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1) 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.
2) Elvis
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the life and music of American icon Elvis Presley from the perspective of his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker."--
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." --
4) 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."--
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...
6) 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." --
9) 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.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Four different love affairs simultaneously wreak havoc in the lives of the inhabitants of a tropical paradise. A wealthy plantation owner plots murder when he suspects his wife of having an adulterous relationship. At the same time, his sister-in-law is drawn to his enemy, a dedicated black labor leader, and a governor's aide is torn over his scandalous affair with a native woman.
11) 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.
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."...
14) Fences
Author
Series
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life and death of Troy, an man in his fifties employed as a garbage collector, and the the alienation of his family as a result of his decisions.
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...
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,...
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.
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