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Elvis '56 - In the Beginning | 
 enlarge | Studio: Warner Vision
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.97
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 13238
Format: Best Of, Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 61
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: AVIDA54085D
ISBN: 1568963696
UPC: 085365408531
EAN: 9781568963693
ASIN: 1568963696
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1995
Release Date: September 26, 2000
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Product Description
1956 was elvis presleys breakthrough year and this prgram takes you back including his early television performances on the dorsey brothers show and the ed sullivan show where the cameramen were instructed not to shoot the lower half of his body and an entire hour of rare footage and performances. Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Narrated By Levon Helm Run time: 61 minutes Rating: Nr
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This 1987 documentary is distinguished by both its smart narrative premise and wonderful performance footage of Elvis Presley at the dawn of his remarkable career. With the King's melodramatic life already a familiar subject for film and print biographies, producer-directors Alan and Susan Raymond instead shaped this hour-long profile around the year that saw the charismatic Memphis singer's eruption as a pop sensation. By taking that selective path, and focusing tightly on Presley's crucial transition to a major record deal, national media exposure, and the first decisive steps in his subsequent movie career, Elvis '56 achieves a unique cohesion while legitimately celebrating a remarkable period of growth. With the Band's Levon Helm narrating in his salty Arkansas drawl, the story effectively conveys Elvis's Southern perspective, while evocative use of Alfred Wertheimer's celebrated black-and-white still portraits sustains a visual style carrying over to the program's real high points: early stage and television appearances by Presley and his original trio, later augmented into a quartet. Among the highlights are historic slots on Milton Berle's and Steve Allen's variety shows: we see the joyous physicality that made the Berle performance a topic of outrage (and, of course, a swoon-worthy moment for female fans), as well as Allen's glib solution to censors' worries, forcing a static, tail-coated Presley to sing "Hound Dog" to a basset hound. --Sam Sutherland
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 Elvis on TV! July 25, 2008
This DVD documents the year 1956. Elvis begins recording for RCA and makes his first appearances on television. The included TV appearances are worth getting the DVD alone. If you are looking for a great place to start learning the history of the "King" I recommend purchasing this DVD first. I bought this DVD as a companion to "Elvis: The Birth of Rock n' Roll."
Elvis '56 In the Beginning October 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You can't beat the young Elvis. In 1956 Elvis was just 21 years old...and the hottest thing on the planet....this and the recently released Ed Sullivan appearances are in my opinion the best live Elvis performances you can view.. Rock'n Roll Baby!!! Elvis '56 - In the BeginningElvis Presley - Ed Sullivan Shows
Takes me back! July 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first time I heard Elvis they were playing his hit song over the pa system at the PX in Turkey and I was probably [...] I think it was Hound Dog...I didn't get to hear him again until the following year when Love Me Tender came to the Base Theater in Athens, Greece, and then he went into the Army and I became a teenager...and the rest is history! I was too busy putting myself through college and life after high school, so I missed out on those years too! Now I'm 62, retired, and reliving my youth!
This filled me in on his earlier hits and his beginnings. I never saw him on TV as we didn't have that overseas at the time. I really love this DVD; well done!
An excellent way to learn about Elvis December 3, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The first record I ever bought was the 78-rpm version of 'Heartbreak Hotel', so 1956 is a special year for me. This documentary does a great job of bringing back the feeling of what it was like in this early era of Rock 'N' Roll. This really shows Elvis at his peak. I would highly reccomend it.
Old Fart August 22, 2006
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I remember watching E on a B&W telly in a drug store while 10 of
us shared a coke as a reason for being there. Who had a name
like "ELVIS" in 1955. Nobody I know and certainly not in Canada.
I watched the Dorsey Brothers Show and E and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. The number 1 song on the "Hit Parade" was
Doris Day, "How Much is that Doggie In the Window"
As John Lennon says during the intro to ELVIS'56- "before
Elvis, there was nothing"
Old fans will love this DVD. New fans will appreciate the changes.
Old and new will get to know the world shaking change E made.
One of the very best E early years docu/dvds
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