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Architecture:
City Hall 100
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc., c2001.
Performer: Hosted by Tracey Matisak.
Production: Editor, Pat Warner.
Format: VHS format.
Discusses the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's City Hall, 100 years old in 2001.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Publisher: Waterville, ME : Forged Images Productions, [2006], c1998.
Performer: Narrated by Verna Avery-Brown.
Production: Written & directed by Christine Bowditch ; original music by Braydon McCormick ; edited by Paul Cady.
Format: DVD.
This documentary illustrated with period lithographs, engravings, and photographs, gives a detailed history of the prison from its initial practice of total solitary confinement through its transformation into an overcrowded "Big House" to its replacement with a modern facility in 1970.
My architect
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : New Yorker Video, [2005], c2003.
Performer: Narrator: Nathaniel Kahn.
Production: Director of photography, Bob Richman; editor, Sabine Krayenbühl; music by Joseph Vitarelli.
Format: DVD; Dolby Digital.
Nathaniel Kahn documents the life and works of his father, the American architect Louis Kahn.
PCN tours
Publisher: Camp Hill, PA : PA Cable Network, c1997.
Format: VHS.
Take a tour of American's oldest prison, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA, where inmates existed in almost total silence in order to better contemplate the consequences of their crimes.
A walk up Broad Street
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : WHYY-TV12, 2000.
Performer: Tour guides: Bill Webber and Hyman Myers.
Format: VHS format.
Join Philadelphia media personality Bill "Wee Willie" Webber and architect and preservationist Hyman Myers as they take a 12-mile walking tour of Broad Street -- the longest, straightest urban street in the world. The tour begins at League Island at the southern end and continues to Cheltenham Avenue at Philadelphia's northern border. Includes discussions about The Navy Yard, St. Rita of Cascia Roman Catholic Church, The Civil War Rail Station, The Academy of Music, The Bellevue Stratford Hotel, The Union League, City Hall, Masonic Temple, Divine Lorraine Hotel, and Metropolitan Opera House.
Art:
A healing kaleidoscope
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Eternity Productions, c2004.
Production: Produced and directed by Nancy Rugart.
Format: VHS.
Documents the 20-year rise of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program from its roots as part of the city's Anti Graffiti Network to Philadelphia's "Outdoor Museum of Art" under the direction of its director, Jane Golden.
In a dream
Publisher: [United Sates] : HBO Documentary Films, c2008.
Production: Produced by Jeremy Yaches; Executive producers, Ross Kauffman, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Pamela Tanner Boll.
Format: DVD.
A documentary on the life and work of Isaiah Zagar, an artist who has covered more than 50,000 square miles of Philadelphia with his mosaic murals.
Mary Cassatt
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.?] : Educational Broadcast Corp., 1975 ;
Performer: Voices: Leora Dana (Mary Cassatt) ; Guy Sorel (Degas) ; Mary Jane Higby (women's voices) ; William Redfield (men's voices)
Production: Dorothy Monet, writer ; John Adams, music supervisor.
Mary Cassatt is now recognized as one of the great American artists of the 19th century. The best examples of her work have been collected for this presentation to reveal its quality, variety and originality. Her personal story--her years in Paris, her relationship with Degas, the influence of her socially prominent Philadelphia family, the places she lived and painted--is told with on-location footage and stills.
Mural
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc., 2002.
Performer: Muralists: David McShane, David Guinn, Diane Keller, Parris Stancell.
Production: Mural Arts Program's director, Jane Golden.
Format: VHS format.
Video diaries of four artists in Philadelphia who were commissioned by the city's Dept. of Recreation to paint murals in various locations to beautify and connect an art project with each neighborhood.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Publisher: [Twin City, GA?] : Great Museums, c2002.
Production: Narrator, John Patrick.
Format: VHS.
Thomas Eakins
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc., c2001.
Performer: Narrator, Blythe Danner; includes interviews with curators and conservators of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Production: Director of photography, Eric P. Sennheim.
Format: VHS format.
Coincides with the first major retrospective to be devoted to the artist in twenty years. Organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art . . . it surveys for the first time the artist's full range of achievements in painting, photography, sculpture and drawing.
Dance:
African American women in dance
Publisher: Swarthmore, PA : Swarthmore College, 1992.
Format: VHS format.
Lecture demonstration with women tappers from Philadelphia and New York City / Swarthmore College Music and Dance Festival, 1992.
Dance to live
Publisher: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, Inc., c2004.
Format: VHS.
Tells the personal stories of the dancers at Philadanco -- the Philadelphia-based African-American modern dance company.
Dances from the fringe
Publisher: Swarthmore, PA : Swarthmore College, 2000.
Format: VHS format.
The view from over here / The Pennsylvania Ballet, choreography by Jorma Elo -- The kitchen table / The Phrenic New Ballet, choreography by Bill Cratty. Recorded performances at Lang Performing Arts Center, September 9, 2000.
Dance
Publisher: [Philadelphia : Scribe Video Center,] c1998.
Format: VHS.
Celebrates the work of dancer Ione Nash, a 74-year-old African American woman who has been teaching dance in community centers in Philadelphia for more than thirty years. Includes interviews with several of her students, members of her dance troupe, her drummer/longtime collaborator Skip Burton, and others.
LaVaughn Robinson, dancing history
Publisher: [Conshohocken, PA : LaVaughn Video Project] ; c2003.
Performer: LaVaughn Robinson, Germaine Ingram.
Format: VHS.
Chronicles the artistic life of Philadelphia tap legend LaVaughn Robinson.
Plenty of good women dancers
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Folklore Project, 2004.
Performer: Featured artists: Hortense Allen Jordan, Kitty DeChavis, Isabelle Fambro, Edith "Baby Edwards" Hunt, Germaine Ingram, Delores and David McHarris, LaVaughn Robinson, Libby Spencer, The cast of Stepping in Time, The Johnny Williams Band.
Format: DVD.
"African American women hoofers from Philadelphia." Features African American women tap dancers whose careers spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.
Todo el mundo dance!
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Scribe Video Center, c2000.
Performer: Interviewees: Kim Y. Bears, Myra Bazell, Joan Myers Brown, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Rennie Harris, Tony Nieves, Doris Reddick, Nito.
Production: Youth producers, Amina M. Ekpaji, Venture Lee, Llanira Esteves, John DeLancey ; production facilitator, Nadine Patterson ; dance content facilitator, Joan Huckstep ; project consultant, Brenda Dixon Gottschild ; editors, Dorothea Braemer, Carl Lee.
Format: VHS.
Documentary exploring the many different facets of dance in Philadelphia. Kim Y. Bears discusses theatrical dance and the contribution of Joan Myers Brown to making ballet training available to African-American dancers. Rennie Harris discusses the development of a universal technique and philosophy in hip-hop dancing, and notes Latino influences on hip-hop. Tony Nieves discusses salsa dancing and its origins. Myra Bazell discusses how many different dance forms and ethnic cultures combine in her jazz dance teaching and choreography. Brenda Dixon Gottschild discusses the cotillions held for the city's African-American debutantes.
Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Philadelphia
Publisher: Swarthmore, PA : Swarthmore College, [1992]
Format: VHS format.
Music:
As speech flows to music
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Anna Crusis Women's Choir : c1995.
Anna Crusis Women's Choir is a Philadelphia based vocal ensemble with a 20 year history of fostering empowerment for women and communities through song.
A joyful noise
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Borock Productions : c1999.
Performer: Hankus Netsky, Joe Borock, Elaine Hoffman Watts.
Format: VHS.
Documents the history of klezmer as it existed in Philadelphia in the first half of the 20th century. Includes interviews with musicians from that time, and with Hankus Netsky, the instigator of the klezmer revival of the 1980s and 1990s. Also includes some recent performance footage.
Marian Anderson
Publisher: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1998], c1991.
Performer: Narrated by Avery Brooks.
Production: Director of photography, Rick Malkames; editor, Anthony Black.
Format: VHS; Hi-fi; Stereo-compatible; Dolby system.
A biography of virtuosa Marian Anderson from the time she sang spirituals as a child at the Union Baptist Church in Philadelphia to the beginning of her classical career in Europe in the 1930's, her return to the United States, her eventual appearance at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955 (the first black person to perform there), to her retirement in 1965, "a national treasure"
Music from the inside out
Publisher: [New York?] : Docurama : c2007.
Performer: Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Production: Edited by Bob Eisenhardt, Jean Tsien, Stan Warnow.
Format: DVD.
A cinematic exploration of the magic and mystery of music through the stories, passions, and artistry of the 105 musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Rock school
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment : 2005.
Performer: Asa, Tucker Collins, Madi Diaz-Svalgard, Paul Green, Napoleon Murphy-Brown, Will O'Connor, C.J. Tywoniak.
Production: Director of photography, Don Argott ; editor, Demian Fenton.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
A look at Philadelphia's Paul Green School of Rock Music, headed by former rock star aspirant Paul Green. An intense instructor, Green's students progress from group lessons to a showcase of their talents at a tribute concert to Frank Zappa in Germany.
Theater:
Children of Cambodia, children of war
Publisher: Media, PA : TOVA, c1994.
Performer: Chanty Jong, Peter Lay, Tim Ngeth, Houng Peach, Phaly Touch, Ciatta Dukuly, Shawn Moody, Andrea Nicotera, Dito Van Reigersberg, Khammanh Xayamoungkhoun.
Production: Director/writer, Paula Sepinuck ; music, Greg Scott.
Format: VHS format.
An original theater piece created by Cambodia teen refugees and their peers. Combines traditional Cambodian dance, music and fighting sticks with the performers' personal stories of life during the Cambodian civil war, their escape to the United States, and their cultural dislocation in inner city Philadelphia.
EDUCATION:
First person
Publisher: [Philadelphia] : First Person Documentary, c2008.
Production: Co-produced and edited by Sharon Mullally.
Format: DVD-R.
"Through the stories of six promising inner-city Philadelphia teens, First Person explores what happens to the dreams of low-income high school students who are disproportionately shut out of four-year colleges."--Press kit.
High school
Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Zipporah Films, [1996]
Format: VHS format.
Frederick Wiseman's documentary study of Northeast High School in Philadelphia in 1968. Deals with the ideology and values of a large urban high school as seen through encounters between students, teachers, and parents in guidance sessions, college counseling, discipline, faculty meetings, corridor patrol, and brings out the implications of education at a very large high school.
How our garden grows
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Scribe Video Center, c1997.
Production: Video team, Joee Haxter, Jeanette Liou, Niki Taylor.
Format: VHS format.
The After School Program in Olney works with community organizations and artists to create an environment that addresses the multiple ways children and their families need support. This video documents how art and music are essential ingredients of their growing garden.
I am a promise
Publisher: New York : Video Verité, c1993.
Production: Photographed and edited by Alan Raymond.
Format: VHS format.
Enter Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, equipped with few resources and surrounded by a community where drugs, crime, and poor housing offer a bleak setting in which to grow up.
Live, learn and teach in Philadelphia
Publisher: [Philadelphia] : First Person Documentary, c2008.
Format: DVD ; NTSC Region 1.
"In November 2006, First Person created the First Person Live, Learn & Teach in Philadelphia Recruitment Video to help prospective teachers throughout the region hear what real Philadelphia students and teachers say about teaching in Philly."--Web site.
To school or not to school
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Youth United for Change ; c1993.
Production: Produced, shot and edited by Youth United for Change: Charnell Battle, José Gonzáles, Megan Gordon, Ron Lopes, José Maldonado, Amy McKee, Johanna Ramos, Linda Rivera, and Luis Rivera.
Youth United for Change of Woodrock, Pennsylvania considers the issue of high school attendance and dropout. Includes interviews with high school students at Edison High School in Philadelphia and shares the stories of three teenage dropouts.
ETHNICITY:
African American:
African American women in dance
Publisher: Swarthmore, PA : Swarthmore College, 1992.
Format: VHS format.
Black Philadelphia memories
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : WHYY, c1999.
Performer: Patti LaBelle, narrator.
Format: VHS format.
Black Philadelphia Memories weaves together the recollections of historians, entertainers and relatives of famous Philadelphians to tell the story of a city with a dynamic African-American community ... through archival footage and photographs.
The bombing of Osage Avenue
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc. : 1988], c1986.
Production: Videographers, Keith Miller, Eric Sennhenn; editor, Michael Black.
Format: VHS.
On May 13, 1985, 61 homes on Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were destroyed by the Philadelphia Police Department, and 11 members of the MOVE organzation were dead.
The bombing of West Philly
Publisher: Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, 1987.
Documents the confrontation between the city of Philadelphia and MOVE, a small radical group, which took place on May 13, 1985. Describes the complaints of the neighbors which were responded to by the police with tear gas, automatic weapons, and bombs.
Brotherly love
Publisher: Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; c1998.
Performer: Narrator: Angela Bassett.
Production: Director of photography, Michael Chin, Buddy Squires ; editor, Jean Boucicaut ; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon ; associate producer, Patricia Garcia Rios.
Format: VHS format ; PBS VIDEOindex.
"In this third episode, during the first 50 years of the new nation, freedmen and fugitive slaves in Philadelphia push the country to live up to the promises made in its Constitution. But with the invention of the cotton gin, slavery expands into America's western frontier, and a revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions throughout the southern United States,"--Container.
Dance
Publisher: [Philadelphia : Scribe Video Center,] c1998.
Format: VHS.
Celebrates the work of dancer Ione Nash, a 74-year-old African American woman who has been teaching dance in community centers in Philadelphia for more than thirty years.
Dance to live
Publisher: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, Inc., c2004.
Format: VHS.
Tells the personal stories of the dancers at Philadanco -- the Philadelphia-based African-American modern dance company.
Marian Anderson
Publisher: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1998], c1991.
Performer: Narrated by Avery Brooks.
Production: Director of photography, Rick Malkames; editor, Anthony Black.
Format: VHS; Hi-fi; Stereo-compatible; Dolby system.
A biography of virtuosa Marian Anderson from the time she sang spirituals as a child at the Union Baptist Church in Philadelphia to the beginning of her classical career in Europe in the 1930's, her return to the United States, her eventual appearance at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955 (the first black person to perform there), to her retirement in 1965, "a national treasure"
Plenty of good women dancers
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Folklore Project, 2004.
Performer: Featured artists: Hortense Allen Jordan, Kitty DeChavis, Isabelle Fambro, Edith "Baby Edwards" Hunt, Germaine Ingram, Delores and David McHarris, LaVaughn Robinson, Libby Spencer, The cast of Stepping in Time, The Johnny Williams Band.
Format: DVD.
Features African American women tap dancers whose careers spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.
Asian:
American sroksrei
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Medical Communication for Pan Asian Health and Understanding : 1999.
Format: VHS format.
A dramatization of the dilemma faced by a Cambodian teenager when the demands of his gang conflict with those of his girlfriend and his own better judgment.
Children of Cambodia, children of war
Publisher: Media, PA : TOVA, c1994.
Performer: Chanty Jong, Peter Lay, Tim Ngeth, Houng Peach, Phaly Touch, Ciatta Dukuly, Shawn Moody, Andrea Nicotera, Dito Van Reigersberg, Khammanh Xayamoungkhoun.
Production: Director/writer, Paula Sepinuck ; music, Greg Scott.
Format: VHS format.
An original theater piece created by Cambodia teen refugees and their peers. Combines traditional Cambodian dance, music and fighting sticks with the performers' personal stories of life during the Cambodian civil war, their escape to the United States, and their cultural dislocation in inner city Philadelphia. Investigates the effects of war and racism and how spiritual strength and cultural identity can begin to heal the wounds of war.
Face to face
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Asian Americans United ; c1996.
Production: Youth directors: Leap Chan, Pauline Cheung, Sotheavy Chhum, Chann Chhum, Thanh Hang, Khom Koung, Tone Meas, Yann Or, Channy Phoeung, Reth Sek.
Face to Face explores the high-school aged Asian-American experience in Philadelphia. Includes interviews with youths discussing the impact of racism, stereotypes, police/community relationships, and gangs on Philadelphia's teenage Asian-American population.
Look forward and carry on the past
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Folklore Project : c2002.
Production: Camera, Barry Dornfeld ; editor, Barry Dornfeld.
Format: VHS format.
Stories from Philadelphia's Chinatown. Illustrates the strength and complexity of Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood, and focuses on the role of folk arts and cultural expression in the community's continuing struggles for respect and survival.
Jewish:
From Philadelphia to the front
Publisher: Waltham, MA : National Center for Jewish Film, c2006.
Performer: Interviewees: David Altman, Sidney Zubrow, Boris Drucker, Bill Hirsch, Joe Pepper, Milton Dank ; narration: Barbara Moskow.
Production: Editors: Julie Goldstein, Sharon Mullally ; camera: Erika Mijlin ; original score: John Avarese.
Format: DVD; all regions; NTSC.
Explores the world of the Jewish soldier in World War II through the eyes of six men from Philadelphia.
It's a mitzvah!
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc. , c2002.
Format: DVD.
Documents the Jewish community of the Delaware Valley, past and present.
A joyful noise
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Borock Productions : c1999.
Performer: Hankus Netsky, Joe Borock, Elaine Hoffman Watts.
Format: VHS.
Documents the history of klezmer as it existed in Philadelphia in the first half of the 20th century. Includes interviews with musicians from that time, and with Hankus Netsky, the instigator of the klezmer revival of the 1980s and 1990s. Also includes some recent performance footage.
Latino:
Latina salud
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : WHYY-TV12, 2002.
Performer: Narrator: Elisabeth Perez-Luna.
Format: VHS format.
An exploration of the cultural barriers affecting the health of Latinas in our community
This is family
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Congreso de Latinos Unidos, c1997.
Format: VHS format.
Highlights the work and services provided by Congreso de Latinos Unidos, a social service agency located in Philadelphia. Includes interviews with staff members and clients.
FOOD:
Full frame documentary film festival
Publisher: [United States] : Docurama ; [2005]
Performer: Interviews with: Rodney Williams, Rosalie Kunoth Monks ; voices: Ajay Raina, Shobha Ghosh.
Production: Directors of photography, Elizabeth Pearson, Melba L. Williams, Warwick Thornton, Sameer Mahajan, Mark Ceryak, Jack Flynn, Franko Galoso ; editors, Melba L. Williams, Dena Curtis, Narayanan A.V., Franko Galoso ; music, Jack Flynn.
Format: DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
"The Great Cheesesteak Debate": A war wages in the streets of Philadelphia - who has the best cheesesteak? Pat's or Geno's?
Reading Terminal Market
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : HKA, 1993.
Performer: Narrator, Kevin Bacon.
Production: Directed and produced by Hal Kirn ; scripted by David Scher, Hal Kirn ; camera, Hank Shaw ; animation by Dave Koslo.
Format: VHS format.
Describes the history of public markets and the Reading Terminal Market in particular. This tape shows the growth of Philadelphia and its markets dating from 1690 on.
Sandwiches that you will like
Publisher: [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : WQED Pitsburgh, c2002.
Performer: Narrator: Rick Sebak.
Production: Editor, Kevin Conrad; photography, Buck Brinson.
Format: DVD.
Popular sandwiches from coast to coast. Included are visits to Geno's, Pat's, George's and Chickies Italian Deli in Philadelphia.
South Philly Italian style
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : WHYY-TV, c1997.
Performer: Host, Bobby Rydell.
Format: VHS format.
A traditional Italian wedding is used as a backdrop to showcase the rich culture of South Philadelphia's Italian neighborhood in this documentary.
GAY & LESBIAN:
The congregation
Publisher: [New York?] : Video Vérité, c2005.
Performer: Narrator: Susan Raymond.
Format: DVD.
The documentary story of two ministers, Fred Day and Beth Stroud, and the congregation at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown from May, 2002-September, 2004. The traditional style of the newly-appointed Fred Day causes a divide among the congregation. Simultaneously the congregation supports Beth Stroud in her challenge to the United Methodist Church's law banning gays in the clergy. The program covers the progression from Stroud's sermon announcing that she is a self-avowed practicing homosexual to her trial in which she loses her clergy credentials.
The currency of community
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Triangle Interests ; c1996.
Triangle Interests is a Philadelphia-based lesbian membership association committed to creating opportunities for women to improve their economic status through education and socially responsible investment opportunities.
Gay bingo
Publisher: Philadelphia : WHYY, c2000.
Format: VHS format.
It's outrageous. It's funny. It's deadly serious. It's Gay Bingo, the monthly bingo game that has become the premiere AIDS fundraising event in the Philadelphia region. Gay Bingo debuted in Philadelphia in 1996 as a fundraiser for The AIDS Fund, which benefits more than 40 AIDS service organizations in the region.
Gay pioneers
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Equality Forum, [2004]
Format: DVD.
The story of gay and lesbian activists who staged the first homosexual civil rights demonstrations in Philadelphia, Washington and New York from 1965 to 1969.
HISTORY:
All aboard for Philadelphia!
Publisher: Bala Cynwyd, Pa. : Invision Communications, Inc., 1995.
A lively trolley and railroad video tour of the booming city and its suburbs from the late 1890's through the 1930's.
The bombing of Osage Avenue
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc. : 1988], c1986.
Production: Videographers, Keith Miller, Eric Sennhenn; editor, Michael Black.
Format: VHS.
On May 13, 1985, 61 homes on Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were destroyed by the Philadelphia Police Department, and 11 members of the MOVE organzation were dead.
The bombing of West Philly
Publisher: Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, 1987.
Documents the confrontation between the city of Philadelphia and MOVE, a small radical group, which took place on May 13, 1985. Describes the complaints of the neighbors which were responded to by the police with tear gas, automatic weapons, and bombs.
Brotherly love
Publisher: Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; c1998.
Performer: Narrator: Angela Bassett.
Production: Director of photography, Michael Chin, Buddy Squires ; editor, Jean Boucicaut ; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon ; associate producer, Patricia Garcia Rios.
Format: VHS format ; PBS VIDEOindex.
In this third episode of the AFRICANS IN AMERICA series, during the first 50 years of the new nation, freedmen and fugitive slaves in Philadelphia push the country to live up to the promises made in its Constitution.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Publisher: Waterville, ME : Forged Images Productions, [2006], c1998.
Performer: Narrated by Verna Avery-Brown.
Production: Written & directed by Christine Bowditch ; original music by Braydon McCormick ; edited by Paul Cady.
Format: DVD.
This documentary illustrated with period lithographs, engravings, and photographs, gives a detailed history of the prison from its initial practice of total solitary confinement through its transformation into an overcrowded "Big House" to its replacement with a modern facility in 1970. The narrative places Eastern's changing practices in their social context and raises serious questions about the contemporary growth of prisons in the United States.
Haunted Philadelphia
Publisher: [New York, NY] : A&E Television Networks ; c2000.
Performer: Narrated by John Glover.
Production: Editor, Margaret Moore ; director of photography, Christopher Landy ; original music score, 615 Music Productions.
Format: VHS format.
Ghost stories and hauntings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The hunt for the Legion killer
Publisher: [Paramus, NJ] : Time Life Video, 1982.
Performer: David Fraser.
The frantic, frustrating search, led by David W. Fraser of the Centers for Disease Control, for the cause and a cure of what came to be known as Legionnaire's disease, which acquired its name in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia.
In the King of Prussia
Publisher: [S.l.] : Turinfilm : c1982.
Performer: Daniel Berrigan, Philip Berrigan, Dean Hammer, Carl Kabat, Elmer Maas, Anne Montgomery, Molly Rush, John Schuchardt (The Plowshares 8), Martin Sheen.
Production: Editor and technical director, Mark Pines ; music by Jackson Browne.
Reenactment of the trial of the Plowshares 8, who occupied the General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania in September of 1980 as a protest against nuclear arms.
Secrets beneath the streets
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : WHYY-TV12, 2001.
Performer: Tour guide: Derrick Pitts.
Format: VHS format.
The subterranean world of the Delaware Valley is a treasure trove of history and a hub of activity 24 hours a day. Historical photos and films set up the stories of these and other mysterious places, but the crux of the program consists of our cameras underground exploring these sites ourselves.
The shame of a city
Publisher: [United States?] : Dacua Communications, c2006.
Format: DVD.
Chronicles the 2003 Philadelphia mayoral race between Democrat incumbent mayor John Street and Republican challenger Sam Katz.
Strut!
Publisher: [Philadelphia, PA] : Sidmax Productions, 2002.
Production: Co-producer, Seymour Mednick ; editor, Kathleen Soulliere ; story consultant, Murray Dubin ; associate producers, Eric Chung, Ed Kirlin, Kathleen Soulliere ; still photography, Seymour Mednick, Sol Mednick.
Format: DVD format ; letterbox format.
Spotlights the world of the Philadelphia Mummers and their annual New Year's Day parade. The parade is a melting pot of pre-Colonial history, Vaudeville slapstick, cultural diversity, and 4-minute Broadway shows. Shot with no script, the Mummers' tale is told through revealing interviews, new and vintage footage, still photos, and music.
Things that aren't there anymore
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : WHYY, c1993.
Performer: Bill Campbell.
Production: Producer, Ed Cunningham; executive producer, Trudi Brown; music, Radio Active Productions.
Format: VHS format.
A tribute to the places in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley where people used to go to have fun.
Tocqueville in Philadelphia
Publisher: West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Public Affairs Video Archives, c2000.
Performer: Participants: John Splaine, Sean Kelley.
Tocqueville and Beaumont visited Philadelphia in October 1831, where they stopped at Eastern State Penitentiary. Sean Kelley, program director of the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, discusses the Quaker-based practice of solitary confinement at Eastern State.
A walk up Broad Street
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : WHYY-TV12, 2000.
Performer: Tour guides: Bill Webber and Hyman Myers.
Format: VHS format.
Join Philadelphia media personality Bill "Wee Willie" Webber and architect and preservationist Hyman Myers as they take a 12-mile walking tour of Broad Street -- the longest, straightest urban street in the world. The tour begins at League Island at the southern end and continues to Cheltenham Avenue at Philadelphia's northern border. Includes discussions about The Navy Yard, St. Rita of Cascia Roman Catholic Church, The Civil War Rail Station, The Academy of Music, The Bellevue Stratford Hotel, The Union League, City Hall, Masonic Temple, Divine Lorraine Hotel, and Metropolitan Opera House.
William Penn
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Outreach Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1995.
Production: Assistant producer, Kathy Wolff ; Camera, John Costello ; Sound, David Winston ; Edit, Sharon Mullally, Alan Wentzel.
Format: VHS format.
Workshop of the world
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : WHYY, Inc., c2001.
Performer: Narrator, Bill Fantini ; additional narration, Nels Hobdell.
Production: Original music, Skip Denenberg.
Format: VHS format.
Examines the industries that supported and defined Philadelphia in the 19th and early 20th centuries: ship yards; textile, railway, iron, steel and food factories; the brewery and publishing industries; and others. Some of the companies profiled include Henry Disston & Sons, New York Ship, Pennsylvania Railroad, J.B. Lippincott Publisher, Campbell's Soup Co., and RCA Victor.
NEIGHBORHOODS:
All for the taking
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, c2005.
Production: Edited by George McCollough, Sara Leavitt ; camera, George McCollough, Sara Leavitt, Julia Lima, Mike Rosenberg.
Format: DVD.
Examines the personal struggles of residents affected by Philadelphia's urban renewal program and illustrates how housing activists are fighting eminent domain abuse.
Frankford stories
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Scribe Video Center, c1988.
Performer: Features interviews with: Beatrice Franklin, Anthony Rothwell, Alyce Turner, Bertha Brehmer, Howard Barnes.
Production: Writer and producer, Martha Kearns ; director, Roni Chernin ; sound, Donna Peronace ; camera, Carlton Jones ; associate producer, Carlotta Bradley.
Format: VHS format.
Long time residents of this old, close-knit working class community in Philadelphia reflect both upon the character and charm as well as the changes they have witnessed in Frankford during the span of their lives. Part conversation, part oral history and part folklore, Frankford stories interweaves history and current culture.
Girls like us
Publisher: New York, NY : Women Make Movies [Distributor], c1997.
Performer: Lisa Bronca, Anna Chau, Raelene Cox, De'Yona Moore, Chentevy Saing.
Format: VHS format.
Four years in the lives of four teenage girls living in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Growing up female, the impact of class, sexism, their dreams and expectations.
Precious places 2005
Publisher: Philadelphia : Scribe Video Center, c2005.
Production: Executive and artistic director, Louis Massiah ; project coordinator, Jamese Wells.
"On July 23, 2005, ten neighborhood groups in Philadelphia, Camden and Ardmore participated in a unique community video history project -- Precious Places. On a single day, members of neighborhood organization who had been trained in filmmaking and research techniques, dispersed throughout the region recording stories of past grandeur, current struggles, and future aspirations for their communities.
Rittenhouse Square
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Max L. Raab Productions, c2005.
Performer: Caeli Veronica Smith, Nancy Heinzen, Neil Stein, Anthony Pinkney, Simon J. Rosen, Jennifer Bare and Michael Munson, Sharon Pinkenson, Time for Three.
Production: Director of photography, Peter Powell ; edited by Stan Warnow ; co-producer, Eric Chung.
Format: DVD. Letterbox. 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound.
Robert Downey's documentary about the Philadelphia park.
RELIGION:
The canonization of Katharine Drexel
Publisher: Philadelphia : WHYY, c2000.
Performer: Jack Jones, narrator.
Format: VHS format.
Katharine Drexel - born into one of Philadelphia's wealthiest families - gave up her wealthy, comfortable life for one of poverty, religion, service and abstinence. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, which grew in her lifetime from an original 14 members to a sisterhood of over 500 women staffing 65 institutions nationwide.
Christ Church, Philadelphia
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Goldhil Video [distributor], [c1999]
Performer: Host: Schuyler Sackett.
Production: Writer and producer, Schuyler Sackett ; videographers, Steven Del Monte, Ken Willinger ; music, Associated Production Music.
Format: VHS.
The history of the church where George Washington, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross all worshipped is a direct link to the faith that inspired the founders of our nation.
The congregation
Publisher: [New York?] : Video Vérité, c2005.
Performer: Narrator: Susan Raymond.
Format: DVD.
The documentary story of two ministers, Fred Day and Beth Stroud, and the congregation at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown from May, 2002-September, 2004. The traditional style of the newly-appointed Fred Day causes a divide among the congregation. Simultaneously the congregation supports Beth Stroud in her challenge to the United Methodist Church's law banning gays in the clergy. The program covers the progression from Stroud's sermon announcing that she is a self-avowed practicing homosexual to her trial in which she loses her clergy credentials.
An Epistle from the Koreans
Publisher: [Mount Laurel, NJ] : NFL Films, 2007.
Production: Executive producer, Arthur M. Byers, Jr. ; produced and directed by Lloyd Young ; associate producer, Burt Martin ; written by H. Kenn Carmichael ; narrator, Hugh Douglas.
The true story of the brutal murder of Korean exchange student In Ho Oh by a group of eleven black teenagers in Philadelphia during the spring of 1958. The film examines the background and trial of the teenagers, and the response from In Ho Oh's Christian parents, in the form of a letter, asking for forgiveness and mercy for the murderers.
God and the inner city
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.
Performer: Narrator, Phylicia Rashad ; commentary, John DiIulio.
Format: DVD.
Profiled is the Amachi Program for children of incarcerated parents in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Friends reunification
Publisher: Philadelphia : Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, [2005]
Performer: Narrator, Lauren Williams.
Production: Directed by Jared Taber and Laura Smoot ; executive producers, Tom Hoopes, Fran Beer ; co-producer, Melanie Douty ; director of photography and editor, Mitch Martinez.
Format: DVD, region 0.
In March 2005, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting celebrated the 50th anniversary of its reunification, 128 years after the Hicksite/Orthodox split. This documentary offers some perspectives on the occasion of that anniversary.
National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : National Shrine of Saint John Neumann, c1999.
Production: Hosted by Pat Ciarrocchi.
Format: VHS.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS:
Eastern State Penitentiary
Publisher: Waterville, ME : Forged Images Productions, [2006], c1998.
Performer: Narrated by Verna Avery-Brown.
Production: Written & directed by Christine Bowditch ; original music by Braydon McCormick ; edited by Paul Cady.
Format: DVD.
This documentary illustrated with period lithographs, engravings, and photographs, gives a detailed history of the prison from its initial practice of total solitary confinement through its transformation into an overcrowded "Big House" to its replacement with a modern facility in 1970.
First things first
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Philadelphia Unemployment Project ; c1993.
"Philadelphia Unemployment Project is a group of unemployed and low-income workers organized around issues affecting the poor. This video documents the struggles, philosophies, and strategies that guide their work"
Habitat for humanity
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Scribe Video Center, c1997.
Production: Director, Deborah Wilson Williams ; Producers, Habitat for Humanity and Scribe Video Center ; Writers, Catherine Minnis and Deborah Wilson Williams.
Format: VHS format.
Philadelphia residents work with Habitat for Humanity to restore a city block in the Cathedral Park neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
Homeless diaries
Publisher: [Philadelphia?]: Frances Negron-Muntaner, c1996.
Performer: Narrator, Frances Negron-Muntaner.
Production: Producer and director, Frances Negron-Muntaner.
Format: VHS format.
A documentary about the tent city erected by homeless Philadelphians in the summer of 1995 across from Independence Hall, and the subsequent move of the group to squatting in a nearby unused church.
The Magnum eye.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], 1992.
Format: VHS format.
This is an inside look at a crack infested neighborhood in Philadelphia. A graphic portrait of desperation, homelessness, and the addicts' unraveled lives.
May day takeover
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Scribe Video Center, c1991.
Performer: Features interviews with: Sabrina Baker, Diane Johnson, Denice Williams, Alica Christian, Janet Jacobs, Gerard Dombrowski, Habeebah Ali, Janet Dingle, Mayretta Davis.
Production: Planning and production crew: Toni Cade Bambara, Laurel Brook, Bryn Clark, Antonio Da Motta Leal, Louis Massiah, Aishah Simmons, Beatriz Vierira ; editor, Sharon Mullally ; producer, Louis Massiah.
Format: VHS format.
A documentation of the May 1, 1990, housing takeover staged by Dignity Housing, an organization of homeless and formerly homeless people working for permanent housing solutions to the shelter crisis.
Mediation
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Good Shepherd Neighborhood Mediation Program ; c2005.
Production: Producer, DeVonne Coleman-White ; director, Michael G. Campbell.
The Mediation Program at Good Shepherd House is the only neighboorhood justice center in Philadelphia. This film explains the process of mediation for individuals and families.
More than property
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : United Hands Community Lands Trust ; c1993.
More than property: "United Hands Community Lands Trust of Philadelphia insures permanent, affordable, quality housing for low-income colored people. This video shows urban isolation and transformation"--Container.
The New faces of AIDS
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : We the People Living with AIDS of the Delaware Valley ; c1995.
"We the People, an organization of people with the HIV virus, documents the organization's empowerment of individual members and the struggle to survive with HIV"--Container.
The Philadelphia story
Publisher: Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2000.
Performer: Commentary: Cheri Honkala, Robert Reich, Francis Fukuyama, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Lesther Thurow, Irwin Stelzer, Juan Somavia.
Production: Exec. producer, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; series editor, Robert Lamb.
Format: VHS format.
Cheri Honkala, executive director of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, tells the story of what's happened in her hometown, Philadelphia, and warns that the economic boom in the US could yet prove a disturbing model for the rest of the world.
Poverty outlaw
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Skylight Pictures, c1997.
Performer: Maggie Low (voice of the woman)
Production: Editor, Peter Kinoy.
Format: VHS format.
Documentary from the point-of-view of Philadelphia welfare recipients, showing some of the devastating effects of welfare reform. Chronicles the growth of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a group of welfare recipients organizing to protest the cuts in their benefits and to work toward better living conditions for poor people who live in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Reconstruction, Inc.
Publisher: [Philadelphia, PA] : Scribe Video Center, c1996.
Performer: Includes interviews with: Eduardo Bentacort, Earlmont Bell, Blue Ramon, Lori Campbell, Frank Sanchez, Samuel Scott, William Goldsby, Virginia McCray, Donald Vaughn, Kalif Edwards, Brother Joe Dudek, Patricia Abney, Diane Campbell, Fr. Paul Washington, Kyle Overton.
Production: Associate producers, Patrick Murray and Nadine Patterson.
Reconstruction, Inc. is a four year rehabilition program for convicted two-time violent offenders in the Philadelphia area.
Seattle, Philadelphia overview
Publisher: Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, [2006]
Format: DVD.
Transformation through partnerships : systems change to end chronic homelessness.
Spaces of the heart
Publisher: [Phildelphia, Pa.] : Scribe Video Center, c1993.
Production: Producer, director and writer, Courtenay Bachan Cannady ; associate producer, Gregg Hunter.
This tape tells the story of Johnson Homes, Philadelphia's first public housing development constructed under the Housing Authority, as seen through the eyes of its residents and public leaders. This video provides a view of the early days of public housing and the tenant's rights movement.
Squatters
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild, c1984.
Performer: Narrator, Jewel Robinson.
Production: Producer and director, Charles Koppelman.
Format: VHS format.
A documentary about the fight to reform the Philadelphia gift house program and speed up the process by which abandoned houses are released to needy families. Focuses Gloria Giles, a leader in this movement who gains national reputation.
This is family
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Congreso de Latinos Unidos, c1997.
Format: VHS format.
Highlights the work and services provided by Congreso de Latinos Unidos, a social service agency located in Philadelphia. Includes interviews with staff members and clients.
To the point
Publisher: Philadelphia : Prevention Point Philadelphia, c1997.
Format: VHS format.
In 1996, 50% of new cases of AIDS in Philadelphia were related to injection drug use. Prevention Point is committed to protecting the health and rights of drug users and sex workers and is Philadelphia's only provider of clean needle exchange.
TV or not to be?
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Scribe Video Center, c1991.
Production: Produced, written, and directed by Hilary Botein and DaMotta Leal.
Format: VHS format.
This production considers the mobilization of Philadelphia residents to block the relicensing of local commercial television stations. Compiling interviews with independent activist video makers and community organizers with the intent to inform community groups about their rights to media access.
We're all in this together
Publisher: [Philadelphia, Pa.] : COMHAR, Inc. : c1993.
Performer: Narrator: Jo Ann Tufo.
Production: Director, Diane Cupchak ; editors, Jo Ann Tufo, Diane Cupchak.
Mental illness and mental retardation affects 1.7 million people in the United States today. This video highlights COMHAR, a non-profit health organization, which offers theraputic case management, vocation and residential therapy to people in the Philadelphia area.
SPORTS:
E-A-G-L-E-S
Publisher: New York, NY : Hart Sharp Video, 2005.
Production: Executive producer, Steven E. Brem ; producer, Stu Kirshenbaum ; edited by Memo Salazar.
Format: DVD.
Chronicles the Philadelphia Eagles fans and the team's 2004 season, which included their first NFC championship in 24 years.
The greatest moments in Philadelphia sports history
Publisher: Mt. Laurel, N.J. : NFL Films Video ; c1986.
Production: Producer, Steve Sabol ; writers and editors, Bob Ryan, Bob Angelo, Bob Smith, David Plaut, Dave Petrelius, Don Thompson.
Format: VHS format.
URBAN PLANNING:
All for the taking
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, c2005.
Production: Edited by George McCollough, Sara Leavitt ; camera, George McCollough, Sara Leavitt, Julia Lima, Mike Rosenberg.
Format: DVD.
Examines the personal struggles of residents affected by Philadelphia's urban renewal program and illustrates how housing activists are fighting eminent domain abuse.
Philadelphia, the holy experiment
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : M&P Center Foundation : c2006.
Performer: Host: David Morse.
Production: Photography, Jonathan Bell ; music, David Loeb and Gary Griffin.
Format: DVD.
David Morse interviews a group of inspirational environmental activitists from various backgrounds who are dedicated to the return of "Farmadelphia". DVD includes bonus footage, teachers' guide and resource material.
Saving Pennsylvania
Publisher: [Harrisburg, PA] : Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Enterprises, Inc., c2000.
Performer: Thomas Hylton, narrator.
Public television documentary that critically reviews five decades of land use planning in Pennsylvania, describing urban decay, suburban sprawl, and loss of farmland. Draws comparisons to communities in England, Florida, Oregon, and North Carolina.
Over Philadelphia
Publisher: Seattle, WA : KCTS Television, c1995.
Performer: Narrated by Melinda Whiting.
Production: Coordinating producer, Rich Baniewicz; executive producer, Jeff Gentes; music, Tom Kellock.
Format: VHS format.
A panoramic view of the region's most spectacular views, including Amish country, the Pine Barrens, the du Pont mansion, Atlantic City, the Delaware Memorial Bridge, and the beaches of New Jersey.
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Feature Films (listed by year)
The show off
Publisher: [S.l. : Film Preservation Associates ; 1999.
Performer: The Show off: Louise Brooks, Ford Sterling, Lois Wilson.
Production: Music for The Show off compiled and directed by Timothy Brock ; music for The Plastic age compiled and directed by Eric Beheim.
(1926) A braggart, who is a clerk at the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad, wreaks havoc with his fiancee's family as they become poorer. He somehow saves the day.
- Exteriors shot in Philadelphia.
The scar of shame
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, c1993.
Format: VHS format.
(1927) In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert painist and a poor, lower class black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community.
- This was the first film of the Colored Players Film Corp. of Philadelphia.
Kitty Foyle
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]
Performer: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ernest Cossart, Gladys Cooper.
Production: Director of photography, Robert de Grasse ; editor, Harry Berman ; musical score, Roy Webb.
Format: DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, dual-layer.
(1940) Kitty, a working-class girl, endures the rejection of Philadelphia society, makes her own way as a single woman, and ultimately chooses between an unmarried arrangement with Main Line scion Wynnewood Strafford VI or marriage to a struggling physician.
- Set in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood
- Not shot in Philadelphia, although includes footage from a ball at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on Broad Street
The Philadelphia story
Publisher: [United States] : Turner Entertainment; c2005.
Performer: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler.
Production: Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg; art director, Cedric Gibbons; editor, Frank Sullivan; music, Franz Waxman.
Format: DVD; Dolby Digital.
(1940) A spoiled socialite learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage.
- Set in Philadelphia & the Main Line
- Not shot in Philadelphia, except for a few location shots of the Main Line and the North Philadelphia train station
The blob
Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2000.
Performer: Steven McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe.
Production: Director of photography, Thomas Spalding; art director, William Jersey, Karl Karlson; film editor, Alfred Hillmann; special effects, Bart Sloane; music composed by Ralph Carmichael.
Format: DVD.
(1958) Residents of a small Pennsylvania town combat a slimy space invader.
- Shot in Phoenixville.
The Young Philadelphians
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., 1959 :
Performer: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith, Diane Brewster, Billie Burke, John Williams.
Production: Director, Vincent Sherman ; screenplay, James Gunn.
Format: VHS format.
(1959) Anthony Lawrence is an up-and-coming lawyer, whose career is interrupted by the Korean War. On the eve of his decision to run for political office, he finds himself about to defend a down-and-out friend in a murder case that threatens to expose the Main Line's darkest secrets.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Not shot in Philly
- University of Pennsylvania, Rittenhouse Square, Main Line, South Philly, Cricket Club mentioned
David and Lisa
Publisher: [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment ; c2007.
Performer: Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva.
Production: Director of photography, Leonard Hirschfield ; editor, Irving Oshman ; music, Mark Lawrence.
Format: DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, NTSC.
(1962) Painfully shy Lisa can communicate only through rhyme, and David cannot bear being touched. They meet in a mental institution and are strongly attracted to each other.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Main Line, Clothier Estate in Wynnewood, Wynnewood Train Station, Chestnut Street, Center City, Art Museum
Marnie
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2006.
Performer: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham.
Production: Director of photography, Robert Burks; production design, Robert Boyle; editor, George Tomasini; musical composition by Bernard Herrmann.
Format: DVD; widescreen.
(1964) A husband struggles to help his wife face her mental illness.
- Set in Philadelphia & the Main Line
- Center City, Ben Franklin Bridge, 30th Street Station, Schuykill Expressway
The happiest millionaire
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c2004, c1967.
Performer: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Geraldine Page, Lesley Ann Warren, John Davidson.
Production: Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert R. Sherman; co-produced by Bill Anderson.
Format: DVD; Dolby digital.
(1967) The story of a butler's daughter who must overcome her butler father's eccentricities to find a husband.
- Set in Philadelphia & the Main Line, but was shot on a set.
- Based on the Main Line's Biddle family.
The short films of David Lynch
Publisher: [S.l.] : Absurda ; c2005.
Performer: The Alphabet: Peggy Lynch.
Format: DVD.
(1967-1987) Six short films from the incomparable mind of David Lynch.
- "Six Men Getting Sick," "The Alphabet," and "The Grandmother" were made while Lynch was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Where angels go, trouble follows
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2003.
Performer: Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Susan St. James, Mary Wickes, Dolores Sutton, Milton Berle, Arthur Godfrey, Van Johnson, Robert Taylor.
Production: Directors of photography, Sam Leavitt, Hannah Reiner ; editor, Andrienne Fazan ; music, Lalo Schifrin ; costume designer, Moss Mabry ; production designer, Lyle R. Wheeler.
Format: DVD.
(1968) Comedic drama centering around nuns in a convent and the conflict between the traditional, rigid values of the Roman Catholic church and the liberalism of the 1960s.
- Set in Philadelphia
- City Hall, Market Street, Center City, Art Museum, Logan Square
The lost man
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, c2000.
Performer: Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman, Michael Tolan, Paul Winfield, Richard Dysart.
Production: Director of photography, Jerry Finnerman ; editor, Edward Mann ; music, Quincy Jones.
Format: VHS.
(1969) The secretive leader of a black militant group plots a dangerous payroll robbery. When the heist goes horribly wrong, he and his men go on the run. Faced with betrayal on the streets of their own neighborhood, they turn to a white social worker for help, crossing the color lines in a last-ditch attempt at saving their lives.
- Set in Philadelphia
- North Philly, Broad Street, Germantown Avenue, Liberty Theater, Pier 78 on Delaware Avenue, 8th and Norris
1776
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2002.
Performer: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, Virginia Vestoff.
Production: Director of photography, Harry Stradling, Jr. ; music and lyrics, Sherman Edwards ; choreography, Onna White.
Format: DVD (widescreen), Region 1 encoding.
(1972) A musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Shot on a set with a full-scale copy of Independence Hall, some flashbacks shot in Philly
The adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby kids
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Manufactured and distributed by Urban Works Entertainment, [2004?]
Performer: Starring Bill Cosby.
Format: DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
(Originally aired on television in 1972-1984) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids enjoyed one of the longest and most successful runs in Saturday morning cartoon history.
- Philadelphia native Bill Cosby's childhood adventures.
Trick baby
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios, c2004.
Performer: Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
(1972) Trick Baby is the story of the relationship between two Philly con men, Johnny "Folks" O'Brien, a white man, and "Blue" Howard, the black man who raised him.
- Set in Philadelphia
- North Philly, Strawberry Mansion, 52nd and Spruce, PTC Trolley, Horn & Hardart at 11th and Market, Frankford El, 11th and Race, Reading Terminal, Arch Street, Girard Avenue
Amazing Grace
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Performer: Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Moses Gunn, James Karen, George Lee Miles, Gary Bolling, Dolph Sweet, Jon Richards, Stepin Fetchit, Butterfly McQueen.
Production: Directors of photography, Ed Brown, Sr., Sol Negrin ; editor, Paul L. Evans ; music, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Format: DVD; Dolby digital.
(1974) A black pious church-going widow and grandmother takes over the political campaign of a neighbor running for mayor of Baltimore, transforming him from a white man's pawn into a serious challenger of the blue-blood establishment.
- Shot in Philadelphia, but takes place in Baltimore.
- West Philly High School, Master Theater, West Philadelphia
Eraserhead
Publisher: [England?] : Absurda, 2005.
Performer: John Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, V. Phipps-Wilson.
Production: Camera and lighting, Frederick Elmes & Herbert Cardwell ; sound, Alan R. Splet & David Lynch ; edited by David Lynch ; special effects, Frederick Elmes.
Format: DVD.
(1976) Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. An eerie, dream-like world with a logic all its own.
- Director David Lynch has cited living in Philadelphia as a major influence on Eraserhead
Rocky
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2004.
Performer: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith.
Production: Director of photography, James Crabe ; editor, Richard Halsey ; art director, James H. Spencer ; music, Bill Conti.
Format: DVD, widescreen.
(1976) Rocky Balboa gets his million-to-one shot at love, self-respect and the world heavyweight boxing crown.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Kensington, Italian Market, Schuykill River, Art Museum, South Philadelphia, Pat's Steaks, Front and Susquehanna
Mikey & Nicky
Publisher: [United States] : Castle Hill Productions : [2004]
Performer: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner, Joyce Van Patten, M. Emmet Walsh.
Production: Cinematography, Bernie Abramson, Lucien Ballard, Victor J. Kemper ; editor, John Carter, Sheldon Kahn ; music, John Strauss ; production designer, Paul Sylbert.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
(1976) Nicky has embezzled a fortune from his Mafia bosses and is on the run. Nicky's only friend, Mikey tries to help him escape; or will he lead him into a trap?
- Set in Philadelphia
- 52nd and Ranstead Streets, Broad and Oxford Streets, Center City, Essex House, 11th and Filbert
Nasty habits
Publisher: [S.l.] : WHAM! USA, [c2002]
Performer: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Edith Evans, Rip Torn and Eli Wallach.
Production: Executive producer, George Barrie ; producer, Robert Enders ; director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg ; music, John Cameron.
Format: DVD; all regions.
(1977) The ultimate Watergate parody. Glenda Jackson as Sister Alexandra fears defeat in ther election for head Abbas from Sister Felicity a young, rebellious candidate, so she bugs the Abbey.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Center City skyline, City Hall, University of Pennsylvania campus, Eagles mentioned, Wanamaker's
Rocky II
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2004.
Performer: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith.
Production: Director of photography, Bill Butler ; art director, Richard Berger ; editor, Stanford C. Allen ; music, Bill Conti.
Format: DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
(1979) Rocky must cope with the realities of his success, wealth and the responsibilities of marriage, but his main focus is on his second shot at the boxing title against Apollo Creed.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philly, Art Musuem, the Spectrum
Winter kills
Publisher: Tory, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, c2003.
Performer: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Dorothy Malone, Tomas Milian, Belinda Bauer, Ralph Meeker, Toshiro Mifune, Richard Boone.
Production: Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, David Bretherton ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
(1979) A fictional president of the U.S. is assassinated and his brother uncovers the conspiracy behind the murder several years later.
- City Hall, Market Street, Lombardi's Bread Shop on 9th Street
Happy birthday, Gemini
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1993.
Performer: Madeline Kahn, Rita Moreno, Robert Viharo, Alan Rosenberg, Sarah Holcomb, David Marshall Grant, Timothy Jenkins.
Production: Director of photography, James B. Kelly ; edited by Stephan Fanfara ; original music by Rich Look and Cathy Chamberlain.
Format: VHS.
(1980) Coming-of-age comedy. On the eve of his 21st birthday, Francis finds himself surrounded by a bizarre assortment of friends and family while pondering the question of whether or not he's gay.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philly, Pat's Steaks, Italian Market, Passyunk Avenue, Septa trolley, Cheesesteaks, Crossroads Diner
Blow out
Publisher: Santa Monico, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, 2001, c1981.
Performer: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz.
Production: Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond; production designer, Paul Sylbert; editor, Paul Hirsch; music by Pino Donaggio.
Format: DVD; widescreen and standard
(1981) A sound-effects specialist inadvertently records an automobile accident in which a political candidate is killed.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Apollo Theater, City Hall, Independence National Historic Park, Liberty Bell, Wannamakers, Mummers, Delaware Riverfront, Wissahickon Bridge, Philadelphia newscasters
Eddie and the Cruisers
Publisher: Los Angeles : Embassy Home Entertainment ; c1998.
Performer: Tom Berenger, Michael Paré.
Format: VHS format.
(1983) In the early 1960's, Eddie and the Cruisers had one hit album. Then Eddie Wilson, leader of the band, drove his car off a bridge. Years later, when several old Cruisers' songs again became popular, a former band member begins a search for the missing tapes of the Cruisers' unreleased second album.
- Haverford College
Rocky III
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2004.
Performer: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Mr. T.
Production: Director of photography, Bill Butler ; editors, Don Zimmerman, Mark Warner ; music, Bill Conti.
Format: DVD, full screen version on one side, widescreen version on other side; 5.1 surround, mono.
(1983) Rocky becomes world famous, scoring ten consecutive wins. But after suffering a humiliating defeat against Clubber Lang, he considers hanging up his gloves. With encouragement from his old nemesis, Apollo Creed, Rocky strives to regain the "eye of the tiger" before confronting Lang in a rematch.
- Parts are set in Philadelphia
- Ben Franklin Parkway, Center City, South Philly, Rocky Statue
Trading places
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
Performer: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis.
Production: Director of photography, Robert Paynter ; editor, Malcolm Campbell ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround, Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
(1983) Two old business partners bet that they can turn a street hustler into a successful businessman.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Rittenhouse Square, Fidelity Bank, Broad and Sansom, Center City, 20th and Delancy, Curtis Institute of Music, Independence Hall, Broad Street, Rosenbach Museum, Library on Delancy Street
Birdy
Publisher: Culver City, CA : TriStar Picutures, Inc. ; 1999, c1984.
Performer: Matthew Modine ; Nicholas Cage.
Production: Music, Peter Gabriel ; screenplay, Sandy Kroopf and Jack Behr.
Format: DVD format ; widescreen or full screen version.
(1984) Birdy, a Vietnam veteran, sits in an almost catatonic state in an Army hospital, where he has come to believe he is one of the feathered creatures of his boyhood dreams.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philadelphia, 63rd Street El Stop, Parkside Avenue, 46th and Market (a warehouse that once housed American Bandstand studios), Philadelphia House of Correction, City Hall, Gym at Woodrow Wilson High School in Northeast Philly, old PCC trolley.
Rocky IV
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2005.
Performer: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers.
Production: Director of photography, Bill Butler ; editors, Don Zimmerman, John W. Wheeler ; music, Vince DiCola.
Format: DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
(1985) Rocky fights the mighty Russian Drago, who has killed Rocky's friend and trainer Apollo Creed in a fight.
- Not filmed in Philadelphia
Witness
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, 1999, c1985.
Performer: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov.
Production: Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley ; story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace ; director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Thom Noble ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Format: DVD format ; widescreen format ; dual layer format.
(1985) When a young Amish woman and her son get caught up in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, their savior turns out to be hardened Philadelphia detective John Book, who runs head-on into the non-violent world of a Pennsylvania Amish community.
- Set in Lancaster County
- 30th Street Station, Lancaster County locations
Mannequin
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Orion Pictures, 1987 :
Performer: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, G.W. Bailey.
Production: Director, Michael Gottlieb ; producer, Art Levinson ; writers, Edward Rugoff and Michael Gottlieb ; music by Sylvester Levay.
Format: DVD, Dolby surround sound.
(1987) A store display window artist creates the mannequin of his dreams and she comes to life.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Wanamaker's Department Store, Dorchester Hotel, DiLullo's on Locust Street
My little girl
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Prism Entertainment, c1988.
Performer: James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson, Anne Meara, Peter Gallagher, Erika Alexander.
Production: Director, Connie Kaiserman ; editor, Katherine Wenning ; music, Richard Robbins ; director of photography, Pierre Lhomme ; writers, Connie Kaiserman, Nan Mason ; executive producer, Ismail Merchant.
(1987) An affluent 16-year-old girl struggles for independence by volunteering in a city shelter for children who are wards of the state.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philadelphia, Broad Street near Packard, Kensington, Frankford El, Tioga El Stop
Clean and sober
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1998.
Performer: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh, Tate Donovan.
Production: Producers, Tony Ganz and Deborah Blum ; director, Glenn Gordon Caron ; writer, Tod Carroll.
Format: DVD, Dolby surround stereo.
(1988) A young, hotshot real-estate broker has a drug abuse problem he refuses to acknowledge.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Snow White Diner at 2nd and Market Streets, Independence Hall, Rohn & Hass building, Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Upper Darby, Colonial Theater at 11th and Moyamensing in South Philly
The in crowd
Publisher: New York, NY : Orion Home Video, c1988.
Performer: Donovan Leitch, Joe Pantaliano, Jennifer Runyon.
Production: Producers, Keith Rubinstein, LawrenceKonner; director, Mark Rosenthal.
Format: VHS.
(1988) A celebration of the '60's dance fever.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Upper Darby, Tower Theater, Allen's Lane train station, Ben Frankin Parkway, Huntington Valley, Cheltenham, Cheltenham High School, Sally Star, Peter Boyle, Hy Lit, American Bandstand
Stealing home
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [1999]
Performer: Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman, Harold Ramis, William McNamara, John Shea, Jodie Foster.
Production: Music, David Foster.
Format: DVD format.
(1988) An ex-ballplayer returns home, thinking of the past and of the person who made it special. A long-time friend and mentor draws the loose ends of his past and present lives together.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Chestnut Hill, Admiral Wilson Boulevard, SEPTA, Ridge Avenue, Roxborough, Chestnut Hill Academy, Veteran's Stadium
Downtown
Publisher: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005.
Performer: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano.
Production: Music, Alan Silvestri; editor, Jacqueline Cambas; production designer, Charles Rosen; director of photography, Richard H. Kline.
Format: DVD, Dolby surround 2.0, Region 1, widescreen presentation (1.85:1)
(1990) Alex Kearney is a suburban cop who gets into trouble just doing his job, while Dennis Curren is an inner-city detective who never follows procedures.
- Set in Philadelphia
- North Philadelphia, Diamond Street, Bryn Mawr, Main Line, Schuykill Expressway, Center City
12 monkeys
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2005.
Performer: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer.
Production: Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, Paul Buckmaster.
Format: DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; dual-layer.
(1996) An inmate from a futuristic prison is sent to the past to gather information about the virus that sent the human race to live underground.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Wannamakers, City Hall, Eastern State Penitentiary, Delaware and Richmond Generating Stations, Met Theater on Broad Street, Memorial Hall, Philadelphia Convention Center.
Rocky V
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2004.
Performer: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tommy Morrison, Sage Stallone, Burgess Meredith.
Production: Director of photography, Steven Poster ; editors, John G. Avildsen, Michael N. Knue ; music, Bill Conti.
Format: DVD, region 1, full screen or widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 surround, stereo surround, mono.
(1990) Rocky and his family must move to their old, low-rent neighborhood after all their money is lost by an an unscrupulous financial advisor and injuries force his retirement from the ring. As Rocky tries to resolve the resentment held by his son, a young boxer Rocky trained publicly taunts his mentor, and Rocky realizes he must fight once more.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philly, Kensington, El, Civic Center, 7th and Dickenson, Museum of Art, Rocky Statue
The age of innocence
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c2001.
Performer: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder.
Production: Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus; production designer, Dante Ferretti; edited by Thelma Schoonmaker; music by Elmer Bernstein; costume designer, Gabriella Pescucci.
Format: DVD.
(1993) A love triangle in the 1870s New York high society.
- Academy of Music.
Philadelphia
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : TriStar Pictures ; 1997, c1993.
Performer: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward.
Production: Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto; editor, Craig McKay; music, Howard Shore.
Format: DVD format ; delux widescreen presentation.
(1993) Story of two competing lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Center City, Mellon Bank Center, Market Street, Pickwick Pharmacy, 19th and Chestnut, University of Pennsylvania Arts Library, The Raquet Club, Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Spectrum, City Hall
Two bits
Publisher: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; 1996]
Performer: Jerry Barone, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Al Pacino.
Production: Music, Carter Burwell ; editor, Howard Smith ; production designer, Jane Musky; director of photography, Juan Ruiz-Anchia ; writer, Joseph Stefano ; producer, Arthur Cohn ; director, James Foley.
Format: DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital surround sound.
(1995) Gennaro is a youngster who'll do anything to earn "two bits". When he finds his pockets are still empty after a day of unforgettable adventures, his mischievous Grandpa offers him an intriguing bargain.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philly, 600 block of Durfor Street, 2300 block of South Eighth Street, Saint Gabriel's Church, 29th and Dickenson, 32nd and Tasker, President's Catering Hall at 2308 Snyder Avenue
Up close & personal
Publisher: [United States] : Touchstone Home Video ; 1999]
Performer: Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate Nelligan, Glenn Plummer, James Rebhorn.
Production: Music, Thomas Newman ; editor, Debra Neil-Fisher ; production designer, Jeremy Conway ; director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; executive producers, Ed Hookstratten, John Foreman ; writers, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne ; producers, Jon Avnet, David Nicksay, Jordan Kerner ; director, Jon Avnet.
Format: DVD.
(1996) When aspiring news reporter Tally Atwater tries to break into television, only veteran newsman Warren Justice will give her a shot. But with her rise from local TV weather girl to network anchor, Tally and Warren must balance the dream of success with their desire for each other.
- Parts are set in Philadelphia
- Holmesburg Prison
The watermelon woman
Publisher: New York, NY : First Run Features, c1997.
Performer: Cheryl Dunye (Cheryl), Guinevere Turner (Diana), Valarie Walker (Tamara), and Lisa Marie Bronson as Fae (The watermelon woman) Richards.
Production: Cinematography by Michelle Crenshaw ; edited by Annie Taylor ; original score, Paul Shapiro.
Format: DVD.
(1996) Cheryl, a young black woman in a video store, is making a documentary about an obscure black actress from the 1930's. When she discovers that the actress (known as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover, Cheryl just happens to fall in love with a very cute white woman herself!
- TLA video store, Center City
Beloved
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video, [1999?]
Performer: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Albert Hall, Irma P. Hall.
Production: Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editors, Carol Littleton, Andy Keir ; music, Rachel Portman.
Format: DVD.
(1998) After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved".
- Third Street in Old City.
Fallen
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1998.
Performer: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidz, James Gandolfini, Elias Koteas.
Format: DVD format.
(1998) Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met, already caught and already killed.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Eastern State Penitentiary, City Hall, Geno's Steaks, local newscasters, Septa station
Wide awake
Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.] : Miramax Home Entertainment : 1998.
Performer: Denis Leary, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Joseph Cross, Rosie O'Donnell.
Format: VHS format; hi-fi stereo, Dolby surround, digitally mastered.
(1998) Joshua is a thoughtful 10-year-old looking for some simple answers to life's eternal questions.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Bryn Mawr College - Taylor Hall
The Sixth sense
Publisher: [Calif.?] : Hollywood Pictures Home Video ; [2000]
Performer: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, Glenn Fitzgerald, Mischa Barton, Trevor Morgan, Bruce Norris.
Production: Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editing, Andrew Mondshein ; executive producer, Sam Mercer ; music, James Newton Howard.
Format: DVD format.
(1999) A noted child psychologist attempts to help a frightened 8 year-old boy who is experiencing terrifying visions of the dead.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Center City, Striped Bass on Walnut Street, Bryn Mawr Acme Supermarket, Saint Augustine's Catholic Church at 4th and Vine, Saint Alban's Place on 23rd Street, Boathouse Row, 13th and Green, Head House Square
Jesus' son
Publisher: [S.l.] : Jesus' Son Financing, c1999 ;
Performer: Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary, Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Jack Black.
Production: Music, Joe Henry ; editors, Geraldine Peroni, Stuart Levy ; director of photography, Adam Kimmel.
Format: DVD format.
(2000) A rumpled, hapless young man in his twenties, FH bounces through his days with his dreams and hallucinations blurring and merging into reality. The shaky center of his universe is his beloved on-again, off-again, girlfriend Michelle.
- Frankford El
The thin blue lie
Publisher: [United States] : Paramount Pictures, c2002.
Performer: Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Paul Sorvino, Cynthia Preston.
Production: Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Benjamin A. Weissman ; music, Patrick Williams.
Format: DVD format, Dolby digital, stereo.
(2000) The fact-based story of a reporter's discovery of widespread police corruption in 1970's Philadelphia.
- Set in Philadelphia
Unbreakable
Publisher: [Burbank, CA] : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001], c2000.
Performer: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Charlayne Woodard, Spencer Treat Clark.
Production: Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; edited by Dylan Tichenor ; music by James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston ; production designer, Larry Fulton.
Format: DVD format, Hi-fi, stereo., digitally mastered.
(2000) David Dunn is the sole survivor of an horrific train crash that killed 131. Everyone, especially David, is wondering how it could be possible. Soon, David is approached by comic book specialist Elijah Prince, who confronts David with an incredible theory that just might explain the situation.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Manayunk, Franklin Field
A chronicle of corpses
Publisher: Narberth, PA : Alpha Video Distributors, c2004.
Production: McElhinney, Andrew Repasky.
(2001) A lushly detailed, early nineteenth century horror tale, concerning the last days of family of once-wealthy aristocrats.
Diary of a city priest
Publisher: [Indianapolis, IN] : Heartland Film Festival Video, c2003.
Performer: David Morse, Thomas Ryan, Ana Reeder, Phillip Goodwin, Robert Sella, Judy Bauerlein, Mary Louis Burke, Pamela Isaacs, Genevieve Perrier.
Production: Cinematographer, Michael Pearlman; production designer, Robert Holtzman; editors, Eugene Martin, Juli Vizza; music by Matthew Levy.
Format: DVD.
(2001) The emotional and spiritual struggles, and joys of a priest called to serve in poor parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Set in Philadelphia
- North Philly, St. Malachy's at 11th and Master Streets
Snipes
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, [2003], c2001.
Performer: Nelly, Dean Winters, Zoë Saldana, Mpho Koaho, J.D. Williams, Rashaan Nall, Victor Toyunde, Carlo Alban, Frank Vincent, Sam Jones III.
Production: Director of photography, Alex Buono ; editor, Seth E. Anderson ; music, Tony D. ; costume designer, Fontella Boone ; production designer, David Barnes.
Format: DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital, 2.0 Dolby surround, Region 1 encoding.
(2001) A journey into the dark side of the rap music industry and an underworld filled with hustlers, thieves and killers who will do whatever it takes to stay on top.
- Set in Philadelphia
- West Philly, Al's Love Lounge, 54th Street, Frankford El, Cambria Street
American dreams.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, 2004.
Performer: Gail O'Grady, Tom Verica, Brittany Snow, Will Estes, Jonathan Adams, Vanessa Lengies, Arlen Escarpeta, Sarah Ramos, Ethan Dampf.
Format: DVD.
(Originally aired on television in 2002-2005) A Philadelphia family's journey through the joys and pains of America in the '60s and early '70s. Inspired by American Bandstand.
- Set in Philadelphia
Killing Emmett Young
Publisher: [United States] : Screen Media Films ; [2003], c2002.
Performer: Scott Wolf, Khandi Alexander, Talia Balsam, Sarah Clarke, John Doman, Tim Roth, Gabriel Byrne.
Production: Director of photography, Lawrence Sher ; editor, Caroline Ross ; music composer, Steve Porcaro ; costume designer, Ellen Falguiere ; production designer, Roshelle Berliner.
Format: DVD format, Region 1 encoding, Dolby 5.1 surround sound.
(2002) Detective Emmett Young is determined to rid Philadelphia of a psychotic serial killer when he discovers he has a painful terminal illness. An ex-cop convinces Young that putting out a contract on himself is the best way to go.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Chinatown, 10th and Cherry, West Philly, 46th St., Fairmont Park, Broad Street, Rittenhouse Square, South Street
Signs
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2003]
Performer: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin.
Production: Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto; editor, Barbara Tulliver; music, James Newton Howard; production designer, Larry Fulton.
Format: DVD.
(2002) In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on a farm of reverend Hess which causes a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles.
- Set in Bucks County
The Italian job
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2005?]
Performer: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Franky G, Donald Sutherland.
Production: Director of photography, Wally Pfister ; editors, Richard Francis-Bruce, Christopher Rouse ; music, John Powell ; costume designer, Mark Bridges ; production designer, Charles Wood.
Format: DVD, Region 1 encoding.
(2003) Charlie, the mastermind of a Venice heist, is overseen by John, a lifelong criminal. But the thieves are ruthlessly double-crossed by one of their own.
- An early scene is set in Philadelphia
- Ben Franklin Bridge, Center City skyline, Delaware River, Spruce street
Jersey girl
Publisher: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; c2004.
Performer: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Stephen Root, Mike Starr, Raquel Castro, Jason Biggs, Jennifer Lopez.
Production: Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editors, Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier ; music, James L. Vanable ; costume designer, Juliet Polcsa ; production designer, Robert Holtzman.
Format: DVD, Region 1; Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS.
(2003) Ollie is madly in love with his wife. But when she dies in childbirth, his life becomes emotionally shattered. Not sure what to do next, he moves to New Jersey with his infant daughter to live with his dad. He ends up frequenting a local video store where he strikes up a friendship with a woman named Maya.
- Forrest Theater, Walnut Street, Havertown
King of the corner
Publisher: Woodland Hills, CA : Ardustry Home Entertainment, [2005]
Performer: Eric Bogosian, Dominic Chianese, Beverly D'Angelo, Peter Friedman, Jake Hoffman, Ashley Johnson, Rita Moreno, Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellina, Eli Wallach, Frank Wood, Harris Yulin.
Production: Director of photography, Mauricio Rubinstein ; editor, Mario Ontal ; music score composer, Al Kooper ; costume designer, Lynn Falconer ; production designer, Benjamin Conable.
Format: DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
(2004) Fiftysomething and still clueless Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. Among his problems are his rebelling teenage daughter, a gravely ill father, a work protege after his job, and his wife is loing her patience and his own judgment are sinking fast.
- Center City, Washington Square, South Street
National treasure
Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : 2005.
Performer: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, Mark Pellegrino, Christopher Plummer.
Production: Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; art directors, Geoff Hubbard, Lawrence A. Hubbs ; editor, William Goldenberg ; music, Trevor Rabin ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; production designer, Norris Spencer ; visual effects supervisors, Mitchell S. Drain, Marc Varisco.
Format: DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
(2004) Since his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that he is a decendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its whereabouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he had to steal it himself.
- Portions are set in Philadelphia
- Septa bus, Franklin Institute, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Old City, 5th and Chestnut, Reading Terminal Market, Head House Square
The village
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : [2005]
Performer: Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrien Brody, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt.
Production: Director of photography, Roger Deakins; production designer, Tom Foden; editor, Christopher Tellefsen ; music by James Newton Howard.
Format: DVD; widescreen.
(2004) In an isolated village there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods.
- Chadds Ford
The woodsman
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]
Performer: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Eve, Mos Def, David Alan Grier, Benjamin Bratt.
Production: Director of photography, Xavier Pérez Grobet ; editors, Brian A. Kates, Lisa Fruchtman ; music, Nathan Larson.
Format: DVD.
(2004) After twelve years in prison, a convicted sex offender struggles to regain the life he lost, while grappling with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philly, 9th and Federal, SEPTA bus, Willow Grove Mall, Navy Yard
A history of violence
Publisher: Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : [2006]
Performer: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Peter MacNeill, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk.
Production: Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; art director, James McAteer ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
(2005) Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When the mob show up at Tom's doorstep, is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a secret Philadelphia past that no one knows about?
- Portions are set in Philadelphia, but not shot here.
In her shoes
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]
Performer: Cameron Diaz, Anson Mount, Toni Collette, Richard Burgi, Candice Azzara, Brooke Smith, John Mastrangelo, Sr., Emilio Mignucci, Mark Feuerstein.
Production: Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editors, Lisa Zeno Churgin, Craig Kitson ; music, Mark Isham ; costume designer, Sophie de Rakoff ; production designer, Dan Davis.
Format: DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation, NTSC.
(2005) Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of financial help.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Rittenhouse Square, South Street, Jamaican Jerk Hut, Italian Market, Art Museum
It's always sunny in Philadelphia.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.
Performer: Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito.
Format: DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround, dual layer, NTSC.
(2005 - ) Television series. Whether it's underage drinking, homophobia or smokers' rights, no subject is off limits for the hilariously warped gang at Paddy's Pub in Philadelphia.
- Opeing credits include shots of the Ben Franklin Bridge, Penn's Landing, Lincoln Financial Field, Logan Circle, Boathouse Row, 30th Street Station, South Street
Shadowboxer
Publisher: Sherman Oaks, CA : Code Black Entertainment ; [2006]
Performer: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Helen Mirren, Vanessa Ferlito, Macy Gray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mo'Nique, Stephen Dorff.
Production: Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editors, William Ghang, Suk Ping, Brian A. Kates ; music, Mario Grigorov ; wardrobe, Vivienne Westwood ; production designer, Steven Saklad.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, single layer, NTSC.
(2005) When Rose, a female assassin, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to carry out one final killing assisted by her lover and stepson, Mikey.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Center City, City Hall, Pat's Steaks, Art Museum, Schuykill River, Boathouse Row, Waterworks, Kelly Drive
Invincible
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : c2006.
Performer: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Kirk Acevedo, Dov Davidoff, Michael Kelly, Sal Darigo, Nicoye Banks.
Production: Director of photography, Ericson Core ; editor, Gerald B. Greenberg ; music, Mark Isham ; costume designer, Susan Lyall ; production designer, Sarah Knowles.
Format: DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.35:1, enchanced) presentation;
(2006) Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Franklin Field, Pat's Steaks, South Philly, Kensington, Frankford El, cheesteaks, Eagles
Lady in the water
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.
Performer: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, Freddy Rodríguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris, Mary Beth Hurt.
Production: Director of photography, Christopher Doyle; production designer, Martin Childs; editor, Barbara Tulliver; music by James Newton Howard.
Format: DVD; widescreen.
(2006) When an apartment building maintenance man rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the swimming pool who is a bedtime story character trying to make the journey back to her home, he and the building residents work to protect her from the creatures determined to keep her in our world.
- Set ina Philadelphia apartment complex
- Shot in Levittown
Money power respect
Publisher: Sherman Oaks, CA : Code Black Entertainment, [2006]
Performer: Lionell Dalton, Sergio Gay.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, single layer, NTSC.
(2006) Young boy gets caught up in drug activity and violence despite his mother's love and guidance.
- Set in Philadelphia
- Germantown Avenue, Oak Lane
Rocky Balboa
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ; 2007.
Performer: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton, A.J. Benza, James Francis Kelly III.
Production: Director of photography, Clark Mathis ; production designer, Franco-Giacomo Carbone ; edited by Sean Albertson ; music by Bill Conti ; costume designer, Gretchen Patch ; art directors, Michael Atwell and Jesse Rosenthal.
Format: DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
(2006) A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
- Set in Philadelphia
- South Philly, Kensington, Cira Center, City Hall, Art Museum
Pride
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2007.
Performer: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold.
Production: Director of photography, Matthew F. Leonetti ; editor, Billy Fox ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Paul Simmons ; production designer, Steve Saklad ; art director, Monroe Kelly.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16x9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
(2007) Based on the true story of inner city Philadelphia swim coach Jim Ellis. From his roots in Salisbury, North Carolina, Ellis goes on to build a swim team in one of Philly's toughest neighborhoods in the 1970s.
Baby mama
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2008.
Performer: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin, Maura Tierney, Stephen Mailer, Holland Taylor.
Production: Director of photography, Daryn Okada ; editor, Bruce Green ; music, Jeff Richmond ; costume designer, Renee Ehrlich Kalfus.
Format: DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
(2008) Kate is a successful and single businesswoman who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Unable to get pregnant, a driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate.
The happening
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Performer: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley.
Production: Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Conrad Buff ; music, James Newton Howard.
Format: DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, dual-layer, NTSC.
(2008) An unstoppable event threatens the world's population by attacking the most basic human instinct of all: survival. Elliot Moore is an ordinary man who is trying to save his family from a terrifying, invisible killer. As Elliot discovers the incredible possibility of what is happening, it becomes very clear that no one is safe.
- 30th Street Station, Center City
Explicit ills
Publisher: Fort Mill, SC : Distributed by Phase 4 Films, [2009]
Performer: Francisco Burgos, Paul Dano, Rosario Dawson, Naomi Harris, Lou Taylor Pucci, Frankie Shaw, Tariq Trotter.
Production: Cinematography, Patrice Lucien Cochet ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music, Khari Mateen.
Format: DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
(2008) In the streets of North Philadelphia, the lives of strangers intersect. Tells four stories about people who overcome the obstacles in their daily lives while they face such concerns as poverty, drugs, and the human connection.
New York
Publisher: Mumbai : Yash Raj Films , [2009]
Format: DVD, all regions, anamorphic widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital stereo., dual-layer.
(2009) "The story is about three friends studying in New York, and how one of them strays to become a terrorist due to the needless FBI torture on him after the 9/11 attack"
- Partially filmed at Bryn Mawr College; extensive scenes of Thomas and Taylor Halls and other areas of campus
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*Locations were identified with help from the following sources:
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