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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.
2) Cry-Baby
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
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.
3) Till
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
6) Desert bloom
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1951 Nevada--the dawn of the Atomic Age--the heroine is 13-year old Gish, whose mother only sees what she wants to and whose step-father is an embittered, alcoholic WW2 hero reduced to running a gas station"--Leonard Matlin's TV movie and video guide.
7) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based 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....
9) Diner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
10) Grease live!
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Danny and Sandy have a great summer romance, but when they get back to their high school, the magic is not as strong. This show was a live one night musical production of the massively popular crossover musical Great Britainse. Featuring a young ensemble cast, they reintroduce and reimagine some of the show's most memorable moments, great music, and timeless love story to an entirely new generation.
14) Hail, Caesar!
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
15) West Side story
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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
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
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
It was the age of hip-swingers, jet-fighters, and Ike-likers. It saw the end of the scourge of polio and the dawn of the scourge of McCarthyism. Much of what we nostalgically revere - the foundations of our pop culture - arose in the fifties. This DVD collection explores the boom-time of the post-war decade when the sky was the limit and the Cold War chilled the planet.
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