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1) Grease
Series
Language
English
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?
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 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. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 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...
5) Elvis
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc + 1 videodisc (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
7) Carol
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless,...
Language
English
Description
Marty visits 2015 to straighten out the future of the McFly family, but Biff Tannen steals the time machine, and with it a book that allows his young self in 1955 to amass a gambling fortune, which has significant consequences to the present. To correct the problems, Marty and Doc must return to 1955 to retrieve the book.
12) Cry-baby
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spoof and homage to 1950's teen rock melodramas. Cry Baby's a rebel with a gang of rough friends. Allison is the straight-laced girl who falls for him.
13) Diner
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (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.
15) Pleasantville
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the mid-80's, and Marty McFly is your average 17-year-old slacker who happens to be friends with an inventor, Doc Brown. Doc's latest invention is a time machine, that ends up transporting Marty back to 1955 where he must bring his parents together so that he will exist when he gets back to his own time.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 527 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 383 min.) : sd., 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.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back to the future, part III: Doc Brown has decided to live in the Old West of the 1880's. But when he's in danger of meeting an untimely end, Marty travels back into the past to rescue him. There's just one problem: Doc is so smitten by a schoolteacher that he's become distracted. Now, it's up to Marty to keep Doc out of trouble, get the DeLorean running, and put the past, present and future on track so they can all get back to where and when they...
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