DESCRIPTIVE VIDEOS - Braille Institute

Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney), a cocky car mechanic, wants to impress a sexy new
date "borrows" $20 from his employer's cash register to show her a good time.
Dan has no idea he's taken his first step into quicksand. Peter Lorre and Jeanne
Cagney co-star in this compelling drama.
Rain
DVS 234
On the remote island of Pago Pago, a spirited and worldly Sadie Thompson (Joan
Crawford) attracts the attention of a puritanical missionary (Walter Huston) hellbent
on her reform – or her destruction.
Salt of the Earth
DVS 396
In New Mexico in the 1950s, Mexican zinc miners go on strike, fed up with
brutal, unsafe working conditions and bare subsistence in a company shantytown.
The company uses cruel tactics to break them. But the miners get surprising
support from their wives. This moving drama celebrates solidarity and the human
spirit. Stars Juan Chacon and Will Geer.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
DVS 262
As the Reign of Terror rages through France in the spring of 1792, the only hope
for the aristocratic families waiting in the shadow of the guillotine is a mysterious
and daring master of disguise who rescues as many of them as he can. Starring
Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon and Raymond Massey. (Based on the classic tale
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, BR 11965 and RC 47449.)
Scent of a Woman
DVS 90
Al Pacino is Lt. Col. Frank Slade, a blind ex-Army officer depressed about life.
Charlie Simms (Chris O’Donnell) is a scholarship student hoping to earn some
extra money over the weekend. Charlie comes to watch Frank, and their wild
New York City romp (including a joy ride in a Porsche which Frank drives)
begins!
Shoot It: Black Shoot It: Blue
DVS 374
In this police melodrama, patrolman Herbie Rucker (Michael Moriarty) catches
and kills a black purse-snatcher in cold blood. He’s confident, as a white police
officer, that he can get away with it. But his crime has been witnessed, and filmed
by a young black student.
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