Television & Film 1950s (Period 14-15) by Alison McElrath https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/wvz3c08dmqxw 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 15:56:13 UTC 2025-12-28 13:52:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/93420106/e75606224b7be50102581f52cf46e26ab3ad7e81/48daf62c0f583efd42126c212b9f6698.jpg Television & Film https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/wvz3c08dmqxw/wish/159077438
Television (Rabbit Ear Antennas) by Kailey Levinson

  • Rabbit Ear Antennas was Just a nickname for the type of televisions they had in the 1950’s.
  • There would only be around one TV per household, and having one was a sign of wealth and that you were "better" than others.
  • ”Television became the centre of many families’ leisure time…” (Pearce, 34). As you can see, families would take out time of their days and sit down together to watch shows and movies.
  • ”In the years 1948 to 1952 television made its way into more and more American homes, from 6 to 42 percent of the nation's total” (American Decades). The amount of televisions in homes increased by a significant amount because it was a great new model of a television that everyone wanted to experience.
                                                     
                                                  Works Cited
Pearce, Christopher. "Television." New Sounds, New Vision. Fifties Source Book,              Secaucus, NJ, Chartwell Books, 1990, pp. 34-35.
Retro tv. Clip Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.            quest.eb.com/search/186_1622708/1/186_1622708/cite. Accessed 8 Mar               2017.
"The Television Industry." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol.             6: 1950-1959. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 102-104. Gale Virtual Reference Library.             Web. 8 Mar. 2017.

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Funny Face By Jack Rutowski 

  • Funny Face was a musical.
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  • Stared Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, and many more actors and actresses.
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  • It is about a photographer searching for an intellectual backdrop to model when he goes to a bookstore he finds a lady and she shows him her pictures and he takes pictures of her.
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  • Was written by Leonard Gershe
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  • Some themes are Fashion and Photography.
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  • It cost $3,000,000 to make this movie
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  • the movie is 103 minutes long
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  • Famous quote “ Take the picture, take the picture! “
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  • Was rated 7/10 stars
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  • the movie takes place in France 
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Works Cited

List all citations used (images, videos and text) 
 
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs6ASCq9YtY
FUNNY FACE (1957) - HEPBURN, AUDREY. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest,

Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. imdb. 13 Feb. 1957, www.imdb.com/title/tt0050419/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1.

quest.eb.com/search/144_1553622/1/144_1553622/cite. Accessed 9 Mar 2017.EXPORT

"Funny Face- 1957- Trailer." youtube, 19 Jan. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs6ASCq9YtY. 
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Picture Shows by Steven Masson

A "Picture Shows" was what movies were called at the time. At the time, World War II just ended and the cold war started. Many things were happening for America. The movie industry creates movies that society will like and about things going on. A lot of movies were made about World War II, and about communism. People were frightened about communism and movies helped ease the people. In the 1950s, it was a big time for the movie industry. "In the 1950’s, Hollywood introduced technology geared towards making movies bigger than ever. In 1953, 20th century Fox  introduced CinemaScope, a process of shooting a movie that allowed it to be shown on a larger screen."  (Totten-Naylor, Lyra)

Works Cited
Totten-Naylor, Lyra. “Motion Picture Industry, Post–World War II.” Encyclopedia of American History, Vol. 9, Revised          Edition, Facts On File, 2009. American History,                                                                                                    online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/200229?q=1950s movie industry. Accessed Sept. 2017.

1950s film projector. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. 
quest.eb.com/search/132_1247424/1/132_1247424/cite. Accessed 9 Mar 2017.


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The Honeymooners By: Julia R. Hunt

  • "The Honeymooners is one of television's best-remembered and most imitated comedies in the history of television "(Simon) 

  • "In 1930 Gleason dropped out of high school in order to support his mother. He earned money with odd jobs, pool hustling, and performing in vaudeville. After the death of his mother in 1935, Gleason began to sharpen his comic talents in local nightclubs "(Simon). 

  • "The “Great One.” Gleason, an American comedian, musician, and television producer, was perhaps best known for his 1950s television show The Honeymooners "(Simon). 

  • "In 1940 Gleason appeared in his first Broadway show, Keep Off the Grass, which starred top comics Ray Bolger and Jimmy Durante. After the show’s run, Gleason returned to nightclub work and was spotted and signed to a movie contract at Warner Brothers" (Simon). 
                                                                  Works Cited

The Honeymooners." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, vol. 2, St. James Press, 2000, pp. 439-440. Gale Virtual Reference Library, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=prhs_ca&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX3409001175&asid=1aa432e7a0f1b72d5dba2e4fba108fef. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.

"Jackie Gleason." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2015. 

THE HONEYMOONERS, c1955. - Left to right: Cast members Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph in a publicity photograph for the television series 'The Honeymooners,' c1955.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. 
quest.eb.com/search/140_1706014/1/140_1706014/cite. Accessed 10 Mar 2017.

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