Roberts, Albert Finney]
Feisty but trashy single mother raises consciousness of exploited folks and the lawyer she works for. Bonus includes materials on the real-life case.
EROTIQUE
[fs2637 VHS 120min 1994 dir:Lizzie Borden & Monika Treut & Ana Maria Magalh„es & Clara Law]
Four shorts exploring women's sexual fantasies: Let's Talk About Sex, Taboo Parlor, Final Call, and Wonton Soup.
ERUPTION AT KILAUEA
[0549 16mm 27min; 6451 VHS 42min 1962]
Documents the eruptions in 1959 and 1960.
ERUPTION AT THE SEA
[3192 VHS 40min 1990]
A number of spectacular events occurring during an eruption, filmed in close-up. A new volcanic product is shown here for the first time.
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
[fs 2231-2232 u-matic 112min 1979 dir:Don Siegel cast:Clint Eastwood; Patrick McGoohan]
The true story of bank robber Frank Morris, who was sentenced to Alcatraz in 1960, and became obsessed with escape.
THE ESSENCE OF BEING JAPANESE
[3796 VHS 57min 1989]
Lists the 20th-century events which have shaped Japanese culture and documents the major facets of Japanese character.
ESTHER (People of the Book)
[JHVC 7160 VHS 23min 1993 ]
Dramatizes the Bible's story of Purim (for children).
ESTRADA DA VIDA
[3531 VHS Portuguese, 1979 dir:Nelson Pereira dos Santos]
The story of the popular "country" singing duo, Milionário and José Rico, and their rise to fame.
ET DIEU... CRÉA LA FEMME
See ...AND GOD CREATED WOMAN.
THE ETERNAL JEW
See Der Ewige Jude
ETERNALLY YOURS
[fs 1701-1702 16mm 95min bw 1939 dir:Tay Garnett cast:Loretta Young; David Niven; Hugh Herbert]
A magician's wife feels neglected.
ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROFESIONAL LIFE
[ VHS 30min. 1992 ]
A multimedia course by Robert Mertzman and Peter Madsen, consisting of 14 videos devoted to various issues. Each video has an accompanying printed guide (about 20 pp. each).
ETHIOPIA: LAND OF SHEBA, SANCTUARIES OF STONE
[6307VHS 45min]
Historical and cultural film on Ethiopia.
ETHNIC NOTIONS
[4008 VHS 8094 VHS 58min 1986 dir:Marlon Riggs]
Traces stereotyping of African Americans through cartoons and figurines, and their assimilation into mainstream America.
EU SEI QUE VOU TE AMAR
[2776 VHS 110min 1986 Portuguese dir:Arnaldo Jabor]
The third in the trilogy Between Four Walls. Two faces and two bodies talk about love, fear and courage. Examines male and female sexual identity
EULARIAN AND LAGRANGIAN DESCRIPTIONS IN FLUID MECHANICS
[4459 VHS 28min bw 1969]
Describes the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of fluid material points in the two kinds of reference frames commonly used in fluid mechanics
EUMENIDES
See ORESTEIA
EUROPA EUROPA (Hitlerjunge Salomon)
[4427 VHS JHVC 7117 115min German/Russian subt 1991 dir:Agnieszka Holland cast:Marco Hofschneider; Julie Delpy]
True story of Jewish teenager who survived the holocaust by various means, including being drafted into the German army.
EUROPA 51
[fs 4328 VHS 110min bw dubbed 1951 dir:Roberto Rossellini cast:Ingrid Bergman; Alexander Knox; Giuletta Masina]
An American socialite living in Rome after the suicide of her son searches for meaning in her life.
EUROPEAN UNION: Business/Economics
[4040 VHS 53min 1992-1994]
Five short documentaries concerning the financial aspects of the process of forming the European Union.
EUROPEAN UNION: International Cooperation
[4041 VHS 59min 1989-1994]
Three documentaries on the political relationships between the European Union and other parts of the world.
EVA
[ 6444 VHS 103min. 1962 b/w dir:Joseph Losey cast:Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi]
A Welsh writer living in Rome finds his ennui matched and turned tragic by a cruel femme fatale.
EVELYN OF THE DESERT
[ 6498 VHS 8min. dir:Binnur Karaevli]
A writer is trying to finish a story about Evelyn but keeps getting distracted. USC student film.
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL
[fs 3102 VHS 110min German subt 1974 dir:Werner Herzog]
In the 1820's a young man, apparently isolated from the world since birth in a dark cellar, is adopted by townspeople and educated. AKA: Mystery of Kaspar Hauser.
EVERYBODY SING
[fs 5701 Laser 91min. 1938 b/w dir:Edwin L. Marin cast:Judy Garland, Allan Jones, Fanny Brice]
Judy is expelled from school for swinging Mendelssohn, but goes on to put on a show. With LITTLE NELLY KELLY.
EVERYBODY'S FINE
[4877 VHS 115min Italian subt 1990 dir:Giuseppi Tornatore cast:Marcello Mastroiani]
A retired bureaucrat tries to bring his family back together
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU
[fs5413 LD 101min. 1996 dir:Woody Allen cast:Julia Roberts, Drew Barryomre, Alan Alda, Tim Roth, Allen]
A musical comedy in which a rich New York family learns about life and love in Manhattan, Venice, and Paris.
EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS
[fs 5711 Laser 92min. 1952 dir:Robert Z. Leonard cast:Marge and Gower Champion]
Several years ago, impending motherhood ended the career of a dance star; can she get her husband to take her back as his partner? With GIVE A GIRL A BREAK.
EVE'S LOVE LETTERS
[fs 1772 16mm 21min bw silent cast:Agnes Ayres; Stan Laurel; Forrest Stanley]
Stan the butler tries to help his employer's wife save their marriage
EVIDENCE FROM ANCIENT LIFE
[1997 16mm 11min 1972]
Examines fossil evidence that supports tectonic plate theory.
EVITA: HER REAL STORY
[6964 VHS 75min 1997 ]
Documentary about Argentina's Eva Per¢n, in connection with the Madonna film musical Evita.
EVOLUTION OF A YOGI
[1301 VHS 28min 1969]
A film on Ram Dass and the practice of Raga Yoga.
EVOLUTION OF CHILE
[6973 VHS 30min. 199?]
Chile as a case study of the problems of choosing an economic and governmental system.
DER EWIGE JUDE (The Eternal Jew)
[6566 VHS 62min b/w dubbed English 1940 dir:Fritz Hippler]
Documentary with footage of the Lodz ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland recorded by German cameramen, archival footage, clips from newsreels and exerpts from cultural films. Interprets Jewish life and history from the viewpoint of traditional European anti-Semitism and Nazi ideology.
THE EXCAVATIONS AT LA VENTA
[6399 VHS 0119 16mm 30min 1963]
A review of the archaeology of the Olmec site of La Venta, from a preliminary dig in 1942-3 to the large-scale effort begun in 1955.
EXCHANGE
[fs 2066/u-matic 32min bw 1973 dir:Robert Morris]
Experimental video about two people making an art video.
THE EXECUTIONERS
[1399-1400 16mm 60min bw]
The story of the Nuremburg WarCrimes Trials assembled from newsreel footage of the trial, Nazi Germany and World War II.
THE EXILES
[0096 VHS 72min bw 1961 dir:Kent Mackenzie]
Documentary about a group of American Indians in Los Angeles who feel at home neither in the city nor on the reservation.
eXistenZ
[fs9144 DVD 97min 1999 dir:David Cronenberg cast:Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm]
The inventor of a virtual reality game is pursued by an assassin; reality and fantasy programming become entangled.
EXODUS
[JHVC 7068-69 VHS 207min 1988 dir:Otto Preminger cast:Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint]
Leon Uris epic novel of the founding of Israel, from the period of immigration and "freedom fighters" to the dangerous beginning of independence.
THE EXORCIST
[fs 5601Laser 1973 122min dir:William Friedkin cast:Ellen Burstyn; Max Von Sydow; Lee J. Cobb]
From the novel by William Peter Blatty. Story of an innocent girl inhabited by a malevolent entity.
EXPERIMENTAL AVANT GARDE SERIES 8
[fs 3040 VHS]
  • Wieviel Farben Hat Die Hand
    [40min] (How Many Colors Has the Hand) Documentary on the life and art of surrealist painter Max Ernst.
  • Marcel Duchamps
    [10min] A kinescope of a 1968 BBC interview with the Dada artist.
EXPERIMENTAL AVANT GARDE SERIES 20
[fs 4611 VHS bw]
  • Ghosts Before Breakfast [~6min]
    Hans Richter's absurdist animation of the morning ritual.
  • Rhythmus 21 (Rhythm 21) [~2.3min 1921]
    Hans Richter makes a square into a beat.
  • H20 [~10min 1929]
    Ralph Steiner explores water.
  • The Existentialist [~8min]
    Leon Prochnik shows a different New York City.
See also HANS RICHTER: EARLY AVANT GARDE FILMS.
EXPLORING THE LOST MAYA
[9082 CD-ROM 1996]
Interactive exploration of the history, cultural achievements, and demise of the ancient Mayans during the period from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1500. contains maps of major Mayan sites; 19th-century lithographs and historical photos; timeline of Mayan history; movies on facets of Mayan culture; and travel information.
EXTERIOR NIGHT
[fs 4890 VHS 36min 1993 dir:Mark Rappaport]
"A young man (in color) searches for his past through b&w scenes from The Big Sleep, Mildred Pierce, The Maltese Falcon, and Strangers on a Train."
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (EL ANGEL EXTERMINADOR)
[fs 3606 VHS 93min bw Spanish subt 1962 dir:Luis Buñuel]
Guests at an elegant dinner party cannot bring themselves to leave. After several days the veneer of civilization wears off.
EXTRA GIRL
[fs5629 LD 69min 1923 b/w silent dir:F. Richard Jones cast:Mabel Normand]
Mack Sennett produced Normand's last feature, in which she plays a small- town girl looking for work in the Hollywood studios.
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR. WEST IN THE LAND OF THE BOLSHEVIKS
[fs 3032 VHS; 3615 VHS 78min bw silent 1924 dir:Lev Kuleshov]
A prejudiced American visitor arrives in Moscow expecting to find ruffians and bandits. A satire on how people of the West viewed the Soviet Union
THE EYE HEARS, THE EAR SEES
[fs 3991 VHS 59min 1970]
Norman Mclaren, award-winning Canadian animator and film pioneer, explains his work. Illustrated by many of his famous films.
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
[0206 VHS bw 25min 1953]
"What is truth?" This short drama presents the philosophical, legal, and psychological implications of the ways different bystanders interpret the actions of an artist looking for a model.
THE EYE OF THE DICTATOR
[fs 6246 VHS 55min 1995]
"..examines the use of film and particularly the weekly newsreel to inform, disinform, and persuade Germany during the years of the Nazi regime."
EYE OF THE THIRD REICH
[fs6574 VHS 60min 1992 dir:Jurgen Stumpfhaus]
Previously unseen footage and some of the last photos taken of Hitler by with Walter Frentz, Hitler's personal cameraman. Interviews with Frentz and Leni Riefenstahl.
THE EYE OF THE STORM
[2879 VHS 25min 1970]
Documentary about a third-grade classroom experiment in prejudice, conducted in a small Midwestern town.
EYES OF LAURA MARS
[fs9394 DVD 103min. 1978 dir:Irvin Kershner cast:Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones]
John Carpenter suspenseful story of a fashion photographer whose chic- violent scenes match up with real crimes.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
[VHS 60min each 1987]
1. Awakenings (1954-1956)
[2707] The 1955 lynching in Mississippi of 14-year-old Emmett Till; the 1955-56 Montgomery boycott that forced the desegregation of public buses; the effect on blacks' awareness of their rights and power.
2. Fighting Back (1957-1962)
[2708] Examines the law both as a tool for change and resistance to change, particularly as it relates to education.
3. Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
[2709] The lunch counter sit-ins; the formation of SNCC; the impact of the sit-ins on the 1960 presidential campaign; the freedom rides; the changing focus of black protest.
4. No Easy Walk (1962-1966)
[2710] Events in Albany, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D. C.
5. Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)
[2711] The challenge by prominent Black leaders to get suffrage. Growth of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
6. Bridge to Freedom (1965)
[2712] The freedom march in Selma, Alabama.
EYES ON THE PRIZE II
[VHS 60m each 1989]
Changes in race relations from 1964-1985. A comprehensive reappraisal of the leaders and events of the Civil Rights Movement.
1. The Time Has Come (1964-1966)
[3056] Influence of Malcolm X on the staff of SNCC as they issue the call for "Black Power" during the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi.
2. Two Societies (1965-1968)
[3057] The attempt by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to apply Southern movement tactics to the urban North.
3. Power! (1967-1968)
[3058] The search for Black power via the ballot box, the street and the schools.
4. The Promised Land (1967-1968)
[3059] The attention to economic issues, and the threat of war in Vietnam. Organization of the Poor People's Campaign. Dr. King's assassination.
5. Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-1972)
[3060] The awareness and sense of pride that emerge as a new generation of African Americans begins to redefine itself.
6. A Nation of Law? (1968-1971)
[3061] The violence of a hardened political regime as illustrated by the murder of two Black Panthers during a police raid, and killings at the takeover of Attica prison.
7. The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980)
[3062] The relationship between law and grassroots political struggle. The Movement's focus on jobs and education.
8. Back to the Movement (1979-mid 1980s)
[3063] The political and economic changes experienced concurrently by two cities in the North and South: Chicago and Miami. A retrospective of the people who make this movement a force of change in America.
THE EYES, THE MOUTH
[4878 VHS 100min Italian subt 1983 dir:Marco Bellocchio cast:Lou Castel; Angela Molina]
"A man's tragic suicide compels his twin brother to free himself from his past..."
EYES WIDE SHUT
[fs9240 DVD 159min 1999 dir:Stanley Kubrick cast:Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman]
Arthur Schnitzler's novella of a young couple's obsession with each other's fantasies.