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1) Cry-baby
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
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...
2) Desert bloom
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brother and sister are magically transported through their television set and into the black-and-white world of a 1950s sitcom called Pleasantville. Soon they affect this environment with their worldly sensibilities, and people and things slowly begin to acquire color.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Amazon Women on the Moon is a madcap send-up of late-night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of kids in 1950s Brooklyn form a gang and do everything together. While this makes things easier, they eventually have to face new problems.
7) Grease
Language
English
Formats
Description
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
9) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (576 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The gang from the top-rated sitcom is back for more 1950's fun -- Richie Cunningham, his parents Howard and Marion, his buddies Ralph and Potsie, and the coolest greaser, Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli. Join Richie and his friends for more rockin' adventures as they grow into young adulthood."--Container.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 383 min.) : sound, color ; 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.
12) Diner
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 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.
Publisher
CBS Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (594 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The nostalgic comedy set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin focused on the Cunninghams and their two kids, Richie and Joanie, and their relationship with Fonzie, a motorcycle-riding Casanova who became a pop-culture phenomenon.
Publisher
! Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (580 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take a memorable trip back to the rockin' 1950s with greaser Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, Richie Cunningham and the whole gang for more rock-n-roll antics and family fun. In this season, join The Fonz and Richie on their hilarious double-date with Laverne and Shirley and don't miss Fonzie's daredevil motorcycle jump over 14 garbage cans.
Publisher
! Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 10 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1950's Milwaukee, this sitcom is TV Americana at its funniest. Join Richie, "The Fonz," Potsie, Ralph, Joanie and the lovable Cunninghams for classic episodes of family entertainment.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (286 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door to waspish newcomers for more than it's worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool but his neighbors soon plot their revenge. Can the Larkin clan keep him out of prison?
17) West Side story
Language
English
Formats
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
19) The beat hotel
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1957, Paris. The Latin Quarter. A cheap no-name hotel becomes a haven for a new breed of artists struggling to free themselves from the conformity and censorship of America. Called the Beat Hotel, it soon became an epicenter of the Beat generation.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 506 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. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
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