Television & Film (Period 5-6) by Alison McElrath https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/jdzryeml1514 Now that you have completed research on a given 1950's topic, you will share your findings with the rest of your classmates. Double click a blank area on the padlet board to begin sharing your information. Pictures/videos will enhance your contribution! Provide the names of your group members and the topic. You must also include works cited at the end of your post. en-us 2017-03-09 14:19:43 UTC 2024-10-16 06:27:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/93420106/e75606224b7be50102581f52cf46e26ab3ad7e81/48daf62c0f583efd42126c212b9f6698.jpg Rabbit Ear Antennas, The Evolution of Television, By Ava Morgan https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/jdzryeml1514/wish/158981101
  •   At the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) World's Fair pavilion, the company president David Sarnoff was on hand to unveil RCA's electronic television device, which he believed would someday have a place in every American home. He also announced that the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), which at that time was owned by RCA, would begin airing regularly scheduled broadcasting for two hours a night. Batchelor, Bob. "Television in the 1940s." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO, 2017, popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1475876. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.
     

    •  In television's early years, there was also a fourth network, the DuMont Network, owned by scientist and inventor Allen B. DuMont, a radio and television technology pioneer as well as a TV set manufacturer. Aside from NBC, DuMont was the only network to run regular programming during the war. Batchelor, Bob. "Television in the 1940s." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO, 2017, popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1475876. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.
       

    • The post-war rush for television licenses caused the FCC to panic, forcing  a ban on new TV station licenses in 1948. As DuMont had no radio base, the freeze crippled its growth. When the ban was lifted in 1952, the FCC decided that there could be no more than three stations in one market. Since ABC, NBC, and CBS already had networks of affiliates, the new stations enlisted with them rather than with DuMont. Because they reached more people, advertisers flocked to the other three networks. By 1955, the DuMont Network was forced to fold. Batchelor, Bob. "Television in the 1940s." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO, 2017, popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1475876. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.
       

    • Television became the centre of many families leisure time, a phenomenon that many contemporary commentators found alarming.Television sets themselves tended to be conservatively styled. A rare exception was the futuristic, French Teleavia of 1957, which was designed by Philippe Charbonneaux. (Book)

    • In the 1950s, there was a box. It was more of a cabinet with a convex piece of glass prominently front and center. Well, not quite center. It was usually off to the left, leaving the right side free to house a couple of knobs, and maybe a button. The whole thing sat on the floor like a piece of wooden furniture. You cleaned it with Pledge, or the 1950s equivalent. It had a single, and sometimes double antenna sprouting from the top of it, like a set of alien ears. "TV in the 21st Century." Geek on Gadgets. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Mar. 2017.



         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyeXuciHcyM

    Works Cited

    "TV in the 21st Century." Geek on Gadgets. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Mar. 2017.
    Youtube. Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2009. Web. 9 Mar. 2017.
    Batchelor, Bob. "Television in the 1940s." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO, 2017, popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1475876. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.
     




    ]]>     2017-03-09 14:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/jdzryeml1514/wish/158981101     1950's Picture Show By: Shaina Whitehead https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/jdzryeml1514/wish/158995656 The early years of television
    • “During the transition from radio to television, roughly from 1948 to 1952, television became, in just a few short years, the primary carrier of both entertainment and information. “ (Batchelor) 
    • After the television, the radio, “Waved Goodbye”. Broadcasters tried to keep it popular, but it did not work. (Epstein, 36)
    • Once the radio was gone, the television sets came down in price. 
    • The “No-Frills Philco model 1403, was priced as $199.95. (Epstein, 36) 
    • Television was popular for families to watch when they had leisure time. 
    • Television sets tended to be privately styled(Pearce, 34)

    What does the term “Picture Show mean”
    • The picture show, was a term for the movies.
    • Instead of saying, “Let’s go to the Movies!” People in the 50’s would say, “Let’s go to the picture show!”
    • In the early 60’s, about 13% of families had more than one tv set. (Batchelor)

    Top shows in the fifties
    • I love Lucy
    • Texaco Star Theatre
    • Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts
    • Fireside Theatre
    • The Colgate Comedy Hour
    •  The lone Ranger (Epstein)
                                                 Works Cited
    Batchelor, Bob. "Television in the 1950s." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO, 2017,popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1494103. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.
    Epstein, Dan. Twentieth-Century pop culture.Carlton books Limited, 1999.
    Pearce, Christopher. Fifties source book. Chartwell Books, 1990.
    Zenith G2326 tabletop television receiver, c 1950.. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. 
    quest.eb.com/search/102_539251/1/102_539251/cite. Accessed 9 Mar 2017.

    ]]>     2017-03-09 15:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/jdzryeml1514/wish/158995656     The Honeymooners https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/jdzryeml1514/wish/159272876
    • The Honeymooners were, at first, only 5 to 10 minutes long because no one thought it would be as popular as it became (IMDb).
    • The director was Frank Satenstein. 
    • In 1954, it became 25-30 minutes long, because it was requested so much more (IMDb).
    • The Honeymooners became popular because of Jackie Gleason. 
    • The first episode aired on October 1st, 1955 (IMDb). 
    • The shows’s genre was Family Comedy (IMDb).
    • Ralph Kramden is a New York bus driver who dreams of a better life. With his eccentric good friend, Ed Norton the sewer worker, he constantly tries crackpot schemes to strike it rich. All the while, his exasperated wife, Alice, is always there to bring him down to earth or to pick him up if he beats her to it. For as much as they fight, even dunderhead Ralph knows that she is the greatest and vice versa (IMDb).
    • If you would like to watch it, the show airs on Saturdays, at 11, on the CW. 
    • This movie was filmed in Adelphi Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (IMDb). 
    • The show starred Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph (IMDb). 
    •  “The Classic 39” were the 39 episodes that were the last and final episodes recorded that were longer than 25 minutes.They repeated endlessly in reruns, kept Gleason and Ralph Kramden household names. (IMDb)

    Works Cited:

    "Jackie Gleason." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2015. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Jackie-Gleason/324692. Accessed 10 Mar. 2017.
     
    "Honeymooners." Imdb Amazon, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042114/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6 Accessed, 1990, 8 March. 2017. 



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    • Audrey Hepburn starred in Funny Face (Pearce 163).
    • this movie was about  a fashion shoot that took place at a bookstore and brings a new fashion model discovery in a shop clerk. (Imdb).
    • the movie came out February 13, 1957 (Imdb).
    • the director was Stanley Donen (Imdb).
    • the main stars were Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, and lots more (Imdb).
    • this movie is under comedy, musical, and romance  (Imdb).
    • this movie came in English and French (Imdb).
    • the Budget was estimated to be $3,000,000 (Imdb).


    • This movie was filmed in all different parts of France and in Hollywood, California (Imdb). 
    • has won an award for top 10 films and for photographic innovations (Imdb).
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs6ASCq9YtY
    •                                                works cited
    • Pearce, Christopher. Fifties Sourcebook Chartwell books, 1990.
      "Funny Face." Imdb, Amazon, www.imdb.com/title/tt0050419/?ref_=nv_sr_1. Accessed 1990, 8 Mar. 2017.
      FUNNY FACE (1957) - HEPBURN, AUDREY. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
      quest.eb.com/search/144_1553622/1/144_1553622/cite. Accessed 9 Mar 2017.
      FUNNY FACE (1957) - HEPBURN, AUDREY; ASTAIRE, FRED. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
      quest.eb.com/search/144_1559216/1/144_1559216/cite. Accessed 9 Mar 2017.
      "Funny Face- 1957- Trailer." Youtube, uploaded by Audrey Hepburn, 19 Jan. 2014, www.youtube.com/
          watch?v=Hs6ASCq9YtY. Accessed 9 Mar. 2017.

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