v. A: Film beginnings, 1893-1910, 2 v., Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow, 1995
v. F1: Feature films, 1911-1920, 2 v., Berkeley, University of California Press, 1988
v. F2: Feature films, 1921-1930, 2 v., .Berkeley, University of California Press, 1997 (originally published N.Y.: Bowker, 1971
v. F3: Feature films, 1931-1940, 3 v., Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993
v. F6: Feature films 1961-70, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1997 (originally published N.Y., Bowker, 1976)
Provides the most extensive descriptive listing of American films for those decades. Each set consists of an extremely detailed subject/name/source/chronology index volume and one or more volumes describing production and cast credits, plot summary and reviews. Magill's Survey of Cinema on WestLaw
WestLaw identifier: Magills
A DIALOG on Westlaw combined abstracts and full text database. Magill's Survey of Cinema is DIALOG File No. 299 and is produced by Salem Press, Inc. Over 29,000 document records provide brief film abstractions, noting credit and plot information while over 3100 lengthier document records contain comprehensive full text descriptions of notable films which correspond to the printed Magill's Survey of Cinema and Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films. Coverage begins with 1902 and the file is updated monthly. Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com
The database aims to capture any and all information associated with movies from across the world, starting with the earliest cinema, going through to the very latest releases and even movies still in production. It covers filmographies for all professions in the industry; plot summaries; character names; movie ratings; year of release; running times; movie trivia; quotes; goofs; soundtracks; personal trivia; alternative names; certificates; color information; country of production; genres; production companies; distributors; special effects companies; sound mix; reference literature; filming locations; sequel/remake information; release dates; advertising tag lines; detailed technical data; alternative versions; laserdisc availability; languages; reviews; links to official studio pages, fan pages, image and multimedia archives; direct purchase links for movies and associated merchandise; box office grosses; movie posters and Academy Award information. Keyword searching is available at the "Word search" or "IMDB features search" "more options" buttons in "Search" mode. TV Guide's Motion Picture Database
http://www.tvgen.com/movies/database/index.htm
From The Motion Picture Guide, Cinebooks' 23-volume reference landmark, and Ephraim Katz's comprehensive Film Encyclopedia, this search database includes the cast, credits and reviews for more than 30,000 movies released in the U.S., plus filmographies and biographical information on thousands of actors, directors and other filmmakers. The pull-down menu under "Movie Database" allows you to do a "super search". Focus your search of The Motion Picture Guide database with the comprehensive but easy to use Super Search. Using the pull-down windows, mix and match elements from five fields and 18 subfields -- including genre, Academy Award nominations and release year -- or search on keywords and phrases in the text. Use as many or as few of these options as you need. The Super Search does not search biographical entries from Katz's Film Encyclopedia. For biographical information, return to the Simple Search." The reviews provide considerably more description than the IMDB's synopses. Tarlton Law Library's Law in Popular Culture Collection - Filmography
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/film.htm
An alphabetic title list and term searchable database provides access to videos in the collection. Although credts and plot summaries are brief, the films are all law-related and available on video. Video Sources Baker and Taylor Entertainment
8140 North Lehigh Avenue
Morton Grove, Illinois 60053
info@btent.com, 1-847-965-8060.
http://www.btent.com/
Baker & Taylor Entertainment is a national wholesaler/distributor of prerecorded videocassettes, compact discs, music audiocassettes, DVD, and related accessory items. It usually provides discounts to libraries. A monthly fiche catalog lists all videos available for order and Alert, a print current awareness magazine, lists recent releases and price drops. Facets Multimedia
1517 W. Fullerton
Chicago IL 60614
(773)281-9075
milos@facets.org
http://www.facets.org
Facets Video, a division of Facets Multi-Media, is one of the nation's largest distributors of art, classic, cult, foreign and hard-to-find videos. Facets video library consists of over 27,000 titles, all of which are available for purchase through mail order. This video collection represents the best of our international film heritage: Thousands of foreign films, hundreds of documentaries, experimental and concert films, Hollywood classics, landmark silent films, American independent films, serials, animation, cult and the best of children's films. To learn more about the Facets Video collection, request one of Facets' many video catalogs. Facets Video is also a video label which has exclusively licensed and released over 100 films and videos by cutting-edge American and international film and video makers. Movies Unlimited
3015 Darnell Rd.
Philadelphia, PA 19154
1-800-668-4344
The most comprehensive descriptive catalog of videos available, over 40,000 titles. It provides brief synopses, fun to browse, but tiny print. The catalog costs $8.95, with updates, but comes free thereafter provided you order at least one title from them. Critics Choice Video
Po. Box 749
Itasca, Il. 60143-0749
1-800-367-7765 (orders)
http://www.ccvideo.com
Although it claims to have 40,000 titles available, only 10,000 are listed in their "Big Book of Movies" catalog ($5.95) and not even that many are listed in their online catalog. Best bet is to call. Puts out a quarterly catalog which features new releases and sale items. Some titles are Critics Choice exclusives and available only through them. Reelcom
http://www.reel.com
85,000 movies for sale -- and 35,000 movies for rent. Although it has a huge stock, a sample search indicated it did not have several titles available either from B&T or Movies Unlimited. Retail+ prices. Processing and Display Supplies Demco
PO Box 7488
Madison, WI 53707-7488
1-800-356-1200
http://www.demco.com Gaylord Bros.
PO Box 4901
Syracuse, NY 13221-4901
1-800-448-6160
http://www.gaylord.com Both vendors offer wide ranges of video display furniture. They include metal or wood angled bookshelves, display islands or spinners in wire or laminate, or plain bookshelves. Prices range from $129. for a four-way wire display island that holds up to 400 videos to double-faced angled shelf bookcases that hold up to 30 videos per shelf for $1,000. Clear plastic boxes, with sleeves holding the original cover, are approximately $1.00 ea. Baker and Taylor Entertainment sells similar boxes for $.55 per 100. Tattle tale tape, depending on the system, costs $130. for a box of 1,000 strips or $40. for 200. Special media activator/deactivators range from $500. for the pair to $75. for a handheld combination. Movie Memorabilia Jerry Ohlinger's Movie Material Store
Stills, posters
242 W. 14th St
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-0869 Fax-(212)989-1660
Jerry's sells B&W 8x10 photos for $3.50 each, and color 8x10s for $5.00 each. Shipping is $4.00 per order for UPS shipment (their usual method), or $4.50 if you want your order sent through the post office. They have a 7 day return policy, so if you are not happy with a photo you can return it within 7 days. They provide catalogs with descriptions of the photos, along with identifying numbers for ordering. Nostalgia Factory
51 North Margin Street, Boston MA
617-720-2211 800-479-8754 Fax: 617-720-5587
http://www.nostalgia.com
Original Movie Posters and Related Ephemera, Plus Original Old Advertising, Travel, War & 60's Protest/Rock Posters. Over 17,000 posters and other movie memorabilia, listed alphabetically by title + trade gossip, site links, poster jargon info and a sampling of non - movie poster inventory. The Nostalgia Factory has been seen on the Today Show, ABC Evening News, CNN and been featured in the New York Times (over 12 times), The Wall Street Journal and Playboy. "28 years of selling yesterday's trash at tomorrow's prices". Law-Lib Survey on Law-related Feature Film Collection Policies Digests of responses to 1994 and 1998 surveys: The following academic law libraries are known to have feature film collections:
Baylor, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Marshall, College of William and Mary, Dickinson School of Law, Florida State University, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Indiana University, Loyola Los Angeles, Loyola Chicago, Marquette, Northwestern, Nova Southeastern, Ohio State, Santa Clara, Southern Illinois, Southwestern University, St. Louis, Stetson, Universities of Alabama, California-Los Angeles, Detroit, Idaho, Miami, Richmond, Missouri, Southern California, Texas, Wisconsin, Valparaiso, Washburn Number of titles: from 25 to over 500, most of them ca. 150 Selection criteria: anything remotely law-related; reflective/supportive of law school classes; historical events that impacted our legal system; entertainment Who recommends/selects titles: library staff, usually one person in particular; in rare cases recommendations are made mostly by faculty; student suggestions; at Southwestern University, videos are chosen and donated by an alum Circulation policies: 1 - 3 days; only one library circulates to university at large, all others to law school community only; one does not circulate except for classroom use but is rethinking this policy Viewing within the library: almost everyone has facilities although most videos are checked out Security: videos are kept behind the circulation desk or on Reserve, usually in locked cabinets, but there are still minor problems with theft; tattletale tape (some do not desensitize, some do and a few of those reported problems with student workers running the tape through the book desensitizer - N.B. - if you're aware this can happen, you can educate your workers) Cost of videos: $10 - $20 Vendors: Baker and Taylor Entertainment, Columbia House Video Club, Midwest Tape, Facets, Movies Unlimited Display and accessibility: So far as I can determine, no one except Tarlton shelves feature films in an open area. Ours are in glass fronted bookshelves (they were originally kept locked as the videos were not stripped). Others keep a binder of the cardboard covers or a printed annotated list at the circulation desk. Recent acquisitions or thematic displays may be periodically mounted. Some list new titles in the library or school newsletter or feature the entire holdings list on the library webpage. In some cases, a subject category such as "feature films" allows online catalog searching. Just in Case -- Bibliography on Fair Use and Video Cochran, J. Wesley, Why can't I watch this video here? Copyright confusion and performances of videocassettes & videodiscs in libraries., Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (COMM-ENT), 15, n4, 837-892, SUMMER, 1993 Kramer, David H., Who can use yesterday's news? Video monitoring and the fair use doctrine., Georgetown Law Journal, 81, n6, 2345-2367, JULY, 1993 Waite, Barbara L., Electronic mass media and copyright in Canada and the U.S., Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, 71, n4, 269-309, APRIL, 1989 Patry, William F., Fair use after Sony and Harper & Row., Communications and the Law, 8, n3, 21-35, JUNE, 1986 LLoyd, Frank W.; Mayeda, Daniel M., Copyright fair use, the First Amendment, and new communications technologies: the impact of Betamax., Federal Communications Law Journal, 38, n1, 59-101, MARCH, 1986 Hillman, Noel Lawrence, The fair use of free broadcast television: the Betamax case and the distinction between marketable and disposable software., Seton Hall Law Review, 15, n1, 52-95, 12/22/84 Carter, Stephen L., Copyright protection, the right to privacy, and signals that enter the home., Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 3, n2, 289-318, JULY, 1984 Cirace, John, When does complete copying of copyrighted works for purposes other than for profit or sale constitute fair use? An economic analysis of the Sony Betamax and Williams & Wilkins cases., Saint Louis University Law Journal, 28, n3, 647-682, JUNE, 1984 Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about creating a law-related feature film collection in your library.