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1) Indignation
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Korean War in 1951, the storyline focuses on a bright and promising young man from a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, who gets a scholarship to attend a small college in Ohio and thus avoids being drafted,but whose ethical principles and nonconformism set him to clash with the people around him and, most importantly, with the dean of the college.
2) Cry baby
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Director's cut; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1957
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A 1950s housewife living with her husband in an idealistic experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding troubling secrets.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2015
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (505 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family and dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
6) Elvis
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and music of American icon Elvis Presley from the perspective of his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
7) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Brothers Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (159 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
9) Grease
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Rockin' Rydell ed.; [widescreen; remastered].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
10) Grease live!
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of teenagers learn about life and love in their 1950's high school.
12) Till
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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 Mamie2s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother2s ability to change the world.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (519 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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...
16) Grease
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Full screen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A musical about the fabulous 50's. This edition includes retrospective interviews with principal stars, the director and producer.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim MacLaine leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park. With the help of his new friend Mike, he soon discovers a wild world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, Jim returns home to face his future. As the local music scene explodes, Jim must decide between a life of adult responsibility or a new phenomenon called...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 383 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High school students Richie Cunningham and his friends, "Potsie", Ralph, and "The Fonz" head a brilliant comedic cast in 1950's Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Arnold's Drive-In is the local hangout and meeting place, and lots of hilarious, memorable and classic adventures are the results.
20) Diner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
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