James Garner
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
ix, 273 p., [24] p. plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Description
The revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls "trying to decipher" William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Day's ribs, having a "heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball" with Steve McQueen, being "a card-carrying liberal--and proud of it," and much more.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (593 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jim Rockford is an ex-con who has an instinct for solving cases. He is as cool as his Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed. His cases usually turn out to be more difficult and dangerous than he initially imagines, and he often ends up in situations over his head.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 1076 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From his no-frills mobile home in Malibu, wisecracking ex-con-turned-private investigator Jim Rockford solves the biggest crimes in Los Angeles. From identity theft to death threats, Rockford uses his experience behind bars to get an inside edge on crooks even the police can't find.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 1101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From his no-frills mobile home in Malibu, wisecracking ex-con-turned-private investigator Jim Rockford solves the biggest crimes in Los Angeles. In this season, Rockford chases down underworld mobsters, art thieves, an organ transplant ring and other criminals who never expect to find the world's most unlikely detective behind Rockford's easygoing, laid-back demeanor.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the doctors, Katherine offers him a lift home however their car gets stuck and they have to spend the night in an empty cabin nearby. They talk and bond, but afterwards seem to have difficulty beginning a relationship.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders.
11) The notebook
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. When Allie doesn't hear from Noah after several years, she meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, with her love still alive for Noah, stops by Noah's home to check on him. Seeing that their reunion has rekindled a passionate romance, Allie must now...
12) Decoration day
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an estranged friend refuses the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during World War II, a retired judge tries to find out why and in the process solves a mystery, heals his friendship, saves a marriage, and falls in love.
13) Victor Victoria
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man impersonating a woman on stage? Piece of cake. But a woman whose livelihood depends on pretending to be a man who pretends to be a woman? Now you've got problems! An out-of-work singer conspires to pose as a female impersonator in order to get work on the Paris cabaret circuit.
15) 36 hours
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The clock is ticking for the Nazis trying to dupe Jefferson Pike (James Garner) into giving up war secrets. They pose as U.S. physicians to convince the supposedly amnesiac Pike to unlock his memory by recalling his last assignment: planning for D-Day.
16) Tank
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sergeant-Major Zack Carey is completing his final stint of duty at a post in a small southern town. After defending a prostitute, he finds himself doing battle with the town's sheriff. When Zack's son Billy is jailed on a phoney drug charge, the Sergeant takes justice into his own hands with help from his personal World War II Sherman Tank.
19) Murphy's romance
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emma Moriarty, a divorced horse trainer living in a small Arizona town, is courted by widower and pharmacist Murphy Jones and faces a difficult choice when her ex-husband appears on the scene.
20) The great escape
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.