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2013., Distributed by RLJ Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Barrymore Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A filmed play of Christopher Plummer in his Tony Award winning performance as iconic stage and screen idol John Barrymore. At the height of his remarkable career, John Barrymore was the most celebrated entertainer of his generation. The reigning king of both Broadway and Hollywood, his decline and fall from grace was the tragic result of a self-destructive spiral into vice and excess. And now, with his career in tatters, he makes one final attempt to reclaim his former glory on the stage in this powerful, heartbreaking, humorous and compassionate portrait of a tortured soul and living legend.
![Barrymore [DVD] (2011) Directed by Erik Canuel.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Barrymore [DVD] (2011) Directed by Erik Canuel.")
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2019., 110, PBS Call No: DVD Fic Chaperone Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.
![The chaperone [DVD] (2018). Directed by Michael Engler.](/Library/images/~imageCT100947.JPG "The chaperone [DVD] (2018). Directed by Michael Engler.")
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1999, c1992., General, Artisan Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Chaplin Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Charlie Chaplin's life, from his poverty-stricken childhood in England, to his friendships, many wives and scandalous affairs, acting career, and relentless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover.
![Chaplin [DVD] (1992) Directed by Richard Attenborough](/Library/images/~imageCT74742.JPG "Chaplin [DVD] (1992) Directed by Richard Attenborough")
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[2017]., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Film Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On September 29, 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He took her into his chaotic and eccentric home in Liverpool to see her through her last days. Though their affair had ended years before, it was to him that she turned in her final hour of need. Takes place over the course of three weeks in Turner's working class family home.
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2019., Adult, 118, Universal Call No: DVD Fic Judy Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "It's the winter of 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It has been 30 years since she shot to stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but though her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has grown. As she prepares for the show, fights with management, and reminisces with friends and fans, her wit and warmth shine through. She also embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband."
![Judy [DVD] (2019). Directed by Rupert Goold.](/Library/images/~imageCT100871.JPG "Judy [DVD] (2019). Directed by Rupert Goold.")
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c2002, p1951., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Singin Edition: Special ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: "Silent movies are giving way to talking pictures, and a hoofer-turned-matinee idol is caught in that bumpy transition, as well as his buddy, prospective ladylove and shrewish co-star"--Container.
![Singin' in the rain [DVD] (1951). Directed by Gene Kelly.](/Library/images/~imageCT70045.JPG "Singin' in the rain [DVD] (1951). Directed by Gene Kelly.")