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1956 was Elvis Presley’s breakthrough year, and this program 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 captured during the amazing year when Elvis Presley became not only a star, but a phenomenon.


So slip on your blue suede shoes, and step back to the beginning of an era, with rare, early recordings and never-before-seen footage.


  • Year
    1988
  • Runtime
    61 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond
  • Screenwriter
    Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond, Martin Torgoff
  • Producer
    Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond
  • Cast
    Elvis Presley, Levon Helm
  • Cinematographer
    Lucky Martucci
  • Editor
    Bruce Follmer
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