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1) Elvis
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explores the life and music of American icon Elvis Presley from the perspective of his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker."--
Author
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
During the 1950's Troy Maxson struggles against racism and tries to preserve his feelings of pride in himself.
Legendary playwright August Wilson's powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But a new spirit of liberation is...
3) Grease
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Go back to high school with Pink Lady Sandy, leader of the bad-boy T-Birds Danny, and a rockin' and rollin' all-star cast." --
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner, this musical tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City." --
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lionel Essrog is a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. He ventures through 1950s New York trying to solve his friend's murder. Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance." --
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the final season, Sarah Nordmann finally marries wealthy landowner George Bligh. But as Sarah takes her place as lady of Ash Park, George's mother, Elizabeth, feels pushed out of the household. George's son, James, returns from abroad to start a business, while his daughter, Anna, lives in Hawaii with her sister-in-law, hiding a secret from the family. The Bligh's face tragedies, betrayals, and new beginnings that will challenge their relationships...
9) Diner
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1959, a band of long-time buddies since high school gather at a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams.
10) Till
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley and her pursuit of justice for her son Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched in Mississippi."--
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"ased on audaciously true events. In 1959 Bucharest, five high-ranking Jewish members of the Communist party staged a bank heist that baffled the repressive regime and left the public in an uproar. Their motives were never known. Having been captured, arrested, and sentenced to death, the unusual gang of so-called criminals is given one last punishment before facing the execution squad: reenact the heist for the benefit of a Communist propaganda film."...
12) Cry baby
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A spoof and homage to 1950's teen rock melodramas. Cry Baby is a rebel with a gang of rough friends. Allison is the straight-laced girl who falls for him.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the smash hit drama returns, nurse Sarah Nordmann and the wealthy Bligh family face new challenges and sweeping change in 1950s Australia. Villainous Regina has finally ensnared Bligh patriarch and political aspirant George in marriage, but she continues to plot against Sarah, exploiting the rising fear of Communism to target her rival. As Sarah teams ups with formidable dowager Elizabeth to expose Regina, James and his estranged wife, Olivia,...
16) Grease live!
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A live one night musical production of the massively popular crossover musical! Featuring a young ensemble cast, this will reintroduce and reimagine some of the show's most memorable moments, great music, and timeless love story to an entirely new generation.
17) Grease
Language
English
Formats
Description
During their summer vacation, Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson meet at a beach. Sandy enrolls at Rydell High School, where Danny is a student. Sandy's new friend Frenchy is a member of the schoolgirl clique 'The Pink Ladies.' Danny is the leader of the 'The T-Birds' gang. Kenickie is his second-in-command. Neither Danny or Sandy know they are attending the same school. The Pink Ladies decide to reunite Danny and Sandy, but Danny wants to protect his cool...
Publisher
Wolfe
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true love story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares.This sumptuous English-language '50s period piece recounts the years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero, where she would fall in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
19) Cry-baby
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Eisenhower is President. Rock 'n' Roll is king. And Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker is the baddest hood in his high school. Walker heads up a supercool cast as the irresistible bad boy whose amazing ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild, especially Allison Vernon-Williams, a rich, beautiful 'square' who finds herself uncontrollably drawn to the dreamy juvenile delinquent and his forbidden world of rockabilly music, fast cars and faster...
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