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Greatest classic films collection. Romantic dramas
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Physical Description:
videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
2 videodiscs (459 min.) : sd., col. and b&w. - Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2009, c[1990]
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1: Rebel without a cause (Side A) ; East of Eden (Side B) -- Disc 2: Cat on a hot tin roof (Side A) ; A streetcar named desire (Side B). |
| Participant or Performer Note: | James Dean, Natalie Wood, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, |
| Language Note: | English or French dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | PN 1997 G847 2009 (Text) | 26040003065428 | Media | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Rebel without a cause (1955): Jim Stark, the teenage son of a well-to-do family, is overcome by loneliness, frustration and anger, which leads to violence when he seeks approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums. The film explores the world of the 1950s juvenile violence of ritualistic knife fights and "chickie runs" in stolen cars.
East of Eden (1955): Cal Trask is considered the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas Valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask. Although Cal always means well, he just can't stay out of trouble. Neither is Cal able to match the high esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and kindly old Doctor Sam seem to be able to see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. In an effort to win his father's love, Cal purchases a fresh lettuce crop to replace the ruined beans that threatened to bankrupt his family. But Adam rejects the gift and comes to realizes that Cal knows that Kate is Cal and Aron's mother, whom both boys thought was long dead.
Cat on a hot tin roof (1958): A story of deception which is destroying a patriarchal Southern family as its members gather for the imminent demise of their "Big Daddy." Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
A streetcar named desire (1951): Vivien Leigh stars as Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle who's not quite what she pretends to be. All is revealed when she comes to New Orleans to stay with her sister (Kim Hunter) and her volatile husband (Marlon Brando). After being exiled from her hometown for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and her husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property that was left to both sisters and spent all the money. He sets about discovering everything else he can about her past. Tension between Blanche and Stanley builds as time passes and is intensified when Blanche begins dating one of Stanley's poker buddies.
East of Eden (1955): Cal Trask is considered the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas Valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask. Although Cal always means well, he just can't stay out of trouble. Neither is Cal able to match the high esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and kindly old Doctor Sam seem to be able to see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. In an effort to win his father's love, Cal purchases a fresh lettuce crop to replace the ruined beans that threatened to bankrupt his family. But Adam rejects the gift and comes to realizes that Cal knows that Kate is Cal and Aron's mother, whom both boys thought was long dead.
Cat on a hot tin roof (1958): A story of deception which is destroying a patriarchal Southern family as its members gather for the imminent demise of their "Big Daddy." Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
A streetcar named desire (1951): Vivien Leigh stars as Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle who's not quite what she pretends to be. All is revealed when she comes to New Orleans to stay with her sister (Kim Hunter) and her volatile husband (Marlon Brando). After being exiled from her hometown for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and her husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property that was left to both sisters and spent all the money. He sets about discovering everything else he can about her past. Tension between Blanche and Stanley builds as time passes and is intensified when Blanche begins dating one of Stanley's poker buddies.
