What is Elvis '56 / Jailhouse Rock about?

Elvis Presley 75th Birthday Celebration: Join us for a celebration of what would have been Elvis' 75th birthday, with music, a trivia contest, food vendors including banana-peanut butter pancake bites from Buttermilk Truck, BBQ and to top it all off, birthday cake from La Morenita Bakery for the entire audience. Dress to im-Presley! Then at 7:30 PM, an Elvis Presley Double Feature: ELVIS '56, 1987, 61 min. Dir. Alan & Susan Raymond (AN AMERICAN FAMILY). A chronicle of Elvis' breakthrough year when he rose from naive rock singer to world famous superstar. Featuring rare performance footage and most of the 22 songs he recorded in 1956... "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender" and more. Band member Levon Helm narrates. JAILHOUSE ROCK, 1957, Warner Bros., 96 min. Dir. Richard Thorpe. Elvis Presley is serving a term for manslaughter. Once the King is released from jail, he quickly rises to the top as a rock 'n' roll singer.

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What is Elvis '56 / Jailhouse Rock about?: Elvis Presley 75th Birthday Celebration: Join us for a celebration of what would have been Elvis' 75th birthday, with music, a trivia contest, food vendors including banana-peanut butter pancake bites from Buttermilk Truck, BBQ and to top it all off, birthday cake from La Morenita Bakery for the entire audience. Dress to im-Presley!
Then at 7:30 PM, an Elvis Presley Double Feature: ELVIS '56, 1987, 61 min. Dir. Alan & Susan Raymond (AN AMERICAN FAMILY). A chronicle of Elvis' breakthrough year when he rose from naive rock singer to world famous superstar. Featuring rare performance footage and most of the 22 songs he recorded in 1956... "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender" and more. Band member Levon Helm narrates.
JAILHOUSE ROCK, 1957, Warner Bros., 96 min. Dir. Richard Thorpe. Elvis Presley is serving a term for manslaughter. Once the King is released from jail, he quickly rises to the top as a rock 'n' roll singer.