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Happy Birthday Natalie Wood!

Today is a very special someone’s birthday…Natalie Wood! Natalie Wood was born July 20th, 1938. She was in so many good movies, but we’re going to particularly recommend: Gypsy (HU DVD 5738): I already have “If Mama Was Married” stuck in my head. The Searchers (HU DVD 1808): This movie is incredible. I completely forgot … Continue reading “Happy Birthday Natalie Wood!”

Today is a very special someone’s birthday…Natalie Wood!

Natalie Wood was born July 20th, 1938. She was in so many good movies, but we’re going to particularly recommend:

  • Gypsy (HU DVD 5738): I already have “If Mama Was Married” stuck in my head.
  • The Searchers (HU DVD 1808): This movie is incredible. I completely forgot Natalie Wood was in it.
  • Splendor in the Grass (HU DVD 7755): Her comeback role, according to Wikipedia.
  • Love with the Proper Stranger (HU DVD 14925): Steve McQueen! Watched the trailer because I’ve not seen it, and if you stick around: “…and introducing Tom Bosley!” Sufficient. I’ll take a chance and recommend it blind.
  • West Side Story (HU DVD 278): Rita Moreno steals the show, but there would be no movie without Natalie Wood’s innocence.

Happy birthday Natalie!

P.S. If you’re into watching Christmas movies in July, it’s HU DVD 2336.

Happy Birthday Peter Lorre

To celebrate Peter Lorre’s birthday (June 26, 1904), here are some of BFI’s 10 essential Peter Lorre performances from our collection. (THOSE EYES!!) M (HU DVD 56): Drama based on the actual case of the Dusseldorf murderer of children who is hunted by police, but is caught and tried by the city’s criminals. The Man Who … Continue reading “Happy Birthday Peter Lorre”

To celebrate Peter Lorre’s birthday (June 26, 1904), here are some of BFI’s 10 essential Peter Lorre performances from our collection. (THOSE EYES!!)

  • M (HU DVD 56): Drama based on the actual case of the Dusseldorf murderer of children who is hunted by police, but is caught and tried by the city’s criminals.
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (HU DVD 3521): In this heart-pounding suspense story, spies kidnap a young girl, in an attempt to prevent her parents from revealing what they know about an assassination plot. The action takes you from the Swiss Alps to Britain’s Albert Hall and London’s East End.
  • Stranger on the Third Floor (HU DVD 6404): A reporter provides eyewitness testimony that helps sentence a small-time loser to the electric chair for murder. When the reporter himself is fingered in a second murder, he realizes both crimes are the work of a furtive stranger – but will anyone believe him?
  • The Maltese Falcon (HU DVD 130): After the death of his partner, private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette.
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (HU DVD 5380): An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle Aunts Abby and Martha have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.
  • Beat the Devil (HU DVD 4564): Adventure story set aboard a steamer bound for Africa. The passengers attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a piece of land they think has uranium on it.

Didn’t make the BFI list, but we also have:
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Casablanca!

Happy Birthday Kirk Douglas!

December 9th was the 100th birthday of Kirk Douglas. According to TCM: “The archetypal Hollywood movie star of the postwar era, Kirk Douglas built a career with he-man roles as soldiers, cowboys and assorted tough guys in over 80 films. His restless, raging creations earned him three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and one … Continue reading “Happy Birthday Kirk Douglas!”

December 9th was the 100th birthday of Kirk Douglas.

According to TCM:

“The archetypal Hollywood movie star of the postwar era, Kirk Douglas built a career with he-man roles as soldiers, cowboys and assorted tough guys in over 80 films. His restless, raging creations earned him three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and one Golden Globe win for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in “Lust for Life” (1956). But besides his lasting mark as a seething strong man with a superhero-like head of hair and the most famous dimpled chin this side of Shirley Temple, Douglas was a Tinseltown innovator and rebel. As one of the first A-listers to wrest further control of their career by founding an independent production company, Douglas also effectively ended the 1950s practice of blacklisting Hollywood talent suspected of communist ties when he insisted on crediting famed screenwriter Dalton Trumbo for his script adaptation of “Spartacus” (1960). Douglas maintained his position as a perennial favorite – often opposite fellow tough guy Burt Lancaster – in Westerns and World War II films until the early 1970s, when changing tastes edged the timeworn genres into the wings. He began a second career as a writer and focused on the philanthropic efforts of The Douglas Foundation, occasionally surfacing throughout the 1980s and 1990s to portray irrepressible old firecrackers in made-for-TV movies and the occasional feature.”


Unfamiliar with his work? Check out one of his films from the Media Services Home Use Collection:



Arrangement – HU DVD 2212
Bad and the beautiful – HU DVD 7257
Champion – HU DVD 211
Is Paris burning? – HU DVD 12861
Last train from Gun Hill – HU DVD 7569
Lonely are the brave – HU DVD 12168
Lust for life – HU DVD 5808
Out of the past – HU DVD 2403
Paths of glory – DVD 3271
Seven days in May – HU DVD 326
Spartacus – HU DVD 3272

Hitchcock turns 113

It would be remiss not to mention Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday, which passed by yesterday. The legendary director, who needs no introduction, would have turned 113. Celebrate the big 1-1-3 by enjoying a deep cut of his filmography at Media Services: Vertigo – HU DVD 14* Psycho – HU DVD 77*Easy Virtue – DVD 332 Blackmail – DVD … Continue reading “Hitchcock turns 113”

It would be remiss not to mention Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday, which passed by yesterday. The legendary director, who needs no introduction, would have turned 113.

Celebrate the big 1-1-3 by enjoying a deep cut of his filmography at Media Services:

Vertigo – HU DVD 14*
Psycho – HU DVD 77*
Easy Virtue – DVD 332
Blackmail – DVD 332
Number Seventeen – DVD 333
The Ring – DVD 333
The Farmer’s Wife – DVD 334
The Manxman – DVD 335
Juno and the Paycock – DVD 336
The 39 Steps – DVD 337
Notorious – DVD 338
Strangers on a Train – HU DVD 339
Rebecca – HU DVD 345*
Rear Window – HU DVD 368*
The Lady Vanishes – HU DVD 426*
The Birds – HU DVD 1053
Dial M for Murder – HU DVD 1412
Lifeboat – HU DVD 1633
Shadow of a Doubt – HU DVD 1783
North by Northwest – HU DVD 2217
Sabotage – HU DVD 3522
Foreign Correspondent – HU DVD 3523
Suspicion – HU DVD 3524
Saboteur – HU DVD 3525
Rope – HU DVD 3526
Under Capricorn – HU DVD 3527
To Catch a Thief – HU DVD 3528
The Man Who Knew Too Much – HU DVD 3529
The Wrong Man – HU DVD 3530
Marnie – HU DVD 3531
Topaz – HU DVD 3532
Frenzy – HU DVD 3533
Spellbound – HU DVD 5198
Torn Curtain – HU DVD 5199
Family Plot – HU DVD 5200
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog – HU DVD 5394
The Trouble with Harry – HU DVD 5494
The Paradine Case – HU DVD 9142
Secret Agent – HU DVD 9763

Happy Birthday Tim Burton!!

It’s Tim Burton’s birthday! Check out some of these titles available for check out from the Media Services Home Use Collection. 9 – HU DVD 7049 Alice in Wonderland – HU DVD 7719 Alice in Wonderland – HU BLU-RAY 7719 Batman – HU DVD 4701 Batman Returns – HU DVD 4702 Big Fish – HU … Continue reading “Happy Birthday Tim Burton!!”

It’s Tim Burton’s birthday! Check out some of these titles available for check out from the Media Services Home Use Collection.







9 – HU DVD 7049

Alice in Wonderland – HU DVD 7719

Alice in Wonderland – HU BLU-RAY 7719

Batman – HU DVD 4701

Batman Returns – HU DVD 4702

Big Fish – HU DVD 4712

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – HU DVD 7094

Edward Scissorhands – HU DVD 3928

Ed Wood – HU DVD 1006

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure – HU DVD 6516

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – HU DVD 4111

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – HU DVD 4711

Happy Birthday to Al (63), Chris (68), and Ewan (40)!

Today is the birthday of Al Gore, Christopher Walken and Ewan McGregor. Check out one of these films in honor of their birthday!Ewan McGregor The Ghost Writer—HU DVD 8010 The Men Who Stare at Goats—HU 7125 Pillow Book – HU DVD 8037 Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace—HU DVD 1640 Star Wars Episode II: Attack … Continue reading “Happy Birthday to Al (63), Chris (68), and Ewan (40)!”

Today is the birthday of Al Gore, Christopher Walken and Ewan McGregor. Check out one of these films in honor of their birthday!
Ewan McGregor

The Ghost Writer—HU DVD 8010

The Men Who Stare at Goats—HU 7125

Pillow Book – HU DVD 8037

Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace—HU DVD 1640

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones—HU DVD 1641

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith—HU DVD 1642

Big Fish – HU DVD 4712

Trainspotting—HU DVD 1002

Black Hawk Down—HU DVD 346

Moulin Rouge—HU DVD 297

Shallow Grave—HU DVD 1910

Emma—HU DVD 2820

Life Less Ordinary—HU DVD 5318

Velvet Goldmine—HU DVD 687

Christopher Walken

Hairspray —HU DVD

Batman Returns— HU DVD 4702

The Milagro Beanfield War— HU DVD 2167

Catch me if you Can— HU DVD 698

Basquiat— HU DVD 5830

Pulp Fiction— HU DVD 1244

Scotland, PA— HU DVD 2435

Deer Hunter— HU DVD 1706

Heaven’s Gate— HU DVD 4307

Annie Hall – HU DVD 126


Al Gore

An Inconvenient Truth — DVD 2360

Happy Birthday, Juliette!!

Today, March 9, is the birthday of french actress, Juliette Binoche. Unfamiliar with her work? Check out one of her films from the Media Services Home Use Collection. Window of Saint-Pierre — HU DVD 269 The Night is Young — HU DVD 435 Caché — HU DVD 2063 Three Colors, Blue — HU DVD 2137 … Continue reading “Happy Birthday, Juliette!!”

Today, March 9, is the birthday of french actress, Juliette Binoche. Unfamiliar with her work? Check out one of her films from the Media Services Home Use Collection.

Window of Saint-Pierre — HU DVD 269

The Night is Young — HU DVD 435

Caché — HU DVD 2063

Three Colors, Blue — HU DVD 2137

Bee Season — HU DVD 3079

Paris Je T’Aime — HU DVD 3378

Unbearable Lightness of Being — HU DVD 4078

English Patient — HU DVD 4749

The Lovers on the Bridge — HU DVD 4200

Flight of the Red Balloon – HU DVD 4931

Code Inconnu — HU DVD 5146

Chocolat — HU DVD 7736

Happy Birthday, Kirk!

Today, Kirk Douglas turns the ripe old age of 94. Many of his classic films are available here in Media Services for Home Use. Ace in the Hole – HU DVD 2976Arrangement – HU DVD 2212Bad and the Beautiful – HU DVD 7257Champion – HU DVD 211Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – HU DVD 7576Lust … Continue reading “Happy Birthday, Kirk!”

Today, Kirk Douglas turns the ripe old age of 94. Many of his classic films are available here in Media Services for Home Use.

Ace in the Hole – HU DVD 2976
Arrangement – HU DVD 2212
Bad and the Beautiful – HU DVD 7257
Champion – HU DVD 211
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – HU DVD 7576
Lust for Life – HU DVD 5808
Last Train from Gun Hill – HU DVD 7569
Out of the Past – HU DVD 2403
Paths of Glory – HU DVD 3271
Seven Days in May – HU DVD 326
Spartacus – HU DVD 3272

Happy Birthday Cheryl Hines!

Today Cheryl Hines turns 45 years old. She is most well known for her role as Cheryl David, Larry David’s wife on Curb Your Enthusiasm. If you haven’t seen this TV show, it’s a must see; especially for Seinfeld fans. Also, check her out in the 2007 film, Waitress (written and directed by Adrienne Shelley). … Continue reading “Happy Birthday Cheryl Hines!”

Today Cheryl Hines turns 45 years old. She is most well known for her role as Cheryl David, Larry David’s wife on Curb Your Enthusiasm. If you haven’t seen this TV show, it’s a must see; especially for Seinfeld fans. Also, check her out in the 2007 film, Waitress (written and directed by Adrienne Shelley).

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Complete First Season- HU DVD 5211, 5212
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Complete Second Season- HU DVD 5213, 5214
Curb your Enthusiasm: The Complete Third Season – HU DVD 5215, 5116

Waitress – HU DVD 3641