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[2015]., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Bessie Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
![Bessie [DVD] (2015). Directed by Dee Rees.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Bessie [DVD] (2015). Directed by Dee Rees.")
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c2006., Adult, Universal Pictures Call No: BLK DVD Fic Idlewild Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in the Prohibition-era American South, a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend, not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival must choose between his love for Angel or his obligations to his father.
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[2007], p1957., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Jailhouse Edition: Deluxe ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Vince takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disillusioned by the record business. But with the help of a new friend, he decides to form his own label, and soon he becomes an overnight sensation. As he becomes a superstar, his desire for fame and money may cause him to forget the people who got him there.
![Jailhouse rock [DVD] (1957). Directed by Richard Thorpe.](/Library/images/~imageCT71402.JPG "Jailhouse rock [DVD] (1957). Directed by Richard Thorpe.")
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2007., Fox Searchlight Pictures : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Once Edition: Widescreen (1.85:1). Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A nameless busker, singing his heart out on the streets of Dublin meets a nameless young woman who speaks English with an accent, a street vendor. His girlfriend has left him, so he works in his father's vacuum repair shop and writes songs for her. She cleans houses, and plays the demo piano in a shop at lunchtime. The singer comes to hear her, and is so impressed that he immediately asks if she wants to collaborate -- right then -- on one of his tunes. They slowly piece the song together, and magic begins. This is a love story about a creative partnership, and the deeper longing for communication that underlies any worthwhile artistic effort.
![Once [DVD] (2007). Directed by John Carney.](/Library/images/~imageCT84344.JPG "Once [DVD] (2007). Directed by John Carney.")
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2019., Adult, 136, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Star Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally. She has given up on her dream to become a successful singer, until she meets Jack, who immediately sees her natural talent. This is the raw and passionate tale of Jack and Ally, two artistic souls coming together, on stage and in life. Theirs is a complex journey through the beauty and the heartbreak of a relationship struggling to survive.
![A star is born [DVD] (2018). Directed by Bradley Cooper.](/Library/images/~imageCT99908.JPG "A star is born [DVD] (2018). Directed by Bradley Cooper.")
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-- Victor/Victoria2012., 133, Ladbroke Entertainments ; Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Victor Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A man impersonating a woman on stage? Piece of cake. But a woman whose livelihood depends on pretending to be a man who pretends to be a woman? Now you₂ve got problems! An out-of-work singer conspires to pose as a female impersonator in order to get work on the Paris cabaret circuit.
![Victor Victoria [DVD] (1982). Directed by Blake Edwards](/Library/images/~imageCT101485.JPG "Victor Victoria [DVD] (1982). Directed by Blake Edwards")