National Film Registry, Library of Congress 1989-2004

Created by the U.S. Congress, the nonprofit National Film Preservation Foundation is a public-private partnership benefiting film preservation efforts of American film archives, historical societies and similar institutions.

400 films have already been selected for inclusion within the National Film Registry (NFR) list, and each year up to 25 additional "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" are added. To be eligible films must be at least 10 years old (though they need not be feature-length or have had a theatrical release in order to be considered).

82 of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Movies are included in the National Film Registry. View the 18 AFI titles excluded from the NFR list.

Fletcher Library's extensive media collection includes nearly all of the commercially available titles. The format (videodisc, videotape or DVD) of each available title is indicated by an image. Jump to the Alphabetical Listing of Titles: With Fletcher Library Holdings Noted, or consult the Key to Formats information.

Some of the titles not in the Fletcher Library collection are available for loan from the ASU Libraries at the Tempe campus. When this is the case for a title, that information is noted in the title's call number line. Please consult the Media Booking Services web-page to learn about requesting Tempe-owned videorecordings.

Note: Items in "VDISC" format require the use of a videodisc player (which are available for loan [to qualified users] at the Circulation Desk). For further information, please see the Borrowing Small Media Equipment web-page.

Alphabetical Listing of Titles: With Fletcher Library Holdings Noted

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A

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A comic horror film in which Abbott and Costello encounter Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and a mad scientist.

Adam's Rib (1949): PN1995.9 .C55 A333 2000 DVD West Media; A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor. (catalog record)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938): PN1997 .A31159 2003 DVD West Media; Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny. (catalog record)

The African Queen (1951): PN1997 .A31164x 1992 VIDEO West Media; #17 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Set in German East Africa in 1914, this film centers on a journey down an uncharted river by a prim missionary and a derelict captain of a river boat as they battle nature, fall in love and attempt to destroy a German gunboat. (catalog record)

Alien (1979): PN1997 .A32237x 1992 VDISC West Media; Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left. (catalog record)

All About Eve (1950): PN1997 .A3229x 1980 VIDEO v.1-2 West Media; #16 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; The rise to fame of a ruthless and ambitious young actress. (catalog record)

All My Babies (1953): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; George Stoney's landmark educational film used to educate midwives in Georgia and throughout the South.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930): PT2635 .E68 I613 1994 West Media; #54 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war. (catalog record)

All That Heaven Allows (1955): PN1997 .A3245x 1997 VIDEO West Media; An attractive wealthy New England widow defies social constraints when she falls for her much younger gardener. (catalog record)

All That Jazz (1979): PN1997 .A3246x 1988 DVD West Media; A musical drama which both celebrates show business and strips it of all the jazz and glitter. Semi-autobiographical and loosely based on the life of dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse. (catalog record)

All The King's Men (1949): PN1997 .A3247x 1990 VIDEO West Media; Based on the life of Louisiana's Huey Long, the film shows the transformation of a backwoods Southern lawyer to a corrupt politician. (catalog record)

America, America (1963): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; The story of director Kazan's uncle's journey from Turkey to America.

American Graffiti (1973): PN1997.A342832 1998 DVD West Media; #77 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; One summer night in the life of a group of high school friends in 1962 just before they go off to college, jobs, or the army. (catalog record)

An American in Paris (1951): PN1997 .A343 1986 VIDEO West Media; #68 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A musical based on George Gershwin's popular songs about an ex-American G.I. artist in Paris after the war who becomes involved in a love triangle, between his sponser, best friend and a lovely young woman. (catalog record)

Animal House: See National Lampoon's Animal House

Annie Hall (1977): PN1995.9.C55 A563 1998 DVD West Media; #31 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Woody Allen's semiautobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. (catalog record)

Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974): Title is on order for the Fletcher Library.; Antonia celebrates the determination and accomplishments of a musical pioneer who broadened the criteria for success as a woman and an artist in America. In 1930, at the age of twenty-eight, Antonia Brico stepped up to the podium of the Berlin Philharmonic and became the first woman to conduct what at the time was considered the world's greatest orchestra.

The Apartment (1960): PN1995.9 .C55 A63x 1989 DVD West Media; #93 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his supervisor, but falls in love with the supervisor's girlfriend. (catalog record)

Apocalypse Now (1979): PN1997 .A66x 1997 VIDEO West Media; #28 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A United States Army officer, trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War. (catalog record)

Atlantic City (1980): PN1997 .A865 2002 DVD West Media; A smalltime, aging Mafia hood falls in love with a clam bar waitress, and they share the spoils of the big score against the backdrop of a changing Atlantic City. (catalog record)

The Awful Truth (1937): PN1995.9 .C55 A94x 1991 VIDEO West Media; A screwball comedy in which a separated couple sabotages each other's love affairs while waiting for their divorce decree to become final. (catalog record)

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952): PN1997 .B1258 1999 VIDEO West Media; Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulatve movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top. (catalog record)

Badlands (1973): PN1997 .B1352 1999 DVD West Media; Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree. (catalog record)

The Band Wagon (1953): PN1997 .B247x 1992 VIDEO West Media; A Hollywood song and dance man, Tony Hunter, is persuaded to star in a Broadway musical. The show is a flop at its New Haven opening but Tony takes over production and turns it into a Broadway smash hit. (catalog record)

The Bank Dick (1940): PN1997 .B248 1983 VIDEO West Media; Egbert Sous accidently foils a bank robbery and is hired as a bank guard. (catalog record)

The Battle of San Pietro (1945): D743 .B38x 1996 VIDEO West Media; First film documents crucial World War II battle of San Pietro, Italy. The second film, intended as a recruiting film, highlights service in the Marine Corps. (catalog record)

Beauty and the Beast (1991): PN1997 .B364213x 1985 VIDEO West Media; Dramatized adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. (catalog record)

Ben-Hur (1926): PN1997 .B376x 1993 VDISC West Media; Tells the story of a young Jewish nobleman and his nemesis, a Roman centurion, set against the backdrop of the life of Jesus. (catalog record)

Ben-Hur (1959): PN1997 .B3763 1983 VIDEO v.1-2; PN1997 .B37632 1988 VIDEO v.1-2 Hayden Lower Level (Tempe); #72 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; The story of a Jewish prince, set in the time of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity. Starrring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet and Stephen Boyd. (catalog record)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): PN1997 .B43x 1985 VIDEO v.1-2 West Media; #37 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Three returning WWII veterans face problems as they attempt to pick up the threads of their previous lives. (catalog record)

Big Business (1929): PN1995.9 .C55 B355 1995 VIDEO West Media; Laurel and Hardy are selling Christmas trees door-to-door and encounter some sales resistance at one customer's house. A simple "no" evolves into the total destruction of the boys' car, their Christmas trees--and the customer's home. (catalog record)

The Big Parade (1925): PN1997 .B526x 1988 VIDEO West Media; Story of an American soldier and the French girl he loves, set against World War I. (catalog record)

The Big Sleep (1946): PN1997 .B527x 1991 VDISC West Media; In this twisting tale of blackmail and murder, Humphrey Bogart plays Philip Marlowe, a tough private detective, who is hired to protect a millionaire's daughter being blackmailed by an unknown racheteer. As he solves the case, Marlowe and the older daughter in the family (Lauren Bacall) fall in love. (catalog record)

The Birth of a Nation (1915): PN1997 .B563 1999 DVD West Media; #44 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history. (catalog record)

The Black Pirate (1926): PN1997 .B597x 1996 VIDEO West Media; A restored version of the 1926 United Arists silent film which was the first grand-scale epic shot entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay was based on a story by star Douglas Fairbanks writing under the name Elton Thomas. It tells about the sole survivor of a ship, pillaged by buccaneers, who poses as the Black Pirate to recover the ship and its treasure and to rescue a captive princess. This version includes a new recording of Mortimer Wilson's original orchestral score and a documentary including newly discovered outtakes and glimpses behind the scenes of the production. (catalog record)

The Black Stallion (1979): PN1997 .B63 1998 VIDEO West Media; A boy and a horse are shipwrecked on an island where they become fast friends. Upon their return home they work together for a try in one of the great races at Santa Anita. (catalog record)

Blacksmith Scene (1893): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Three men hammer on an anvil and pass around a bottle of beer.

Blade Runner (1982): PN1997 .B6333 1999 DVD West Media; Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. (catalog record)

The Blood of Jesus (1941): PN1997 .B67226x 1993 VIDEO West Media; An accidental shooting brings a woman near the brink of death; as she lays dying she takes a symbolic spiritual journey in which her faith brings her back. (catalog record)

The Blood of Jesus (1941): PN1995.9.N4 M68 2002 VIDEO West Media; Included in "Movies of Color: Black Southern Cinema."(catalog record)

The Blue Bird (1918): Title is on-order for the Fletcher Library.; Two peasant children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, are sent by the good fairy Berylune on a journey to find "the bird that means happiness."

Bonnie and Clyde (1967): PN1997 .B67972 1997 DVD West Media; #27 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A mixture of comedy and brutal violence, this film is based on the exploits of the notorious American outlaws of the 1930's, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. (catalog record)

Boyz N the Hood (1991): PN1997 .B698794 1992 VIDEO West Media; For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary -- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his son. (catalog record)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935): PN1997 .B7335x 1985 VDISC West Media; Baron Frankenstein is blackmailed by Dr. Praetorious into reviving his monster and building a mate for it. Videodisc version. (catalog record)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): PN1997 .B7393 2000 DVD West Media; #13 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it. (catalog record)

Bringing Up Baby (1938): PN1995.9 .C55 B75x 1989 VIDEO West Media; #97 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Crazy comedy about an heiress who is determined to catch a stuffy zoologist, and uses her pet leopard, Baby, to help get his attention. (catalog record)

Broken Blossoms, Or, The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919): PN1997 .B765x 1992 VIDEO West Media; One of Griffith's most widely acclaimed films uses a new style of lighting and photography to stress intimate character relationships rather than spectacle. A young Chinaman in London's squalid Limehouse district hopes to spread the peaceful philosophy of his Eastern religion. He befriends a pitiful street waif who is mistreated by her brutal father. Nursing her back to health, tragedy results when an unspoken romance flowers between them. (catalog record)

A Bronx Morning (1931): PN1993.5 .U6 M6557 2004 DVD West Media; Included in "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931: 50 Films"; An avant garde look at street life in the Bronx. (catalog record)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969): PN1997 .B883x 1984 VIDEO West Media; #50 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Two legendary outlaws keep one step ahead of the law until they are finally tracked down to Bolivia. (catalog record)

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Cabaret (1972): PN1997 .C33x 1984 VIDEO Hayden Lower Level (Tempe); An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret. (catalog record)

Carmen Jones (1954): PN1997 .C274x 1994 VIDEO West Media; Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths. (catalog record)

Casablanca (1942): PN1997 .C3525x 1998 VIDEO West Media; #2 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis. (catalog record)

[Theodore Case Sound Test:] Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925): PN1993.5 .U6 M6557 2004 DVD West Media; Included in "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931: 50 Films"; This is the first film to use the sound-on-film (Movietone) method to produce synchronized sound. (catalog record)

Castro Street (1966): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Bruce Baillie presents collage-like images of a street through non-conventional photographic methods.

Cat People (1942): PN1997 .C358x 1985 West Media; The classic horror tale of a young bride who believes she is the victim of a curse that transforms her into a deadly panther. (catalog record)

Chan is Missing (1982): PN1995.9 .C55 C435x 1989 VIDEO West Media; Set in San Francisco, concerns a Chinese-American cab driver and his nephew, who discover their friend Chan Hung has disappeared with $4000 of their savings. (catalog record)

The Cheat (1915): PN1997 .C445x 1994 VIDEO West Media; The Cheat depicts an impulsive, social climbing woman who gambles away Red Cross funds entrusted to her. She seeks the help of an Asian merchant to save her reputation and in return becomes his property. (catalog record)

The Chechahcos (1924): PN1993.5.U6 T74 2000 DVD West Media; Included in program 3 of "Treasures from American Film Archives." (catalog record)

Chinatown (1974): PN1997 .C46445 1999 DVD West Media; #19 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Private eye living in pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. This leads to double dealings and deceits and the uncovering of a web of personal and political scandals. (catalog record)

Chulas Fronteras (1976): ML3481 .C57x 1976 VIDEO West Media; Features the Norteno musicians of South Texas in performance and interviews. Also examines the culture of working class Mexican Americans in South Texas and the importance of music in their lives. (catalog record)

Citizen Kane (1941): PN1997 .C51175 1996 VIDEO West Media; #1 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Orson Welles' film portrait of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane. (catalog record)

Citizen Kane (1941): PN1997 .C5123 2001 DVD West Media; (catalog record)

The City (1939): NA9030 .C58x 1996 VIDEO West Media; Included in "The City/The Power and the Land." "The city" was made to be exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair. A classic both in the history of short film and in the concern for quality of life in our cities, it deals with four phases of town building: the New England town, the unplanned industrial community, the crowded metropolis and the designed suburban community. "Power and the land" portrays a farm family in Ohio before and after electrification of their farm, contrasting the performance of farm duties with and without electricity. Discusses the economic benefits of electrification and how to form a farmer's electrical cooperative. (catalog record)

City Lights (1931): PN1995.9 .C55 C58x 1992 VIDEO West Media; #76 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A tramp wins the love of a blind flower girl and attempts to obtain money from a millionaire to help her regain her sight. (catalog record)

City Lights (1931): PN1995.9.C55 C533 2003 DVD West Media; (catalog record)

Civilization (1916): PN1997 .C518x 1994 VIDEO West Media; Silent film set in a mythical kingdom, Civilization was released just before America's entry into World War I. The film is a strong appeal for pacifism, and paints a vivid portrait of the madness of war, with images of the destruction and devastation that are the inevitable result of global conflict. (catalog record)

Clash of the Wolves (1925): PN1993.5 .U6 M6557 2004 DVD West Media; Included in "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931: 50 Films"; (catalog record)

Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther (1939): PN1993.5.U6 T74 2000 DVD v.1 West Media; Included in Program 1 of "Treasures From American Film Archives." (catalog record)

The Conversation (1974): PN1997 .C74658 2000 VIDEO West Media; A mystery-suspense drama exploring the morality of privacy. The story focuses on Harry Caul, a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in a murder scheme. (catalog record)

The Cool World (1963): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Dramatization of street life in the urban ghetto.

Cops (1922): PN1997 .G464x 1995 VIDEO West Media; A comedy of error and circumstance in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with an entire police precinct. (catalog record)

A Corner in Wheat (1909): PN1998.3.G76D945x 1997 VIDEO West Media; Included in "D.W. Griffith: The Biograph Years." (catalog record)

The Court Jester (1956): Title is on-order for Fletcher Library.; In 12th century England, the infant king is usurped by the wicked King Roderick. Black Fox and his band attempt to restore the rightful king to the throne by having a member of their group infiltrate the court by posing as the jester.

The Crowd (1928): PN1997.C869x 1989 VIDEO West Media; Shows the plight of workaday men and women in urban America. (catalog record)

Czechoslovakia 1968 (1968): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.

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D.O.A. (1950): PN1997 .D63x 1991 VIDEO West Media; While on vacation in San Francisco, Frank Bigelow is poisoned by a deadly, slow-acting poison. Can he find his murderer before time runs out? (catalog record)

Daughters of the Dust (1991): PN1997.D313343 VIDEO West Media; A large African-American family prepares to move north at the dawn of the 20th century. (catalog record)

David Holzman's Diary (1968): PN1997 .D328x 1993 VIDEO West Media; A young filmmaker attempts to understand his life by recording it on film, only to have his experiment turn into an alienating voyeuristic obsession. (catalog record)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951): PN1997 .D3372 2002 DVD West Media; A visitor from outer space comes with the warning that unless war is abolished, Earth will be destroyed by the more advanced planets of the universe. Includes: 70 min. documentary, Making the Earth stand still; production, scene and set photos; the shooting screenplay; construction blueprints for the spaceship; American and British pressbooks; memorabilia section with poster, lobby cards, the spaceship model and Gort. (catalog record)

Dead Birds (1964): DU744.35 .D32 D43x 1980 VIDEO v.1-3 Hayden Lower Level (Tempe); Describes a photographic and ethnographic study which was sponsored by the Peabody Museum from Feb. 1961 to Nov. 1963 of the Dani, a people dwelling in the Grand Valley of the Baliem, high in the mountains of West New Guinea. (catalog record)

The Deer Hunter (1978): PN1997 .D436x 1991 VDISC West Media; #79 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Drama of the friendship of a group of steelworkers from Pennsylvania who have their relationship and their courage tested when three of them go to war in Vietnam. (catalog record)

Destry Rides Again (1939): PN1995.9.C55 D4782 2003 DVD West Media; Destry, a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns, is called to restore order to the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottleneck. (catalog record)

Detour (1946): PN1997 .D556x 1991 VIDEO West Media; Hitching his way towards California, an innocent man is drawn into a web of murder and deception. (catalog record)

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1984/5): PN1993.5 .U6 M6557 2004 DVD West Media; Included in "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931: 50 Films"; (catalog record)

Do the Right Thing (1989): West Media; This powerful visual feast combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever. (catalog record)

The Docks of New York (1928): PN1997 .D635x 1999 VIDEO West Media; A two-fisted stocker changes his life by saving a suicidal woman. (catalog record)

Dodsworth (1936): PN1997 .D535x 1991 VIDEO West Media; A middle-aged American retires and he and his wife go to Europe where they find a new set of values and relationships. (catalog record)

Dog Star Man (1964): PN1995.9 .E96 D64x 1987 VIDEO West Media; Broken images of a snowbound woodsman, sexual daydreams, living cells, flowing blood, vessels, stars, suns, and other objects are presented using innovative editing. (catalog record)

Don't Look Back (1967): ML420 .D98 D66x 1999 VIDEO West Media; Documentary of Bob Dylan's three-week concert tour of England in the spring of 1965. (catalog record)

Double Indemnity (1944): PN1997 .D683x 1987 VIDEO West Media; #38 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; An insurance man and a suburban wife conspire to trick her husband into signing a policy that pays double for accidental death-- then push him from a train. It's an almost perfect crime. (catalog record)

Dr. Strangelove (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) (1964): PN1995.9 .C55 D678x 1983 VIDEO West Media; #26 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A satire in which the President and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. (catalog record)

Dracula (1931): PN1997 .D723x 1985 VIDEO West Media; Classic horror film of a Transylvanian vampire stalking the foggy streets of London for more victims. (catalog record)

Duck Amuck (1953): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Daffy Duck has a series of confrontations with the animator in which the scenery changes behind Daffy just as he's adapted his costume and manner to the previous setting.

Duck and Cover (1951): UA927.A86x 1996 VIDEO West Media; Included in volume 1 of "Atomic Scare Films." Duck and cover uses animation to teach elementary school children how to protect themselves. (catalog record)

Duck Soup (1933): PN1995.9 .C55 D73x 1980 VIDEO West Media; #85 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A pointed political satire using most of the Marx Brothers famous routines. (catalog record)

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982): PN1997 .E226x 1988 VIDEO West Media; #25 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A story of a lost alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. (catalog record)

Easy Rider (1969): PN1997 .E293 1999 DVD West Media; #88 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the real America. (catalog record)

Eaux D'Artifice (1953): PN1995.9 .E96 M35x 1986 VIDEO v. 1-3 West Media; Included in "Magick Lantern Cycle." A silent film with musical soundtrack. (catalog record)

El Norte (1983) ["The North"]: PN1997.N575x 1984 VIDEO West Media; A drama about a Guatamalan brother and sister seeking betterlives. They set out for the promised land, "El Norte." (catalog record)

The Emperor Jones (1933): PN1997 .E623x 1993 VIDEO West Media; Included in "The Emperor Jones; and Paul Robeson, Tribute To An Artist." Brutus Jones, a fugitive Pullman porter, jumps ship and becomes the cruel, despotic emperor of a Caribbean island. (catalog record)

Empire! (1964): GA201.S53x 1991 v.4 VIDEO West Media; Included in program 4 of "Shape of the World." Discusses the move toward the surveying of kingdoms during the 18th century. Chronicles the British efforts to map India, including George Everest's arrival at the foothills of the Himalayas in 1833. (catalog record)

The Endless Summer (1966): GV840 .S8 E53x 2000 VIDEO West Media; A documentary on the search for the perfect wave, in which two Californians take off with their surfboards for Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti and Hawaii. (catalog record)

Enter the Dragon (1973): Title is on-order for Fletcher Library.; Bruce Lee goes to the island fortress of a criminal warlord, who carries on his opium smuggling and prostitution activities under the disguise of a martial arts academy.

Eraserhead (1978): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. The extraordinary special effects create an eerie, dream-like world with a logic all its own.

Evidence of the Film (1913): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Crime tale with filmmaking as a subject.

The Exploits of Elaine (1914): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Elaine Dodge tries to track-down the The Clutching Hand, the notorious and ruthless master criminal who killed her father.

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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928): PN1995.9 .E96 A44x 1992 VIDEO West Media; Included in "The American avant garde compilation." Silent film with musical soundtrack. (catalog record)

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928): PN1993.5.U6 T74 2000 DVD West Media; Included in Program 1 of "Treasures From American Film Archives." (catalog record)

Fantasia (1940): PN1997.5 .F36 1991 VIDEO West Media; #58 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A blend of classical music and animation by the Walt Disney company. (catalog record)

Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915): PN1995.9 .C55 F388x 1995 VIDEO West Media; Included in "Films of Fatty Arbuckle." Silent film with music and English captions. (catalog record)

Film Portrait (1970): Title is on-order for Fletcher Library.; Autobiographical account of the life of Jerome Hill, artist, musician and film maker, with special emphasis on the people who influenced him.

Five Easy Pieces (1970): PN1997 .F4289x 1995 VIDEO West Media; Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness. (catalog record)

Flash Gordon [serial] (1936): PN1997 .F429x 1996 VDISC West Media; A mysterious planet comes hurtling through space and threatens to destroy the Earth. Flash Gordon rescues the Earth from impending doom. 13 episodes. (catalog record)

Footlight Parade (1933): PN1997 .F575x 1990 VDISC West Media; Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director, is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. He succeeds and features the finest in Busby Berkeley. (catalog record)

Force of Evil (1948): PN1997 .F58x 1990 VIDEO West Media; A racketeer's lawyer finds that his boss has found a way to bankrupt New York's "numbers banks" but gets wedged between the numbers racket and a new prosecutor's anti-crime campaign. (catalog record)

Force of Evil (1948): PN1997 .F579 2004 DVD West Media; (catalog record)

The Forgotten Frontier (1931): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A unique and historically valuable film depicting the important medical aid that the Frontier Nursing Service provided in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. The Service provided child hygiene, midwifery, sick nursing, medical care, dentistry, public health, and emergency surgery for poor, mountain people. Film shows patients' and nurses' cabins, children, town, and gives flavor of their lives, language, and problems.

42nd Street (1933): PN1997 .F59633 2000 DVD West Media; A Broadway musical director has troubles during rehearsal, promotes the understudy and has a successful opening night. (catalog record)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921): PN1997 .F5968x 1996 VIDEO West Media; Anti-war story set during WWI in which brothers fight on opposite sides. (catalog record)

Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band (1928): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Comprised of young African-Americans and based Charleston, South Carolina, The Jenkins Orphanage Band was notable in the development American jazz.

Frank Film (1973): PN1995.9 .E96 F73x 1987 VIDEO West Media; Combines animated sequences with two narrative sound tracks to create a series of complex, moving patterns which satirize middle-class life in the 1970s. (catalog record)

Frankenstein (1931): PN1997 .F683x 1991 VIDEO West Media; #87 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; An adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel about the scientist who creates a terrifying monster. (catalog record)

Freaks (1932): PN1997 .F694x 1990 VIDEO West Media; A beautiful trapeze artist lures a circus person into marriage and plots to have him murdered by the strongman in order to collect on his small fortune. When the other circus people learn of this they take revenge and transform the aerialist into a hideous side-show attraction. (catalog record)

The Freshman (1925): PN1995.9 .C55 H35x 1974 VIDEO Hayden Lower Level (Tempe); Volumes 13-14 of the "Harold Lloyd Series." (catalog record)

From Here to Eternity (1953): PN1997 .F7653 2001 DVD West Media; #52 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A drama about life in the regular Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (catalog record)

From Stump to Ship (1930): SD538.2.M2 F765 1985 VIDEO West Media; A documentary recording the long log business in Maine. (catalog record)

From the Manger to the Cross (1912): PN1997 .F768x 1994 VIDEO West Media; Filmed on location in the Holy Land, this silent picture documents the life of Jesus Christ, quoting each scene directly from the Bible. (catalog record)

Fuji (1974): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; An animation of what might be seen from the window of a train.

Fury (1936): PN1997 .F87x 1990 VIDEO West Media; An ethical young man is forced to confront his own morality after he becomes a victim of vigilantism. (catalog record)

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Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980): Title is on-order for Fletcher Library.; Celebrates the virtues of garlic, from a Chinese restaurant's sizzling wok to the stuffed piglet specialty of Berkeley's Chez Panisse and the garlic festival at Gilroy, Calif. Garlic enthusiasts describe the bulb's role in history, its medicinal qualities, and their own favorite garlic concoctions.

The General (1927): PN1997 .G42x 1989 VIDEO West Media; A comedy about a young southerner who repeatedly tried to enlist in the Confederate Army but was refused because he was of more value to the cause as the engineer of his train, The General. (catalog record)

Gerald McBoing Boing (1951): PN1997.5 .S67 2000 VIDEO West Media; Included in "Sounds Like Fun Starring Gerald McBoing Boing." The various adventures of a small boy whose efforts to talk produce only sound effects such as "Boing! Boing!" (catalog record)

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914): NC1765 .W56x VIDEO West Media; Included in "The Winsor McCay Compilation." A combination of animation and live film. (catalog record)

Gigi (1958): PN1997 .G4453 2000 DVD West Media; A musical set in Paris in the 1890's about a young girl groomed to be a courtesan; but, who blossoms into a lady and reforms the rake to whom she has been married. (catalog record)

The Godfather (1972): PN1997 .G5683x 1997 VDISC West Media; #3 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A portrait of the Corleone family's rise to power. Shows family life and the crime business in which they are engaged. (catalog record)

The Godfather (1972): PN1997 .G568342 2001 DVD v.1 West Media; Included in "The Godfather DVD Collection." (catalog record)

The Godfather, Part II (1974): PN1997 .G56832x 1997 VDISC West Media; #32 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; The continuation of the saga of a Mafia family in America with its far-reaching effects on politics, law enforcement and other seemingly legitimate organizations. (catalog record)

The Godfather, Part II (1974): PN1997 .G568342 2001 DVD v.2 West Media; Included in "The Godfather DVD Collection." (catalog record)

Going My Way (1944): PN1997.G568372 1999 DVD West Media; When old and fading St. Dominic's Church gets a new priest, things are bound to change. For starters, young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbon, who doesn't think much of him or his ideas. The two have their differences but O'Malley is able to inspire some neighborhood roughnecks to open their hearts and minds in a way the old priest simply could not do. (catalog record)

The Gold Rush (1925): PN1995.9.C55 G663 2003 DVD West Media; #74 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Chaplin's "Little tramp" searches for gold and romance in the Klondike in the mid-1800's. (catalog record)

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; When the Depression hits and the checks and jewelry stop coming to a bevy of bountiful showgirls, there's only one thing to do--find a rich man quick.

Gone With the Wind (1939): PN1997 .G5883 1999 DVD West Media; #4 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Set during the American Civil War, this story focuses on the lives and loves of Southerners during this period and the hardships they endured. (catalog record)

Goodfellas (1990): PN1997 .G5962 1997 DVD West Media; #94 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Based on the true story of low-level ganster, Henry Hill, this motion picture looks at the allure and the reality of the violent life of a mobster spanning the time of 1955-80. (catalog record)

The Graduate (1967): PN1997 .G783 1999 DVD West Media; #7 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A college graduate spends his first summer out of school being seduced by the wife of his father's best friend. (catalog record)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940): PN1997 .G682x 1982 VIDEO West Media; #21 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. (catalog record)

Grass (1925): DS269 .B3G73x 1992 VDISC West Media; A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. These three people were the first Westerners to cross the Zardeh Kuh Pass and the first to make this migration with the tribes. (catalog record)

The Great Dictator (1940): PN1997 .G743x 1992 VIDEO West Media; Stars Charlie Chaplin in two totally opposite roles: a Jewish barber facing the constant threat of storm troopers and religious persecution; the other, the dictator, Adenoid Hynkel. (catalog record)

The Great Train Robbery (1903): PN1997 .E2272x 1980 VIDEO West Media; Included in "Early Cinema #2: An Edison Album," a compilation of early (1896-1916) films by Edwin S. Porter. (catalog record)

Greed (1924): PN1997 .G692x 1990 VDISC West Media; Tells the story of three World War One era Californians whose friendship is destroyed by avarice after one wins a lottery jackpot. (catalog record)

Greed (1924): PN1997 .G693 2000 VIDEO v.1-2 West Media; (catalog record)

Gun Crazy (1949): PN1997 .G837x 1991 VIDEO West Media; Although not a violent man at heart, Bart allows the no-good Laurie to lure him into a life of crime. As they blast their way through a series of bank jobs; they become the most wanted criminals in America. (catalog record)

Gunga Din (1939): PN1997 .G85x 1980 VIDEO West Media; Adventure story of three soldier comrades battling the savage punjabs in India. (catalog record)

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Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976): HD5325 .M63 1973 .H37x 1989 VIDEO West Media; Documents the 1973 Kentucky coal miner's strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the union's national contract with the United Mine Workers of America. (catalog record)

Harold and Maude (1972): PN1995.9 .C55 H348x 1998 VIDEO West Media; A black comedy about a rich, disturbed, young man, fascinated with death and funerals, who has an affair and a series of adventures with an eccentric and independent 80-year-old woman. (catalog record)

The Heiress (1949): PN1997 .H435x 1993 VDISC West Media; Catherine is the only heir to her stern father's vast estate. When a dashing fortune hunter named Morris Townsend wants her to elope, she is threatened with disinheritance. On the eve of their marriage he deserts her. Seven years later Morris returns, and a wiser Catherine plots her revenge. (catalog record)

Hell's Hinges (1916): PN1997 .H448x 1985 VIDEO West Media; When a young minister arrives in Hell's Hinges, Blaze Tracey, the notorious outlaw, is transformed into goodness-- not by religion, but by the sight of the minister's sister, Faith. (catalog record)

Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937): D421 .H57x 1990 VIDEO West Media; Included in "The Thirties," volume 4 of the series "History of the 20th Century." Footage of the Hindenburg disaster footage, but not the newscastor's audio, is included. (catalog record)

High Noon (1952): PN1997 .H48x 1987 VIDEO West Media; #33 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A civic-minded marshal, on the verge of retirement, faces a revengeful killer in a gun duel after the indifferent townspeople refuse to assist him. (catalog record)

High School (1968): LB1607 .H54x 1996 VIDEO West Media; Film explores conditions at Northeast High School in Philadelphia in 1968. The cinema verite method captures the interaction of students and teachers and brings out the implications of education at a very large high school. (catalog record)

His Girl Friday (1940): PN1995.9 .C55 H57x 1985 VIDEO West Media; A comedy feature in which an ace reporter is ready to quit journalism and get married, but her editor wants her to stay; an escaped murderer puts her determination to the test. (catalog record)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953): PN1997 .H53x 1997 VIDEO West Media; Two middle-class American homebodies on vacation in Mexico on a long-awaited fishing trip have their car and their very lives commandeered by a psychopathic serial killer. (catalog record)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953): PN1997 .H53 2000 VIDEO West Media; (catalog record)

Hoosiers (1986): PN1997.H6623 1986 VIDEO West Media; An unwelcome outsider becomes the new coach of the underdog high school basketball team in a 1951 sleepy Indiana farm town. (catalog record)

Hospital (1970): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Shows the daily activities at New York City's Metropolitan Hospital with the emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics.

The Hospital (1971): PN1997.H6625x 1991 VIDEO West Media; A caustic tale about the goings on in a larger metropolitan hospital. (catalog record)

The House in the Middle (1954): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Shows the effect of an atomic blast upon three homes in varying degrees of neatness.

How Green Was My Valley (1941): PN1997 .H666 2002 DVD West Media; A man looks back on his life as a boy in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of his closely knit family while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time. (catalog record)

How the West Was Won (1962): PN1997 .H693 1999 DVD West Media; The history of Western expansion in the United States as told by the story of one pioneer family's history. (catalog record)

The Hunters (1957): DT1058.K86 H86 1990 VIDEO Hayden Lower Level; In this classic documentary, the Kalahari Bushmen of Africa wage a constant war for survival against the hot arid climate and unyielding soil. 'The Hunters' focuses on four men who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for their village. The chronicle of their 13-day trek becomes part of the village's folklore, illustrating the ancient roots and continual renewal of African tribal cultures. (catalog record)

The Hustler (1961): PN1997.H88x 1999 VIDEO West Media; Pool hustler seeks out the legendary player Minnesota Fats to determine who is the best. (catalog record)

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I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932): PN1997 .I132x 1999 VIDEO West Media; Concerns the cruelty and misery suffered by an ex-soldier (Paul Muni) wrongly condemned to hard labor on a Georgia chain gang. (catalog record)

The Immigrant (1917): PN1995.9 .C55C436x 1998 VIDEO West Media; Included in volume 1 of "The Chaplin Mutuals." (catalog record)

In the Heat of the Night (1967): PN1997 .H4779 1998 VIDEO West Media; While traveling in the deep south, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in a murder case when he is first accused of the crime, and then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the ignorant and bigoted town sheriff. But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth. (catalog record)

In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914): E99 .K9 I5x 1992 VIDEO West Media; Also known as "In the Land of the War Canoes: Kwakiutl Life on the Northwest Coast. A dramatic presentation of Kwakiutl Indian life on the northwest coast of America, shot in 1914 on Vancouver Island. (catalog record)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916): PN1997 .I58x 1990 VIDEO v.1-2 West Media; Switches back and forth between four separate stories from Babylonian times to the twentieth century to show humanity's inhumanity and intolerance through the ages. (catalog record)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): PN1997 .I5192x 1985 VIDEO West Media; This science fiction film depicts the citizens of a small town being invaded and replaced by unfeeling clones. One couple becomes the last defenders of normal humanity. (catalog record)

It (1927): PN1995.9 .C55I83x 1999 VIDEO West Media; A saucy lingerie salesgirl sets her sights on the handsome owner of the department store where she works. (catalog record)

It Happened One Night (1934): PN1995.9.C55 I843 1999 DVD West Media; #35 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A rich young woman marries an idle playboy against her father's will. Her father holds her captive on his yacht but she escapes and, while on her way to New York, becomes entangled with an unemployed news reporter. (catalog record)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946): PN1997 .F67x 1980 VIDEO West Media; #11 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; George Bailey is prevented from committing suicide by a guardian angel, who takes him back through his life to show him what good he has done. (catalog record)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946): PN1997 .I7582 2001 DVD West Media; (catalog record)

The Italian (1915): PN1997 .I757x 1995 VIDEO West Media; A story of Italian immigrants living in the slums of New York. When a man's child dies he seeks vengeance on the person who would not help him. (catalog record)

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Jailhouse Rock (1957): Title is on-order for Fletcher Library.; A young man is sent to prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl. While behind bars he takes up singing and is helped in the record business by a beautiful young woman.

Jam Session (1942): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing C Jam Blues.

Jammin' the Blues (1944): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A jam session featuring Harry Edison, Lester Young, Red Callender, Illinois Jacquet, Joe Jones, Sidney Catlett, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage, John Simmons, Marlow Morris, and Barney Kessel.

Jaws (1975): PN1997 .J34 2000 VIDEO v.1-2 West Media; #48 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A man-eating shark causes havoc off the Long Island coast and three men join together to hunt and destroy it. (catalog record)

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959): ML3508.8 .N58 J49 2000 VIDEO West Media; Takes a look at the music, musicians, and spectators at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1958. Recreates the look of Stern's still photography inot motion, with a display of human observation and scenes of live jazz. (catalog record)

The Jazz Singer (1927): PN1997 .J3532x 1990 VIDEO West Media; #90 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; A melodramatic story of a Jewish cantor's son who aspires to be a jazz singer despite his father's objection and religious tradition. In motion picture history, this was the first feature film to utilize synchronous sound. (catalog record)

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Kannapolis, NC (1941): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; H. Lee Waters's silent Depression-era documentary.

Killer of Sheep (1977): PN1997 .K423x 1990 VIDEO West Media; Shows the struggle of an African American slaughter house worker to survive economic and social obstacles. (catalog record)

King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis (1970): E185.97 .K5 K55x 1989 VIDEO West Media; Records the turbulent history of the civil rights movement and follows Dr. King's career from 1955 to 1968, through newsreel and television coverage, with excerpts from speeches and interviews. (catalog record)

King Kong (1933): PN1997 .K428x 1987 VDISC West Media; #43 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; In this modern version of the Beauty and the Beast legend, a captured ape, fifty feet tall, is brought to New York City. Fleeing from captivity, he climbs to the top of the Empire State Building where he fights off attacking Navy biplanes and falls to his death. (catalog record)

The Kiss (1896): PN1997 .E2272x 1980 VIDEO West Media; Included in "Early Cinema #2: An Edison Album," a compilation of early (1896-1916) films by Edwin S. Porter (catalog record)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955): PN1997 .K4425x 1990 VIDEO West Media; Private eye Mike Hammer gives a ride to a young woman who is shortly afterward killed by thugs who almost kill him too. This launches him on an investigation which even Federal agents don't want him to pursue. (catalog record)

Knute Rockne, All American (1940): PN1997 .K68 1992 VIDEO West Media; The story of Knute Rockne, the legendary Notre Dame football coach who led the Fighting Irish to 105 victories in 13 years, and George Gipp, Rockne's tragically fated gridiron discovery. (catalog record)

Koyaanisqatsi (1983): PN1995.9.E96 K692 2002 DVD West Media; Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word meaning variously; crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance (the subtitle for this film), and a state of life that calls for another way of life.(< (catalog record)

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The Lady Eve (1941): West PN1995.9.C55 L24x 1987 VIDEO West Media; Lady Eve, a calculating card shark, falls for one of her victims, a young millionaire. He finds that she has been giving him a fast shuffle and his fondness fades. She works hard to win him back. (catalog record)

Lady Helen's Escapade (1909): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; The unlikely love story of Lady Helen and a young musician she meets at a boarding house.

Lady Windermere's Fan (1925): PN1993.5 .U6 M6557 2004 DVD West Media; Included in "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931: 50 Films"; Lady Windermere learns from a friend that Lord Windermere is spending a great deal of time with a Mrs. Erlynne, and fearing that he is being unfaithful to her, she decides that their marriage is at an end. Then, in an act of striking generosity, Mrs. Erlynne protects Lady Windermere's reputation and the truth about trust and loyalty is ironically revealed. (catalog record)

Lambchops (1929): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; Captures a vaudeville performance by George Burns and Gracie Allen of the comedy routine "Lambchops" written by Al Boasberg.

The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912): PN1993.5.U6 T74 2000 DVD West Media; Included in Program 4 of "Treasures From American Film Archives." (catalog record)

Lassie Come Home (1943): PN1997 .L334x 1997 VIDEO West Media; A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate. (catalog record)

The Last of the Mohicans (1920): PN1997 .L3378x 1993 VIDEO West Media; Cora and her younger sister Alice are on their way to Fort William Henry. Escorted by the treacherous Magua, they are unaware that the Fort, under the command of their father, is besieged by Indians in league with the French. The sisters are saved by Hawkeye and his Indian companions, Uncas and Chingachcook. Cora falls in love with the noble Uncas, the last of his tribe. But Magua still has evil plans. (catalog record)

The Last Picture Show (1972): PN1997 .L33822 1999 DVD West Media; A bittersweet drama of the social and sexual mores in small-town 1950s Texas. (catalog record)

Laura (1944): PN1997 .L34732x 1989 VDISC West Media; Cynical detective investigates the murder of a beautiful girl, but finds himself falling in love with the dead woman through her striking portrait. (catalog record)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962): PN1997 .L3833 1999 DVD West Media; #5 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.; Presents the story of T.E. Lawrence, the man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity. (catalog record)

The Learning Tree (1969): PN1997 .L387x 1987 VIDEO West Media; Traces one year in the life of young Newt, in which he learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and his own capacity for honor. (catalog record)

Let's All Go to the Lobby (1957): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A musical animated short featured played in movie theaters to encourage viewers to visit the snack bar.

Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948): PN1997 .L4563 L49x 1992 VDISC West Media; A story of unrequited love in which a woman is obsessed with a self-centered concert pianist. (catalog record)

The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra (1927): PN1995.9 .E96 A44x 1992 VIDEO West Media; Included in "The American avant garde compilation." Silent film with musical soundtrack. (catalog record)

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980): D810 .W7 L5x 1987 VIDEO West Media; Five women reminisce about their jobs and working conditions during World War II. Includes topics of sex discrimination, the women's movement, and the role of movies and radio in helping mold public opinion during World War II. (catalog record)

The Life of Emile Zola (1937): PN1997 .L5754x 1989 VIDEO West Media; Explores the career of the novelist Emile Zola who rises from the ranks of a starving artist to high acclaim. He risks everything when he defends the case of Alfred Dreyfus who was sent to Devil's Island for a crime he did not commit. (catalog record)

Little Caesar (1930): PN1997 .L5878 1997 VIDEO West Media; Cesare, alias Rico, Bandello and his cohort Joe Massara head for the big city looking for power and quick riches. A determined man, he ruthlessly pushes his way to the top of the mob. (catalog record)

The Little Fugitive (1953): PN1997 .L588x 1997 VIDEO West Media; With his older brother in charge, a 7-year-old boy leaves Brooklyn and ends up on Coney Island. (catalog record)

Little Miss Marker (1934): PN1995.9 .C55 L58x 1996 VIDEO West Media; Shirley Temple melts the hearts of a gang of hardened gamblers when she is left as an IOU or "marker" for debt. (catalog record)

The Living Desert (1953): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A look at the flora and fauna of the desert.

The Lost World (1925): PN1997 .L764x 1993 VIDEO West Media; A group of British scientists journey to South America to explore a remote plateau inhabited by dinosaurs and apemen and return to London with a brontosaurus. (catalog record)

Louisiana Story (1948): PN1997 .L688x 1997 VIDEO West Media; A look at industrialization as seen through the eyes of a Cajun boy living in Petit Anse Bayou. (catalog record)

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938): PN1997 .L6897 1990 VIDEO West Media; Teenager has dates with two girls for the big Christmas dance and the new girl next door helps him out of the jam. (catalog record)

Love Me Tonight (1932): Not commercially available and not owned by the ASU Libraries.; A carefree tailor leaves Paris to collect on a past due bill at an aristocratic clien