(0)Ron Howard
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xviii, 393 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"With the perspective of time and success -- Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor -- the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and...
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English
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The actress best known for her portrayal of "Mrs. C" on "Happy Days" recalls her childhood in rural Minnesota, her early career in Hollywood, and her life-changing role on the popular TV sitcom, and pays tribute to the many people who helped to fulfill her dreams.
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4 videodiscs (820 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Widower Andy Taylor divides his time between raising his young son Opie, and his job as sheriff of the sleepy North Carolina town, Mayberry. Andy and Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee, who serves as a surrogate mother to both father and son. Andy is also joined by his nervous cousin, Barney Fife, as his deputy sheriff.
5) Breakthrough
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2 videodiscs (approximately 262 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines cutting edge developments in science, technology, and medicine, covering a variety of topics that include: new findings in pandemic research; cyborg technologies; new developments in understanding the brain; the latest advances in extending human life; innovations in energy resources; developments under way to countervail potential water shortages.
6) Willow
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1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Willow Ufgood leaves his village to carry a special baby to safety. Aided by a swashbuckling warrior, Willow's quest is plagued by danger as the Powers of Darkness scheme to destroy the child -- a child destined to bring everlasting peace and freedom to the land.
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English
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When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovers that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian with whom Langdon had been scheduled to meet. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Fache's lawmen in a...
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1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat as they set out on a madcap cross-country adventure to reunite Kayla, a homesick elephant, with her family. This unlikely trio faces all types of comic calamities and colorful characters and in the end learn that with family, friends and determination you can achieve anything.
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Why is the Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch's world upside down, inside out, and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.
11) Parenthood
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1 videodisc (2 hrs., 9 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way.
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4 videodiscs (500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The show offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, witness Einstein's struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a time of global unrest. A ten-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein's wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge.
13) Splash
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1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a workaholic who thinks he will never find love and the mermaid who comes ashore to find him and prove him wrong.
14) Backdraft
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1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Stephen McCaffrey and his younger brother Brian are two feuding siblings carrying on an heroic family tradition in the Chicago fire department. Stephen is so relentless that he drives Brian out of firefighting and into arson investigation. Assisting arson investigator Donald Rimgale, Brian becomes involved in a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena known as backdrafts. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled...
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Curious George is curious about things happening all around him and sometimes he just has to get in and try it for himself. You'll never be without a friend when Curious George investigates going to the doctor's office and when he lends a helping hand.
17) The music man
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English
Description
Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
First, George accidentally frees some of the animals at the zoo. Then, George discovers that different animals make different tracks. Next, George learns that all living things behave in different ways. Then, George designs and builds the perfect pigeon perch. Next, George must gather and analyze evidence to prove that Gnocchi has been wrongfully accused. Then, George realizes that dogs come in all different shapes and sizes. Next, George learns a...
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Curious George is back with all-new places to explore, things to investigate and mischief to get into. So he can always use a little help from his friends, including Hundley, Gnocchi, Bill and The Man with the Yellow Hat.