Descriptive Video Service - New Videos
Descriptive Videos received since the April 2008 Catalog: (Updated 7/3/08)
Videos are listed alphabetically. Borrowers must be active, registered users of the Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled.
| Antony and Cleopatra (DVA243) 162 mins. 1974. Not Rated. This Royal Shakespeare Company production stars Patrick Stewart and Corin Redgrave. Cleopatra tempts Marc Antony away from ruling Rome's Eastern Empire. With her backing, he battles his rival Octavius Caesar with tragic results. |
| Ballad of Andy Crocker (DVA240) 76 mins. 1969. Not Rated. Lee Majors and Jimmy Dean star in this thought-provoking drama about a decorated Vietnam veteran who returns home, and discovers that the life he knew has changed forever. |
| Becket (DVA236) 119 mins. 1963. Rated PG 13 King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) promotes his old drinking buddy (Richard Burton) to become Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry counts on his friend's loyalty when it comes to religious matters, but Becket takes the job seriously. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards. Features Sir John Gielgud. |
| David and Goliath (DVA242) 94 mins. 1960. Not Rated. This Biblical epic stars Orson Welles as King Saul and features the classic battle between David and the giant Phillistine. |
| Dishonored Lady (DVA235) 87 mins. 1947. Not Rated. A hard-partying fashion editor (Heddy Lamarr) is headed for a nervous breakdown. On the advice of her psychiatrist, she assumes a new identity and ends up a murder suspect. |
| Fat Spy (DVC067) 83 mins. 1966. Not Rated. This zany sixties spoof stars Jayne Mansfield as the daughter of a wealthy owner of a small Florida island. She is dispatched there to rid the island of an invading boatload of teenagers sent there on a scavenger hunt. |
| Giant of Marathon (DVT188) 86 mins. 1959. Not Rated. Steve Reeves stars as the Captain of the guard in ancient Athens. The beautiful Andromeda loves him but is betrothed to Theocratus, who plots with traitors to help the Persians invade Greece. |
| Hercules Unchained (DVT189) 99 mins. 1960. Not Rated. Steve Reeves stars as Hercules as he travels to Thebes to judge a dispute over rights to the throne. Along the way the action includes sword fights, seduction by an evil queen, and racing chariots. |
| I Cover the Waterfront (DVA239) 73 mins. 1933. Not Rated. A reporter is sure that a fisherman is a smuggler, but can't get enough evidence. Then he catches the fisherman's daughter (Claudette Colbert) swimming in the nude and demands information. |
| Lady and the Highwayman (DVA237) 92 mins. 1989. Rated PG13 Hugh Grant stars in this romp through England in the 1600s as a Royalist lord who hides from Cromwellian forces and becomes a highwayman. He rescues Lady Panthea and they fall in love. Romance, intrigue, and swordfights ensue. Costars Oliver Reed and Michael York. |
| Magic Sword (DVT185) 77 mins. 1962. Not Rated. Basil Rathbone portrays an evil sorcerer who kidnaps the Princess Helene. Gary Lockwood is the knight who faces many challenges to rescue her with the help of other knights, an enchanted horse, and a magic sword. |
Palooka (DVA238) |
| Quiet Day in Belfast (DVA241) 90 mins. 1974. Not Rated. In war-torn Belfast, a man's off-track betting shop is a neutral meeting place for Catholics and Protestants. When a mistake is made involving an IRA bomber, the consequences are devastating for everyone. Stars Barry Foster and Margot Kidder. |
| Sword of Lancelot (DVT186) 119 mins. 1963. Not Rated. After a passionate love affair between Lancelot (Cornel Wilde) and Guinevere (Jean Wallace) becomes known to Arthur (Brian Ahern), a devastating war breaks out. Based on Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. |
| Trinity Is Still My Name (DVT187) 119 mins. 1971. Not Rated. In this tongue-in-cheek spaghetti Western, two brothers do their best to honor their father's dying wish - that they become outlaws. |
| Winterset (DVA244) 79 mins. 1936. Not Rated. In 1920, an immigrant is wrongly executed for murder. Sixteen years later, a law professor sparks new thinking on the case. The immigrant's son (Burgess Meredith) seeks the truth. When the real killer, the judge, and the prime witness meet, Mio finds out the truth. |