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News in a Flash: Elvis Presley Joins Up

Date released

3 Apr 1958

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2892

NoS ID

158616

Story no

4 / 5

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America in the Fifties: The Beat (2001 Video)

Producer

Nancy Button

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Looks at the beginnings of pop music and pop culture, strongly influenced by Elvis Presley and Beat poet Jack Kerouac. However, the country’s underlying racist disregard for civil rights comes to...

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Ed Sullivan Show, The [16/12/1962] (1962 Television)

Series

Ed Sullivan Show, The

Producer

Ed Sullivan

US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. Includes a brief routine from comedian Sammy Shore who imitates Elvis Presley acting Shakespeare. [Sadly, no further information known (5/2007)].

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Rocking Around "Old-Tyme": Not Forgetting Elvis Presley

Date released

29 Sep 1958

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2943

NoS ID

158986

Story no

7 / 7

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Trouble with Girls, The (1969 Film)

Director

Peter Tewskbury

Producer

Lester Welch

Feature film. Set in 1927 Iowa where Walter Hale (Presley) manages a Chautauqua show. Mr Morality (Price) is a lecturer. In one scene he quotes from Nietzsche, Jonson, Confucius and Shakespeare. In a later...

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Entertainment 1 (1997 Video)

Producer

Elaine Sharp

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate changes in the way leisure time has been spent during the 20th century. Looks at popular music, including Elvia Presley, the growth of cinema and...

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Steve Allen Show, The [01/07/1956] (1956 Television)

Series

Steve Allen Show, The

Director

Dwight A. Hemion

Producer

William O. Harbach

US comedy variety show hosted by Steve Allen. This episode features actor Andy Griffith, as a yogi,explaining Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a comedy monologue. The edition is renowned for the appearance of Elvis...

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Merchant of Venice, The (2011 Video)

Director

Rupert Goold

Video recording of Rupert Goold’s 2011 staging of The Merchant of Venice with Patrick Stewart as Shylock and Susannah Fielding as Portia.

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Back to the Floor, Series 3 (8 Parts) (1999 Video)

Producer

Hugh Dehn

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 30 min., 2001 sale: £300.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series in which top managers spend a week on the shop floors of their companies, providing an insight into corporate management, communication and efficiency. Thee executives must learn to cope with their...

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Coast Series 2 - The Journey Continues (2007)

Subject

Archaeology; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £29.99

The second series of the BBC documentary that discovers the secrets of the British coastline. Includes the episodes Dover To Isle Of Wight, Holyhead To Liverpool, Arran To Gretna, Cornwall To Ilses Of...

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